# Silvis Materials funding: rounds and investors

> Silvis Materials has raised $240K across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator, Techstars and Small Business Innovation Research.

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

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

# Who invested in *Silvis Materials*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

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Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$240K** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture May 2026
- **Biggest round:** $240K Grant · Jan 2025
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2025 2026

**$240K** Grant

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Grant, $240K
- **Biggest round:** $240K
- **Between rounds:** 16 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* *4 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Small Business Innovation Research](https://millionrounds.com/fund/small-business-innovation-research) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) Source recorded
- **Jan 2025** Grant **$240K** *4 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Small Business Innovation Research](https://millionrounds.com/fund/small-business-innovation-research) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Silvis Materials's own website: 2 founders, 1 on the team.

**Patty Ferreira** CEO and Co-Founder

**Dr. Dhrubo Laskar** CTO and Co-Founder

- **Dr. Chi-Linh Do-Thanh** Director of R&D

Advisers *Dr. Kevin Howard* *Dr. Sheng Dai* *Jim Franklin*

## 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.

**Grant** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) [Small Business Innovation Research](https://millionrounds.com/fund/small-business-innovation-research) [Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds

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

[Small Business Innovation Research](https://millionrounds.com/fund/small-business-innovation-research) Government **2** rounds

[Cycle Momentum](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cycle-momentum) VC firm **2** rounds

[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

These 2 firms list Silvis 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.

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

[Cox Cleantech Accelerator powered by gener8tor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cox-cleantech-accelerator-powered-by-gener8tor) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Silvis Materials

### Who invested in Silvis Materials?

Silvis Materials's investors include Y Combinator, Techstars, Small Business Innovation Research, Cycle Momentum and National Science Foundation.

### How much has Silvis Materials raised?

Silvis Materials has raised $240K across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Silvis Materials last raise?

Silvis Materials's most recent round was a Venture in May 2026.

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

Silvis Materials's largest round on record is $240K (Grant), in Jan 2025.

### Who backed Silvis Materials first?

Silvis Materials's first round on record, in Jan 2025, was backed by Y Combinator, Techstars and Small Business Innovation Research and 1 others.

### What stage is Silvis Materials at?

Silvis Materials's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2026.

### Where is Silvis Materials based?

Silvis Materials is based in the United States.

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