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Sam Lessin

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Sam is currently the co-CEO of Fin and a General Partner at Slow Ventures. He was formerly a vice president of product management at Facebook from 2010 to 2014, where he managed the People, Places, and Things product group and the Identity product group. Prior to joining Facebook Sam founded drop.io, a file-sharing platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2010. Before drop.io Sam was an associate at Bain and Company. In his spare time Sam enjoys skiing and kite-surfing. He writes a column at The Information, where he interns.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Sam Lessin has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 2, 2015, when PicnicHealth raised $2M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Apr 2, 2015 PicnicHealth Seed $2M Analytics Detail
Aug 17, 2011 Birchbox Series A $10.50M Beauty Detail
Oct 27, 2010 Birchbox Seed $1.40M Beauty Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Sam Lessin has 1 current jobs including member at lessin X2, llc , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
lessin X2, llc member Jan 1, 2010 — Detail
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