Michael Linse
Director/Board Member at VALENS SEMICONDUCTOR LTD.
Net worth: 93 803 $ as of 30/03/2024
Profile
Mr. Michael Linse is a Founder and Managing Director at Levitate Capital, an Independent Director at ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. and a Founder & Managing Director at Linse Capital LLC. He is on the Board of Directors at ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., ChargePoint, Inc., HYLA, Inc., UpWind Solutions, Inc., uShip, Inc., Valens Semiconductor Ltd. and Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd. Mr. Linse was previously employed as a Partner by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, a Managing Director by European Special Situations Group, an Analyst-Financial Institutions Group by Goldman Sachs International (Germany), and a Non-Executive Director by Sterecycle (Rotherham) Ltd. He also served on the board at Proterra, Inc., Optimal Technologies International, Inc. and Telogis, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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13/02/2024 | 39,916 ( 0.04% ) | 93 803 $ | 30/03/2024 | |
07/03/2024 | 0 ( -.--% ) | - $ | 30/03/2024 |
Michael Linse active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 31/03/2012 |
VALENS SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. | Director/Board Member | 31/12/2017 |
Levitate Capital
Levitate Capital Investment ManagersFinance Levitate Capital (Levitate Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Michael Linse and Simon Hobart Charles Morrish. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Founder | 31/12/2016 |
Linse Capital LLC
Linse Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Linse Capital LLC (Linse Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Michael Linse. The firm is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | Founder | 31/12/2014 |
uShip, Inc.
uShip, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services uShip, Inc. provides online shipping services. It caters commercial freight, vehicles and household goods markets. The firm serves freight brokers, business shippers and consumers and transportation service providers that engage in online fixed price, spot market and auction-based transactions. The company was founded by Matthew Chasen, Mickey Millsap and Jay Manickam in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Director/Board Member | - |
Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd.
Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd. operates as a mobile enterprise management software company. It offers fleet, mobile, integration, response, route, and geobase solutions. The company was founded by Ralph Mason, A. Newth Morris IV, and Jason Koch in 2001 and is headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand. | Director/Board Member | - |
HYLA, Inc.
HYLA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services HYLA, Inc. engages in the provision of smartphone software, trade-in and upgrade services. It offers analytics, omni-channel device collection, device trade-in solutions, device processing and liquidation, and device insurance solutions. The company was founded by Ronald J. LeMay, David J. Edmondson, Gary Stone and Scott Wagner in 2009 and is headquartered in Farmers Branch, TX. | Director/Board Member | - |
UpWind Solutions, Inc.
UpWind Solutions, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing UpWind Solutions, Inc. provides utility-scale wind farms and wind energy projects. It offers operations, maintenance, asset management, inspections, blade services, construction oversight and upgrades to wind turbines and large-scale wind energy projects. The firm also supplies parts for turbine technologies, performs blade inspections, and offers various performance upgrades. The company was founded by Bo Thisted in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Redaptive, Inc.
Redaptive, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Redaptive, Inc. engages in the provision of energy conservation services. It offers Utilities-as-a-Service program to customize organization needs. The company was founded by Ryan Martineau and John Rhow in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 31/01/2015 |
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Training of Michael Linse
Harvard University | Undergraduate Degree |
Harvard Business School | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 3 |
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THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | Finance |
VALENS SEMICONDUCTOR LTD. | Electronic Technology |
CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS, INC. | Retail Trade |
Private companies | 15 |
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Optimal Technologies International, Inc.
Optimal Technologies International, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Optimal Technologies International, Inc. provides power network optimization products and services. Its products enable power utilities, businesses, and consumers to optimize energy usage. The firm's AEMPFAST optimization and analysis software give utilities the technology to plug into the Smart Grid. The company was founded in 2000 by Roland Schoettle and is headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados | Producer Manufacturing |
UpWind Solutions, Inc.
UpWind Solutions, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing UpWind Solutions, Inc. provides utility-scale wind farms and wind energy projects. It offers operations, maintenance, asset management, inspections, blade services, construction oversight and upgrades to wind turbines and large-scale wind energy projects. The firm also supplies parts for turbine technologies, performs blade inspections, and offers various performance upgrades. The company was founded by Bo Thisted in 2007 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
Proterra Operating Co., Inc.
