Sam Lessin

General Partner at Slow Ventures

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Biography

Sam Lessin is a General Partner at Slow Ventures, a seed-stage venture firm the firm's own site describes as a generalist early stage investor that has backed companies since 2011. Before Slow he was VP of Product at Facebook and founded Drop.io, which Facebook acquired in 2010, and later co-founded Fin. Forbes lists him as an investor in crypto companies including Aleo, Algorand, Klaytn, Lightning Labs and Chia Network, as well as Airtable, Astra, Venmo and Birchbox. He writes a column for The Information and hosts the More or Less podcast.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

AleoAlgorandKlaytnLightning LabsChia NetworkAirtableAstraVenmoBirchbox

Career Timeline

2010
Drop.io, the company he founded, was acquired by Facebook.
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Served as VP of Product at Facebook.
2015
Forbes records him as a co-founder of Slow Ventures alongside Kevin Colleran and Dave Morin.
2025
Spoke for Slow Ventures on the launch of its $60 million fund backing creator businesses.

Sources & References

Slow Ventures - About ↗Sam Lessin - Investing & Venture Capital (personal site) ↗Forbes - Sam Lessin profile ↗Axios - Slow Ventures raises $60 million seed fund for creators ↗TechCrunch - Slow Ventures picks up the pace with two new funds ↗