VC  Buoyant Ventures

https://www.buoyant.vc/





     Office Locations:

1322 W Deerpath Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Phone: 847-899-2225

 

Stages:

  • Early


 

Industries:

  • Electronics & Advanced Materials
  • Energy & Clean Tech
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Software & Internet
  • Storage & Hardware

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    Description:

    Buoyant Ventures is a female-led venture fund investing in entrepreneurs using digital technology to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Buoyant invests in startups leveraging software and simple hardware to address climate change across the energy, mobility, agriculture, water, circular economy, and the built environment industries. The firm invests primarily in the U.S., or in Canada & Europe when a company is ready to expand into the U.S. Buoyant targets software, analytics, sensors, platforms, as well as simple hardware.


     

    Funds:


      Fund Name


      Amount


      Date

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    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Allison Myers Managing General Partner Co-Founder
    Amy Francetic Managing General Partner Co-Founder

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      03/11/2024


      Ocient


      IL


      $49,400,000


      Series B Extension


      03/05/2024


      Hdata


      AL


      $10,000,000


      Series A


      08/16/2023


      ElectroTempo


      VA


      $4,000,000


      Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Audette


      Beni
        web link


      Canopy Climate


      ElectroTempo
        web link


      FloodFlash


      Hdata
        web link


      Ocient
        web link


      Raptor Maps
        web link


      Reel Data


      Shifted Energy


      StormSensor


      SupplyShift


     

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