# Lily Bernicker

> Lily Bernicker is a pre-seed investor at Wireframe Ventures backing Waste Management. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wireframe Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wireframevc)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lily-bernicker-2b638a89/

Lily Bernicker is a pre-seed investor at Wireframe Ventures in New York focused on Waste Management and Environmental Consulting. Lily Bernicker is the Principal at Wireframe Ventures. She attended Yale University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Waste Management | 2 | 67% |
| Environmental Consulting | 2 | 67% |
| Carbon Capture | 1 | 33% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cocoon | Cocoon provides environmental consulting services to businesses and develops solutions to analyze and eradicate industrial waste. | $15M | Series A | Mar 18, 2026 |  |
| Cocoon | Cocoon is a climate technology platform that develops sustainable technology to manage industrial waste through carbon capture. | $5.5M | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Cocoon | Cocoon provides environmental consulting services to businesses and develops solutions to analyze and eradicate industrial waste. | $5.3M | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Celsius Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celsius-industries) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gigascale Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gigascale-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Carbon13](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbon13) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2150](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2150) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brick & Mortar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brick-mortar-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wireframe Ventures

VC Fund · Mill Valley, United States

Wireframe Ventures is a venture capital firm investing at the seed and pre-seed stage. We back missionary founders using technology to positively impact people & planet.

3 contacts available at Wireframe Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lily Bernicker | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lily-bernicker |
| Harsh Patel | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harsh-patel-3 |
| Paul Straub | Managing Partner, Director & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-straub |

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## FAQ

### What does Lily Bernicker invest in?

Lily Bernicker invests primarily in Waste Management, Environmental Consulting and Carbon Capture startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Lily Bernicker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lily Bernicker closed in Mar 2026. 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.

### 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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