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.
30% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Their most common stage is series-a (45% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.5M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
18
Fund Size
$76M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
20 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Hammerhead Ai | Seed | $10M | Jan 2025 |
 Sunairio | Unknown | $6.4M | Dec 2024 |
 Raptor Maps | Series C | $35M | Dec 2024 |
 Gravity | Series A | $30.5M | Jan 2024 |
 Gravity | Series A | $13M | Jan 2024 |
 Ocient | Series B | $49.4M | Jan 2024 |
 Gravity | Series A | $13M | Jan 2024 |
 Beni | Seed | $4M | Dec 2022 |
 Diagrid | Series A | $20M | Oct 2022 |
| Raptor Maps | Series B | $22M | Apr 2022 |
 FloodFlash | Series A | $15M | Feb 2022 |
| Raptor Maps | Series A | $5M | Aug 2020 |
| SStormsensor | Seed | $2M | Jan 2020 |
 hData | Series A | $10M | — |
 Shifted Energy | Seed | $4.3M | — |
 Audette | Seed | $9.5M | — |
 Gravity | Series A | $13M | — |
| SSupplyshift Net | Debt | $10M | — |
| RReelData | Series A | $8M | — |
| HHammerhead | Seed | $10M | — |
Top Co-Investors
WEX Venture Capital4 shared
Haystack4 shared
Logos Capital4 shared
Ansa4 shared
Caffeinated Capital4 shared
Basis Set Ventures4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Communitas Capital4 shared
Eclipse4 shared
Y Combinator3 shared
Congruent Ventures3 shared
Techstars3 shared
MKB2 shared
Powerhouse Ventures2 shared
Stepchange2 shared
Acclimate Ventures2 shared
MCJ2 shared
SE Ventures2 shared
WovenEarth Ventures2 shared
Clearvision Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026