# Michael Linse

> Michael Linse is a Series E investor at Linse Capital (Menlo Park) backing Dental and Energy. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Linse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linse-capital)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlinse

Michael Linse is a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He focuses on investments with the Green Growth Fund.Before joining KPCB in 2009, Michael managed the alternative energy investing team within the European Special Situations Group (ESSG) at Goldman Sachs in London. Michael was responsible for a number of ESSG investments,including the German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex. Michael joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group, working out of the company’s Frankfurt and Hong Kong offices. In 2002, he joined the Structured and Principal Finance Group in London, where he focused on distressed portfolio transactions. Michael joined ESSG in 2003, initially working on German restructuring situations, then beginning in 2005, on investments in the alternative energy space. He was named managing director in 2007.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $1.4M–$105M |
| Series E | $27M–$63M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dental | 1 | 7% |
| Energy | 1 | 7% |
| Mobile | 1 | 7% |
| Computer | 1 | 7% |
| Hardware | 1 | 7% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series E | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |
| Series F | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| Spain | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Redaptive | Redaptive is an Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. Redaptive’s programs help many of the world’s most sophisticated organizations reduce energy waste, save money, lower their carbon emissions, and meet their sustainability goals across their entire real estate portfolios. WithRedaptive, customers can overcome capital and contractual barriers to achieve energy-saving benefits quickly, all with real-time data powered by Redaptive’s proprietary Data-as-a-Service metering platform. | $50M | Series E | May 03, 2023 |  |
| Impress | Impress – is European leading digital orthodontic DSO of new generationWe have a defensible model with the personal touch of an in-house orthodontist, true clinical expertise, and engaging directly with consumersImpress was founded in 2019 in Barcelona with the idea of combining the best of orthodontic tradition with the most innovativetechnology in the sector. From the very beginning the vision of the Impress founders was to introduce a different business model with a strong focus on medical experience and digitalization. The company is transforming the oral healthcare industry by developing its own chain of orthodontic clinics, which are characterized by their disruptive design and modern patient experience. The founders decided to build a medical company with the personal touch of in-house orthodontists, face-to-face care, and unique clinical expertise, where the proper implementation of business processes and digitalization are at the core.In less than 2 years, Impress has managed to position itself as the European leader in the orthodontic sector, has treated more than 22.000 smiles and already has a presence in more than 80 European cities. Its innovation and quality have earned it recognition from Sifted as one of the fastest growing HealthTech companies in Europe in 2020. | $50M | Series A | May 12, 2021 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $127M | Series H | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $240M | Series H | Nov 28, 2018 |  |
| Valens Semiconductor | Valens Semiconductor Ltd., a fabless chip company, provides semiconductor products for the distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content. It offers transmitters and receivers for applications, such as DVD players and recorders, digital set-top-boxes, game consoles, PCs, HDBaseT switches, and A/V receivers, as well asHDMI repeaters, splitters, and switches; and DTVs, LCDs, and plasma displays, rear and front projectors, and digital signage. The company offers chips that transmits and receives uncompressed HD video, audio, Internet, power, and control signals. Its products are used in home, office, hotel, airport, and other public places. Valens Semiconductor Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is based in Hod Hasharon, Israel with additional offices in the United States, Tokyo, Japan, and Hong Kong. | $63M | Series E | Nov 06, 2018 |  |
| Valens Semiconductor | Valens Semiconductor Ltd., a fabless chip company, provides semiconductor products for the distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content. It offers transmitters and receivers for applications, such as DVD players and recorders, digital set-top-boxes, game consoles, PCs, HDBaseT switches, and A/V receivers, as well asHDMI repeaters, splitters, and switches; and DTVs, LCDs, and plasma displays, rear and front projectors, and digital signage. The company offers chips that transmits and receives uncompressed HD video, audio, Internet, power, and control signals. Its products are used in home, office, hotel, airport, and other public places. Valens Semiconductor Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is based in Hod Hasharon, Israel with additional offices in the United States, Tokyo, Japan, and Hong Kong. | $63M | Series E | Nov 06, 2018 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $82M | Series G | Mar 02, 2017 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $50M | Series F | Jun 16, 2016 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $59M | Series F | May 05, 2016 |  |
| ChargePoint | ChargePoint brings electric vehicle (EV) charging to more people and places than ever before as the world’s leading EV charging network. These stations are available as public charging stations, consumer subscription plans, and utility grid management technology for electric utility companies to smooth electric demands on the grid.ChargePoint wasincorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California. | $27M | Series E | May 07, 2014 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/braemar-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [American Electric Power](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-electric-power) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clearvision Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearvision-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [F+ Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Linse Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Linse Capital is a growth equity firm investing in technology companies in the transportation, energy, and logistics sector. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

4 contacts available at Linse Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bastiaan Janmaat | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bastiaan-janmaat |
| Dario Constantine | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dario-constantine |
| Michael Linse | Managing Director & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-linse |
| Robert Kaufman | Principal, Head of Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-kaufman-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Linse invest in?

Michael Linse invests primarily in Dental, Energy and Mobile startups, most often at Series E and Series C stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Linse's check size?

Michael Linse typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$105M at Series C and $27M–$63M at Series E. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Linse participates in.

### When did Michael Linse last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Linse closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 14 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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