# Material Impact: portfolio, investments and team > Material Impact is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Dec 2025. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/material-impact (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Material Impact Last cheque observed Dec 2025; 6 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $76M, Mar 2024 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Material Science Deep Tech Follow Material Impact and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fmaterial-impact) Deploying now **100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **328** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$10M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $7.0M** Rounds led **2 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 100%** Pitch Material Impact ## Material Impact highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 75% of its rounds - 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:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Material Science Deep Tech - **Based in:** Boston, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2025** 1 round - **Dec** **[Ripple Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)** US · AlleyWatch **$17M** With 9 others - **2019** 3 rounds - **Aug** **[Orbion](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbion)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.2M** *Led* - **May** **[Amastan Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/amastan-technologies)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$11M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[NextGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextgen)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$9.0M** *Led* - **2018** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Fusion Coolant](https://millionrounds.com/company/fusion-coolant)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$8.0M** With 2 others - **May** **[Soft Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/soft-robotics)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 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 registration **3 named** AS **Adam S. Sharkawy** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed CS **Carmichael S. Roberts** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed KJ **Kenneth J. Dipoto** Chief Financial Officer i Form 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 **$638M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 [Actnano](https://millionrounds.com/company/actnano)[Agzen](https://millionrounds.com/company/agzen)[Amperesand](https://millionrounds.com/company/amperesand)[Corepowermagnetics](https://millionrounds.com/company/corepower-magnetics)[Detrapel](https://millionrounds.com/company/detrapel)[Foliophotonics](https://millionrounds.com/company/folio-photonics)[Foundationalloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-alloy)[Fusioncoolant](https://millionrounds.com/company/fusion-coolant-systems)[Huue](https://millionrounds.com/company/huue)[Jumpaero](https://millionrounds.com/company/jump-aero)[Koloma](https://millionrounds.com/company/koloma)[Mattiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/mattiq)[Nextgenjane](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextgen-jane)[Ripplefoods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)[Source](https://millionrounds.com/company/source)[Stillbright](https://millionrounds.com/company/still-bright)[Tierrabiosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/tierra-biosciences) 6kinc Bloomertech Debutbiotech Essarahealth Fleetrobotics Infinitecooling LP Portal Lynqme Maglevaero Nauticusrobotics Orbionspace Oxipitalai Recruit Sonera Talusag 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. New fund on file **$76M** raised in Mar 2024 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$10M** the round, not its cheque Led 2 of 6 rounds **33%** - **Said size:** $100K – $7.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Dec 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *2* - Series B said *1* - Series C *1* - Seed said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [InvestMichigan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investmichigan) 2 **Pitching Material Impact?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## 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. [**InvestMichigan** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investmichigan) ## Recently backed The latest companies Material Impact put money into. [**Ripple Foods** $17M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods)[**Amastan Technologies** $11M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/amastan-technologies)[**NextGen** $9.0M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextgen)[**Soft Robotics** $20M · May 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/soft-robotics) ## 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). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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