# Lyndon Rive

> Lyndon Rive is a seed investor backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndon-rive-57723a
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lyndon.rive

Lyndon Rive is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Lyndon Rive is the Co-Founder and CEO of SolarCity. He is a Co-Founded SolarCity in July 2006 with the goal of significantly reducing the cost of solar power and building a trusted national brand adopted by millions of homes. In its first full year of operation, SolarCity became the largest residential solar power provider in California, and byearly 2008, SolarCity was a full-service solar power company—providing design, financing, installation, monitoring and services. Lyndon has grown SolarCity has grown to over 300 employees , serving more than 300 communities in three states in its first two years of existence. Prior to SolarCity, Lyndon founded Everdream, an industry leader in software and services for large-scale distributed computer management. Lyndon negotiated the company's partnership with Dell Computer, which acquired Everdream in 2007. A lifelong entrepreneur, Lyndon founded his first company at the age of 17 in South Africa, and in his spare time has been a member of the U.S. National Underwater Hockey Team.

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 3 | 25% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 25% |
| Solar | 2 | 17% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 17% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 17% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Solarcycle | Solarcycle is a solar technology company that builds a circular economy for solar and renewables. The company offers an affordable and eco-friendly service for recycling and reusing decommissioned solar panels and technologies, catering to solar asset owners. Leveraging its patented technology, it can retrieve up to 95% of precious metals such assilver, silicon, copper, and aluminum from solar panels, as well as repurpose or recycle panels that are currently in use. | $6.6M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 | https://www.solarcycle.us/ |
| Sonomotion | Sonomotion is a medical device manufacturing company that specializes in providing medical solutions for kidney stones disease. The company's stone repositioning solution is currently in clinical trials and its second-generation stone breaking technology is in development.Sonomotion was founded in 2014 and headquartered in South SanFrancisco, California. | $12.4M | Series C | Apr 15, 2022 | http://www.sonomotion.com/ |
| AutoSled | AutoSled is a technology company building the next-generation automotive logistics platform and marketplace. It streamlines and simplifies the traditional car shipment process by making it simple, paperless, and digital through our app. Their software helps users save time, save money, and ship vehicles with ease. The Autosled app connects anentire ecosystem of dealers, brokers, fleet managers, and transporters to create the next generation automotive logistics platform.The company's automotive logistics technology connects transporters to dealers within their app, making shipping a car efficient and digital. AutoSled's free app provides technology-first capabilities and efficiencies for the entire automotive ecosystem, including dealers, brokers, fleet managers, transporters, auctions, and partners. AutoSled provides dealers with vehicle GPS tracking, real-time pricing quotes, video BOL and condition reports, and seamless paperwork handling and accounting. For transporters, they offer guaranteed two-business-day payments, reduced paperwork, load optimization, and ease of use.It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, USA. | $5M | Series A | Mar 09, 2022 | https://www.autosled.com |
| Dequency | Dequency is a web3 synchronization licensing marketplace. Dequency builds a platform for music and visual creators to connect and collaborate on NFT art and metaverse content. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 15, 2022 | https://dequency.io/ |
| Zola Electric | ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100. | $45M | Private Equity | Sep 23, 2021 | https://zolaelectric.com |
| Bellwether Coffee | Bellwether Coffee is making coffee roasting more accessible, and more sustainable for the environment and communities. With its controllable roaster available, Bellwether’s customers from large brands to small neighborhood cafes are in complete control of their coffee offerings using the electric, ventless, zero-emissions, award-winning BellwetherRoaster and intuitive roasting software. Bellwether Coffee is the recipient of the Best New Product award for 2019 by the Specialty Coffee Association.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $40M | Series B | Sep 04, 2019 | https://www.bellwethercoffee.com/ |
| Solana | Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $20M | Series A | Jul 30, 2019 | http://solana.com |
| Solana | Solana is a crypto startup that builds and develops crypto apps for decentralized apps and marketplaces. The startup was founded in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Jul 30, 2019 | http://solana.com |
| Bellwether Coffee | Bellwether Coffee is making coffee roasting more accessible, and more sustainable for the environment and communities. With its controllable roaster available, Bellwether’s customers from large brands to small neighborhood cafes are in complete control of their coffee offerings using the electric, ventless, zero-emissions, award-winning BellwetherRoaster and intuitive roasting software. Bellwether Coffee is the recipient of the Best New Product award for 2019 by the Specialty Coffee Association.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $10M | Series A | Aug 27, 2018 | https://www.bellwethercoffee.com/ |
| SolarCity | SolarCity is the nation's 1 leading provider of solar energy systems that deliver reliable clean energy to homes and businesses. SolarCity went public on the NASDAQ exchange in 2012 with a market cap of around $600 million. | $113M | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 18, 2015 | http://www.solarcity.com |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DBL Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dbl-investors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Distributed Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/distributed-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Electron Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electron-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardwareclub) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lyndon Rive invest in?

Lyndon Rive invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Lyndon Rive last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lyndon Rive closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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