Zhonglin Lin

About

Timeline

2025

AI Infrastructure at Cloudsway

Joined a growth-stage AI-infrastructure company — corporate finance under the CFO, then strategy & investment with the CEO.

2024

MSc Finance, NUS

Began a Master of Science in Finance at the National University of Singapore.

2024

BSc Physics (Honours), NUS

Graduated with honours on a full scholarship.

2023

Quantum computing research, CQT

Modelled and optimised control of a quantum-computer candidate at the Centre for Quantum Technologies.

2023

Research at Humboldt University, Berlin

Atomic, molecular & optical physics simulation in the AMO group.

2015

SM1 Scholarship to Singapore

Singapore Government scholarship; moved from China for pre-university study.

Work Experience

Corporate Finance → Strategy & Investment @ Cloudsway

Nov 2025 - Present

AI infrastructure (growth-stage). Joined in corporate finance under the CFO, then moved to strategy & investment working directly with the CEO.

  • Evaluate strategic investment and acquisition targets; author strategy reports scoping new product lines to inform the CEO's expansion decisions
  • Supported a growth-stage fundraise — prepared materials and liaised with prospective investors
  • Streamlined and analysed the company's accounting data flow
  • Ran due diligence on an acquisition deal

VC Investment Intern @ Woori Venture Partners

Feb 2025 - Sep 2025

Full-cycle venture diligence across AI infrastructure, F&B chain, SaaS, and air-monitoring deals.

  • Sole-authored an in-depth China humanoid-robotics market report — value chain, regulatory framework, capital-market environment, and startup landscape — to guide investment strategy

VC Analyst (deep-tech) @ Protégé Ventures

Aug 2024 - Jun 2025

Deep-tech venture analysis, from founder calls through to investment memos.

  • Built the investment memo and pre-IC deck for a high-performance chip-design startup targeting high-frequency-trading firms (founder call → diligence → memo)
  • Ran a deep-tech sector deep-dive workshop spanning quantum, EVs, and AI

Product Manager / CFO Assistant @ E3A Healthcare

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Defined and launched a new sleep-aid product; rotated through every department from prototyping to clinical trials.

  • Found a market gap and defined a new sleep-aid product; translated requirements into software/hardware tasks, driving the hardware launch
  • Optimised the internal operations system, automating ~80% of e-commerce department work
  • Supported distributor and hospital channel sales across two cities

Student Researcher @ Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), NUS

Aug 2023 - May 2024

Modelled and optimised control of a novel quantum-computer candidate (Python / SciPy).

  • Cut gate time from ~100 ms to ~10 ms (~10×); methods transferable to financial optimisation

Student Researcher @ Humboldt University zu Berlin

May 2023 - Aug 2023

Adapted legacy Fortran/Python simulation code to a new regime; results used as guiding theory for experiments.

Resume

AI-infrastructure operator bridging strategy, investment, and technical execution. Physics-trained, finance-credentialed, China–Singapore bilingual.

Skills

AI & Technical

Self-hosted AI infrastructure, MCP servers, Agent frameworks, Model routing, Python, R, SQL, HarvardX CS50AI

Finance & Tools

Valuation, Financial statement analysis, Market sizing, IC memos, Excel, PowerPoint, Pitch, Figma

Languages

Mandarin (native), English (native, GRE 331), Teochew (native)

Interests

Philosophy (epistemology), Tennis, Powerlifting

Education

MSc Finance
National University of Singapore
2024 - 2026
BSc Physics (Honours) — full scholarship
National University of Singapore
2020 - 2024