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    Burnt Island

    New York, New York, United StatesFounded 2020

    Burnt Island Ventures is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on the water sector, investing in water technologies critical for climate adaptation and water infrastructure resilience.

    Their most common stage is series-a (54% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $14.1M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    JW

    Jane Woodward

    Founder & Managing Partner, WovenEarth Ventures

    Tom Ferguson

    Tom Ferguson

    FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER

    Christine E. Boyle, PhD

    Christine E. Boyle, PhD

    PARTNER

    Steve Kloos, PhD

    Steve Kloos, PhD

    PARTNER

    Wayne Byrne

    Wayne Byrne

    OPERATING PARTNER

    OP

    Oliver Puckering

    Director, Partnership Accelerator at Xylem

    BG

    Bill Grogan

    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Xylem

    Jennie Graham

    Jennie Graham

    SENIOR INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE

    Marissa Sterling

    Marissa Sterling

    SENIOR PLATFORM ASSOCIATE

    Jessica Pascolini

    Jessica Pascolini

    HEAD OF OPERATIONS

    Megan Siebe

    Megan Siebe

    Executive Assistant

    AL

    Aaron & Lorin Schaechterle

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    13 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Flocean logoFloceanSeries A$22.5MNov 2025
    Irrigreen logoIrrigreenSeries A$19MApr 2025
    SewerAI logoSewerAISeries B$15MJun 2024
    Subeca logoSubecaSeries A$6MMay 2024
    Subeca logoSubecaSeries A$6MJan 2024
    Aquafortus logoAquafortusUnknown$17MFeb 2023
    SStormsensorSeed$2MJan 2020
    NLine Energy logoNLine EnergyUnknown$11M—
    HOPE Hydration logoHOPE HydrationSeries A$20M—
    Biota logoBiotaSeed$3M—
    LAIIER logoLAIIERSeed$4M—
    Carbon Removal logoCarbon RemovalSeries A$25M—
    ZwitterCo logoZwitterCoSeries A$33M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026