Rachel Sheinbein

Rachel Sheinbein serves as Venture Partner at Lemnos. Sheinbein previously served as Venture Manager at CMEA Capital. Previously she also served as Board Member at Contour Energy Syste She served as a Board Member at Solaria. She joined CMEA Capital in 2008 and is a Venture Partner with the Energy and Materials team. Before CMEA, she was a consultant for start-ups in the areas of bio-plastics, solar and water treatment. For 9 years prior to consulting, she worked in several positions at Intel Corporation as a Chemical Engineer for industrial liquid waste systems, a Program Manager for Environmental Health & Safety, a Purchasing Analyst, and a Strategic Product Manager in the Information Technology group. She currently sits on the board of the Expanding Your Horizons Network, a non-profit that encourages girls in math, science, engineering and technology. She also is an angel investor, focusing on clean technology, and co-chairs the Keiretsu Forum angel's WISE (Women Investing in and Supporting Entrepreneurs) group. In addition, she volunteers in various roles for California Clean Tech Open - a business plan competition that encourages the development of clean technology companies. Sheinbein holds a Chemical Engineering degree with a concentration in Environmental Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She was also a sponsored fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she received an MBA and a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with a focus on operations and supply chain.