# Ecovative Design funding: rounds and investors > Ecovative Design has raised $23M across 3 rounds since 2011. Investors include 3M New Ventures, National Science Foundation and Viking Global. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ecovative-design (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Ecovative Design* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. 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 **$23M** raised across 3 rounds since 2011, from 3 sources **$14M** Venture **$9.3M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $9.3M Mar 2025 - **Biggest round:** $14M Venture · Nov 2013 - **Investors:** 4 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **?** Round **$14M** Venture **$9.3M** Venture - **First round:** Round - **Biggest round:** $14M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 11.3 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2025** Venture **$9.3M** *2 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) Source recorded - **Nov 2013** Venture **$14M** *1 new* *1 returning* [3M New Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3m-new-ventures) [DOEN Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doen-foundation) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $2.6M sold, first sale Sept 2013 - **May 2011** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [3M New Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3m-new-ventures) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $6.5M sold, first sale May 2011 ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Round** 2011 **Venture** 2013 **Venture** 2025 [3M New Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3m-new-ventures) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) [DOEN Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doen-foundation) ## Everyone who backed them [3M New Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/3m-new-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round [Viking Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/viking-global-investors) VC firm **1** round [DOEN Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/doen-foundation) Investment firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ecovative-design). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Ecovative Design 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. [Breakout Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakout-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Ecovative Design ### Who invested in Ecovative Design? Ecovative Design's investors include 3M New Ventures, National Science Foundation, Viking Global and DOEN Foundation. ### How much has Ecovative Design raised? Ecovative Design has raised $23M across 3 rounds since 2011. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Ecovative Design last raise? Ecovative Design's most recent round was a Venture of $9.3M in Mar 2025. ### What was Ecovative Design's biggest round? Ecovative Design's largest round on record is $14M (Venture), in Nov 2013. ### Who backed Ecovative Design first? Ecovative Design's first round on record, in May 2011, was backed by 3M New Ventures. ### What stage is Ecovative Design at? Ecovative Design's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2025. ### Where is Ecovative Design based? Ecovative Design is based in the United States. ## Companies like Ecovative Design In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Albert Invent** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert-invent)[**Albert** $57M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert)[**Azulene Labs** $3.4M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/azulene-labs)[**Critical Materials Group** $10M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/critical-materials-group)[**Rise Reforming** $500K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rise-reforming)[**Fluxnium** $7.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluxnium) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app