# Active Surfaces funding: rounds and investors

> Active Surfaces has raised $5.6M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include MassVentures, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and Safar Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/active-surfaces (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Active Surfaces*

One round we have observed, with the 4 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Manufacturing

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.6M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $5.6M May 2024
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **May 2024** Pre-seed **$5.6M** [MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) [Massachusetts Clean Energy Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massachusetts-clean-energy-center) [Safar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safar-partners) [SeaX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seax-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $3.6M sold, first sale Sept 2023

## Founders and team

From Active Surfaces's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

**Shiv Bhakta** CEO & Co-Founder

**Richard Swartwout** CTO & Co-Founder

- **Jeremiah Mwaura** Chief Manufacturing Scientist

Advisers *Dr. Matthias Grotevent* *Dr. Seth Coe-Sullivan* *Dr. Vladimir Bulovic*

## Everyone who backed them

[MassVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massventures) VC firm **1** round

[Massachusetts Clean Energy Center](https://millionrounds.com/fund/massachusetts-clean-energy-center) VC firm **1** round

[Safar Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/safar-partners) VC firm **1** round

[SeaX Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seax-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Active Surfaces as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[The E14 Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e14-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[New Climate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-climate-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Active Surfaces

### Who invested in Active Surfaces?

Active Surfaces's investors include MassVentures, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Safar Partners and SeaX Ventures.

### How much has Active Surfaces raised?

Active Surfaces has raised $5.6M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did Active Surfaces last raise?

Active Surfaces's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $5.6M in May 2024.

### What was Active Surfaces's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $5.6M in May 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Active Surfaces first?

Active Surfaces's first round on record, in May 2024, was backed by MassVentures, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and Safar Partners and 1 others.

### What stage is Active Surfaces at?

Active Surfaces's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in May 2024.

### Where is Active Surfaces based?

Active Surfaces is based in the United States.

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