Levinthal Capital

Levinthal Capital is an independent venture capital firm managed by Michael Levinthal. Mike has over 35 years of venture capital investing experience and currently works as an independent venture capitalist helping to advise companies in the Intermountain region and Silicon Valley. Mike spent 20 years with the Mayfield Fund. During his tenure at Mayfield, Mike worked to sponsor such successes as Citrix, Concur Technologies, Heartstream, Pure Software and WebMethods. Additionally, he founded Mayfield Software Partners, a side fund consisting of 20 leading software entrepreneurs as investors. He began his career in venture capital at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). While at NEA, Mike founded ONSET Ventures, a venture firm specializing in incubating new companies. Mike holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He also received both his MS and BS degrees in Engineering from Stanford University. He has served as an advisory board member to the Stanford Technology Venture Program and established the Mayfield Fellows program at Stanford University and University of California at Berkeley. Mike is also an inventor and holds U.S. Patent 5,593,426, Defibrillator System Using Multiple External Defibrillators and a Communications Network. Mike has been a board member on numerous companies, including more recent investments such as: Peloton, Paytm (One97), High West Distillery, Creminelli Fine Meats, and MetricStream. His current portfolio includes: BallerTV, Better Place Forest, Chargeback, Degreed, Divvy, Expert Voice, Homie, Kuleana Rum, Nav, Ontic, PebblePost, Podium, PopArt Popcorn, Strala, Sunski, Teem, ThinCI, and Trust Performance- all of which were seed investments made by Levinthal Capital. Mike also spends his time as an advisor to a 2X Consumer Partners, Peak Ventures, and Section Partners.