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Michael Jin

Investor

Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures

Palo Alto, California

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

About

Michael Jin combines biomedical and electrical engineering with semiconductor entrepreneurship—co‑founder of Simple Silicon and former iWatt engineering lead through a $345M acquisition—building Tsinghua-linked bridges for U.S.–China biomedicine and semiconductor startups.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsSemiconductors

Experience

  1. Foothill VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2010 — present280 Second Street, Suite C, Los Altos, CA 94022
  2. iGC CorpChief Technology Officer2013 — 2021Tianjin/Beijing/Chengdu in China & Silicon Valley in United States.
  3. iWatt IncVP of Engineering & GM of China Technology Center2006 — 2012675 Campbell Technology Pkwy, Campbell, CA 95008
  4. Simple Silicon IncChief Technology Officer2001 — 2006710 Lakeway Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
  5. BitBlitz Communications IncAnalog Design Manager2000 — 2001

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityMSc/PhD, Electrical Engineering1995 — 2002
  2. National University of SingaporeMEng, Computer Engineering1992 — 1994
  3. Tsinghua UniversityBEng/MEng, Biomedical Engineering1985 — 1992

Skills & more

IC34Semiconductors29

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Colleagues at Foothill Ventures

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