Where does Lee Linden work?

Lee Linden is Managing Partner at Quiet Capital and Founder at ContestMachine.

What check size does Lee Linden write?

Lee Linden typically writes checks of $100K – $25M.

What companies did Lee Linden found?

Lee Linden founded ContestMachine.

Lee Linden

InvestorFounder

Managing Partner at Quiet Capital · Founder at ContestMachine

New York, New York

Writes $100K – $25M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedContestMachine · YC

About

Lee Linden built and sold companies (including Karma, Facebook's first post‑IPO acquisition), co-founded Tapjoy and led Facebook commerce products, offering deep pattern recognition in mobile‑social‑commerce and emotional consumer engagement.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtech

Founder at ContestMachine YC S07

Intro paths

Lee went through Y Combinator (Summer 2007) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Lee can intro founders to ContestMachine's investors below.

ContestMachine's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2007

Co-founders at ContestMachine

Savraj SinghFounder

Kalid AzadFounder

Experience

Quiet CapitalFoundercurrent2017 — present
FacebookAds2012 — 2015
KarmaFounder2011 — 2012San Francisco
TapjoyFounder2008 — 2011
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersAssociate2008 — 2009
ContestMachineFounder2007 — 2008
MicrosoftProduct Development2003 — 2007

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA
University of MichiganBSE, Computer Engineering

Skills & more

Strategy8Entrepreneurship53Start-ups78Mobile Devices60Strategic Partnerships50Monetization13Product Management41Mobile Applications83Venture Capital16SaaS14E-commerce30Payments4

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Web DevelopmentUser ExperienceBusiness StrategyCorporate DevelopmentAnalyticsProduct DevelopmentMobile MarketingSEOOnline AdvertisingCompetitive AnalysisSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Product Marketing

From Lee's professional profile.

Colleagues at Quiet Capital

Adam Gries

Investor at Quiet Capital

Ben Mahdavi

Managing Partner at Quiet Capital

Betty Yang

Investor at Quiet Capital

Chris Capozzi

Partner at Quiet Capital

David Greenbaum

Partner at Quiet Capital

David Gussmann

Investor at Quiet Capital

Griffin Howard

Partner at Quiet Capital

Matt Humphrey

Partner at Quiet Capital

Network9

Aayush PhumbhraScout

Investor at Streamlined Ventures

Alex McIsaacScout

General Partner at Inovia Capital

Anna FangScout

Founding Partner at ZhenFund

Ben MahdaviScout

Managing Partner at Quiet Capital

Betty YangScout

Investor at Quiet Capital

Chris CapozziScout

Partner at Quiet Capital

Clint ChaoScout

General Partner at Moment Ventures, Llc

Danielle MorrillScout

Co-Founder & CEO, Groupthink at xfactor ventures

David GreenbaumScout

Partner at Quiet Capital

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does Lee Linden work?: Lee Linden is Managing Partner at Quiet Capital and Founder at ContestMachine.
What does Lee Linden invest in?: Lee Linden invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech.
What check size does Lee Linden write?: Lee Linden typically writes checks of $100K – $25M.
What companies did Lee Linden found?: Lee Linden founded ContestMachine.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,730

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Loopt Jessica LivingstonFounder, RetiredFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianYC Summer 2005Founded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Coinbase Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Hotspots Trae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded Pursuit

+ 8,723 more

Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia250

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Steve JurvetsonMaster of Business Administration (MBA)Founded Mojo Vision IanMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Immunity Project +2 Mikhail KokorichStanford Executive ProgramFounded Destinus +2 Matt RouifStanford Ignite (Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship)Founded Photoroom +2 Jesse BuckinghamMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)Founded Vooma +2 Don MuirMaster of Business Administration - MBAFounded Arc +2

+ 243 more

University of Michigan mafia127

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Erik TorenbergBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Villageglobal David R. WaltBachelor of Science - BSFounded Sherlock Biosciences +5 Chris VoigtBSEFounded Asimov +2 Val AgostinoB.S.E.Founded Monarch +2 Dillon ErbMaster of Architecture (M.Arch.)Founded Paperspace +2 Sheel MohnotMBAFounded Thistle +1

+ 120 more

Kleiner Perkins mafia53

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Raphael RouvinovEngineering FellowFounded Luminopia +1 Rebecca LeeKleiner Perkins FellowFounded Elayne +1 Jesse HuEngineering FellowFounded Abundant +1 Ted SchleinGeneral PartnerFounded GetReal Security Muzzammil (MZ) ZaveriPartnerFounded Proxino Dr. Cheryl MartinExecutive in ResidenceFounded Renmatix

+ 46 more

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member Peter FentonGeneral Partner at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Katherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,285 more

Also attended University of Michigan487

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Karim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista Capital Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America Hannah KrootMarketing Lead at Intel Capital Scott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

+ 481 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Facebook485

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social Capital; CEO of 8090; All-In co-host Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital David SzeAdvisory Partner at Greylock Ken ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at Revolution

+ 479 more

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About

Invests in

Founder at ContestMachineYC S07

Intro paths

ContestMachine's investors · 1

Co-founders at ContestMachine

Experience

Education

Skills & more

Colleagues at Quiet Capital

Network9

Frequently asked questions

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia8,730

Stanford University Graduate School of Business mafia250

University of Michigan mafia127

Kleiner Perkins mafia53

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

Also attended University of Michigan487

Shared employers

Also worked at Facebook485

Also worked at Karma1

Also worked at Tapjoy6

Also worked at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers134

Founder at ContestMachine YC S07