# Redwood Materials funding: rounds and investors

> Redwood Materials has raised $1.2B across 3 rounds since 2025. Investors include Valor Equity Partners, Franklin Templeton and SE Ventures.

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

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

# Who invested in *Redwood Materials*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 11 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.

Big Data & Analytics Chemicals & Materials Cleantech Climate Tech

Raised 9 months ago Valuation: $6.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.2B** raised across 3 rounds since 2025, from 6 sources

**$350M** Growth **$425M** Series E **$425M** Growth

- **Latest round:** Growth, $425M Jan 2026
- **Investors:** 11 (1 led)

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

**$350M** Growth

**$425M** Series E

**$425M** Growth

- **First round:** Growth, $350M
- **Biggest round:** $425M
- **Between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2026** Growth **$425M** *3 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Oct 2025** Growth **$350M** *7 new* [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) Lead [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) [NVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures) Reported by TechCrunch and 3 others
- **Oct 2025** Series E **$425M** *1 new* *4 returning* [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Redwood Materials's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 8 on the team.

- **Cal Lankton** COO
- **Colin Campbell** CTO
- **Deepak Ahuja** CFO
- **Alma Chao** General Counsel
- **Alina Zagaytova** Executive Officer i
- **Jason Thompson** Executive Officer i
- **Jeffrey Straubel** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Kevin Kassekert** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *David Danielson*

## 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.

**Growth** 2025 **Series E** 2025 **Growth** 2026 [Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) [Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) [SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) [Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) [Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) L [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) [nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) [Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group)

## Everyone who backed them

[Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Franklin Templeton](https://millionrounds.com/fund/franklin-templeton) Private equity **2** rounds

[SE Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/se-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Amazon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amazon) Company **2** rounds

[Eclipse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eclipse) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round

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

[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) Accelerator **1** round

[nVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures-2) VC firm **1** round

[Capricorn Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-investment-group) Family office **1** round

[NVentures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nventures) Corporate VC **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=redwood-materials).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 8 firms list Redwood Materials 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.

[Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Interplay](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interplay) Family office Per its own site

[Bright Success Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-success-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Manhattan West](https://millionrounds.com/fund/manhattan-west) Family office Per its own site

[WovenEarth Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wovenearth-ventures) Fund of funds Per its own site

[HyperGuap](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hyperguap) Angel network Per its own site

[Investopad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investopad) Investment firm Per its own site

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

## Quick answers about Redwood Materials

### Who invested in Redwood Materials?

Redwood Materials's investors include Valor Equity Partners, Franklin Templeton, SE Ventures, Amazon and Eclipse, and 6 more on record.

### How much has Redwood Materials raised?

Redwood Materials has raised $1.2B across 3 rounds since 2025.

### When did Redwood Materials last raise?

Redwood Materials's most recent round was a Growth of $425M in Jan 2026.

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

Its most recent round, $425M in Jan 2026, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Redwood Materials first?

Redwood Materials's first round on record, in Oct 2025, was backed by Eclipse, Fidelity and Valor Equity Partners and 4 others.

### What stage is Redwood Materials at?

Redwood Materials's latest named round is a Growth, in Jan 2026.

### Where is Redwood Materials based?

Redwood Materials is based in the United States.

### Who led Redwood Materials's rounds?

Eclipse led the Growth in 2025.

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