JW

Jinlin Wang

Technologist, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Los Altos, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2017

    Foothill Ventures is a rebrand from Tsingyuan Ventures. Please read the press release below:

  • General Partner

    2010

2022 - 2024

  • 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.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2016 - 2024

    We are growing and looking for top talent in sales, marketing, customer success, technology, data science, operations, and more.

2011 - 2016

  • 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.

2010 - 2011

  • Principal Development Manager

    2010 - 2011

2006 - 2010

  • Director of Engineering

    2006 - 2010

2005 - 2006

  • Sr. Manager, Development

    2005 - 2006

    Joined Oracle Server Technology Team from PeopleSoft Acquisition.

1998 - 2005

  • Sr. Manager, Develoment

    1998 - 2005