Buoyant Ventures

Amy Francetic and Allison Myers co-founded Buoyant and own the firm outright, making it one of a small number of entirely female-owned United States venture partnerships. Francetic is managing general partner and works from Chicago. She brings more than fifteen years of investing experience and was founding managing director at Energize Ventures, where she raised a $165 million fund, and she sits on the boards of portfolio companies FloodFlash, ReelData, Beni and Raptor Maps.

Myers is general partner and works from Denver. She came from Accenture Strategy, where she advised on energy, mobility, built-environment and digital transformation programs; that exposure to how large industrial buyers actually procure software informs the firm's commercial diligence. The partnership is deliberately small, with both founders taking board seats directly rather than delegating them to principals.

Buoyant Ventures closed its debut fund at $76 million in February 2023, with a further $5.7 million raised into co-investment vehicles alongside it, taking total assets under management to roughly $81.7 million. The close was reported as the largest debut fund ever raised by a woman-owned United States venture firm headquartered away from the coasts, and Microsoft is among the disclosed backers.

The fund writes Seed and Series A checks into digital climate solutions, meaning software and light-hardware businesses addressing climate risk across energy, transportation, agriculture, water and the built environment. That digital-only screen is the firm's defining constraint: it deliberately avoids the long development timelines and heavy project finance that characterize much of climate venture, and underwrites companies that can reach revenue on venture-scale capital. Disclosed positions include FloodFlash, Raptor Maps, ReelData and Beni, alongside FlexCharging, Harvest Thermal and BlocPower. The firm operates from Chicago with a second base in Denver.