# Azolla Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Azolla Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 7 investments on record, 5 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/azolla-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Azolla Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 7 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $76M, Mar 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Environmental Waste Biodiversity

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**100%** of best year **5** **cheques in 12 months**, 7 on record

Since the last cheque **8** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **6 of 7** Mostly in **United States, 43%**

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## Azolla Ventures highlights

- 01 5 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 6 rounds

## What they do

> Azolla Ventures invests in breakthroughs that could avert catastrophic climate change. We focus on ventures at the earliest stages, where risk and reward are highest. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Environmental Waste Biodiversity
- **Based in:** Cambridge, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **7 appearances**

- **2026** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Pythag Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/pythag-tech)** Seed · US · Azolla Ventures **$4.3M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Cambridge Heavy Industries](https://millionrounds.com/company/cambridge-heavy-industries)** Seed · US · Azolla Ventures **$6.2M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[AlgaFilm Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/algafilm-technologies)** Seed · CA · Azolla Ventures **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Jul** **[FAST Metals](https://millionrounds.com/company/fast-metals)** Pre-seed · US · Azolla Ventures **$4.3M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[EQON](https://millionrounds.com/company/eqon)** Seed · NO · Azolla Ventures **$6.0M** *Led*
- **2025** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[NZN](https://millionrounds.com/company/nzn)** Seed · GB · Kibo Invest **$6.6M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[NetZeroNitrogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/netzeronitrogen)** Seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **$6.7M** *Led*

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named**

AY **Amy Yaa Boatemaa Duffuor** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JW **Johanna Wendlandt Wolfson** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MM **Matthew Mclean Nordan** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$213M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Azolla Management Company, LP
- **SEC number:** CRD 318033

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**18** of 34 we have independently watched raise

[Avalanche](https://millionrounds.com/company/avalanche)[Biolumic](https://millionrounds.com/company/biolumic)[C-motive](https://millionrounds.com/company/c-motive)[Charmindustrial](https://millionrounds.com/company/charm-industrial)[Dig](https://millionrounds.com/company/dig-energy)[Eqon](https://millionrounds.com/company/eqon)[Ergbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/erg-bio)[Funga logo Funga](https://millionrounds.com/company/funga)[Lilacsolutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/lilac-solutions)[Mafix](https://millionrounds.com/company/mafix)[Noon](https://millionrounds.com/company/noon-energy)[Nzn2](https://millionrounds.com/company/nzn)[Oxylus-Energy-Logo Oxylus Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/oxylus-energy)[Rain](https://millionrounds.com/company/rain)[Sublime-systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/sublime-systems)[Tynt](https://millionrounds.com/company/tynt)[Viaseparations](https://millionrounds.com/company/via-separations)[stillbright-](https://millionrounds.com/company/still-bright) Aikido transparent v3 Algafilm Calcarea HR Calcarea Cleancroptech Fastmetalsinc For investors Heaten logo Heaten Itemdataobject Muon v2 Muon Picture15 VELOZBIO uses Rockzero Scalvy HR Scalvy Untitled design-8 Zanskar Untitled design-9 SiTration Vesta gradient_

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$76M**

raised in Mar 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$6.1M** the round, not its cheque

Led 6 of 7 rounds **86%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *6*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Ananke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ananke) 2
- [Kibo Invest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest) 2
- [World Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/world-fund) 2
- [Zero Carbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-carbon-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Azolla Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Ananke** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ananke)[**Kibo Invest** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kibo-invest)[**World Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/world-fund)[**Zero Carbon Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zero-carbon-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Azolla Ventures put money into.

[**EQON** $6.0M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eqon)[**NetZeroNitrogen** $6.7M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/netzeronitrogen)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming Azolla Ventures in the title.

- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 2 May 2022 · 40 min Ep. 207: Johanna Wolfson, General Partner at Azolla Ventures With [Johanna Wolfson](https://millionrounds.com/person/johanna-wolfson) Mentions [Azolla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/azolla-ventures) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about Azolla Ventures

### What does Azolla Ventures invest in?

Azolla Ventures invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Environmental, Waste and Biodiversity.

### How active is Azolla Ventures?

7 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Azolla Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Pythag Tech (Seed, Oct 2026), Cambridge Heavy Industries (Seed, Oct 2026) and AlgaFilm Technologies (Seed, Sept 2026).

### How big are Azolla Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.1M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M.

### Does Azolla Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 6 of its 7 investments on record (86%).

### Where does Azolla Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (43%), the United Kingdom (29%) and Canada (14%).

### Is Azolla Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Azolla Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Ananke (2 rounds together), Kibo Invest (2 rounds together) and World Fund (2 rounds together).

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