Azolla Ventures

Founded in 2021 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Azolla Ventures is an early-stage investor focused on climate impact. It prioritizes investments with significant greenhouse gas reduction potential and promotes diversity among entrepreneurs.

Tracie Burns

Investor

Jillian Chase Ph.D

Principal

Amy Duffuor

General Partner

Lauren Hartle

Associate

Matthew Nordan

General Partner

Alexandra Steckmest

Investor

Ryan Taylor

Associate

Cassandra Vickers

Associate

Johanna Wolfson

General Partner

10 past transactions

BioLumic

Series B in 2025
BioLumic harnesses light signals to enhance plant growth and unlock crops' natural genetic potential. Its photogenics platform improves yield, vigor, disease resistance, and crop composition across various seeds and seedlings, without the use of chemicals or amendments.

Carbon Reform

Seed Round in 2025
Carbon Reform is a climate-tech startup specializing in modular carbon capture devices for reducing CO2 levels. They combine climate technology with indoor air quality solutions to create decentralized, permanent carbon capture systems that save energy and improve occupant health.

Muon Vision

Seed Round in 2025
Muon Vision develops a subsurface visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging technology to measure the bulk density of large geophysical masses. The sensor detects internal problems and fluid migration within materials such as leaching heaps, mine tailings dams, and other industrial processes. By providing detailed insights into composition and distribution, it enhances the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and related operations.

Oxylus Energy

Seed Round in 2024
Oxylus Energy develops innovative technology for converting CO2 into e-fuels. It aims to make carbon capture competitive, scalable, and circular, contributing to a decarbonized future.

SiTration

Seed Round in 2024
SiTration, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2020 by Brendan Smith, specializes in developing ultra-durable filtration membrane technology. This technology is designed to efficiently separate substances in harsh and challenging industrial environments while reducing energy consumption compared to conventional methods. The company's membranes combine the advantages of various state-of-the-art commercial membranes, offering users resource-efficient operations even in unpleasant industrial settings.

Muon Vision

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Muon Vision develops a subsurface visualization and digitalization sensor that employs nuclear imaging technology to measure the bulk density of large geophysical masses. The sensor detects internal problems and fluid migration within materials such as leaching heaps, mine tailings dams, and other industrial processes. By providing detailed insights into composition and distribution, it enhances the efficiency, sustainability, and safety of mineral processing and related operations.

Funga

Venture Round in 2023
Funga is a biotechnology company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that focuses on enhancing forestry outcomes through the application of the forest fungal microbiome. By leveraging advanced DNA sequencing and machine learning, Funga conducts groundbreaking research on forest microbiomes to identify and deploy suitable native, biodiverse communities of mycorrhizal fungi. This innovative approach aims to improve the quality of wood production, increase carbon sequestration, and foster the resilience of forests, thereby contributing to solutions for the climate crisis.

Carbon Reform

Seed Round in 2022
Carbon Reform is a climate-tech startup specializing in modular carbon capture devices for reducing CO2 levels. They combine climate technology with indoor air quality solutions to create decentralized, permanent carbon capture systems that save energy and improve occupant health.

SiTration

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SiTration, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2020 by Brendan Smith, specializes in developing ultra-durable filtration membrane technology. This technology is designed to efficiently separate substances in harsh and challenging industrial environments while reducing energy consumption compared to conventional methods. The company's membranes combine the advantages of various state-of-the-art commercial membranes, offering users resource-efficient operations even in unpleasant industrial settings.

Heaten

Series A in 2022
Heaten is an industrial startup specializing in high-temperature heat pump technology. With over eight years of R&D, they focus on accelerating the electrification of heat in industries, aiming to reduce carbon emissions while providing viable technical and economic solutions for industrial heating processes.
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