# Miguel Granier

> Miguel Granier is a seed investor at Invested Development backing CleanTech and Recycling. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Invested Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invested-development)
- Location: Atlanta, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdgranier
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mdgranier
- Website: http://www.investeddevelopment.com

Miguel Granier is a seed investor at Invested Development in Atlanta focused on CleanTech and Recycling. Miguel is the founder of Invested Development. he was the founding Investment Manager for First Light Ventures, a seed-stage social impact investment fund affiliated with Gray Ghost Ventures in Atlanta, Georgia.Miguel began his career in social enterprise as a loan officer for ACCION New York in 2009 and continued that work as an independentconsultant specializing in economic development and microfinance. In addition to his work in microfinance and social enterprise, Miguel has worked for the insurance giant Fidelity National Financial in New York and Delter Business Institute in Beijing, China.He holds a Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a specialization in Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CleanTech | 1 | 10% |
| Recycling | 1 | 10% |
| Industrial | 1 | 10% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 10% |
| Cloud Management | 1 | 10% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Kenya | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Buckstop | Buckstop is the intelligence layer for the circular economy. Our agentic platform instantly appraises your obsolete assets, unlocks their value, and manages everything from pickup to payment ensuring regulatory compliance along the way. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| LCOE.ai | LCOE.ai is an intelligence layer that streamlines communications, investor reporting, and project prioritization for C&I. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Fordje | Fordje is a U.S.–focused regulatory‑data platform for construction, housing, and clean‑energy builders that helps them navigate local building codes, zoning rules, permitting, and interconnection requirements across every U.S. city. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Silvis Materials | Silvis Materials develops 100% bio-renewable, bio-degradable cellulose emulsions will enable companies to create cradle-to-grave packaging, making coatings and glues without petroleum-derived materials, while cleaning up Air, Water and Land pollution. Silvis' emulsions will: use cellulose to create Recyclable; Compostable, Biodegradable (RCB)emulsions; match petroleum-based emulsion price, and plug into existing manufacturing; achieve global emissions regulations, dispensing with expensive legal challenges; reduce water, air, and land pollution; accelerate corporate sustainability goals | $250K | Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| WattsUp | Advanced AI-driven predictive maintenance solution for EV chargers. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Kara |  | $100K | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Accelerate Wind | Accelerate Wind provides wind energy generation for the commercial and industrial spaces. The company develops patent-pending powertrain concept that reduces the cost of wind turbine power electronics through intermediate energy storage in a small flywheel. | $100K | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| 4Earth | 4Earth transforms wastewater from a costly liability into a recurring asset. We engineer smart, modular water treatment systems that enable industrial, commercial, and urban infrastructure to recover and reuse water onsite.Unlike legacy treatment plants that are fragmented and complex, our Ginseng series offers a unified, full-stacksolution—fusing industrial-grade filtration hardware with advanced software and "Digital Twin" visualization.Core Solutions:1. The Ginseng: Modular industrial wastewater recovery (High TSS/Solids). 2. The Ginseng Element: Advanced treatment for closed-loop reuse (High TDS/Organics). 3. The Ginseng Phantom: Compact stormwater and cooling tower reuse for urban real estate (NYC Local Law 97 compliant).Validated by industry leaders like Mercedes-Benz and Cox Enterprises, 4Earth allows facilities to bypass municipal surcharges, eliminate hauling costs, and achieve operational resilience through decentralized reuse. | $100K | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Joulea | Joulea reduces carbon emissions to strive for a sustainable world in the real estate industry. It aims to reduce building operating costs while exceeding industry standards for energy efficiency. It helps in improving environmental sustainability by targeting corporate and governmental energy benchmarks. Through its revolutionary technology, itcreates standout, valuable real estate portfolios of highly efficient assets. | $100K | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Angani | Angani is a Kenyan public cloud computing provider located in Nairobi, Kenya, offering services to the entire East African region. |  | Seed | Feb 11, 2015 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Africa's Talking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africas-talking) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Savannah Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savannah-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Invested Development

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Invested Development (ID) is an investment management company founded in Boston, MA in 2009 and now based in Atlanta, GA. ID launched the BSP Fund in 2011 which was fully vested across 19 companies in 2020. Exits include: Simpa (India) acquired by Engie (France); OnFarm (US) acquired by SWIIM (US); iHub (Kenya) acquired by ccHub (Nigeria), and GELI(US) acquired by Hanwha Q-Cells (Korea).

1 contacts available at Invested Development.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Miguel Granier | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miguel-granier |

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## FAQ

### What does Miguel Granier invest in?

Miguel Granier invests primarily in CleanTech, Recycling and Industrial startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 Miguel Granier last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Miguel Granier closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 10 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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