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Material Impact

VC
Boston, MAWebsite

Material Impact is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, MA investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$5.0M
Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
AUM
$662M
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech
HQ
Boston, MA

Last verified: 2026-06-25

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

AUM

$662M

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in early-stage startups leveraging material innovations in manufacturing, industrial automation, and supply chain.

How Material Impact invests

Material Impact is a vc firm based in Boston, MA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech.

Material Impact typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $662M in assets under management.

Material Impact has backed 3 companies in our records, including Desktop Metal, Soft Robotics, DataCule Inc. (CIK 0001821647).

Partners & Team

AS

Adam Sharkawy

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Manufacturing
Industrial Innovation
Deep Tech
SS

Shawna Sharkey

Vice President of Finance

AH

Alexa Horwitz

Marketing Director

KD

Ken Dipoto

Chief Financial Officer

CR

Carmichael Roberts

Managing Partner

PD

Paul Deninger

Operating Partner

CC

Corinna Chen

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

DE

Desktop Metal

Additive Manufacturing
SO

Soft Robotics

Industrial Automation
DA

DataCule Inc. (CIK 0001821647)

SEC Form D filing mentioning Material Impact

How to pitch Material Impact
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Adam Sharkawy, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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