# Ares Materials funding: rounds and investors

> Ares Materials has raised $12M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include National Science Foundation. Every round with its source.

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

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Ares Materials*

One round we have observed, with the one investor 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.

Chemicals & Materials

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$12M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Series B, $12M Oct 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Oct 2025** Series B **$12M** [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Ares Materials as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Moneta Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/moneta-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Ares Materials

### Who invested in Ares Materials?

Ares Materials's investors include National Science Foundation.

### How much has Ares Materials raised?

Ares Materials has raised $12M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Ares Materials last raise?

Ares Materials's most recent round was a Series B of $12M in Oct 2025.

### What was Ares Materials's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $12M in Oct 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Ares Materials first?

Ares Materials's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by National Science Foundation.

### What stage is Ares Materials at?

Ares Materials's latest named round is a Series B, in Oct 2025.

### Where is Ares Materials based?

Ares Materials is based in the United States.

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