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Winston Lin

Strategic Finance @ Grammarly

San Francisco, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Investment Banking
Investments
Trading
Bloomberg
Financial Modeling
Valuation
Economics
Financial Analysis
VBA
Microsoft Excel
Data Analysis
PowerPoint
Corporate Finance
Equities
Microsoft Office

Education

Lists including Winston

AH
AE
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AJ

Based in SF

3078 people

AM
AT
AS
AR

All Seed Investors

19695 people

AT
AE
AE
AL

All Pre-Seed Investors

7974 people

PS
PS
PC
PM

Pre-seed Investors in San Francisco

994 people

Work Experience

Grammarly

2023

  • Strategic Finance

    2023

Explorer Acquisitions

2021 - 2023

  • Technology Investor

    2021 - 2023

    Technology-focused serial SPAC sponsor. Key industry focus: enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity and fintech.

Verizon Ventures

2020 - 2021

  • Principal

    2020 - 2021

    Corporate Venture Capital Investor. Supported Verizon's long-term strategy by sourcing and investing in early-stage consumer technology startups. Worked with portfolio companies to support business development, financial planning and other strategic initiatives.

Capitol Investment Corp. V

2017 - 2019

  • Investment Associate

    2017 - 2019

    $402 Million SPAC focused on growth companies. Completed merger with Nesco in a transaction valued at ~$1.1 Billion.

Citi

2014 - 2017

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2014 - 2017

    Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Group. Advised TMT companies on M&A, IPOs, equity financings and debt financings.

Deutsche Bank

2013 - 2013

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2013 - 2013

    Technology Investment Banking Group

AK Capital, LLC

2012 - 2012

  • Trading Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012

Destination Wealth Management

2012 - 2012

  • Investment Management Summer Analyst

    2012 - 2012