Burnt Island Ventures

Founded in 2020, Burnt Island Ventures is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage companies within the B2B, energy, information technology, clean technology, and climate technology sectors.

Christine Boyle Ph.D

Partner

Wayne Bryne

Venture Partner

Tom Ferguson

Managing Partner

Paul Hauffen

Venture Partner

Steven Kloos Ph.D

Partner

22 past transactions

IrriGreen

Series A in 2025
IrriGreen, Inc. is a company that specializes in the design, manufacture, and distribution of advanced lawn irrigation systems. Founded in 2010 and based in Edina, Minnesota, IrriGreen offers innovative water sprinkler systems tailored for residential customers, landscape contractors, municipalities, and water districts. The company's unique IoT digital sprinkler system leverages patented technology inspired by inkjet printing, allowing for precise water distribution that aligns with the contours of any landscape. This approach significantly reduces water usage, achieving up to a 50% savings compared to traditional systems. IrriGreen's business model emphasizes recurring revenue through an IoT service framework, enhancing customer value while promoting efficient water management. Products are distributed across the United States through a network of distributors.

Previsico

Venture Round in 2025
Previsico is a spin-out company from Loughborough University that specializes in real-time flood modeling and prediction. The company aims to be a leading global provider of innovative flood prediction solutions that protect lives and livelihoods. Its flagship product, FloodMap Live, delivers continuous street-level flood risk predictions and analytics, updated in real-time using various weather forecasts. This capability enables Previsico to accurately map both short- and long-term surface water flood events, allowing individuals and organizations to take proactive measures to mitigate potential flood impacts. By providing actionable flood warnings, Previsico helps reduce the financial losses and risks associated with flooding.

Daupler

Series B in 2025
Daupler is a technology company that specializes in developing a response management system tailored for utilities, public works, and other service organizations. Its platform streamlines the coordination and documentation of responses to various incidents, including water main breaks, power outages, gas leaks, sewer stoppages, and street obstructions. By providing accurate data and insights into response operations, Daupler aims to reduce the workload of public service departments while enhancing their operational efficiency. The company's solutions enable these organizations to respond effectively to emergencies, ensuring immediate and objective results.

LAIIER

Seed Round in 2025
LAIIER is an innovative B2B technology company specializing in smart, connected solutions for early leak detection in commercial buildings and industrial facilities. With a foundation in advanced printed sensor technology, LAIIER's products, such as the Severn WLD™ smart tape, combine precision sensing, easy installation, and wireless communication to deliver real-time monitoring of water and hydrocarbon leaks. These solutions mitigate damage, reduce operational downtime, and enhance sustainability. Leveraging a subscription-based business model, LAIIER serves industries including commercial real estate, industrial machinery, and roofing, providing actionable insights through its proprietary cloud platform. Backed by a portfolio of patents and collaborations with leading industry partners, LAIIER is driving innovation at the intersection of IoT and sustainability, empowering businesses to prevent costly leaks while reducing their environmental footprint​​​.

Flocean

Series A in 2024
Flocean specializes in providing subsea desalination solutions, delivering clean drinking water to communities, farmers, and industries. The company's innovative, modular, and scalable system employs proven subsea Seawater Reverse Osmosis technology to produce freshwater from the deep sea, tailoring solutions to clients' unique requirements.

Aqua Membranes

Series B in 2024
Aqua Membranes develops membrane elements for reverse osmosis filtration, featuring three-dimensional printed spacer technology that prints spacers directly onto spiral-wound membranes. This approach replaces traditional feed spacer mesh, improving flow, enlarging effective membrane surface area, and reducing fouling and energy use. The company’s elements are used in home and commercial RO systems, seawater desalination, food and beverage processing, and industrial processes, with applications across filtration and concentration steps. The objective is to deliver higher efficiency and a more sustainable water future by enabling stronger performance in membrane filtration.

TeamSolve

Seed Round in 2024
TeamSolve provides digital solutions for companies that helps Individuals to elevate their digital capabilities & effectiveness.

Sewer AI

Series B in 2024
Sewer AI Corporation specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools for inspecting, identifying, and analyzing defects in sewer infrastructure. Based in Walnut Creek, California, Sewer AI offers a cloud-based software platform called AutoCode, which enhances sewer inspections by storing data and allowing users to stream videos, access reports, and utilize data analytics for risk assessment. The company’s SewerAI Inspection Management Platform (IMP) serves as a comprehensive web-based tool for managing inspection data, while its AI Inferences and Cross Bore Audit algorithms analyze archival video datasets. Founded in 2019, Sewer AI aims to assist municipal operators in quickly and accurately assessing their sewer systems, facilitating effective planning for rehabilitation and maintenance.

Subeca

Series A in 2024
Subeca, Inc. is a technology company specializing in water management systems that provide continuous utility control. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Subeca has developed an end-to-end platform that integrates wireless hardware and software solutions. This platform enables both consumers and water suppliers to access and manage water usage remotely, offering features such as real-time meter data, remote valve control, and leak detection. The system is designed to reduce water waste and prevent mishaps by providing notifications for water use and potential leaks. Additionally, it allows water agencies to remotely control water supplies for individual properties and share data across departments for improved information exchange and analytics. Subeca's technology is compatible with existing infrastructure, making it a scalable and cost-effective solution for more efficient water resource management.

HOPE Hydration

Seed Round in 2024
HOPE Hydration designs, manufactures, and installs advertiser-funded drinking water fountains in major cities and events worldwide. Their network provides sustainable hydration within a short walking distance, reducing plastic waste.

