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Investment firm

Buoyant Ventures

Venture capital

LinkedIn pageCrunchbase profileChicago·Illinois·United States10known portfolio companies4people tracked20co-investors

Buoyant Ventures is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including Gravity, Ocient, Hammerhead AI, HData, SkyFi and Raptor Maps.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Buoyant Ventures

Buoyant Ventures portfolio companies (10)

  • Gravity
  • Ocient
  • Hammerhead AI
  • HData
  • SkyFi
  • Raptor Maps
  • Shifted Energy
  • Sunairio
  • ElectroTempo
  • ReelData AI

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About Buoyant Ventures

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Climate, Hardware and SaaS, and focus areas Big Data, Computer Vision, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS; known deals cluster at Growth, Seed and Series A.

The team counts 4 people in our database. Amy Francetic (Managing General Partner and Founder), Laura Katzman (Partner) and Alex Behar (Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.

Buoyant Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them Blue Bear Capital, Maverix Private Equity and Massive.

Frequently asked questions

What is Buoyant Ventures?

Buoyant Ventures is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Chicago, Illinois, United States, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Buoyant Ventures invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Climate, Hardware and SaaS; listed focus areas include Big Data, Computer Vision, Data Analytics and Enterprise SaaS. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Buoyant Ventures invest at?

The known deals of Buoyant Ventures include Growth, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Buoyant Ventures?

3 of the 4 people on file at Buoyant Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 4 have their own profile page.

How do I contact Buoyant Ventures?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 4 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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