# Nascent Materials funding: rounds and investors

> Nascent Materials has raised $4.6M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include SOSV, HAX and NJEDA. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Nascent Materials*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

Raised 2 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.6M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

**$2.3M** Seed **$2.3M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $2.3M Sept 2026
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2026

**$2.3M** Seed

**$2.3M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $2.3M
- **Biggest round:** $2.3M
- **Between rounds:** 18 months

## The rounds

- **Sept 2026** Grant **$2.3M** *3 returning* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [HAX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hax) [NJEDA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/njeda) Source recorded
- **Mar 2025** Seed **$2.3M** *3 new* [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [HAX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hax) [NJEDA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/njeda) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Nascent Materials's own website: 1 founder, 2 on the team.

**Chaitanya Sharma** (CEO/Co-founder)

- **Nan Wu** (Research Scientist)
- **Tana Siboonruang** (Research Scientist)

## 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.

**Seed** 2025 **Grant** 2026 [SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) [HAX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hax) [NJEDA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/njeda)

## Everyone who backed them

[SOSV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv) VC firm **2** rounds

[HAX](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hax) Accelerator **2** rounds

[NJEDA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/njeda) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Quick answers about Nascent Materials

### Who invested in Nascent Materials?

Nascent Materials's investors include SOSV, HAX and NJEDA.

### How much has Nascent Materials raised?

Nascent Materials has raised $4.6M across 2 rounds since 2025.

### When did Nascent Materials last raise?

Nascent Materials's most recent round was a Grant of $2.3M in Sept 2026.

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

Its most recent round, $2.3M in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Nascent Materials first?

Nascent Materials's first round on record, in Mar 2025, was backed by SOSV, HAX and NJEDA.

### What stage is Nascent Materials at?

Nascent Materials's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2026.

### Where is Nascent Materials based?

Nascent Materials is based in the United States.

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In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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