Kevin Lin
Visiting Partner @ Y Combinator
San Francisco, United States
Kevin Lin is a seed investor at Y Combinator in San Francisco focused on Gaming and Software. Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.
- Total investments:
- 134
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
Last updated:
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Industries Kevin Lin invests in
Stages Kevin Lin invests in
Countries Kevin Lin invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$9M
- Pre-Seed
- $228k–$4.7M
- Series A
- $6M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 25 (19%)
- Software 16 (12%)
- Information Technology 14 (10%)
- Video Games 13 (10%)
- Blockchain 12 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 74 (55%)
- Pre-Seed 16 (12%)
- Series A 15 (11%)
- Series B 7 (5%)
- Funding Round 5 (4%)
Country
- United States 75 (56%)
- India 6 (4%)
- Taiwan 5 (4%)
- United Kingdom 5 (4%)
- Canada 3 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Origin Lab provides rights-cleared multimodal datasets, 3D environments, and custom AI training services for reasoning and AI models. | $8M / Seed / May 13, 2026 | ||
| Catena Labs incubate independent products spanning identity, communications, AI, and commerce. The company's mission is to empower people with agency, safety, value, and joy online. | $18M / Seed / May 20, 2025 | ||
| Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities. | Seed / Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps | $5M / Seed / Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps | $5M / Seed / Mar 07, 2024 | ||
| Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension. | $3.6M / Seed / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Forge is fast, automatic, always-on game capture. Users can download Forge for free. It costs nothing and there are zero ads, just gaming entertainment. | $11M / Seed / Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Karat provides a credit card tailored for creators and influencers, enabling them to grow and manage their businesses. Its Karat Black Card aims to aid income creators with a credit card suited to their needs. This is because banks don’t always understand the creator business model which can include unpredictable monthly income and a variety ofrevenue streams and thus prevents burgeoning creators from accessing capital. | $40M / Series B / Jul 19, 2023 | ||
| Electric Noir Studios is an entertainment agency known for providing entertainment services for mobile devices. | $2.5M / Seed / May 25, 2023 | ||
| AnotherBall is a blockchain startup that combines entertainment and blockchain. | $2.2M / Angel / May 16, 2023 | ||
| See all 134 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Y Combinator
Y Combinator invests a standard amount of capital in exchange for equity and through uncapped safe agreements. Participants engage in a three-month intensive cycle that focuses on product development and preparations for fundraising. The firm offers access to a private networking platform for knowledge sharing and hosts events featuring speakers from various sectors. This program culminates in a presentation event where founders showcase their businesses to a curated group of investors.
Y Combinator Contacts
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Boris Jabes
Visiting Partner
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Luther Lowe
Head of Public Policy
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Max Kolysh
Visiting Partner
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Brad Flora
Group Partner
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Calvin French-Owen
Visiting Group Partner
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FAQ
What does Kevin Lin invest in?
Kevin Lin invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 134 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Kevin Lin's check size?
Kevin Lin typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$9M at Seed, $228k–$4.7M at Pre-Seed and $6M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kevin Lin participates in.
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When did Kevin Lin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Lin closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 134 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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