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Thomas Ferguson

Thomas Ferguson

Founder and managing partner of Burnt Island Ventures

DirectorRoles at 4 startups
Updated Nov 3, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 27, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Thomas Ferguson

Thomas 'Tom' Ferguson is founder and managing partner of Burnt Island Ventures, an early-stage investor focused on water.

He has served as a director of Cala Systems, Aclarity, Daupler and Ziptility. Earlier, he built Imagine H2O's startup-program portfolio.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Thomas Ferguson in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Cala Systems, Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · Somerville, MA
An intelligent heat-pump water heater that plans around each home's hot-water use, energy prices and solar production.
Burnt Island Ventures Current
Founder and Managing Partner
Daupler, Inc.
Director
2021 – 2024 · Overland Park, KS
Ziptility, Inc.
Director
2024 · Bloomington, IN
Aclarity, Inc.
Director
2023 · Mansfield, MA
Imagine H2O
From 2015

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Thomas Ferguson works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Cala Systems, Inc. · Form D, Oct 27, 2026
Michael Rigney
Michael Rigney
CEO & Cofounder, director
Michael Ting
Michael Ting
VP Hardware & Cofounder, director
DW
David Wilson
Director
Daupler, Inc. · Form D, Oct 18, 2024
JM
RR
JB
John Bertrand
CEO and director
Ziptility, Inc. · Form D/A, Apr 8, 2024
JK
Jesse Kurth
Executive officer
TH
Tyler Henke
Executive officer, director and promoter
KJ
Kyle Jackson
Director
JB
Jeffrey Busczkiewicz
Executive officer
SN
Steven Naimark
Director and promoter
Aclarity, Inc. · Form D, Jul 20, 2023
JM
PL
Pamela Lynch
Executive officer
JM
Julie Mullen
President and director
OS
Orren Schneider
Executive officer
WB
Wayne Byrne
Director

Thomas Ferguson in the News

Sources

  1. SECCala Systems, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 27, 2026
  2. SECDaupler, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 18, 2024
  3. SECZiptility, Inc. Form D/A, filed Apr 8, 2024
  4. SECAclarity, Inc. Form D, filed Jul 20, 2023
  5. Investor siteTom Ferguson, Why we invested in Cala Systems
  6. Investor siteTom Ferguson, Why we invested in Daupler
  7. Investor siteTom Ferguson, Why we invested in Ziptility
  8. Press releaseMassVentures release on Aclarity's seed round quotes Tom Ferguson