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Linse Capital

VC
Menlo Park, CAWebsite

Linse Capital is a Series A, Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA investing in Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 12 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Series A, Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

Portfolio

12+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Linse Capital focuses heavily on hardware-enabled infrastructure technologies, with a niche expertise in sensitive industries like maritime and logistics.

How Linse Capital invests

Linse Capital is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, CA. The firm invests at the Series A, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer.

Linse Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment.

Linse Capital has backed 12 companies in our records, including Spire Global, Verkada, SpaceX.

Meet the Team

DL

David Linse

Founder and GP

Maritime Tech
Edge Computing
Infrastructure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (12)

Other

SP

Spire Global

Space/Maritime Tech
VE

Verkada

Cybersecurity·Series B

Physical security systems for the modern enterprise

SP

SpaceX

Aerospace·Growth

The world's leading space exploration and space communications company

VA

Varda

Aerospace·Seed

Space company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth

MY

Mythic

AI/ML·Series A

Pioneering energy-efficient AI processors for edge devices and embedded systems

ZE

Zeromatter

Robotics·Seed

Building simulation tools and synthetic data for advanced robotics companies

LA

Lace Lithography

Quantum Computing·Seed

Next-generation lithography technology enabling faster, smaller, and more powerful chips

RE

Redaptive

Climate Tech·Growth

Turnkey portfolio wide energy efficiency retrofits for the Fortune 500

CH

ChargePoint

Climate Tech·Growth

Global market leader in electric vehicle charging hardware, software, and services

SK

Skydio

Robotics·Series B

The world leader in drone autonomy for inspections and emergency response

How to pitch Linse Capital
  • Raising at Series A, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Linse, Founder and GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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