# Laurel M. V. Buckner

> Laurel M. V. Buckner is a seed investor at BHP Ventures backing Energy and Sensor. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BHP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhp-ventures)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-m-buckner

Laurel M. V. Buckner is a seed investor at BHP Ventures focused on Energy and Sensor. Laurel M. V. Buckner

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Sensor | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Navigation | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atomionics | Atomionics is building atomic sensors for navigation and resource exploration. Sensing technology is severely inadequate for a lot of applications navigation and positioning, pinpointing oil and gas reserves, tunnel detection etc. Atomionics builds atomic sensors harnessing quantum mechanical properties of the atoms. This enables measurement ofparameters like gravity, acceleration and rotation with 1000x higher precision and accuracy than the current state of the art, leading to a completely new way of global positioning, and resource exploration. | $12.7M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| GeologicAI | GeologicAI is a software company specializes in Oil and Gas software. | $44M | Series B | Jul 17, 2025 |  |
| Amogy | Amogy is a company that develops carbon-free energy solutions aimed at decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, including maritime, power generation, and heavy industry. Its patented ammonia cracking technology efficiently splits liquid ammonia to generate electrical power in conjunction with hydrogen fuel cells. | $56M |  | Jan 15, 2025 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ap-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Earth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-earth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hanwha Investment & Securities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanwha-investment-securities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kibo Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kibo-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BHP Ventures

VC Fund · Australia, Philippines

BHP Ventures is a venture capital firm.

1 contacts available at BHP Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Laurel M. V. Buckner | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurel-m-v-buckner |

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## FAQ

### What does Laurel M. V. Buckner invest in?

Laurel M. V. Buckner invests primarily in Energy, Sensor and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Laurel M. V. Buckner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laurel M. V. Buckner closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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