# Emily Reichert

> Emily Reichert is a grant investor at Greentown Labs backing Renewable Energy and Education. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greentown Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greentown-labs)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 91%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylreichert
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/EmilyLReichert
- Website: https://x.com/EmilyLReichert

Emily Reichert is a grant investor at Greentown Labs in Boston focused on Renewable Energy and Education. Emily Reichert - Chief Executive Officer @ Greentown Labs

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 27% |
| Education | 2 | 18% |
| Recycling | 2 | 18% |
| Higher Education | 2 | 18% |
| Solar | 1 | 9% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 9 | 82% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AeroShield | AeroShield manufactures a super-insulating, nanoporous form of glass for energy efficient windows. The AeroShield material can be placed between two panes of glass, similar to a traditional double-pane, to create a product that is 50% more insulating than traditional windows, but with a payback period up to 5 times faster than windows of similarperformance. | $5M | Seed | Jul 29, 2024 |  |
| Active Surfaces | Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology. | $75K | Grant | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| ThermoBionics | ThermoBionics is a manufacturer of wearable cooling goods designed to offer cooling technology that decreases weight while boosting cooling power. Customers can lessen sweating and assure moisture evaporation regardless of the temperature and humidity outside thanks to their exclusive, patent-pending technology, which artificially maintains thebody's thermoregulatory function. | $75K | Grant | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Dottir Labs | Dottir Labs is a spectroscopy sensor technology that detects nutrients, metabolic markers, and organic and non-organic waste products. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | WPI has a lot to offer - extraordinary students, world-renowned faculty members at the top of their fields, state-of-the-art research facilities, and a community teeming with activity. You have a lot to offer too - you're ambitious, you want to be challenged, you want to succeed, and you want to make a difference in the world. You know whereyou want to go; WPI can help you get there. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Blaze Power | Blaze Power operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Adhesion Technologies | Adhesion Technologies is a bio-adhesive producer offers an alternative to toxic furniture glues, promoting to reduce chemical exposure. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Western New England University | A small school where you can actually get to know your professors and other students, Western New England University offers undergraduate and graduate academics, being particularly well known for its Pharmacy and Engineering programs.Western New England University is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, a small city about two hours from Bostonand only 30 minutes from the beautiful Berkshire Mountains.Undergraduate programs at Western New England University are offered through the Arts and Sciences, Business and Engineering departments. There is also a Pre-Pharmacy major from which many students move into the graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences program, one of Western New England College’s strongest. Other graduate degrees are awarded in Law, Engineering and Business.Since Western New England is a small school, students have the chance to get to know one another through the numerous on-campus events. Traditional festivals are a big part of student life and include a Music Fest, and fall, winter and spring festivals.There are also performing arts groups, including a drama club, choir, and a school newspaper and other literary publications. There are also weekly campus parties and field trips throughout the Northeast.While students applying to the graduate programs will have to meet department-specific requirements, all undergraduate applicants submit the same materials, such as transcripts and an essay, regardless of their preferred major.Students may also apply for scholarships and other forms of financial aid to help with tuition costs. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| MacroCycle Technologies | MacroCycle is developing a technology to curb the usage of fossil fuel derived plastic through a circular, sustainable and zero-carbon plastic upcycling process. The company's proprietary process based on the synthesis of cyclic macromolecules enables us to produce virgin-grade recycled PET from plastic waste at lower energy use thantraditional processes. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| River Otter Renewables | River Otter Renewables is a recycling comany that produced biocrude oil from plant and waste as well as sewage and plastic waste. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [MassMutual Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Greentown Labs

VC Fund · Somerville, United States

Greentown Labs enables entrepreneurs to solve the world's biggest energy and environmental challenges. Our mission is to enable a vibrant community of entrepreneurs to work on their visions and to provide access to the space, resources, and funding that allows their early-stage companies thrive. We offer 33,000 sq. ft. of prototyping lab andco-located office space, a shared machine shop and electronics lab, immersion in a growing community of energy and clean technology entrepreneurs, and on-site events and programs designed to enable start-ups to rapidly grow their networks and their companies.

5 contacts available at Greentown Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emily Reichert | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-reichert |
| Jason Hanna | CEO, Co-Founder, Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-hanna |
| Jeremy Pitts | Co-Founder and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-pitts |
| Ryan Dings | Executive Vice President & General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-dings |
| Tana Boone | SVP of People and Culture | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tana-boone |

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## FAQ

### What does Emily Reichert invest in?

Emily Reichert invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Education and Recycling startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Emily Reichert last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Emily Reichert closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 11 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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