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    Buoyant Ventures

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2020

    Buoyant Ventures is a woman-owned, early-stage venture capital fund based in Chicago, investing in the intelligence layer for the physical world. The firm backs scalable software and simple hardware solutions that address climate change, focusing on resource efficiency, resiliency, and decarbonization.

    Their most common stage is series-a (47% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $17.7M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    $76M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Alex Behar

    Alex Behar

    Partner

    Laura Katzman

    Laura Katzman

    Partner

    Amy Francetic

    Amy Francetic

    Managing General PartnerFounder

    Joanna Taddeo

    Joanna Taddeo

    Executive Assistant

    Lori DeLuca

    Lori DeLuca

    CFO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Sunairio logoSunairioUnknown$6.4MDec 2024
    Raptor Maps logoRaptor MapsSeries C$35MDec 2024
    OOcient Inc.Series B$49.4MJan 2024
    OOcient Holdings LLCSeries B$49.4MJan 2024
    Beni logoBeniSeed$4MDec 2022
    Diagrid logoDiagridSeries A$20MOct 2022
    FloodFlash logoFloodFlashSeries A$15MFeb 2022
    HData logoHDataSeries A$10M
    Shifted Energy logoShifted EnergySeed$4.3M
    Audette logoAudetteSeed$9.5M
    Gravity logoGravitySeries A$30.5M
    Gravity logoGravitySeries A$13M
    Gravity logoGravitySeries A$13M
    SSupplyshift NetDebt$10M
    RReelDataSeries A$8M
    HHammerheadSeed$10M
    GGravitySeries A$13M

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    Last updated: 8 September 2026