# Amy Francetic

> Amy Francetic is a seed investor at Buoyant Ventures (Chicago) backing Analytics and Retail. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Buoyant Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buoyant-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-francetic-0129
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AmyFrancetic
- Website: https://x.com/AmyFrancetic

Amy Francetic is a seed investor at Buoyant Ventures in Chicago focused on Analytics and Retail. Amy Francetic is based out of Chicago, Illinois and is the Managing General Partner and Founder of Buoyant Ventures. Amy previously worked at Energize Capital as a Managing Director and Co-Founder. Amy Francetic attended the Stanford University. Amy Francetic received the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 2 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |
| Database | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ocient | Ocient is a startup building a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets. Ocient was founded by the talent behind the largest software startup exit in Chicago’s history. Ocient is a well-funded company, with an engineering team comprised of brilliant computer scientists hailing from the world’s topuniversities and organizations. | $49.4M | Series B | Mar 11, 2024 |  |
| ElectroTempo | ElectroTempo is a software firm helping customers de-risk their electric vehicle investments. It has built its analytics from deep subject matter expertise in transportation and utility infrastructure planning. Its data-driven projections allow customers to assess the costs, benefits, and risks associated with EV adoption and infrastructure needsaccurately, rapidly, and at any scale. | $5M | Seed | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| ReelData AI | ReelData AI provides artificially intelligent monitoring for finned fish aquaculture. It delivers weight distributions, feeding analysis, health analysis, and growth analysis | $8M | Series A | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Beni | The Beni browser extension instantly shows you the best resale listings while you shop your favorite brands online. The company was founded in 2021 by Sarah Pinner and Celine Mol and is based in Santa Barbara, California, United States. | $4M | Seed | Dec 12, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Levy Family Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/levy-family-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Buoyant Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Buoyant Ventures operates as an early-stage venture fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk. The firm was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

3 contacts available at Buoyant Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allison Myers | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allison-myers-2182 |
| Amy Francetic | Managing General Partner and Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-francetic |
| Alex Behar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-behar |

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## FAQ

### What does Amy Francetic invest in?

Amy Francetic invests primarily in Analytics, Retail and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Amy Francetic last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amy Francetic closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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