Frank Lin
Private Equity Investor at Silas Capital LLC
Profile
Frank has spent the last 15 years as an investor in growth and venture stage companies.
He looks at all things consumer with a special focus on active lifestyle and health & wellness brands.
His investments include fast-growing brands like Boll & Branch, Bare Snacks and ILIA Beauty, as well as new, innovative brands like Casper and Lord Jones.
Prior to forming Silas Capital, Frank was an investor and Principal at EuclidSR Partners, an investment fund formed by Euclid Partners and SR One, the corporate VC arm of GlaxoSmithKline.
While there, he served operating and advising roles across a number of consumer, health & wellness, and software companies, and was involved in the success of such investments including SkinMedica (acquired by Allergan), FatWire Software (acquired by Oracle), and Plateau Systems (acquired by SuccessFactors).
Before that, he co-founded and led strategy for MatchMetrix, a software company that developed personalized recommendation solutions for the consumer web.
He began his career at Neuberger Berman and Aberdeen Murray Johnstone after earning his AB in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Frank often revisits his Ohio roots as a mentor/advisor at The Brandery based in Cincinnati.
Frank Lin active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Silas Capital LLC
Silas Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silas Capital LLC (Silas Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Private Equity Investor | 2010-12-31 |
Former positions of Frank Lin
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KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. discovers and develops pharmaceutical products. Its products are used to treat DNA damage sensing, signaling, viral disease, ischaemia, and repair to address unmet medical needs in cancer treatment. The company was founded by Stephen Jackson on December 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
SkinMedica, Inc.
SkinMedica, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services SkinMedica, Inc. is a specialty skin care pharmaceutical company. It develops, acquires, and commercializes products for treatment of dermatologic conditions and improvement of skin appearance. It markets and sells to physicians, with a focus on aesthetics, both prescriptions and non-prescription skin care products. SkinMedica was founded in May 1999. Its company headquarters are located in Carlsbad, California. Company already EXT. Filed in HOL tracker. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Plateau Systems Ltd.
Plateau Systems Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Plateau is a leading provider of SaaS solutions for developing, managing, rewarding and optimizing organizational talent to increase workforce productivity and maximize operating performance. Plateau delivers a best-of-breed talent management solution with deep functionality for learning management, performance management, compensation management and career and succession planning. This allows organizations to take a unified approach to develop, manage, reward and optimize their talent. Superior best-in-class talent management solutions can be deployed individually or together, enabling current and prospective customer to future-proof and expand their investments. Plateau software has been deployed by many of the world's most successful enterprises. Organizations such as General Electric, Internal Revenue Service, Thomson Reuters, Royal Bank of Canada, and Singapore Airlines, are using Plateau to increase the productivity of their employees and partners. Global enterprise customers have rated Plateau as the overall customer satisfaction leader in the Bersin & Associates customer satisfaction study. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
FatWire Corp.
FatWire Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FatWire Corp. provides content management software solutions. It offers FatWire Content Server that automates Web content management process, including content authoring, site design, content publishing and delivery, targeted marketing, site analytics, and user participation. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Aberdeen Murray Johnstone International Ltd. | Analyst-Equity | - |
Training of Frank Lin
The University of Chicago | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 8 |
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EuclidSR Partners
EuclidSR Partners Investment ManagersFinance EuclidSR Partners is a venture capital firm founded by A. Bliss McCrum Jr and Milton J. pappas in 1970.The firm headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Neuberger Berman BD LLC
Neuberger Berman BD LLC Investment ManagersFinance Neuberger Berman BD LLC is a SEC-registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in New York City. It is directly owned by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, which is owned by NBSH Acquisition LLC. The firm traces their origin back to the 1939 founding of Neuberger & Berman, its predecessor firm. In 1950, Neuberger Berman became one of the first firms to offer a no-load mutual fund to individual investors. Neuberger Berman BD manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide. | Finance |
Aberdeen Murray Johnstone International Ltd. | Finance |
Silas Capital LLC
Silas Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Silas Capital LLC (Silas Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2011. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
FatWire Corp.
FatWire Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FatWire Corp. provides content management software solutions. It offers FatWire Content Server that automates Web content management process, including content authoring, site design, content publishing and delivery, targeted marketing, site analytics, and user participation. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Technology Services |
Plateau Systems Ltd.
Plateau Systems Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Plateau is a leading provider of SaaS solutions for developing, managing, rewarding and optimizing organizational talent to increase workforce productivity and maximize operating performance. Plateau delivers a best-of-breed talent management solution with deep functionality for learning management, performance management, compensation management and career and succession planning. This allows organizations to take a unified approach to develop, manage, reward and optimize their talent. Superior best-in-class talent management solutions can be deployed individually or together, enabling current and prospective customer to future-proof and expand their investments. Plateau software has been deployed by many of the world's most successful enterprises. Organizations such as General Electric, Internal Revenue Service, Thomson Reuters, Royal Bank of Canada, and Singapore Airlines, are using Plateau to increase the productivity of their employees and partners. Global enterprise customers have rated Plateau as the overall customer satisfaction leader in the Bersin & Associates customer satisfaction study. | Technology Services |
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Ltd. discovers and develops pharmaceutical products. Its products are used to treat DNA damage sensing, signaling, viral disease, ischaemia, and repair to address unmet medical needs in cancer treatment. The company was founded by Stephen Jackson on December 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. | Health Technology |
SkinMedica, Inc.
SkinMedica, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services SkinMedica, Inc. is a specialty skin care pharmaceutical company. It develops, acquires, and commercializes products for treatment of dermatologic conditions and improvement of skin appearance. It markets and sells to physicians, with a focus on aesthetics, both prescriptions and non-prescription skin care products. SkinMedica was founded in May 1999. Its company headquarters are located in Carlsbad, California. Company already EXT. Filed in HOL tracker. | Distribution Services |
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