Cala Systems

Seed Round in 2024
Altus Thermal, founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, focuses on transforming thermal energy solutions for residential settings. The company aims to enhance efficiency, comfort, and user experience while providing benefits to the electrical grid. Altus Thermal develops energy technology designed to electrify residential heating, cooling, and hot water systems. By maximizing performance and facilitating better integration with renewable energy sources and other distributed energy resources, the company enables homeowners to electrify their living spaces in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Aclarity

Series A in 2023
Aclarity, LLC is a United States-based manufacturer specializing in innovative water purification devices for residential use. Founded in 2017, the company develops advanced electrochemical water treatment systems that effectively eliminate contaminants such as pathogens, metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and ammonia from water. Aclarity's patented technology aims to provide cost-effective, low-maintenance solutions for comprehensive water treatment, catering to the growing need for clean water and addressing pollution challenges in both water and wastewater systems. As a venture capital-backed cleantech startup, Aclarity is focused on revolutionizing the water treatment industry with its cutting-edge approach.

IrriGreen

Seed Round in 2023
IrriGreen, Inc. is a company that specializes in the design, manufacture, and distribution of advanced lawn irrigation systems. Founded in 2010 and based in Edina, Minnesota, IrriGreen offers innovative water sprinkler systems tailored for residential customers, landscape contractors, municipalities, and water districts. The company's unique IoT digital sprinkler system leverages patented technology inspired by inkjet printing, allowing for precise water distribution that aligns with the contours of any landscape. This approach significantly reduces water usage, achieving up to a 50% savings compared to traditional systems. IrriGreen's business model emphasizes recurring revenue through an IoT service framework, enhancing customer value while promoting efficient water management. Products are distributed across the United States through a network of distributors.

Aquafortus

Series A in 2023
Aquafortus specializes in non-thermal crystallization technology aimed at recovering clean water and crystallizing salts from high-salinity brines. The company addresses the treatment needs of various industries, including cooling towers, mining, oil and gas, inland desalination, and flue gas desulfurization from power generation. By significantly reducing energy consumption, Aquafortus enhances the economic viability of liquid transportation, wastewater management, and zero liquid discharge processes. This innovative approach enables clients to lower their operating expenses while effectively managing high-salinity waste.

ZwitterCo

Series A in 2022
ZwitterCo specializes in advanced membrane solutions for the treatment of highly impaired wastewater, enabling the reuse and recycling of water resources in industrial applications. The company's innovative reverse osmosis and nanofiltration technologies address the challenges of treating historically unfilterable streams by preventing fouling caused by organic molecules. ZwitterCo's membranes are chlorine-tolerant, back-washable, and resistant to irreversible fouling, which enhances their longevity and performance. By transforming wastewater from a liability into a valuable resource, ZwitterCo helps clients manage their water treatment needs more economically and sustainably, reducing chemical demands and improving operational efficiency.

Aclarity

Seed Round in 2022
Aclarity, LLC is a United States-based manufacturer specializing in innovative water purification devices for residential use. Founded in 2017, the company develops advanced electrochemical water treatment systems that effectively eliminate contaminants such as pathogens, metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and ammonia from water. Aclarity's patented technology aims to provide cost-effective, low-maintenance solutions for comprehensive water treatment, catering to the growing need for clean water and addressing pollution challenges in both water and wastewater systems. As a venture capital-backed cleantech startup, Aclarity is focused on revolutionizing the water treatment industry with its cutting-edge approach.

Shower Stream

Seed Round in 2022
Shower Stream designs and manufactures motion-activated shower head adapters that reduce water wastage. Based in Austin, Texas, the company's IoT-enabled products are designed to improve hotel profitability by decreasing utility costs and enhancing guest experience.

Sewer AI

Venture Round in 2021
Sewer AI Corporation specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools for inspecting, identifying, and analyzing defects in sewer infrastructure. Based in Walnut Creek, California, Sewer AI offers a cloud-based software platform called AutoCode, which enhances sewer inspections by storing data and allowing users to stream videos, access reports, and utilize data analytics for risk assessment. The company’s SewerAI Inspection Management Platform (IMP) serves as a comprehensive web-based tool for managing inspection data, while its AI Inferences and Cross Bore Audit algorithms analyze archival video datasets. Founded in 2019, Sewer AI aims to assist municipal operators in quickly and accurately assessing their sewer systems, facilitating effective planning for rehabilitation and maintenance.

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.

Daupler

Venture Round in 2021
Daupler is a technology company that specializes in developing a response management system tailored for utilities, public works, and other service organizations. Its platform streamlines the coordination and documentation of responses to various incidents, including water main breaks, power outages, gas leaks, sewer stoppages, and street obstructions. By providing accurate data and insights into response operations, Daupler aims to reduce the workload of public service departments while enhancing their operational efficiency. The company's solutions enable these organizations to respond effectively to emergencies, ensuring immediate and objective results.

ZwitterCo

Seed Round in 2021
ZwitterCo specializes in advanced membrane solutions for the treatment of highly impaired wastewater, enabling the reuse and recycling of water resources in industrial applications. The company's innovative reverse osmosis and nanofiltration technologies address the challenges of treating historically unfilterable streams by preventing fouling caused by organic molecules. ZwitterCo's membranes are chlorine-tolerant, back-washable, and resistant to irreversible fouling, which enhances their longevity and performance. By transforming wastewater from a liability into a valuable resource, ZwitterCo helps clients manage their water treatment needs more economically and sustainably, reducing chemical demands and improving operational efficiency.

Shower Stream

Seed Round in 2017
Shower Stream designs and manufactures motion-activated shower head adapters that reduce water wastage. Based in Austin, Texas, the company's IoT-enabled products are designed to improve hotel profitability by decreasing utility costs and enhancing guest experience.
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