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Safar Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 56 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $16M, Oct 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries AUniversityStudent FoundersStudent

Deploying now
90%of best year18cheques in 12 months, 56 on record
Since the last cheque11days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$14MCheque size, as they say$100K – $20MRounds led1 of 56Sole investor2 roundsMostly inUnited States, 95%
Pitch Safar Partners

Safar Partners highlights

  1. 01

    18 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Series A: 56% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $14M

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$100K – $20M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
UniversityStudent FoundersStudent
Based in
Cambridge, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first56 appearances

  1. 2026

    17 rounds

  2. Oct
    Soufflé TherapeuticsSeries B · US · Google News search$135MWith 16 others
  3. Oct
    Blaze EnergySeed · US · HAX$6.5MWith 6 others
  4. Sept
    Quaise EnergyGrant · US$25MWith 2 others
  5. Aug
    QuintessentSeries A · US · Ventureburn$40MWith 12 others
  6. Jul
    Commonwealth Fusion SystemsGrowth · US · TechCrunch$1.0BWith 3 others
  7. Jul
    Quaise EnergySeries B · US · Ventureburn$134MWith 3 others
  8. Jul
    EELI TechnologyPre-seed · US$2.0MWith 3 others
  9. Jun
    AxoftSeries A · US · Ventureburn$55MWith 6 others
  10. May
    GradiantVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  11. May
    Verve MotionVenture · US$13MWith 3 others
  12. Apr
    Foundation AlloyVenture · US$22MWith 2 others
  13. Apr
    Via SeparationsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  14. Apr
    Ancilia BiosciencesVenture · US$10MWith 3 others
  15. Feb
    SolidSeed · US · Ventureburn$20MWith 5 others
  16. Feb
    Alva EnergySeries A · US · AlleyWatch$33MWith 13 others
  17. Feb
    GelmedixSeed · US$13MSole investor
  18. Jan
    ZanskarSeries C · US$115MWith 4 others
  19. 2025

    16 rounds

  20. Dec
    Harmony Baby NutritionGrant · US$5.8MWith 2 others
  21. Oct
    DMATSeed · IT$4.5MWith 1 other
  22. Oct
    MembrionSeries B · US$20MWith 2 others
  23. Oct
    LassoSeed · US$6.5MWith 1 other
  24. Sept
    AgilityVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  25. Aug
    Commonwealth Fusion SystemsSeries B · US · Crunchbase News$863MWith 27 others
  26. Aug
    Seaspire SkincareSeed · US$20KWith 3 others
  27. Jul
    SolidecPre-seed · US · Firms' own news pages$2.0MWith 4 others
  28. Jul
    Syntis BioSeries A · US$33MWith 2 others
  29. May
    Finwave SemiconductorSeries B · US$8.2MWith 3 others
  30. May
    Foundation AlloySeed · US$7.5MWith 1 other
  31. May
    Radical PlasticsVenture · US$1.0MWith 3 others
  32. Mar
    Hyperion BiosystemsSeries C · US$6.0MWith 2 others
  33. Mar
    RightHand RoboticsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  34. Feb
    QuEra ComputingSeries B · US · TechCrunch$230MWith 7 others
  35. Feb
    TuringVenture · JP$14MSole investor
  36. 2024

    14 rounds

  37. Dec
    Liquid AISeries A · TechCrunch$250MWith 5 others
  38. Dec
    AxoftUS$10MWith 3 others
  39. Nov
    LightsynqSeries A · US$18MWith 2 others
  40. Oct
    Health Care OriginalsVenture · US$9.2MWith 1 other
  41. Sept
    CirceSeed · US$5.0MWith 3 others
  42. Sept
    Concerto BiosciencesVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  43. Aug
    KebotixVenture · US$5.0MWith 4 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

AAArunas Antanas ChesonisManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NMNadar MotamedyManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
NMNader MotamedyManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 9 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

$1.3Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Safar Partners LLC
SEC number
CRD 305059

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

32 of 56 we have independently watched raise

ActivesurfacesAgilityroboticsAxoftCyprismaterialsEmbrlabsEncoratherapeuticsEvolohFormicFoundationalloyHarmonybabynutritionHealth Care OriginalsHumanyzeImagorehabInchfabIseeLightsynqMembrionNanoramicNelumboPirouette PharmaQuadratic3dQueraRadical-plasticsRighthandroboticsSatellesSeaspireskincareSwiftsolarVentitechnologiesVervemotionViaseparationsVikendetectionZanskar2pioptics5x5techAcousticaAltaerosAnciliabioBostonmeatsC2senseC3dmaterialsCfsCircebioscienceCleriovisionCogitocorpDropletbiosciEagledreamFinwavesemiHoneoyeremediesLiquidaiMetoxtechOmnipulsebioSightstreambioSyntisTheturingcompanyUbiquitousXibus

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 Safar Partners. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Safar Partners put money into.

Quick answers about Safar Partners

What does Safar Partners invest in?

Safar Partners invests most often at Venture and Series A (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as University, Student Founders and Student.

How active is Safar Partners?

56 investments on record, 18 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Safar Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Soufflé Therapeutics (Series B, Oct 2026), Blaze Energy (Seed, Oct 2026) and Quaise Energy (Grant, Sept 2026).

How big are Safar Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $14M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $20M.

Does Safar Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 56 investments on record (2%).

Where does Safar Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%).

Is Safar Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 18 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Safar Partners invest alongside?

Most often National Science Foundation (12 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (9 rounds together) and US Department of Energy (6 rounds together).

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