Johanna Wolfson
General Partner at Azolla Ventures
Greater Boston
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder and General Partner
2021 - Current
Azolla Ventures, created by Prime Coalition, invests in early-stage technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact.
Azolla Ventures is an early stage investor in climate breakthroughs that could avert catastrophic climate change.
Managing Director
2021
Prime Impact Fund, an initiative of Prime Coalition, 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. The management company of Azolla Ventures, the successor fund to Prime Impact Fund, manages the Prime Impact Fund portfolio of companies.
Principal
2018 - 2021
Prime Impact Fund invests in transformative technology companies with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact.
Board Member
2021
Tynt Technologies is a developer of a smart window to prevent glare while maintaining views and save energy.
Raised $17,067,979.00 from Starlight Ventures, Buff Gold Ventures, Prime Impact Fund, KOMPAS VC, Starlight Ventures, KOMPAS VC and Prime Impact Fund.
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2020
Decarbonizing cement, currently responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions
Sublime Systems develops technology to decarbonize cement-making.
Raised $115,000,000.00 from Holcim and CRH Ventures.
Board Member
2019
Sustainability company developing a powerful new technology for reversing climate change
Verdox develops an electric carbon removal technology designed to eliminate emissions from aluminum production.
Raised $100,315,010.00 from Musk Foundation, XPRIZE, BloombergNEF and National Science Foundation.
Board Observer
2019
Platform for rapid domestication of novel bacteria strains
MicroByre is a biotechnology company that specializes in microbiology, synthetic biology, molecular biology, and machine learning..
Raised $20,210,332.00 from Azolla Ventures, Impact Science Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, Earthshot Ventures, Safar Partners, The House Fund, Climate Capital, Zero Carbon Capital, Grantham Foundation and Systemiq capital.
Board Member
2019
Commercializing the next generation of electric motors
C-Motive Technologies is a venture-backed cleantech startup that develops electrostatic motor technology.
Raised $14,527,217.00 from PRIME Coalition and Prime Impact Fund.
Board Observer
2018 - 2020
Mining technology company enabling lithium extraction through ion exchange
Director, Technology-to-Market
2016 - 2017
Tech-to-Market is focused on strengthening the innovation ecosystem by eliminating common barriers that prevent market exploration of new energy technologies. More information at energy.gov/eere/technology-to-market
US Department of Energy is a government administration that regulates energy policy, research, and development.