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Jinlin Wang

Investor

Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures

Los Altos, California

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

About

Jinlin Wang, co-founder of Auryc and a managing partner, leverages his optimization-specialist/software-engineer background and mountaintop philosophy to rigorously assess product–market fit for cross-disciplinary deep-tech and AI.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareHardwareHealthtechRobotics

Experience

  1. Foothill VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  2. TEEC Angel FundGeneral Partnercurrent2010 — presentLos Altos, CA 94022
  3. HeapAdvisor2023 — 2024
  4. HeapChief Strategy Officer2022Los Altos, CA 94022
  5. Auryc Inc. (acquired by Heap)Co-Founder & CEO2016 — 2024Los Altos, CA 94022
  6. AnswersCOO & CTO2015 — 2016Mountain View, CA
  7. AnswersCTO & EVP of Engineering2011 — 2015Mountain View, CA
  8. Microsoft CorporationPrincipal Development Manager2010 — 2011
  9. Yahoo! Inc.Director of Engineering2006 — 2010
  10. OracleSr. Manager, Development2005 — 2006
  11. PeopleSoft, Inc.Sr. Manager, Develoment1998 — 2005

Education

  1. University of ConnecticutPh.D., Electrical Engineering1996 — 1998
  2. Tsinghua UniversityMasters of Engineering, Automation1993 — 1996
  3. Tsinghua UniversityBachelor of Engineering, Engineering Mechanics1988 — 1993

Skills & more

Optimization9Analytics70Scalability53System Architecture7Distributed Systems45Technology Management5Innovation Management4Communications Audits4Optimizations4Algorithms19Mobile Devices24Software Design14
+12 moreBig DataAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingMobile ApplicationsSoftware DevelopmentStart-upsSoftware EngineeringApacheRESTHadoopDatabasesRepresentational State Transfer (REST)

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