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Material Impact

Last cheque observed Dec 2025; 6 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $76M, Mar 2024VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BMaterial ScienceDeep Tech

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 6 on record
Since the last cheque328days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$10MCheque size, as they say$100K – $7.0MRounds led2 of 6Mostly inUnited States, 100%
Pitch Material Impact

Material Impact highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 75% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Led 2 rounds

What they do

The other guys just bankroll it. We build it.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $7.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Material ScienceDeep Tech
Based in
Boston, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first6 appearances

  1. 2025

    1 round

  2. Dec
    Ripple FoodsUS · AlleyWatch$17MWith 9 others
  3. 2019

    3 rounds

  4. Aug
    OrbionSeries A · US · FinSMEs$9.2MLed
  5. May
    Amastan TechnologiesSeries B · US · FinSMEs$11MWith 3 others
  6. Apr
    NextGenSeries A · US · FinSMEs$9.0MLed
  7. 2018

    2 rounds

  8. Oct
    Fusion CoolantSeries C · US · FinSMEs$8.0MWith 2 others
  9. May
    Soft RoboticsUS · FinSMEs$20MWith 8 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

ASAdam S. SharkawyManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
CSCarmichael S. RobertsManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KJKenneth J. DipotoChief Financial OfficeriForm ADV

We also hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$638Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Material Impact Management, LLC
SEC number
CRD 286487

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

17 of 32 we have independently watched raise

ActnanoAgzenAmperesandCorepowermagneticsDetrapelFoliophotonicsFoundationalloyFusioncoolantHuueJumpaeroKolomaMattiqNextgenjaneRipplefoodsSourceStillbrightTierrabiosciences6kincBloomertechDebutbiotechEssarahealthFleetroboticsInfinitecoolingLP PortalLynqmeMaglevaeroNauticusroboticsOrbionspaceOxipitalaiRecruitSoneraTalusag

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Material Impact. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Material Impact put money into.

Quick answers about Material Impact

What does Material Impact invest in?

Material Impact invests most often at Series A and Series B (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Material Science and Deep Tech.

How active is Material Impact?

6 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Dec 2025.

What has Material Impact invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Ripple Foods (Dec 2025), Orbion (Series A, Aug 2019) and Amastan Technologies (Series B, May 2019).

How big are Material Impact's cheques?

The median round it joins is $10M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $7.0M.

Does Material Impact lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 6 investments on record (33%).

Where does Material Impact invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (100%).

Is Material Impact investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Material Impact invest alongside?

Most often InvestMichigan (2 rounds together).

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