Kristin Vaughan
Climate tech investor and Managing Partner @ Virescent Ventures
Sydney, Australia
Kristin Vaughan is a venture - series unknown investor at Virescent Ventures in Sydney focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Kristin Vaughan is the climate tech investor, managing partner at Virescent Ventures
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 69%
Last updated:
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Industries Kristin Vaughan invests in
Stages Kristin Vaughan invests in
Countries Kristin Vaughan invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 5 (38%)
- Renewable Energy 4 (31%)
- Solar 3 (23%)
- Software 2 (15%)
- Electronics 2 (15%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 9 (69%)
- Seed 2 (15%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
Country
- Australia 11 (85%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| IND Technology is a data security and quality improvement. | $33.2M / Series A / Dec 15, 2025 | ||
| Gridcog develops software for modeling and simulating energy projects to support planning, design, and investment analysis across distributed and renewable energy systems. Its platform enables users to evaluate the technical and commercial performance of projects involving solar energy, battery storage, wind power, electric vehicle charging,hydrogen, and other flexible energy assets under different operating and market conditions. The software supports energy developers, utilities, consultants, property owners, and other organizations in assessing project feasibility, comparing design scenarios, and analyzing energy system performance. Gridcog also provides tools for modeling multi-site, multi-asset, and multi-region energy projects, helping users understand the interactions between energy resources, electricity markets, and grid constraints. The company focuses on delivering data-driven simulation capabilities that assist organizations in making informed decisions throughout the planning and development of energy infrastructure. | $4.2M / Seed / Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| GreenSync is a global energy-tech company that connects energy resources to create dynamic grids.GreenSync platform has knowledge of major grid congestion points and can pay rebates to customers to help improve the reliability of the grid. The company helps transform businesses and markets globally. It enables new markets by facilitatingpeer-to-peer and micro markets as well as large scale trading through our platform. GreenSync helps you buy, sell and store energy in the most efficient way possible. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Zoomo is a provider of electric bikes accessed via subscription models to help gig workers in the food delivery industry. Zoomo's high-quality LEV (light electric vehicle) range includes e-Bike, e-Moped, and e-Cargo options.Zoomo plans to use the funding to add new corporate categories such as parcel, mail, and grocery deliveries that itsbikes can be used for as well as other models better suited for individual consumers. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Zen Ecosystems help to reduce energy bills and take control of energy consumption through simple, connected, beautiful products ranging from an elegant smart thermostat for homes to the powerful Zen HQ platform for managing HVAC, lighting and other building systems. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Omni Tanker is a manufacturer of tank container and road tanker equipment. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Wattwatchers is a new open platform, low cost energy-saving network for homes and businesses. It combines a suite of Class 1, all-IP, metering, monitoring and control devices with co-developed software interfaces, cloud -service management tools and Energy Service offerings. Systems can be installed in a variety of configurations and operate inreal-time with or without Utility infrastructures. The Wattwatchers AUDITOR series of internet metering devices come in 3G and WiFi versions and can bridge easily to alternative IoT communications platforms e.g. LoRaWAN. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Redback is a technology company focused on the development of advanced, low cost solar solutions for residential and commercial users. Redback’s market leading integrated hardware and software technologies capture, store and manage solar energy, providing accelerated return on investment.With a focus on quality and efficiency, Redback’sstreamlined inverter hardware incorporates power electronics, cloud system control and related switchgear into an aesthetically pleasing design, allowing for rapid integration, and thus low installed costs. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Thinxtra is an Internet of Things (IoT) company founded by IoT experts who share the same passion and expertise: connecting things to improve business processes. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Sunman Energy is a technology company founded by a group of industry veterans delivering the future of Solar. Through the research and development of composite materials, Sunman has successfully commercialized the world’s first glass-free, lightweight and flexible Panel – eArc. Replacing glass completely, eArc brings solar power to markets andapplication scenarios that were previously impossible. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Virescent Ventures
Virescent Ventures is a venture capital that invests in cleantech innovation companies.
Virescent Ventures Contacts
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Kristin Vaughan
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What does Kristin Vaughan invest in?
Kristin Vaughan invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Solar startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Kristin Vaughan closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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