# Safar Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Safar Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 56 investments on record, 18 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Safar Partners

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 56 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $16M, Oct 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A University Student Founders Student

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**90%** of best year **18** **cheques in 12 months**, 56 on record

Since the last cheque **12** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$14M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $20M** Rounds led **1 of 56** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 95%**

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## Safar Partners highlights

- 01 18 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Series A: 56% of its rounds
- 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-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** University Student Founders Student
- **Based in:** Cambridge, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **56 appearances**

- **2026** 17 rounds
- **Oct** **[Soufflé Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/souffle-therapeutics)** Series B · US · Google News search **$135M** With 16 others
- **Oct** **[Blaze Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/blaze-energy)** Seed · US · HAX **$6.5M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[Quaise Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/quaise-energy)** Grant · US **$25M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Quintessent](https://millionrounds.com/company/quintessent)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$40M** With 12 others
- **Jul** **[Commonwealth Fusion Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/commonwealth-fusion-systems)** Growth · US · TechCrunch **$1.0B** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Quaise Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/quaise-energy)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$134M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[EELI Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeli-technology)** Pre-seed · US **$2.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Axoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/axoft)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$55M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Gradiant](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradiant)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **May** **[Verve Motion](https://millionrounds.com/company/verve-motion)** Venture · US **$13M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Foundation Alloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-alloy)** Venture · US **$22M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Via Separations](https://millionrounds.com/company/via-separations)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Ancilia Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/ancilia-biosciences)** Venture · US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Solid](https://millionrounds.com/company/solid)** Seed · US · Ventureburn **$20M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Alva Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/alva-energy)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$33M** With 13 others
- **Feb** **[Gelmedix](https://millionrounds.com/company/gelmedix)** Seed · US **$13M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar)** Series C · US **$115M** With 4 others
- **2025** 16 rounds
- **Dec** **[Harmony Baby Nutrition](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmony-baby-nutrition)** Grant · US **$5.8M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[DMAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/dmat)** Seed · IT **$4.5M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[Membrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/membrion)** Series B · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Lasso](https://millionrounds.com/company/lasso)** Seed · US **$6.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Agility](https://millionrounds.com/company/agility)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Commonwealth Fusion Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/commonwealth-fusion-systems)** Series B · US · Crunchbase News **$863M** With 27 others
- **Aug** **[Seaspire Skincare](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaspire-skincare)** Seed · US **$20K** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Solidec](https://millionrounds.com/company/solidec)** Pre-seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Syntis Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/syntis-bio)** Series A · US **$33M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Finwave Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/company/finwave-semiconductor)** Series B · US **$8.2M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Foundation Alloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-alloy)** Seed · US **$7.5M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Radical Plastics](https://millionrounds.com/company/radical-plastics)** Venture · US **$1.0M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Hyperion Biosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/hyperion-biosystems)** Series C · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[RightHand Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/righthand-robotics)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[QuEra Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/quera-computing)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$230M** With 7 others
- **Feb** **[Turing](https://millionrounds.com/company/turing)** Venture · JP **$14M** Sole investor
- **2024** 14 rounds
- **Dec** **[Liquid AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/liquid-ai)** Series A · TechCrunch **$250M** With 5 others
- **Dec** **[Axoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/axoft)** US **$10M** With 3 others
- **Nov** **[Lightsynq](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightsynq)** Series A · US **$18M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Health Care Originals](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-care-originals)** Venture · US **$9.2M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Circe](https://millionrounds.com/company/circe)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Concerto Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/concerto-biosciences)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Kebotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/kebotix)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 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 registration **3 named**

AA **Arunas Antanas Chesonis** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

NM **Nadar Motamedy** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

NM **Nader Motamedy** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing 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

**$1.3B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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

[Activesurfaces](https://millionrounds.com/company/active-surfaces)[Agilityrobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/agility-robotics)[Axoft](https://millionrounds.com/company/axoft)[Cyprismaterials](https://millionrounds.com/company/cypris-materials)[Embrlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/embr-labs)[Encoratherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/encora-therapeutics)[Evoloh](https://millionrounds.com/company/evoloh)[Formic](https://millionrounds.com/company/formic)[Foundationalloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/foundation-alloy)[Harmonybabynutrition](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmony-baby-nutrition)[Health Care Originals](https://millionrounds.com/company/health-care-originals)[Humanyze](https://millionrounds.com/company/humanyze)[Imagorehab](https://millionrounds.com/company/imago-rehab)[Inchfab](https://millionrounds.com/company/inchfab)[Isee](https://millionrounds.com/company/isee)[Lightsynq](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightsynq)[Membrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/membrion)[Nanoramic](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanoramic)[Nelumbo](https://millionrounds.com/company/nelumbo)[Pirouette Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/pirouette-pharma)[Quadratic3d](https://millionrounds.com/company/quadratic-3d)[Quera](https://millionrounds.com/company/quera-computing)[Radical-plastics](https://millionrounds.com/company/radical-plastics)[Righthandrobotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/righthand-robotics)[Satelles](https://millionrounds.com/company/satelles)[Seaspireskincare](https://millionrounds.com/company/seaspire-skincare)[Swiftsolar](https://millionrounds.com/company/swift-solar)[Ventitechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/venti-technologies)[Vervemotion](https://millionrounds.com/company/verve-motion)[Viaseparations](https://millionrounds.com/company/via-separations)[Vikendetection](https://millionrounds.com/company/viken-detection)[Zanskar](https://millionrounds.com/company/zanskar) 2pioptics 5x5tech Acoustica Altaeros Anciliabio Bostonmeats C2sense C3dmaterials Cfs Circebioscience Cleriovision Cogitocorp Dropletbiosci Eagledream Finwavesemi Honeoyeremedies Liquidai Metoxtech Omnipulsebio Sightstreambio Syntis Theturingcompany Ubiquitous Xibus

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

**$16M**

raised in Oct 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$14M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$14M**

Led 1 of 56 rounds **2%**

- **Said size:** $100K – $20M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *16*
- Series A said *13*
- Series B said *9*
- Seed said *8*
- Grant *3*
- Pre-seed said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 12
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 9
- [US Department of Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy) 6
- [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) 5
- [Lowercarbon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital) 4
- [Engine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures) 3

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## 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.

[**National Science Foundation** Government **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **9** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**US Department of Energy** Government **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/u-s-department-of-energy)[**Collaborative Fund** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund)[**Lowercarbon Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lowercarbon-capital)[**Engine Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/engine-ventures)[**Playground Global** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/playground-global)[**Taihill Venture** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/taihill-venture)[**8VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc)[**Amino Capital** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amino-capital)[**Baidu Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/baidu-ventures)[**Breyer Capital** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Safar Partners put money into.

[**Quaise Energy** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quaise-energy)[**Quintessent** $40M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/quintessent)[**EELI Technology** $2.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/eeli-technology)[**Axoft** $55M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/axoft)[**Gradiant** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gradiant)[**Verve Motion** $13M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/verve-motion)

## 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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