# Earth Foundry

> Earth Foundry is a VC fund in Chicago backing Energy and Software. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last fund: Feb 2013
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/2773491
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/EnergyFoundry
- Website: http://www.energyfoundry.com

Earth Foundry is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Energy and Software. Earth Foundry invests venture capital in today’s most promising energy innovators, and we work with the world’s leading energy companies to build and scale new ventures. Our approach merges venture capital with the perks of partnership, and includes an arsenal of essential tools and relationships to help bring great ideas to market.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $750k–$4M |
| Series B | $9M–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 10 | 29% |
| Software | 10 | 29% |
| Analytics | 5 | 15% |
| Renewable Energy | 5 | 15% |
| Internet of Things | 5 | 15% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 38% |
| Series B | 6 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 18% |
| Series A | 5 | 15% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 59% |
| Canada | 3 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Greenlee | General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-greenlee |
| Jason Blumberg | Co-Founder & Managing Director | 20 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-blumberg |
| Jason Cahill | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-cahill |
| Jimmy Jen | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jimmy-jen-bec8 |
| Judy Li | Vice President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/judy-li |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Polystyvert | Notre technologie permet de collecter facilement le polystyrène et de le recycler pour le remettre sous sa forme originale. Du polystyrène recyclé d'aussi bonne qualité que du neuf ! | $16M | Series B | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| NxLite | 3E Nano has developed and is commercializing a low cost, thermally and optically smart, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) coating. This nano thin film applied to glass and other transparent media is targeted toward windows, windshields, greenhouses, and solar module manufacturers. | $4M | Seed | Mar 28, 2023 |  |
| Recurve | Recurve is an open-source SaaS platform and tools that help utilities leverage their smart meter data to measure energy usage. Recurve makes software for contractors who audit homes to increase energy efficiency and perform remodeling and construction services. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Mill Valley, California. | $19M | Series B | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Azumo | Azumo front light is here to light the way to the new era of high efficiency, durable displays that don’t fight the environment but work in tandem with it. The time has come for all of us to reflect on what displays can do for devices. | $30M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Network Perception | Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignmentwith best practices and regulatory standardsNetwork Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park. | $13M | Series A | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| e-Zinc | Founded in 2012, e-Zinc is a Toronto, Canada, based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology for storing energy in zinc metal. This low-cost, flexible, and long-duration energy storage solution will provide the platform for the world’s energy markets to be fully powered by renewable energy, enabling a zero-carbonenergy future. | $25M | Series A | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Omnidian | Omnidian is a provider of comprehensive protection plans for investments in residential solar energy systems. It serves both individual homeowners and financial institutions, such as funds and third-party owners, that manage large portfolios of residential solar assets. The company's lifetime performance guarantee includes real timemonitoring, proactive service alerts and 100% covered hardware and software through a nationwide network of field service professionals, as well as a 100% guarantee on energy or plan owners will be reimbursed for energy loss.The company's mission is to protect and accelerate capital invested in the residential solar industry. Omnidian is backed by the DOE SunShot Program which accelerates the development of highly impactful solar technologies. | $33M | Series B | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Volexion | Volexion is a battery manufacturing and graphene coating technology for commercial Li-ion cathode materials with 10x performance. The company's technology provides a comprehensive and generalizable combination. It gives clients longer battery life, better power output, and a wider voltage range. | $1.1M | Seed | Apr 08, 2021 |  |
| Network Perception | Network Perception is providing a pioneering network device configuration analysis software to visualize and manage their network. The company delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignmentwith best practices and regulatory standardsNetwork Perception was launched in 2014 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park. | $2.7M | Seed | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| Span | Span.IO develops products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and deliver an intuitive interface for the home. They are a group of engineers with a passion for building products that can deliver a positive impact on the environment while enhancing the consumer experience. They believe that developing intelligent hardware and softwarethat provides visibility and control at the edge of the grid will be transformational to the energy sector. The company is backed by domain experts in energy, software, hardware, and consumer finance. They leverage their teams' collective experience in power generation, energy conversion, controls, and system integration to develop core products focused on enabling the rapid adoption of renewable energy. | $10M | Series A | May 12, 2020 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Earth Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earthfoundry) — VC Fund, 30 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Earth Foundry invest in?

Earth Foundry invests primarily in Energy, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 34 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 Earth Foundry's check size?

Earth Foundry typically joins rounds of $750k–$4M at Seed and $9M–$33M 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 Earth Foundry participates in.

### How do I contact Earth Foundry?

Public channels for Earth Foundry include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Earth Foundry?

The team at Earth Foundry includes Bob Greenlee (General Counsel), Jason Blumberg (Co-Founder & Managing Director) and Jason Cahill (Principal), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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