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John Lin

Investor at F-Prime Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

John Lin is an accomplished investor at F-Prime Capital in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in Enterprise, AI, and Fintech venture capital. With a strong background in product management and business strategy, he has successfully invested in a diverse portfolio of companies, including Directus, Tavus, and Hone, contributing significantly to their growth and success.

Work Experience 

  • Investor

    2020 - Current

    Enterprise and Fintech Practices Check out my team's Fprime Fintech Index and State of Fintech: https://fintechindex.fprimecapital.com/

F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.

  • Investor

    2024

    Headless content and backend-as-a-service

  • Investor

    2022

    Video API for digital twins

Tavus provides foundational video models for digital twins, as an API.

Raised $24,225,000.00 from HubSpot, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia and Y Combinator.

  • Investor

    2022

    Data and AI platform for labs

Albert end-to-end Cloud Platform accelerates R&D innovation in the chemical and material science industry.

Raised $7,500,000.00 from Connor Theilmann, Homebrew, F-Prime Capital and Index Ventures.

  • Investor

    2022

    HR platform for DEI, retention, and talent

Mathison is the first all-inclusive platform for diversity hiring and retention.

Raised $31,200,000.00 from ANIMO Ventures, JP Morgan, Gaingels, SemperVirens Venture Capital, F-Prime Capital, Flucas Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Springbank Collective and GTMfund.

  • Investor

    2021

    Live group learning platform

Hone provides effective, engaging, and scalable management training to help high-growth companies thrive.

Raised $52,350,000.00 from Slack Fund, SemperVirens Venture Capital, F-Prime Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Cowboy Ventures, Swift Ventures, Invus Opportunities and 3L Capital.

  • Investor

    2021

    Platform for property maintenance

Latchel provides a property management software that helps streamline maintenance and work orders.

Raised $24,295,200.00 from Allegion Ventures, Kevin Mahaffey, RiverPark Ventures and Bossa Invest.

  • Investor

    2019

    Vertical SaaS for barbers

  • Investor

    2018

    Reservations for local restaurants

Earn rewards for Reservations, Takeout & Delivery

Raised $30,130,000.00 from Rho Capital Partners, Insight Partners, Greycroft, Craft Ventures, Beehive Capital, Toy Ventures, Left Lane Capital and Social Starts.

  • Investor

    2018

    White-label residential real estate brokerage and platform

Side is the only real estate brokerage platform empowering the very best agents, teams & indies to create and grow their own companies.

Raised $263,500,000.00 from Parker89, ICONIQ Growth, Tiger Global Management, Scale-Up and D1 Capital Partners.

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