# Christiana Wyly

> Christiana Wyly is a Series A investor at Satori Capital (Boulder) backing Energy and Forestry. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Satori Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satori-capital)
- Location: Boulder, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianawyly
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/christianamusk
- Website: https://x.com/christianamusk

Christiana Wyly is an environmental advocate who serves as an evangelist for a sustainable future. Christiana's unique perspective as a twenty-something businesswoman has landed her on the cover of Kiplinger's and inside The New York Times, C Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, and The Herald Tribune among others. In addition tocontributing regularly to the HuffingtonPost.com's “Green” column, Christiana is a frequent lecturer. Her recent speaking engagements include the Green Inaugural Ball, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Conscious Capitalism Conference, Hollywood Goes Green in Los Angeles, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali.She was a founding partner of Zaadz.com, an online network for people who want to change the world, which was sold to Gaiam, inc. in 2007. Her passion for social technology, global change, and empowering young entrepreneurs globally keep her on the cutting edge of new media and emerging ideas.Christiana inspired her father, Sam Wyly's, environmental education, leading him to found one of the largest clean-energy companies in the country, Green Mountain Energy. This experience showed her how business can be a powerful force for change. Christiana remains actively involved in the company, and she and her father are in the process of coauthoring a book about its creation, its ongoing mission, and success.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Forestry | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Clean Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Life Science | 1 | 33% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BlocPower | BlocPower is an energy technology startup that develops healthier, greener, and smarter buildings.It leverages advanced technologies, innovative electrification equipment, and structured finance to provide green heating and cooling to urban buildings. The company also connects government agencies, utilities, building owners, and smart equipmentproviders to identify unhealthy, energy-wasting buildings to retrofit. Its proprietary machine learning platform then determines which retrofits will produce the most energy savings at scale and uses the cloud and IoT to gather data and remotely monitor energy consumption. Since its founding, BlocPower has completed energy projects in nearly 1,000 buildings and delivered results ahead of schedule and under budget. It utilizes its proprietary software for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects, and its customers are saving 20–40% on their energy bills each year. The company is backed by top investors, including Kapor Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, AccelR8, the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, Elemental Excelerator, CityRock Venture Partners, the Schmidt Family Foundation, and Salesforce Ventures.Donnel Baird and Morris Cox co-founded the company in Brooklyn, New York in 2014. | $24M | Series B | Feb 28, 2023 |  |
| UPSIDE Foods | UPSIDE Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter actual animals. This approach requires significantly less water, land, and energy than conventional meat production, enabling consumers to enjoy meat that is clean, humane, and free of harmful chemicals.Co-founded and led by Dr. Uma Valeti in 2015, UPSIDE Foods is headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $400M | Series C | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Living Carbon | The goal of the public benefit corporation Living Carbon is to restore equilibrium to the planet's metabolic process. We address this urgency by fusing cutting-edge biotechnology with plants' natural ability to capture and store carbon. Living Carbon is a public benefit corporation with the goal of rebalancing the planet's metabolicsystem. In order to fulfill this need, tey combine cutting-edge biotechnology with plants' natural ability to capture and store carbon. The company was established in 2019 by Maddie Hall and Patrick Mellor in San Francisco, California. | $15M | Series A | Feb 23, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MCJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcj) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MCJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mcj-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MCJ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/my-climate-journey-collective) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Abu Dhabi Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abu-dhabi-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baillie Gifford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baillie-gifford) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Builders Vision](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/builders-vision) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Satori Capital

VC Fund · Dallas, United States

Satori Capital is a team of passionate CEOs, investment professionals, and sustainability leaders on a mission to invest in aligned private companies and help them grow - this is our life's work. We assemble the partners, resources, tools, and frameworks to help inspired leaders achieve their vision and continue building their business.

5 contacts available at Satori Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christiana Wyly | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christiana-wyly |
| Chad Cook | Director - Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-cook |
| Claire McInnis | Vice President of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-mcinnis |
| Craig Lentzsch | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-lentzsch |
| John Grafer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-grafer |

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## FAQ

### What does Christiana Wyly invest in?

Christiana Wyly invests primarily in Energy, Forestry and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Christiana Wyly last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christiana Wyly closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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