Buoyant Ventures

Buoyant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Chicago that invests in digital climate solutions designed to reduce risk from climate change. Founded in 2019, the firm backs technologies across energy, mobility, circular economy, food and agriculture, water, climate intelligence and the built environment, with a focus on North America. It seeks investments that deliver measurable climate mitigation or adaptation impact.

Lori DeLuca

CFO

Laura Dyer

Senior Associate

Amy Francetic

General Partner

Jacob Gleason

Principal

Daniel Hullah

General Partner and Co-Founder

Allison Myers

General Partner

Badri Narasimhan

Investor

15 past transactions

Gravity

Series A in 2025
Gravity Climate provides a software platform designed for carbon management, specifically tailored for industrial businesses and their supply chain partners. The platform helps companies measure, manage, and reduce their carbon emissions, facilitating a clear and actionable climate strategy. Gravity Climate's tools support decarbonization efforts by streamlining carbon accounting processes and offering insights to advance industrial sustainability goals.

Sunairio

Venture Round in 2024
Sunairio is a developer of a climate intelligence platform focused on renewable energy prediction. The company's platform utilizes proprietary climate simulation technology to generate probabilistic forecasts for weather, energy, and market prices. By integrating correlations between multiple locations and various weather features, Sunairio's platform enhances the accuracy of its simulations. This advanced forecasting capability allows energy industry clients to make informed decisions regarding investments, planning, and operations, ultimately supporting the transition to renewable energy sources. Sunairio leverages comprehensive historical weather data from NOAA to improve its predictive models.

Raptor Maps

Series C in 2024
Founded in 2015, Raptor Maps specializes in AI-driven software for solar companies. Its platform converts drone and asset data into system analytics and reports, enabling frequent data coverage through cloud computing. It offers energized PV asset solutions like aerial thermal inspection, shading analysis, and portfolio solutions. Additionally, it provides advanced construction monitoring services and customized solutions. Serving global clients such as portfolio owners, asset managers, O&M providers, EPC contractors, and independent engineers.

Ocient

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2018, Ocient develops a high-performance data analytics platform designed for rapid analysis of massive datasets. Its platform efficiently handles large datasets measured in terabytes, petabytes, or exabytes with trillions or quadrillions of rows, enabling organizations to harness the power of big data at scale and velocity.

HData

Series A in 2024
HData is a RegTech company that develops and provides regulatory technology solutions for data-driven customers, including government regulators, regulated enterprises, markets, and investors. It delivers platforms that transform regulatory activities such as compliance, reporting, and regulatory analysis by integrating regulatory data with analytics and artificial intelligence. The company also offers services in relationship management, strategic counsel, and message support to help clients navigate regulatory needs and engage stakeholders. Founded in 2018 and based in Joliet, Illinois, HData focuses on building platforms that connect regulator-facing and enterprise-facing solutions, enabling efficient research, regulatory intelligence, and growth planning for its clients across energy, markets, and information sectors.

ElectroTempo

Seed Round in 2023
ElectroTempo is a software company specializing in electric vehicle (EV) analytics. It leverages deep expertise in transportation and utility infrastructure planning to provide data-driven projections, enabling clients to accurately assess the costs, benefits, and risks associated with EV adoption and infrastructure needs at various scales.

Shifted Energy

Seed Round in 2023
Shifted Energy develops software and controllers that convert electric water heaters and other household assets into flexible distributed energy resources for demand response. Its platform enables utilities and grid operators to stabilize the grid and accelerate renewable integration by preheating water to absorb excess renewables and delivering fast demand response. The product suite includes Grid Maestro, a virtual power plant for electric water heaters, and Tempo, a retrofit controller for water heaters. The platform can also integrate assets such as pool pumps, home batteries, solar inverters, and electric vehicle charging stations to provide multiple grid services. It serves utilities, distributed energy aggregators, building managers, homeowners, and renters. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

ReelData AI

Series A in 2023
ReelData AI specializes in developing artificial intelligence software tailored for the aquaculture industry. Based in Halifax, Canada, the company offers advanced monitoring solutions for fish farms, utilizing feed cameras to measure key metrics such as biomass, sea lice presence, and overall fish health in real-time. This technology enables fish farms to optimize their operations by providing crucial insights into weight distributions, feeding patterns, and growth analysis. By improving the efficiency of feed usage and enhancing fish health, ReelData AI aims to support aquaculture businesses in maximizing their productivity and sustainability. The company was established in 2019.

Beni

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2021 by Sarah Pinner and Celine Mol, Beni is a browser extension that aggregates resale listings from various marketplaces. It simplifies secondhand shopping by allowing users to discover pre-loved items more easily while browsing their favorite brands online.

Audette

Seed Round in 2022
Audette provides an analytics platform for commercial buildings that accelerates carbon reduction investments. The platform collects utility and equipment data, analyzes building operation, and generates recommendations and decarbonization roadmaps to improve performance. By helping property owners optimize energy management and access capital, Audette aims to unlock operating expense savings and reduce carbon emissions across large building portfolios.

Raptor Maps

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2015, Raptor Maps specializes in AI-driven software for solar companies. Its platform converts drone and asset data into system analytics and reports, enabling frequent data coverage through cloud computing. It offers energized PV asset solutions like aerial thermal inspection, shading analysis, and portfolio solutions. Additionally, it provides advanced construction monitoring services and customized solutions. Serving global clients such as portfolio owners, asset managers, O&M providers, EPC contractors, and independent engineers.

FloodFlash

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2016, FloodFlash is a London-based tech-enabled flood insurance company. It offers parametric flood insurance using IoT sensors for instant settlement, targeting areas underserved by traditional insurers due to climate change and urbanization.

SupplyShift

Series B in 2021
SupplyShift Inc. is a provider of a SaaS-based platform focused on supply chain management, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. The platform is designed to help businesses build and execute strategic supply chain programs that enhance transparency, responsibility, and resilience. SupplyShift offers a comprehensive suite of tools that includes smart assessments, dashboards, analytical tools, benchmarking, and supplier improvement features, allowing clients to engage suppliers at all tiers effectively. The platform serves various industries, including high tech and electronics, food and beverage, retail, and apparel, facilitating collaboration and data exchange among tens of thousands of companies across 133 countries. By transforming supplier data into actionable insights, SupplyShift aims to improve risk resilience and promote sustainable business practices within supply chains.

StormSensor

Series A in 2021
StormSensor, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in stormwater management solutions aimed at preventing flooding, sewage overflows, and other stormwater issues. Founded in 2015, StormSensor develops Scute sensors that provide real-time monitoring of conditions within stormwater systems. The company also offers Terrapin, a cloud-based software platform that facilitates data visualization, integrates weather data, and sends alerts for significant flow events. This platform automates workflows for inspections, data monitoring, and regulatory reporting, significantly reducing the manual processes traditionally used by clients to maintain compliance in a complex regulatory landscape. By providing essential information on urban flooding, illicit discharges, and infrastructure impacts from climate change, StormSensor enables its clients to effectively respond to and mitigate climate-driven risks.

Raptor Maps

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2015, Raptor Maps specializes in AI-driven software for solar companies. Its platform converts drone and asset data into system analytics and reports, enabling frequent data coverage through cloud computing. It offers energized PV asset solutions like aerial thermal inspection, shading analysis, and portfolio solutions. Additionally, it provides advanced construction monitoring services and customized solutions. Serving global clients such as portfolio owners, asset managers, O&M providers, EPC contractors, and independent engineers.
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