Lee Linden

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Lee is a Managing Partner at Quiet Capital. He is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor.

Previously, he lead Facebook's emerging initiatives in commerce, including Gifts and the Facebook Card.

Lee founded Karma, a breakthrough mobile commerce platform that allowed smartphone users to instantly send real gifts to others without the burden of physical mailing addresses. Karma was acquired by Facebook in early 2012.

Prior to Karma, Lee founded Tapjoy and piloted the company to its position as a leading mobile advertising platform which today touches more than 1 billion devices. He began Tapjoy by co-creating multiple top mobile games for iOS/Android and subsequently unraveling the potential of mobile advertising and app distribution at scale.

Earlier, Lee worked for venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and helped launch the iFund, a $100M investment vehicle focused on smartphone application platforms. Lee originally began his career working in product development at Microsoft, where he co-created the Windows Home Server division and shipped the first version of that product to market.

Lee holds an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and a BA in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan. He grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, and today lives and works in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.

Lee has been a featured speaker at universities, conferences, and panels worldwide and has received numerous awards for his work including 30 under 30 Best Young Tech Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Businessweek 2012, 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2012, and The Silicon Valley 100 by Business Insider 2013.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
15
Lee Linden has made 15 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 27, 2013, when Propeller raised $1.25M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Mar 25, 2020 Helm.ai Seed $13M Artificial Intelligence Detail
May 1, 2019 Golden Seed $5M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Oct 12, 2018 Kojo Seed $4.16M Commercial Detail
Nov 27, 2017 Lukka Series A $7.80M Bitcoin Detail
May 9, 2017 Simple Habit Seed $2.50M Fitness Detail
May 20, 2014 Earnest Seed $4.30M Banking Detail
May 5, 2014 Shift Seed Automotive Detail
Apr 1, 2014 Flexport Series A $6.90M Freight Service Detail
Mar 14, 2014 Cruise Seed $4.30M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Feb 5, 2014 Apartment List Secondary Market $6M Marketplace Detail
Nov 14, 2013 LendingHome Series A $11.30M Financial Services Detail
Jul 1, 2013 Motive Seed $2.30M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Jun 27, 2013 Propeller Seed $1.25M Mobile Detail
Mar 26, 2013 Spring Seed $1.20M Content Creators Detail
Jan 1, 2013 TrueAccord Seed Analytics Detail