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About
Yin Lu is a Partner at MCJ Collective, where she works on investments and post-investment founder support. She previously worked at the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation and served as GM of Khan Academy's international business, scaling content into 30 languages and opening offices in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, and India. Earlier, she built the first community, international, and marketing teams at Coursera and started her tech career at Google and Microsoft. She holds two degrees from UCLA.
Invests in
AgTechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyFoodTechHardwareMobility & Transportation
Experience
- MCJPartnercurrent2022 — presentBay Area & Vancouver
- MCJ CollectiveOperator in Residence2021 — 2022
- PartnerHeroBoard Member2022 — 2025Boise, Idaho, United States
- Climate DraftMember2021
- Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family FoundationDirector2019 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- Khan AcademyManaging Director, International; KA India Board member2015 — 2019US, India, Brazil, Mexico, Peru
- CourseraDirector, Marketing & Growth; International Expansion2013 — 2015Mountain View, California, United States
- Achieve!Co-founder2009 — 2014Seattle, WA
- GoogleProgram Manager, People Ops2011 — 2013Seattle, WA and Mountain View, CA
- MicrosoftProduct Marketing Manager; Recruiter2008 — 2011
- Duke UniversityCareer Services Manager2007 — 2008
- UCLA UniCampProgram Director2006 — 2007
- Metropolitan West Asset ManagementGrunt2005 — 2006Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
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PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelLeadershipPublic SpeakingStrategic PlanningSocial Media MarketingProject ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipLeadership DevelopmentMarketingRecruitingNonprofitsLanguages English · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yin Lu?
- Yin Lu is a Partner at MCJ Collective, where she works on investments and post-investment founder support. She previously worked at the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation and served as GM of Khan Academy's international business, scaling content into 30 languages and opening offices in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, and India. Earlier, she built the first community, international, and marketing teams at Coursera and started her tech career at Google and Microsoft. She holds two degrees from UCLA.
- Where does Yin Lu work?
- Yin Lu is General Partner at MCJ 2023.
- What does Yin Lu invest in?
- Yin Lu invests in AgTech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Hardware, Mobility & Transportation.
- What check size does Yin Lu write?
- Yin Lu typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- Where did Yin Lu go to school?
- Yin Lu studied at UCLA (Masters, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration); UCLA (Bachelor of Arts, Economics; Urban Studies).
Founder mafias
UCLA mafia447
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Coursera mafia37
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended UCLA1,023
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Shared employers
Also worked at Coursera35
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Also worked at Google2,000
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Also worked at Microsoft2,000
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Also worked at Duke University189
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