Jinlin Wang
General Partner at Foothill Ventures
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2017 - Current
Foothill Ventures is a rebrand from Tsingyuan Ventures. Please read the press release below:
Foothill Ventures is a technology-focused venture fund that invests in seed to A-round startups in the United States.
General Partner
2010
Advisor
2023 - 2024
Post acquisition and post transition advisory work.
Chief Strategy Officer
2022 - 2022
Heap is the leading digital insights platform that combines quantitative and qualitative analytics for a 360 degree view of your customer journey to see what’s really happening. With Heap you can see, understand, and act on every single thing your users do.
Heap is a platform that provides analytics infrastructure to reduce the annoying parts of user analytics.
Raised $218,120,000.00 from NewView Capital, Maverick Ventures, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, DTCP, Triangle Peak Partners, Sixth Street, The Private Shares Fund and Menlo Ventures.
Co-Founder & CEO
2016 - 2024
We are growing and looking for top talent in sales, marketing, customer success, technology, data science, operations, and more.
Auryc's visual intelligence platform empowers organizations to create exceptional customer journeys and increase revenue.
COO & CTO
2015 - 2016
Jinlin served as COO & CTO at Answers, leading the company's people and technology operations. In this role, he oversees recruitment, human capital management as well as the technology that powers top Internet brand Answers.com and Answers Cloud Services, an integrated suite of world-class VOC solutions.
CTO & EVP of Engineering
2011 - 2015
Answers’ mission is to empower consumers, brands and organizations by connecting them with the information they need to make better-informed decisions. The Answers Platform leverages the sizeable reach of the top-20 comScore site Answers.com, along with its leading cloud-based solutions from ForeSee, Webcollage and ResellerRatings, to enable businesses and organizations to engage with customers at every interaction point, drive investment decisions from customer insights and deliver content that powers the customer experience. This platform helps businesses measure and improve the multichannel customer experience, resulting in better business results. Answers is headquartered in St. Louis with offices in Ann Arbor, New York City, Silicon Valley, Cleveland, London, Vancouver and Tel Aviv. For Answers, visit http://www.answers.com.
Answers empowers consumers, brands and organizations with the information they need to make better-informed decisions.
Raised $384,410,000.00 from AFCV Holdings, TA Associates, Summit Partners, TA Associates and Summit Partners.
Principal Development Manager
2010 - 2011
Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.
Director of Engineering
2006 - 2010
Sr. Manager, Development
2005 - 2006
Joined Oracle Server Technology Team from PeopleSoft Acquisition.
Oracle is an integrated cloud application and platform services that sells a range of enterprise information technology solutions.
Sr. Manager, Develoment
1998 - 2005