# Burnt Island Ventures

> Burnt Island Ventures is a VC fund backing Water and Software. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/burnt-island-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BurntIslandVC
- Website: https://www.burntislandventures.com/

Burnt Island Ventures is a pre-eminent early-stage venture fund for water entrepreneurs. Burnt Island Ventures exists to find, fund and support the best of these founders.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$15M |
| Series A | $4M–$23M |
| Series B | $4.2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 6 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 13% |
| Environmental Consulting | 4 | 13% |
| Water Purification | 3 | 10% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 40% |
| Seed | 8 | 27% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 43% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 7% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tom Ferguson | Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-ferguson-2 |
| Blake Luse | LPAC Member | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-luse |
| Thomas Ferguson | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-ferguson-2256 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biota | Biota is a data science company that offers wastewater testing, monitoring and tracking of sources of pollutants, and analytical solutions. | $3M | Seed | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| CREW Carbon | CREW Carbon specializes in removing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater using engineered enhanced weathering. The company's technology leverages the natural power of minerals to treat municipal and industrial wastewater, permanently storing CO2. CREW Carbon operates within the environmental services industry and focuses on GHG managementand carbon removal. The company aims to make a positive impact on the planet through innovative climate tech solutions. | $19M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Flocean | Flocean delivers subsea pumping systems for providing clean drinking water in the region. | $22.5M | Series A | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Previsico | Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level. |  | Series A | Oct 21, 2025 |  |
| Waterly | Waterly is the onramp for utilities to go digital. Waterly Core is a data management app that replaces the clipboard for daily rounds and automates monthly report generation. With out-of-range notifications and data trending, you can have confidence that you will have fewer violations. Waterly Assets is an asset management app that consolidatesall of your binders and Post-It notes into one dashboard Your staff will be more efficient and you will have less emergency equipment failures. Waterly Core and Assets both allow your staff to house their knowledge and train new staff more quickly. Burn the Clipboard!! | $4M | Series A | Aug 14, 2025 |  |
| HOPE Hydration | HOPE Hydration: Refill Your Next Adventure. HOPE Hydration designs, manufacturers and installs a network of advertiser funded drinking water fountains and installs them in major cities and events. HOPE is building out global network to bring sustainable hydration within a 5 minute walk in every major city around the world. | $20M | Series A | Jul 16, 2025 |  |
| Irrigreen | Irrigreen offers a digital irrigation system that uses AI to create custom lawn designs while saving water compared to traditional systems. The system boasts software-controlled precision sprinkler heads to ensure optimal water distribution, making it the ideal solution for maintaining a lush lawn with minimal water use. Irrigreen is designed foreasy installation and maintenance, catering to DIY enthusiasts who want to set up their in-ground sprinkler systems. | $19M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Previsico | Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Previsico | Previsico is a spinOut company from Loughborough University specialising in modelling flooding in real-time, using weather predictions to make street-level flood nowcasts and forecasts. The company's mission is to be the leading global provider of cutting-edge flood prediction that saves lives and livelihoods.Its FloodMap Live producesround the clock street-level flood risk predictions and analytics. Uniquely, these are continuously modelled and updated using a combination of different weather forecasts. This allows the company to map the likelihood of short and long-term surface water events in real-time to the street level. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2025 |  |
| Daupler | Daupler develops a response management system for utilities, public works, and other service organizations. It is designed to reduce workload while collecting accurate data and insight into response operations. It coordinates and documents response efforts to water main breaks, power outages, gas leaks, sewer stoppages, street obstructions, andother service outages. | $15M | Series B | Mar 06, 2025 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DCVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/data-collective) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Burnt Island Ventures invest in?

Burnt Island Ventures invests primarily in Water, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Burnt Island Ventures's check size?

Burnt Island Ventures typically joins rounds of $300k–$15M at Seed, $4M–$23M at Series A and $4.2M–$15M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Burnt Island Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Burnt Island Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Burnt Island Ventures?

The team at Burnt Island Ventures includes Tom Ferguson (Managing Partner), Blake Luse (LPAC Member) and Thomas Ferguson (Founder & Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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