Richard Lin

Richard Lin is a venture capital investor currently serving as a Vice President at Smash Capital, a global investment firm. In this capacity, he specializes in evaluating, structuring, and executing strategic investments across the global technology sector and the broader startup ecosystem. Lin operates within a senior partnership team that brings significant institutional investment expertise to the firm's growing portfolio of technology companies. Specifically, the Smash Capital leadership group has historically deployed more than $4 billion in dedicated venture capital funding across numerous growth-stage enterprises. Furthermore, the firm's senior partners have collectively directed over $100 billion across various global control transactions throughout their extensive careers in the financial services industry. Lin currently focuses his professional efforts on leveraging this institutional scale to identify and support emerging technology enterprises through targeted venture capital investments.