3x founder

James Lin

Nexus Motors, Crunchyroll co-founder ($1.2B)

Founder

CSPA· Summer 2018Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

in LinkedIn

2023Founder· Nexus Motors

Founder · since 2007

Company

Nexus Motors

Role

Founder

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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CSPA

The Computer Science Proficiency Assessment (CSPA™) is a…

Summer 2018

Experience

Career

Nexus Motors
Founder
Founder · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2023 – Present
2023
AngelList
Head of Candidate Data · San Francisco · 2020 – 2022
2020
CSPA
Co-founder
Co-Founder and CEO · San Francisco · 2017 – 2020
2017
Crunchyroll
Co-founder
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer · San Francisco · 2007 – 2015
2007
HOT or NOT
Front End Software Engineer · San Francisco · 2007
2007
Slide, Inc
Web Developer · San Francisco · 2006 – 2007
2006
Frappr.com
Web Developer · 2005 – 2006
2005

Bio

James was the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Crunchyroll, managing the startups' software engineers, designers, and product managers. Crunchyroll was acquired by Sony for $1.2B and has over 10 million paying subscribers. James also started CSPA (YC S18), an ed-tech company, which is now owned by AngelList Talent (Wellfound). He currently serves as its Head of Candidate Data. YC Badge: 0x1fc629e6cb8dc52e903b3004f3fbdbfb752ab1a1