[swlkr]

This project looks really good. I would love to have a clojure inspired lisp that's fast and doesn't require the JVM.

[sitkack]

You might try Avian or Multi-OS Engine for embedding a JVM within your program.

[0] https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian

[1] https://software.intel.com/en-us/multi-os-engine

[pjmlp]

Or even one of the commercial JDKs with AOT native code compiler.