Dave Lin

General Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Trousdale Ventures
Dave Lin, co‑founder of Meyers Manx, brings rare operator experience from an iconic heritage brand to investing in value-driven, culturally resonant companies that democratize quality for mainstream and minority consumers.
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About Dave Lin

Dave Lin is a venture capital investor at Trousdale Ventures who serves as both Head of Consumer and co-founder of Meyers Manx, an iconic California dune-buggy brand, giving him rare experience as both an operator inside heritage consumer brands and a venture investor. His investment approach focuses on value-driven brands that democratize access to quality products for mainstream and minority consumers, with a portfolio spanning culturally resonant companies like Flamingo Estate, Lemon Perfect, and Common Heir.

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Trousdale Ventures

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Space, CPG / D2C, Transportation, Climate, Health
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Trousdale Ventures operates as a family-office platform that has deployed over $300M in 18-24 months, backing dual-use space, defense, and industrial technologies under a "reindustrialization from earth to orbit" thesis while explicitly avoiding incremental improvements to focus only on "seemingly impossible challenges" and multi-decade "forever companies." The firm combines hard-tech investments with a personal wellness focus informed by founding partner Phillip Sarofim's cancer journey, seeking companies that materially improve health and sustainability while bringing hands-on industrial and global supply-chain expertise typically found in private equity rather than venture capital.

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