Lee Linden

Founder at Quiet Capital

United States

Overview

Lee Linden is a founder-turned-investor, serving as a Managing Partner at Quiet Capital. His entrepreneurial success includes founding Tapjoy, a mobile advertising firm, and Karma, a social commerce app acquired by Facebook. He holds a BSE in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Public information focuses on his extensive career as an entrepreneur and early-stage investor, having angel invested in over 300 companies. His professional journey began in product development at Microsoft and includes time as an associate at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, showcasing a deep-rooted passion for technology and business development.

He founded the social gifting app Karma, which focused on the user experience of gift-giving and was acquired by Facebook shortly after its IPO in 2012.

Topics They Care About

Early-Stage Investing
Co-founded Quiet Capital to invest in technology companies and has personally angel invested in over 300 different startups.
Mobile Monetization
Founded Tapjoy, a leading mobile advertising and app monetization platform, and also worked on Facebook's commerce and ad initiatives.
Social Commerce
Created and sold Karma, an innovative mobile commerce platform that allowed users to send real gifts through social networks and was acquired by Facebook.

Media Appearances

Ex-Founders Fund GP Brian Singerman and Quiet Capital co‑founder Lee Linden raising new fund. Featured in Venture Capital Journal

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Quiet Capital raises $377 million for new fund: Filing. Featured in Fortune

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Work History

Founder at Quiet Capital
Ads at Facebook
Founder at Karma
Founder at Tapjoy
Associate at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Education

MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business
BSE from University of Michigan

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