Ecolab
VC Fund
Beaver Creek, United States
Ecolab is a VC fund in Beaver Creek focused on Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence. Ecolab provides comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights, and personalized service to customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality, and industrial markets in more than countries to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
Last updated:
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Industries Ecolab invests in
Stages Ecolab invests in
Countries Ecolab invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $7M–$30M
- Series B
- $20M–$50M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 5 (36%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (29%)
- SaaS 3 (21%)
- Sustainability 3 (21%)
- Machine Learning 3 (21%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (36%)
- Series B 3 (21%)
- Corporate Round 3 (21%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 5 (36%)
- Finland 2 (14%)
- Canada 1 (7%)
- France 1 (7%)
- Israel 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Angela Busch
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development
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Senior Vice President of Corporate Development | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Daniel Schmechel
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Darrell Brown
Executive Vice President & President, Europe
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Executive Vice President & President, Europe | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Douglas Baker
Executive Chairman of the Board
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Executive Chairman of the Board | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Merritt J. Osborn
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membrion™ is a 2016 spin-out from the laboratories of the University of Washington (UW). Commercialization funding from the UW, the Murdock Charitable Trust, Amazon, the National Science Foundation (Award #1648517) and a consortium of California utilities (Rocket Fund) has helped to bridge the translation gap to a commercial product. In total, 11different funding organizations have evaluated and financially supported Membrion's product development and commercialization plan. Most recently, that support has translated to private investment by angel investors as they scale their technology into commercial production. | $20M / Series B / Oct 07, 2025 | ||
| Blastr Green Steel is a green-tech company that produces ultra-low CO₂ steel to decarbonize the steel industry by creating an integrated green steel value chain. | Corporate Round / Aug 27, 2025 | ||
| GravitHy is a sustainable iron and steel company focused on decarbonizing steel production through low CO₂ Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) and renewable hydrogen technologies. They aim to lead a green industrial revolution by significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the steel industry. | $64.4M / Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| The Water & Carbon Group is a contractor that designs, builds, and operates wastewater treatment and ecological infrastructure solutions. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| As simple as a smartwatch to clip on, Guidewheel's AI-powered FactoryOps platform empowers manufacturers to swiftly improve productivity and profit across their entire operations—every machine, in every factory. Totally non-intrusive, like a smartwatch measuring a pulse, Guidewheel’s AI and software detect from the machine’s electricalheartbeat how fast any machine is running, the second it started or stopped, and even when it’s starting to get stressed out and might have a problem soon. Then, layers of additional sensors and functionality provide more and more value towards profits and even sustainability goals—while keeping the user experience simple, modular, and scalable. And with every machine, user, and factory added to the system, Guidewheel’s FactoryOps platform gets smarter and more valuable for everyone else. Guidewheel was founded out of Stanford University and is already successful with hundreds of manufacturers—reporting an average of 40% runtime improvement—with results featured in IndustryWeek and selection by the World Economic Forum as a Tech Pioneer, one of the companies most likely to have a significant impact on business and society. Guidewheel’s vision is to become the real-time intelligence layer and platform that empowers all the world’s 10 million factories to reach sustainable peak performance. And by doing so it will not only be a generational, category-defining company, but also have a significant global impact on climate change. | $31M / Series B / Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Gentian Limited is pioneering the next generation of ecological surveys by harnessing the power of AI and remote sensing technologies. Founded in 2020, we are committed to transforming how biodiversity is assessed in both rural and urban environments. Our innovative platform utilizes machine learning and high-resolution satellite imagery to deliverfast, accurate, and cost-effective ecological assessments.Our cutting-edge technology provides precise habitat mapping and biodiversity quantification, aligning with global disclosure metrics. This enables organizations to make informed decisions about environmental conservation and sustainability. Whether it's for environmental compliance, land management, or conservation efforts, Gentian’s solutions offer unparalleled accuracy and efficiency compared to traditional survey methods.With a dedicated team led by CEO and Founder Daniel White, we are on a mission to support a more sustainable future by providing the tools necessary for better understanding and protecting our natural world. We are proud to be at the forefront of ecological innovation, making a real impact on how biodiversity is monitored and preserved.Join us on our journey to revolutionize environmental assessment, and discover how Gentian is setting new standards in ecological technology. | $1.6M / Seed / Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Proactive & data-driven Compliance Platform for Pharma | $7M / Series A / Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Paptic is manufacturing company that revolutionizes environmental new material, wood-based renewable and recyclable products replacing paper and plastic. Paptic Ltd was April 2015. The company is based in Espoo, Finland and employs today 10 persons. | $30.2M / Series A / Sep 04, 2023 | ||
| Miso Robotics develops and manufactures artificial intelligence-driven robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants. The robots help chefs in preparation work, grilling, frying, and final assembly in commercial kitchens. The company offers Flippy, a burger-grilling robot, which grabs unwrapped burger patties, moves them into position on ahot grill, keeps track of each burger’s cook-time and temperature, then alerts human cooks when it’s time to apply cheese or other toppings.It was founded in 2016 and is based in Pasadena, California. | Corporate Round / May 17, 2023 | ||
| Milk Moovement is a computer software company that creates innovative dairy software in the raw milk supply chain. The company provides actionable intelligence across the dairy supply chain through its cloud-based software. Its milk management system is an Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) for tracking milk pick-ups and monitoring milk productionthat can be used to identify process improvements, monitor performance, and maximize overall profitability.Milk Moovement was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. | $20M / Series A / Jul 12, 2022 | ||
| See all 14 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ecolab invest in?
Ecolab invests primarily in Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 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 Ecolab's check size?
Ecolab typically joins rounds of $7M–$30M at Series A and $20M–$50M 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 Ecolab participates in.
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Who are the partners at Ecolab?
The team at Ecolab includes Angela Busch (Senior Vice President of Corporate Development), Daniel Schmechel (Chief Financial Officer) and Darrell Brown (Executive Vice President & President, Europe), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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