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Frank Levinson

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Managing General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners · Senior Advisor at iGlobe Partners · Board director at COTSWORKS

Belvedere Tiburon, California, United States

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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.

Board director at COTSWORKS

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Phoenix Venture PartnersSan Mateo · $100K – $3M checks · since 2022

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

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.

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
Jennifer Wang
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Jiong Ma
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
John Chen
(Phoenix Venture Partners) PVP · Kauffman Fellow (Class 10)
John T. Chen
Investor at Phoenix Venture Partners
Makoto Iizuka
General Manager of Corporate R&D Department at Phoenix Venture Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Frank Levinson?
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.
Where does Frank Levinson work?
Frank Levinson is Managing General Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners and Board director at COTSWORKS.
Where did Frank Levinson go to school?
Frank Levinson studied at University of Virginia (PHD, Astronomy); Butler University (BS, Physics and Mathematics).

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Also worked at Finisar Corp1

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