Stage FocusSeed, Series A
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2025
Industry Focus
Industries
Advanced MaterialsSynthetic BiologyClimate TechRoboticsAdvanced Manufacturing
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Purist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
Material Impact was founded in 2015 by Carmichael Roberts (PhD in Chemistry from Duke, MBA from MIT) and Adam Sharkawy (PhD in Biomaterials from Duke), and it holds a genuinely unusual position: the world's first VC fund built exclusively around material science innovation. Fund III closed at $352M in November 2023, oversubscribed, making it the largest dedicated materials fund anywhere.
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