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Material Impact — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm ($100K–$5.0M Checks)

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Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesWebsite

Material Impact is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $100K–$5.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$100K–$5.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
7 listed
AUM
$662M
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech
HQ
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $5.0M

AUM

$662M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in inception-stage and early-stage (pre-seed through Series A) deep tech and materials science innovators making first-of-their-kind technologies that solve large-scale physical-world challenges.

How Material Impact invests

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

Material Impact typically writes checks of $100K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $662M in assets under management.

Material Impact has backed 2 companies in our records, including Desktop Metal, Soft Robotics.

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 (2)

Other

DE

Desktop Metal

Additive Manufacturing
SO

Soft Robotics

Industrial Automation
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 $100K – $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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