# Bruce Dines

> Bruce Dines is a seed investor at Liberty Global Ventures (Denver) backing Solar and Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Liberty Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liberty-global-ventures)
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucedines/

Bruce Dines is a seed investor at Liberty Global Ventures in Denver focused on Solar and Energy. Bruce Dines is the Senior Partner of Liberty Global Ventures. He attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 1 | 100% |
| Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Smart Home | 1 | 100% |
| Smart Building | 1 | 100% |
| Energy Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ecoisme | Ecoisme is a home energy monitoring system that detects home appliances consumption and shows how much money users spend on it. It eliminates grid and solar energy overuse and notifies owners if something is about to break. The system requires just one sensor in the home which tracks energy consumption and it is connected to the fuse box in acontactless way.Ecoisme made a successful Indiegogo campaign, got CES Best of Innovations Award. In June Ecoisme became a member of EEI, and is working on pilot projects with EDF, Virgin Media and Dubai Energy and Water Authority. |  | Seed | Mar 29, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Virgin Media Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virgin-media-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Liberty Global Ventures

VC Fund · Englewood, United States

Liberty Global Ventures is an investment fund owned by Liberty Global. Its existing portfolio consists of companies in the content, technology, internet, and distribution space. These investments are managed by a dedicated team of professionals located in Denver, Palo Alto, London, and Amsterdam.

5 contacts available at Liberty Global Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ankur Prakash | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ankur-prakash-d8ed |
| Bruce Dines | Senior Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-dines |
| John H. Gowen | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-h-gowen |
| John Paul | Managing Director, Emerging Business | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-paul-96d4 |
| Charles H. R. Bracken | Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-h-r-bracken |

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## FAQ

### What does Bruce Dines invest in?

Bruce Dines invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Smart Home startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bruce Dines last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bruce Dines closed in Mar 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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