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Jinlin Wang

General Partner at Foothill Ventures

Los Altos, California

Overview 

Jinlin Wang is a seasoned technologist, entrepreneur, and investor based in Los Altos, California, currently serving as the General Partner at Foothill Ventures and TEEC Angel Fund. With a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut and a strong track record in leadership roles at companies like Heap and Answers, Wang has successfully co-founded companies, held executive positions, and made impactful investments in sectors such as Education, Data Services, and Cloud Infrastructure. Wang's career highlights include co-founding Auryc Inc., which was later acquired by Heap, and holding key roles at prominent tech companies like Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Oracle. His investment portfolio includes successful ventures like Celential.ai, Subtle Medical, and Xola, showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting innovative startups.

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

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