# Shayle Kann

> Shayle Kann is a seed investor at Prime Impact Fund (Boston) backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Prime Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prime-impact-fund)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shayle-kann-4359524/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shaylekann
- Website: https://x.com/shaylekann

Shayle Kann is a seed investor at Prime Impact Fund in Boston focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Shayle Kann is the Partner at Energy Impact Partners. Shayle Kann attended Pomona College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 25% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 17% |
| Energy Efficiency | 2 | 17% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 17% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 25% |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Series E | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 50% |
| Chile | 1 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emerald AI | Emerald AI creates a platform that enables AI data centers to adjust power consumption from electricity grids dynamically. This system orchestrates computing loads across data centers to bolster grid reliability. The technology aims to advance AI innovation while ensuring power affordability and electric system stability. | $25M | Seed | Feb 20, 2026 |  |
| Voya Energy | Voya Energy is an energy management company that has developed technology to transform high-energy recycled metals into a safe fuel. | $13M | Seed | Nov 12, 2025 |  |
| Form Energy | Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration. It aims to make batteries that can dispatch energy for days, expanding the ability to supply electricity generated from wind and solar power to the grid.The company's technology transforms the electric grid by makingrenewable energy dispatchable year-round, as well as extending transmission capacity without building new wires, and replacing the need for conventional thermal generation. Its core technology was invented at MIT and is supported by investors which include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, MIT’s The Engine, Macquarie Capital, Eni Next, Capricorn Investment Group, and Prelude Ventures. Their team members are active learners who like working on tough technology problems that can only be solved with a combination of scientific innovation and hard work.Co-founders Marco Ferrara, Mateo Jaramillo, Yet-Ming Chiang, William Woodford, and Ted Wiley headquartered the company in Somerville, Massachusetts in 2017. | $405M | Series F | Oct 09, 2024 |  |
| Rondo Energy | Rondo Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat. Rondo Heat Battery powers industrial processes with renewable electricity, cutting energy costs and eliminating emissions. | $60M | Series B | Aug 16, 2023 |  |
| Ceibo | Aguamarina Biomineria specializes in solutions based on green mining technology. Pamela Chavez Crooker founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Antofagasta in Chile. | $30M | Series B | Jun 01, 2023 |  |
| Cyclic Materials | Cyclic Materials provides recycling services that recover rare earth elements aiming to reduce the opening of new mines and accelerate the transition to electric mobility and cleaner energy. It operates landfill-bound products and recovering their critical metals that help businesses in supplying wind turbines, electric vehicles, and electronicssegments by reducing CO2 emissions. | $27M | Series A | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Form Energy | Form Energy develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration. It aims to make batteries that can dispatch energy for days, expanding the ability to supply electricity generated from wind and solar power to the grid.The company's technology transforms the electric grid by makingrenewable energy dispatchable year-round, as well as extending transmission capacity without building new wires, and replacing the need for conventional thermal generation. Its core technology was invented at MIT and is supported by investors which include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, MIT’s The Engine, Macquarie Capital, Eni Next, Capricorn Investment Group, and Prelude Ventures. Their team members are active learners who like working on tough technology problems that can only be solved with a combination of scientific innovation and hard work.Co-founders Marco Ferrara, Mateo Jaramillo, Yet-Ming Chiang, William Woodford, and Ted Wiley headquartered the company in Somerville, Massachusetts in 2017. | $450M | Series E | Oct 04, 2022 |  |
| Rondo Energy | Rondo Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat. Rondo Heat Battery powers industrial processes with renewable electricity, cutting energy costs and eliminating emissions. | $22M | Series A | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Nitricity | We make plant-based, climate-smart fertilizer. For the good of our farmers and the planet. | $5M | Seed | Aug 12, 2021 |  |
| Boston Metal | Boston Metal is a provider of industrial-scale, metals production solutions utilizing its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) process. MOE provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower cost, and greener solution for the production of a wide array of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks. Boston Metal was spun-out of MIT in2012 with an investment from Ingo Wender and has since scaled the technology 1,000x and produced thousands of kilograms of metal. Boston Metal’s headquarters and industrial development center are located in Woburn, MA. |  | Series B | Feb 09, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [GIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gic) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Capricorn Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capricorn-investment-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [NGP Energy Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngp-energy-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Prime Impact Fund

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact. Drawing on catalytic capital with a long-term lens, the fund is purpose-built to support high-risk, high-reward ventures at the earliest stages.

4 contacts available at Prime Impact Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amy Duffuor | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-duffuor |
| Johanna Wolfson | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johanna-wolfson |
| Matthew Nordan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-nordan |
| Shayle Kann | Investment Advisory Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shayle-kann |

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## FAQ

### What does Shayle Kann invest in?

Shayle Kann invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 12 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 Shayle Kann last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shayle Kann closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 12 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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