Simon Michael is the manager and sole owner of Balch Hill Capital LLC. See sector focus.
Simon Michael is the manager and sole owner of Balch Hill Capital LLC, which serves as the general partner and investment adviser to Balch Hill Partners, L.P.; SEC filings also list him as the manager of the firm and place Balch Hill in San Francisco. Public records show he founded the firm in 1998 and has long been its portfolio manager and chief compliance officer. The available sources do not clearly describe a formal venture-stage thesis, sector focus, or geographic mandate for Balch Hill beyond its investments in private companies. Likewise, no reliable source in the gathered material verifies a standard check size or whether he typically leads or follows financings. Named portfolio and board-company references include Shocking Technologies and Webalo, both described in SEC materials and court records as private, venture-backed companies associated with Michael. The same records also connect Balch Hill to other activist or governance matters rather than to a clearly documented VC portfolio list. Public writing or a distinctive published investment framework was not verified in the sources reviewed.
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SEC Form D filings name Simon Michael as a related person of one fund (2024–2026). Each entry links to the original filing on sec.gov.
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