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Charles Hung Lin works at First Round Capital and a Chief Executive Officer at First Round Capital and is based in Costa Rica.

Greg Cohen was named an Operating Partner to LMP in 2019. As an independent consultant, he has been assisting the investment team in reviewing numerous payment opportunities, many of which have been pursued on an exclusive basis. Greg is a recognized payment and financial technology industry leader who has built national and global organizations with high level exits. He is a past president of the Electronic Transactions Association and former member of MasterCard, Discover and NACHA advisory boards, and is an advisor to some of the fastest growing payments technology companies and investment firms and speaker thru his advisory practice, PayX Advisory. Most recently, Greg was President of Paya, a private equity backed integrated software, payment and EFT processor servicing over 100,000 businesses in North America. He held the role of interim CEO for four months during his tenure as he was asked by the equity partners to step in to lead the organization after the tragic death of the CEO. Greg led the organization through a corporate carve out at onset, a transformational strategy realignment for growth, the implementation of a modern technology stack and three software and technology acquisitions. Prior to assuming this role, Greg was the President and then Chief Operating Officer of iPayment, leading the operations of the top 20 processor. In addition, he served as Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer for Cayan, and served as President for the U.S. Group and Emerging Payments at Moneris Solutions, a JV of the Royal Bank of Canada and the Bank of Montreal. He has also held senior positions with VeriFone, Global Payments, TSYS and BankServ Check Services. Because of Greg’s operating company experience in the financial services industry, in addition to his activities for LMP, he may from time to time serve as an independent portfolio company board or management member. Greg earned an M.B.A. in Strategic Marketing from The George Washington University and a B.A. in Math and Economics from Emory University.