Ep. 133: Amy Francetic, Managing Director of Buoyant Ventures

Today's guest is Amy Francetic, Managing Director of Buoyant Ventures.

Buoyant Ventures is an early stage fund investing in digital solutions to climate risk based in Chicago, IL.

Amy is a long time entrepreneur and business executive. She has 25 years of experience in the energy and high technologies sectors. After graduating from Stanford, Amy started her career in the children's software and computer games. She co-founded Zowie Interactive, an interactive toy company that leveraged RF sensing technology and software to create an entertaining interface for the PC. In 2000, the company sold to Lego. After having two kids and surviving cancer, Amy wanted to dedicate her career to leaving a lasting impact on the world. She refocused towards climate investing. She co-founded and assumed the role of CEO of the Clean Energy Trust. Clean Energy Trust funds and grows new cleantech businesses in the Midwest. In 2016, Amy left Clean Energy Trust as CEO while still retaining a seat on the board. She came on as Managing Director of Energize Ventures which focused on high growth tech companies, before starting Buoyant Ventures.

Amy and I have a lively discussion where she tells me about her origins and how she first got involved in the climate fight. We talk about how climate has evolved since she started working in this space and the future of climate investing. Amy also tells me about Buoyant Ventures and digital climate solutions.

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Episode recorded November 16th, 2020