Frank I. Lin

In addition to his role with Rising Tide, Mr. Lin joined Newbury in July 2004.
Prior to Newbury, he was a Principal at Panasonic Ventures, the U.S.
investment arm of Matsushita in Japan.
During his three years at Panasonic Ventures, he was involved in closing 10 venture investments, totaling over $21 million in invested capital.
These included investments in MontaVista Software, Premier Retail Networks, Raindance (Nasdaq: RNDC), P-Cube (acquired by Cisco), and IntAcct.
While at Panasonic Ventures and Panasonic Incubator, Mr. Lin structured numerous revenue-generating partnerships between Panasonic's business units and other technology companies.
Prior to joining Panasonic Ventures, Mr. Lin focused on IPOs, private placements and M&A transactions in technology sectors as a Financial Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney's Global Technology Group in San Francisco.
Mr. Lin's deal experience in technology sectors include semiconductors, enterprise software, internet, and networking equipment.
Previously, Mr. Lin worked in the mergers and acquisitions group of Salomon Smith Barney's New York office where he advised on and executed transactions across various industries, including healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, real estate and technology.
Mr. Lin was also a Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division in Hong Kong.
Mr. Lin holds an A.B.
with honors from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.