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Alexander Lin

Head of Research and Investor at Shima Capital

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Alexander Lin is a co-founder of Reforge and was previously Head of Research at Shima Capital and a venture partner at Old Fashioned Research. Alex started his career in consulting at Deloitte, and subsequently held roles in engineering and product at Teads (acquired by Altice) and Concertiv (majority acquired by Long Arc Capital). Alex is also the co-founder of Tether Health, an early-stage digital health startup. Alex earned a BS in Applied Mathematics with double minors in Computer Science and Economics from VMI, and received a Technical MBA with a concentration in Computer Engineering from Cornell University.

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