Brooks Lee

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Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Stripe

Independent
San Jose, CA · PT (UTC-8)
17+ years experience
Harvard Business School
English
Investing
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Overview

Angel investor, backing AI applications companies. Sit on 3 boards. Backed 48 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Stripe and Intel. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Questions about AI applications
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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  • Fund-of-funds solicitations
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches

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Skills
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InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $1M cheques into Series An AI applications in MENA

Cheque size
$1M
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
AI applications
Geographies
Global
Lead or follow
Any
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. We reply to every founder.

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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    May 2022 - Present
    Independent · 4 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Backed 52 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
    • Sit on 3 boards.
  2. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2019 - May 2022
    Stripe · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  3. FP&A Manager
    May 2016 - Oct 2019
    Intel · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 2% for 5 straight quarters.
  4. Financial Analyst
    Jan 2013 - May 2016
    Atlassian · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Ran diligence on 7 acquisitions.
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $284 million raise.
  5. Senior Financial Analyst
    Jul 2009 - Jan 2013
    Shopify · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 5 straight quarters.
    • Ran diligence on 6 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. Harvard Business School
    MBA, Business Administration
    2005 - 2007
  2. Yale University
    BA, Business Administration
    2001 - 2005

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