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Burnt Island Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

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San Francisco, CaliforniaWebsite

Burnt Island Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in Developer Tools, Climate / Energy. The firm has 24 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
24 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Developer Tools, Climate / Energy
HQ
San Francisco, California
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Portfolio

24+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investment Thesis

Seed fund focused narrowly on water, industrial infrastructure, and foundational hard-economy systems.

How Burnt Island Ventures invests

Burnt Island Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Developer Tools, Climate / Energy.

Burnt Island Ventures has backed 24 companies in our records, including ZwitterCo, Cala Systems, HOPE Hydration.

Partners & Team

TF

Tom Ferguson

Managing Partner

WB

Wayne Byrne

Venture Partner

JP

Jessica Pascolini

Director of Operations

MS

Megan Siebe

Executive Assistant

JG

Jennie Graham

Senior Associate

CB

Christine Boyle

Partner

MS

Marissa Sterling

Senior Platform Engineer

Industry Focus

Invests In

Developer Tools
Climate / Energy

Portfolio Companies (24)

Other

ZW

ZwitterCo

CA

Cala Systems

HO

HOPE Hydration

SU

Subeca

TE

TeamSolve

AL

AlgaFilm

PO

Power & Water

AQ

Aqua Membranes

2S

2S Water

AC

Aclarity

How to pitch Burnt Island Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Developer Tools, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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