Proterra Operating Co., Inc. Auto Parts: OEMProducer Manufacturing Proterra Operating Co., Inc. designs and manufactures zero-emission battery electric transit solutions. It offers solutions to the public transit, commercial transit, airports, universities, and schools industries. The company was founded by Ryan Popple and Dale Hill in January 2004 and is headquartered in Burlingame, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
HYLA, Inc.
HYLA, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services HYLA, Inc. engages in the provision of smartphone software, trade-in and upgrade services. It offers analytics, omni-channel device collection, device trade-in solutions, device processing and liquidation, and device insurance solutions. The company was founded by Ronald J. LeMay, David J. Edmondson, Gary Stone and Scott Wagner in 2009 and is headquartered in Farmers Branch, TX. | Commercial Services |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC Investment ManagersFinance Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Eugene Kleiner, Thomas Perkins, Brook Byers and Frank J. Caufield. The firm is headquartered in California, US. | Finance |
Goldman Sachs International (Germany) | Finance |
uShip, Inc.
uShip, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services uShip, Inc. provides online shipping services. It caters commercial freight, vehicles and household goods markets. The firm serves freight brokers, business shippers and consumers and transportation service providers that engage in online fixed price, spot market and auction-based transactions. The company was founded by Matthew Chasen, Mickey Millsap and Jay Manickam in 2004 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Commercial Services |
Telogis, Inc.
Telogis, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Telogis, Inc. developed location-based software to manage mobile resources. The company was founded by A. Newth Morris IV, Jason Koch and Ralph Mason in 2001 and was headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA. | Technology Services |
Sterecycle (Rotherham) Ltd.
Sterecycle (Rotherham) Ltd. Environmental ServicesIndustrial Services Sterecycle is a waste management business focused on recycling and green energy. It has its own patented technologies that are capable of recycling and recovering the typical household waste stream. Since June 2008 it has been operating a full scale plant in Yorkshire. This is the World's 1st full scale commercial autoclave plant to treat residual household waste. The plant is processing 'black-bag' waste from 3 local authorities under a contract for up to 10 years: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. Whilst autoclaving has been used for a number of years for sterilizing small batches of medical waste, it has pioneered its use at industrial scale and for recycling municipal solid waste. In addition, the facility uses its own unique autoclaving system which is highly energy efficient and integrated with a green energy plant is self-sustaining with a beneficial carbon footprint. Its technology is protected by a series of granted patents and patent applications. Its business model is to build, own and operate waste recycling plants, processing residual waste as a substitute for landfill. It is a well funded business, backed by blue chip investors including Goldman Sachs, Fidelity International and Impax Asset Management. | Industrial Services |
ChargePoint, Inc.
ChargePoint, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing ChargePoint, Inc. engages in the development of cloud subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware. Its products include commercial chargers, residential chargers, Cloud Plans, and ChargePoint Enterprise Charging Optimization (ECO). The company was founded by Dave Baxter, Harjinder S. Bhade, Richard Lowenthal, Praveen K. Mandal, and Milton T. Tormey in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA. | Producer Manufacturing |
European Special Situations Group | |
Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd.
Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Verizon Connect New Zealand Ltd. operates as a mobile enterprise management software company. It offers fleet, mobile, integration, response, route, and geobase solutions. The company was founded by Ralph Mason, A. Newth Morris IV, and Jason Koch in 2001 and is headquartered in Christchurch, New Zealand. | Technology Services |
Linse Capital LLC
Linse Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Linse Capital LLC (Linse Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015 by Michael Linse. The firm is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | Finance |
Redaptive, Inc.
Redaptive, Inc. Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Redaptive, Inc. engages in the provision of energy conservation services. It offers Utilities-as-a-Service program to customize organization needs. The company was founded by Ryan Martineau and John Rhow in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Distribution Services |
Levitate Capital
Levitate Capital Investment ManagersFinance Levitate Capital (Levitate Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Michael Linse and Simon Hobart Charles Morrish. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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