Sam Lessin
InvestorGeneral Partner at Slow Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $100K – $3M checks · typically $1.5M
About
General Partner and former VP of Product at Facebook; co-founder of Fin Analytics and Drop.io.
Contact· published on Sam's own website
Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published
- s•••@slow.coreveal100% confident
- s•••@slow.coreveal90% confident
Invests in
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechHealthtechSaaSSector Agnostic
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Founded Drop.io. Founded Fin.
- Communities
- Co-hosts the More or Less podcast with Jessica Lessin, Dave Morin, and Brit Morin. Hosted an etiquette finishing school for YC founders at the Four Seasons in San Francisco through Slow Ventures.
- Hobbies
- Climbed Orizaba, the third-highest peak in North America, with friends Aaron and Dan. Enjoys skiing.
- Family
- Is married; his wife Jessica Lessin runs The Information.
- More
- Is currently spending a lot of time trying to reform Harvard.
From Sam's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- Slow VenturesPartnercurrent2015 — presentSan Fransisco
- The InformationInterncurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- More or Less PodcastCo-Hostcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- FinCo-Foundercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookVice President, Product Management2014
- FacebookDirector of Product Management, Identity Product Group2010 — 2014menlo park
- Drop.ioCEO2007 — 2010
- Bain and CompanyAssociate Consultant2005 — 2007
Skills & more
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Product MarketingBusiness DevelopmentOnline AdvertisingProduct DevelopmentMatriceseatingsleepingdrinkingStrategySaaSRuby on RailsSocial SkillsFrom Sam's professional profile.
Investments
Investor
SpaceX
Per the investor's own website.
Writing
All posts ↗Sam Lessin has been writing about capital-light startups and the future of venture capital, promoting and recapping a conference featuring founders of companies like Zapier, GoodRx, and Squarespace.
A reminder to RSVPed attendees about the upcoming virtual capital-light conference on the 29th, with agenda and start and end times.
An invitation to a mini-conference on capital-light startups and the future of venture capital, featuring founders of Zapier, GoodRx, Squarespace and Muckrack.
A recap of the Capital Light Conference, linking talk videos from founders of Zapier, GoodRx, Squarespace and others, plus takeaways on building capital-light companies.
Colleagues at Slow Ventures
Network2
Investors connected to Sam in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Lessin?
- General Partner and former VP of Product at Facebook; co-founder of Fin Analytics and Drop.io.
- Where does Sam Lessin work?
- Sam Lessin is General Partner at Slow Ventures.
- What does Sam Lessin invest in?
- Sam Lessin invests in Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- What check size does Sam Lessin write?
- Sam Lessin typically writes checks of $100K – $3M.
- What companies has Sam Lessin invested in?
- Investments tracked here include SpaceX.
- Where did Sam Lessin go to school?
- Sam Lessin studied at Harvard University (A.B., Social Studies).
- What has Sam Lessin written?
- Sam Lessin has 3 tracked posts on wlessin.com, including "Capital Light Conference on the 29th", "Invite to The Capital Light Conference on the 29th", "Followup from Capital Light Conference".
Same school
Also attended Harvard University1,884
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