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Buoyant Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, OH, United States · North America
Buoyant Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in software, AI, and simple hardware for large industrial sectors. It is based in Chicago and Denver and works with corporations and institutions as limited partners.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningEducationIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsclimate techenergyefficient computingindustrialsag techmobility
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Or find every investor that fitsBuoyant Ventures lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Education (18%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (18%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Techstars, Blue Bear Capital and Powerhouse Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Buoyant Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Buoyant Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 25% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 25% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 25% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 96th | 29% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Education | 18% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 18% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 14% | 3% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 4% | 6% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Techstars | 3 |
| Blue Bear Capital | 2 |
| Powerhouse Ventures | 2 |
| Stepchange | 2 |
| Supply Chain Ventures | 2 |
| Thin Line Capital | 2 |
| WovenEarth Ventures | 2 |
| Acclimate Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1393%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company17%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Buoyant Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Buoyant Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 21 Jan 2025 | Series A |
Round details for Buoyant Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Buoyant Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audette helps asset and portfolio managers identify, prioritize, and plan value-accretive retrofits | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Canopy Climate helps households plan and finance home upgrades such as heat pumps, rooftop solar, and electric vehicles to reduce energy consumption and costs. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| ElectroTempo provides energy infrastructure intelligence to forecast energy demand and test infrastructure decisions | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| FloodFlash provides commercial flood insurance to landlords and businesses | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Gravity provides a platform for carbon and energy management for enterprises | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jan 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Hammerhead transforms stranded power into AI-ready capacity by orchestrating power, cooling, and compute in real time | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Nov 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| HData provides a platform that combines data, AI, and workflow automation to help energy companies and regulators research, analyze, and gain insights from regulatory filings and data. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Beni finds secondhand deals for users based on their style inspiration | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Ocient develops and delivers artificial intelligence solutions for enterprise data | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Nov 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Raptor Maps provides performance intelligence to solar plant owners and operators by turning data into actionable insights | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| ReelData AI provides artificial intelligence solutions for land-based aquaculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides access to satellite imagery and geospatial analytics | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Sunairio provides next-generation grid forecasting where weather, climate, and energy meet. | Climate & EnergyAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- buoyant.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 21 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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