San Francisco, US · Angel
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Latest rounds
- redditSeries B · $50MSept 2014
- UberSeries A · $11MFeb 2011
- CrunchedSeed · $1.4MJan 2011
BacksInternetLogisticsConstructionFinancial Services
The firm
Sequoia CapitalVC firm · US215cheques in 12 months2088all time88ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 9
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $66.8M
- Active
- 2010–14
redditSeries B$50MUSJoined · +15 investors · historical
- UberSeed$1.3MUSJoined · +15 investors · historical
- AppbistroSeed$600kUSJoined · +7 investors · historical
- Appstores.comSeed$590kUSJoined · +9 investors · historical
- Schematic LabsSeedUSJoined · +7 investors · historical
JelliSeed$2MUSJoined · +12 investors · historical
CardpoolSeedUSJoined · +19 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingIndie Technologies, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raisingKalshi Inc.Directorsince 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingCobalt Robotics Inc.Directorsince 2019
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundSequoia CapitalDirectorsince 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingShopular, Inc.Directorsince 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingRomotive Inc.Directorsince 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAirbnb, Inc.Directoron 8 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingHumble Bundle, Inc.Directorsince 2011
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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20VC: Inside Sequoia's Investment Committee: Lessons from Don Valentine, Doug Leone and Alfred Lin | How the SpaceX and Citadel Deals Went Down | What Sequoia Specifically Looks for in Founders with Julien Bek
WithAlfred LinDoug LeoneJulien Bek
MentionsAccelSequoia Capital
About this episode
Julien Bek is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the most renowned venture firms in the world. At Sequoia, he has partnered with companies including Rillet, Tacto, and Auctor. Before joining Sequoia, Julien spent five years at Accel, where he worked with companies including Miro, Melio, and… More on the show's page
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Uncapped #36 | Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia
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Pat Grady and Alfred Lin are partners at Sequoia and were recently named as the storied firm’s new co-stewards. Alfred joined the firm in 2010, where he has led major investments into category-defining companies like Airbnb, DoorDash, and Kalshi. Pat has been a partner at the firm for nearly 19… More on the show's page
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Alfred Lin on Airbnb, DoorDash, OpenAI & Citadel Securities
WithAlfred Lin
MentionsCitadel SecuritiesSequoia Capital
About this episode
Alfred Lin , Partner at Sequoia Capital and three-time #1 Midas List investor, has backed some of the most transformative companies of the past two decades. His portfolio spans early bets on Airbnb, DoorDash, Uber, Zipline, Kalshi, and Commure to growth-stage partnerships with OpenAI and Citadel… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInside Sequoia’s Strategy: Alfred Lin on Company Building & Partnering Long-term
WithAlfred Lin
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Sequoia Partner Alfred Lin joins Sourcery to share how one of the world’s most iconic venture funds, which has distributed over $43B to investors since 2020, continues to back outlier founders at the earliest stages. Sequoia just launched its latest early stage funds: Seed Fund VI: $200M and… More on the show's page
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OpenAI Prepares ChatGPT for Ad Driven Era, The AI Paradigm Shift | Keith Rabois, Alfred Lin, Keith Sakata, M.D., Talia Goldberg, Dave Girouard, Kylan Gibbs, Sam Jones, Zach Pogrob
WithAlfred LinDave GirouardSam JonesTalia Goldberg
MentionsKeith RaboisParadigmGoogleSequoia Capital
About this episode
(01:19) - Timeline in Turmoil (09:43) - OpenAI Prepares ChatGPT for Ad Driven Era (32:49) - The AI Paradigm Shift (36:29) - Keith Rabois, an American technology executive and investor, has held significant roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, and Square, and co-founded Opendoor. In the conversation,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageSequoia Leads $75M Series B Into Nominal | Alfred Lin Joins Board
WithAlfred Lin
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Cameron McCord, CEO & Founder of Nominal, discuss their recent $75 million Series B round led by Sequoia, bringing their total funding to over $100 million. With this funding, #1 on the Midas list investor, Alfred Lin of Sequoia is joining their board. Alongside Stephen Slattery, Growth & Product… More on the show's page
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OpenAI's Greg Brockman: Why Human Attention Is the New Bottleneck
MentionsGreg BrockmanAlfred Lin
About this episode
Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, joins Sequoia partner Alfred Lin at AI Ascent 2026 for a conversation that spans the full OpenAI stack. He explains why the company will never have enough compute, why he believes we're 80% of the way to AGI, and why the agentic coding tools that…
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Building Zipline: From launch disaster to drone-delivery giant | Keller Cliffton (Co-founder, CEO)
MentionsBrian CheskyCleveland ClinicAlfred Lin
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Keller Cliffton is the co-founder and CEO of Zipline, the world's largest commercial autonomous delivery system, which today serves 5,000 hospitals across multiple countries and saves an estimated 17,000 lives per year. In this episode, Keller breaks down his extreme hiring philosophy that has…
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Apple PodcastsPhysics Gets a Vote: Nominal Cofounders on Hardware Development in an AI World
MentionsAlfred Lin
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Nominal’s cofounders (Cameron McCord, Jason Hoch and Bryce Strauss) realized that the new age of reindustrialization requires a new approach to hardware engineering and testing that’s closer to how software is developed. They founded Nominal with the insight that while SpaceX, Tesla, and Anduril…
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Apple Podcasts20VC: Kalshi's $1BN Raise, the Polymarket Feud, and the Battle to Replace Traditional Media
MentionsAlfred Lin
About this episode
Tarek Mansour is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Kalshi, the leader in the world of prediction markets. Just last week, they announced their $1BN raise at an $11BN valuation. In total, they have raised $1.59BN from some of the best, including Sequoia, a16z, General Catalyst, IVP, Meritech, and more. They… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageClay’s Kareem Amin on Building the Sales ‘System of Action’ with AI
MentionsAlfred Lin
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Clay is leveraging AI to help go-to-market teams unleash creativity and be more effective in their work, powering custom workflows for everything from targeted outreach to personalized landing pages. It’s one of the fastest growing AI-native applications, with over 4,500 customers and 100,000…
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