# Ryan Orbuch

> Ryan Orbuch is a seed investor at Lowercarbon Capital backing Waste Management and Oil and Gas. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orbuch
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/orbuch
- Website: https://x.com/orbuch

Ryan Orbuch is a partner at Lowercarbon Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Waste Management | 2 | 40% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 20% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 20% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Marine Transportation | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ulysses Ecosystem Engineering | Ulysses rewild the ocean and remove gigatons of carbon, contributing to global efforts to combat climate change and restore marine ecosystems. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. | Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste. | $8M | Seed | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Advantek Waste Management Services | Advantek Waste Management Services LLC is a full service waste management company providing recycling, treatment, and disposal of oilfield wastes including muds, drill cuttings, produced water, flowback water, tank bottoms and others. Advantek's team has spent decades advancing and promulgating the state of the art of oilfield wastemanagement. We use this experience to enable our customers to responsibly access their energy resources. | $8M | Seed | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Vaulted Deep | Vaulted Deep provides proven technology solutions for permanent carbon removal to promote local environmental and community health. It is a spin-off of Advantek Waste Management Services. | $8M | Seed | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| Arca Climate Technologies, Inc. | Carbin Minerals unlock the enormous carbon dioxide removal potential of mine waste. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 16, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Side Stage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/side-stage-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Earthshot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earthshot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InBC Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inbc-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ReGen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/regen-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Saniel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saniel-ventures) — 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 Ryan Orbuch invest in?

Ryan Orbuch invests primarily in Waste Management, Oil and Gas and Sustainability startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Ryan Orbuch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryan Orbuch closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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