# Kristin Ellis

> Kristin Ellis is a seed investor at Lowercarbon Capital backing Biotechnology and Robotics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Kristin Ellis is a seed investor at Lowercarbon Capital focused on Biotechnology and Robotics. Kristin Ellis

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 50% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Life Science | 1 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trilobio | Trilobio was created to improve synthetic biology and life science research processes by building robotic lab automation modules coupled with an "app store" to package and distribute lab protocols as code. The goal is to deploy fully automated labs that dramatically improve data quality and reproducibility. | $8M | Seed | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Biosphere | Biosphere engages in manufacturing commercial-scale fermentation products and robotic greenhouses. | $8.8M | Seed | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Trilobio | Trilobio was created to improve synthetic biology and life science research processes by building robotic lab automation modules coupled with an "app store" to package and distribute lab protocols as code. The goal is to deploy fully automated labs that dramatically improve data quality and reproducibility. | $3M | Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Trilobio | Trilobio was created to improve synthetic biology and life science research processes by building robotic lab automation modules coupled with an "app store" to package and distribute lab protocols as code. The goal is to deploy fully automated labs that dramatically improve data quality and reproducibility. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Argon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argon-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Juniper](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital-bio) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nucleus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nucleus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Also Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/also-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lowercarbon Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Lowercarbon Capital funds research and invests in technologies to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere. The world has ignored the scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs who are pursuing solutions to lower emissions, remove carbon, actively cool the planet, and save human, animal, and plant life.

4 contacts available at Lowercarbon Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Orbuch | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-orbuch |
| Shawn Xu | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shawn-xu-2 |
| Alex Laplaza | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-laplaza-d08b |
| Kristin Ellis | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristin-ellis-c93f |

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## FAQ

### What does Kristin Ellis invest in?

Kristin Ellis invests primarily in Biotechnology, Robotics and Life Science startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Kristin Ellis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kristin Ellis closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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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