About Us

Who We Are

Empowering engineers and product developers with the intelligence to build better.

Our Mission

Materials Ventures is a startup advancing battery cell and critical minerals projects by providing services in supply network design, implementation and oversight.

Company

The details

Founded

2026

Headquarters

San Francisco

Industry

Software & Consulting

Stage

Revenue Stage

Focus Areas

Battery Cells · Critical Minerals

Leadership

About the Founder

Linda S. Miller

Linda S. Miller

Founder & CEO

Most recently, she served as the Vice President of Consumer Accounts at Sila Nanotechnologies, a next-generation battery materials company dedicated to accelerating the world's transition to clean energy. Earlier at Sila, Linda served as the Vice President of the company's Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Operations.

Before joining Sila, Linda spent 15 years in leadership roles in the semiconductor capital equipment industry at Applied Materials, UBS Securities, and Montgomery Asset Management. Her professional journey began as a mechanical engineer at Hitachi's Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory in Japan and at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Linda holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master's of arts degree in Japanese Studies from Harvard University.

Recognition

100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain

Global Women Supply Chain Leaders, 2021

Advisory Role

Senior Scientific Advisor

NEO Battery Materials Ltd. (TSXV: NBM)

Board Position

Executive in Residence & Board of Advisors

University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business

Council Member

Engineering Leadership Council

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute