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Frank Levinson

Investor

Managing General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners · Senior Advisor at iGlobe Partners

Belvedere Tiburon, California, United States

About

PhD and co-founder/General Partner of Phoenix Venture Partners, and founder of the seed investment group Small World Group. A veteran of photonics and advanced materials, he founded and led Finisar Corporation as CTO and Chairman, and has led or co-led investments in companies including Rapsodo, Vixar, Daylight Solutions, Sentinel, COTSWORKS, and Nexus Photonics. He holds a BS from Butler University and a PhD from the University of Virginia and sits on the board of Fabrinet.

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Experience

  1. Convergent VenturesGeneral Partner Convergent Venturescurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. FabrinetMember Board Of Directorscurrent2001 — presentBangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand
  3. Phoenix Venture PartnersGeneral Partner2010 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Small World Group Ventures LLCFounder and Managing Partner2006 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Finisar CorpCTO and Chairman1988 — 2006
  6. Ericsson RaynetOptical Systems Manager1985 — 1988
  7. Bell Labs/BellcoreMember of Technical Staff1980 — 1984

Education

  1. University of VirginiaPHD, Astronomy1975 — 1980
  2. Butler UniversityBS, Physics and Mathematics1971 — 1975

Skills & more

Strategy19Leadership27Management40Venture Capital87Optical Communications7Technology Incubation5Fiber Optics40Optics37Cleantech38Broadband Access1Start-ups99Semiconductors25
+12 moreEntrepreneurshipR&DBusiness StrategyProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentEngineering ManagementNanotechnologyRenewable EnergyTelecommunicationsInvestmentsEnterprise Software

Languages English

From Frank's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Virginia316

Alexis OhanianFounder & General Partner of Seven Seven SixAndy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel CapitalKandace ElamVice President of GTM Talent at Menlo VenturesTrevor KienzleInvestor at Correlation VenturesFrank RotmanCo-Founder and Partner Emeritus at QED InvestorsMegan LightcapPartner, Creator Fund at Slow Ventures

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Also attended Butler University6

Chloe KindermanDirector, Investment Management at TitletownTechJoel BrightfieldPrincipal at SixThirty VenturesHayes BarnesDirector of Marketing at Elevate VenturesBrighid KingPlatform Operations Manager at Elevate VenturesAdam BauerManaging Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersDr. Guy PadburySVP, Oncology Clinical Pharmacology at Illinois Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Fabrinet1

Tom KellyVenture Consultant at ForgePoint Capital

Also worked at Phoenix Venture Partners3

Jiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersAvinash KantInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersSrinivas RaoInvestor at Phoenix Venture Partners

Also worked at Ericsson Raynet54

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesDoug GilstrapExecutive Advisor at TCVHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesPedro GomesDirector, Intelligence & Transformation at Bright Pixel CapitalMarc FaucherManaging Partner at ArcTern VenturesDmitry ChikhachevGeneral Partner & Co-founder at Runa Capital

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Colleagues at Phoenix Venture Partners

Avinash Kant
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Barbara Dalton
Vice President, Venture Capital, Worldwide Business Development & Innovation at Phoenix Venture Partners
Brendan Boyd
External Innovation Director at Phoenix Venture Partners
David Soane
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Jennifer Wang
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Jiong Ma
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
John T. Chen
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Makoto Iizuka
General Manager of Corporate R&D Department at Phoenix Venture Partners