Christine E. Boyle, PhD

Partner at Burnt Island Ventures

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Biography

Christine Boyle is a Partner at Burnt Island Ventures. She earned a PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where her research on water resource planning and utility finance at the Environmental Finance Center grew into Valor Water Analytics, the utility analytics company she founded and led as CEO. Valor was acquired by Xylem in 2018, and Boyle then spent five years at Xylem as Vice President of Digital Product Development, scaling the software to utilities worldwide. She has chaired the California Nevada section of the American Water Works Association and now invests in early stage water companies at Burnt Island.

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Previous Experience

Career Timeline

2018
Valor Water Analytics, the water utility analytics company she founded and led as CEO, was acquired by Xylem, where she became VP of Digital Product Development.
2025
Named as Partner in Burnt Island Ventures' $50 million Fund II announcement.

Sources & References

Burnt Island Ventures team page ↗UNC Environmental Finance Center Q&A with Christine Boyle ↗Business Wire, Fund II close (Oct 2025) ↗