# Linse Capital: portfolio, investments and team > Linse Capital is a vc firm based in United States. 9 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/linse-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Linse Capital Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 9 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now New fund $6.8M, Aug 2026 Seed Series A Series B Oil Clean Energy Car Follow Linse Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Flinse-capital) Deploying now **100%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 9 on record Since the last cheque **155** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$100M** Rounds led **1 of 9** Mostly in **United States, 89%** Pitch Linse Capital ## Linse Capital highlights - 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 50% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Linse Capital is a venture capital firm focused on deep tech companies in sectors such as energy, mobility, space, robotics, and AI. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO - **Sectors:** Oil Clean Energy Car - **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **9 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Jun** **[Impulse Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space)** Series D · US · TechCrunch **$500M** With 4 others - **May** **[Thea Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/thea-energy)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$100M** With 16 others - **Mar** **[Lace Lithography](https://millionrounds.com/company/lace-lithography)** Series A · NO · TechStartups **$40M** With 4 others - **Feb** **[Freeform](https://millionrounds.com/company/freeform)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$67M** With 8 others - **2025** 1 round - **Jun** **[Impulse Space](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space)** Growth · US · TechStartups **$300M** *Led* - **2024** 1 round - **Nov** **[Skydio](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydio)** Series E · US · TechCrunch **$170M** With 2 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[ChargePoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargepoint)** Series H · US · FinSMEs **$240M** With 8 others - **Apr** **[Redaptive](https://millionrounds.com/company/redaptive)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 2 others - **2017** 1 round - **Mar** **[ChargePoint](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargepoint)** US · FinSMEs **$82M** With 3 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named** AP **Alexander Prescott Gross** Member i Form ADV BL **Bastiaan Leonard Janmaat** Managing Director i Form ADV MW **Michael Wolfgang Linse** Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer i Form ADV RJ **Ryan Joseph Heaton** Chief Compliance Officer i Form ADV We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$1.7B** assets it manages Oct 2026 **Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC - **Legal name:** Linse Capital LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 289222 Funds on its Form ADV **16** private funds, **$1.1B** in gross assets · filed Jun 2024 - Linse Capital Fund I, L.P. *Private equity* 559 investors $614M - Levitate Capital Sky LLC *Private equity* 32 investors $125M - Linse Capital Sky II, LLC *Private equity* 126 investors $112M - Linse Capital Red LLC *Private equity* 44 investors $42M - Linse Capital Wayve, LLC *Private equity* 16 investors $32M - Linse Capital Space LLC *Private equity* 61 investors $29M - Linse Capital VAL LLC *Private equity* 192 investors $29M - Linse Capital Red II LLC *Private equity* 81 investors $26M - Linse Capital Verkada LLC *Private equity* 60 investors $21M - Linse Capital VER II LLC *Private equity* 38 investors $13M And 6 more on the filing. New fund on file **$6.8M** raised in Aug 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$100M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 9 rounds **11%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jun 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series B said *2* - Series A said *1* - Growth said *1* - Series D *1* - Series E *1* - Seed said *-* - Pre-IPO said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 3 - [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2 - [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures) 2 - [Lux Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) 2 **Pitching Linse Capital?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Linse Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Founders Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Braemar Energy Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures)[**Lux Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lux-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Linse Capital put money into. [**Impulse Space** $500M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulse-space)[**Thea Energy** $100M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/thea-energy)[**Lace Lithography** $40M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/lace-lithography)[**Freeform** $67M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/freeform)[**Skydio** $170M · Nov 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/skydio)[**ChargePoint** $240M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/chargepoint) ## Quick answers about Linse Capital ### What does Linse Capital invest in? Linse Capital invests most often at Series B and Series A (50% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Oil, Clean Energy and Car. ### How active is Linse Capital? 9 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Jun 2026. ### What has Linse Capital invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Impulse Space (Series D, Jun 2026), Thea Energy (Series B, May 2026) and Lace Lithography (Series A, Mar 2026). ### How big are Linse Capital's cheques? The median round it joins is $100M. ### Does Linse Capital lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 9 investments on record (11%). ### Where does Linse Capital invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and Norway (11%). ### Is Linse Capital investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Linse Capital invest alongside? Most often Founders Fund (3 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (2 rounds together) and Braemar Energy Ventures (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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