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Investor profile

Jinlin Wang

General Partner, Foothill Ventures

About

Jinlin Wang came to the U.S. in 1996 with $50 and student debt, transitioning from rural China to Silicon Valley where he co-founded Auryc and now serves as Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures. He brings a mountaintop philosophy to seed investing, emphasizing rigorous product-market fit evaluation and focusing on cross-disciplinary deep-tech and AI opportunities that reflect his background as an optimization specialist and software engineer. Jinlin Wang came to the U.S. in 1996 with $50 and student debt, transitioning from rural China to Silicon Valley where he co-founded Auryc and now serves as Managing Partner at Foothill Ventures. He brings a mountaintop philosophy to seed investing, emphasizing rigorous product-market fit evaluation and focusing on cross-disciplinary deep-tech and AI opportunities that reflect his background as an optimization specialist and software engineer.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Sectors
AI
Deeptech
Hardware
Health
Energy
Robotics

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $10M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA