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Alfred Lin

Partner at Sequoia Capital · Advisor at Surge

San Francisco, CA

Writes $1M – $200M checks · typically $5M

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About

A partner at Sequoia Capital since 2010, Alfred Lin led the firm's investments in Airbnb, DoorDash, and OpenAI. Before venture he was COO and chairman of Zappos through its sale to Amazon. He topped the Forbes Midas List in 2021, 2024, and 2025.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareSaaSSector Agnostic

Beyond investing

Family
Immigrated to the United States with his family, landing in New York City when he was six years old. Has a son who was finishing his freshman year of high school as of 2026.

From Alfred's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Deals · 5

Nominal, Inc.Board seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Mar 2026 · $80M raise

KalshiBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Dec 2025 · $1000M raise

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Clay LabsBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Sep 2025 · $100M raise

TrialSparkBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Jul 2024 · $512M raise

Indie Technologies, Inc.Board seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Jun 2024 · $46M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Alfred Lin

“The top engineers are shipping 3x more” says Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital #upfrontsummit

Upfront Ventures

Is The World Really Built for Humans? Unlocking AI’s Potential with Alfred Lin

Cobot

#1 Midas List Investor - Alfred Lin, Sequoia Capital

Sourcery with Molly O'Shea

Sequoia’s Alfred Lin: $10T Companies Are Coming

Sourcery with Molly O'Shea

Colleagues at Sequoia Capital

Network6

Investors connected to Alfred in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.