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Material Impact
Venture capital · Boston, MA, United States · North America
Material Impact is a venture capital firm that backs and builds inception-stage companies developing products based on material science and deep tech. It describes itself as a mission-driven investor helping to solve large human problems and reports over $700M in assets under management.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsmaterial sciencedeep techimpactsustainabilityhealthproductivity
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Or find every investor that fitsMaterial Impact lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 63% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Industrial & Manufacturing (31%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 90% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Cavallo Ventures, Collaborative Fund and Elemental Impact.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Material Impact, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Material Impact's whole history. Rounds on record name 9 companies; its own site lists 32. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundMaterial Impact does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 25% |
| Series A | 63% |
| Series B | 13% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 1 |
| '26 | 6 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 91th | 7 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 25% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 96th | 28% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 31% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
| Legal & Compliance | 4% | 2% |
| Education | 4% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Cavallo Ventures | 2 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| Elemental Impact | 2 |
| Emerald Technology Ventures | 2 |
| Energy Impact Partners | 2 |
| Engine Ventures | 2 |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | 2 |
| ID Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3197%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Cavallo Ventures
Compare Material Impact head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Material Impact| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 13 Mar 2026 | Series B | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Series A | |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Round |
Round details for Material Impact
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Material Impact's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6K Inc develops and uses UniMelt technology for advanced materials production | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides conformal coating alternatives for electronics protection. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AgZen develops and sells a system that measures and controls droplet coverage on every leaf for agricultural sprayers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Mar 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Amperesand develops and manufactures medium voltage solid state transformers for critical power infrastructure | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| Bloomer Tech generates digital biomarkers for women's health and provides precision cardiovascular care and data services with female physiology at its core. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CorePower Magnetics manufactures high-performance inductors, transformers, and motors using proprietary magnetic materials. | Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Debut combines AI and biotechnology to create beauty products | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Round | Page + round | |
| DetraPel, Inc is a clean-tech advanced materials company that specializes in synthesizing and manufacturing PFAS-free protective coatings | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Essara Health develops digitally enhanced pharmaceuticals that combine medical-grade sensing, software, and artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fleet Robotics provides hull cleaning and inspection services using autonomous robots for the shipping industry. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Folio Photonics develops data storage solutions | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Foundation Alloy designs and produces engineering alloys with properties beyond the reach of conventional metallurgy. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Fusion Coolant Systems develops and provides cooling and lubrication systems for machine tools using supercritical carbon dioxide technology. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| GALY grows and crafts biocrafted cocoa and cotton products | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gen Phoenix regenerates high-performance, high-value recycled materials from waste, including wet blue offcuts and post-industrial waste, to create leather alternatives. | Legal & ComplianceLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Huue produces bio-based pigments for the denim industry | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Jump Aero brings to market the fastest electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for first responders | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Koloma is harnessing naturally occurring hydrogen from deep within the Earth to power clean energy | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Lynq Networks develops software that powers communication devices for non-desk workers in high-noise environments | Enterprise SoftwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- materialimpact.com
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 30 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 32
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