# Carica Sustainable Investments

> Carica Sustainable Investments is a VC fund backing Energy and Industrial Engineering. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Carica Sustainable Investments is a VC fund focused on Energy and Industrial Engineering. Carica Sustainable Investments

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Industrial Engineering | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Water | 1 | 20% |
| Chemical | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Advanced Material Solutions | Advanced Material Solutions provides custom technology solutions for silicon materials to the semiconductor, photovoltaic, and battery industries. The company focuses on designing, developing, analyzing, and producing specialty silicon gases for customers worldwide. These specialty silicon gases are utilized in the manufacturing processes of flatpanel displays and semiconductors. |  | Private Equity | May 03, 2024 |  |
| Pulsora | Pulsora is an enterprise environmental, social, and governance software as a service platform. pulsESG is based in San Francisco, California. | $20M | Series A | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| Ostara | Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. is uniquely positioned to become a global leader in the large and rapidly growing wastewater treatment industry. The company uses proprietary technology to remove polluting nutrients from waste waters and recycles these into a high value, environmentally-safe commercial fertilizer. Ostara has successfullyscaled-up and commercially deployed its nutrient recovery technology. | $70M | Series C | Oct 28, 2022 |  |
| Bridger Photonics | Bridger Photonics is a LiDAR solutions provider, enabling new capabilities and improving efficiency for industrial sensor applications. The company has developed precision length metrology products for the industrial metrology market space. Its sensors are providing 3D LiDAR scans of oil and gas infrastructure overlaid with sensitive gasconcentration maps to pinpoint and quantify leaks throughout the entire natural gas value chain.The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Bozeman, Montana. In 2011, Bridger Photonics was among the Inc.'s 5000 fastest growing companies in the US. | $55M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Project Canary | The Project Canary solution is more than just sensors in the field, it is a comprehensive environmental information platform. This platform provides operators the actionable and reliable data they need to demonstrate responsible resource development, minimize risk, and prove they are a good neighbor. | $111M | Series B | Feb 24, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citi Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Energy Impact Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-impact-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forage Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forage-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aramco Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aramco-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beaverhead Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beaverhead-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brookfield Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brookfield-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Carica Sustainable Investments invest in?

Carica Sustainable Investments invests primarily in Energy, Industrial Engineering and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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 Carica Sustainable Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carica Sustainable Investments closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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