25 active venture and growth firms state that they invest in materials and chemicals. Each was read against its own website; firms that turned out to be advisories, lenders or recruiters were removed, as were funds that have wound down.
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety
Backs deep-tech founders solving hard problems in large markets from seed through growth.
Warsaw, Poland
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
Poland's first growth fund, backing Polish B2B companies oriented toward international expansion.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Materials & Chemicals
Angel investor group providing early-stage funding and mentorship to high-growth companies (member-driven equity investing rather than a pooled fund).
New York, New York, United States
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Media & Communications · Environmental & Safety
Early-stage fund formed with InSitech (US Army ARDEC partnership intermediary) to commercialise dual-use security and defence technologies for both government and commercial markets.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
Specialist hands-on growth investor backing European SMEs whose models decouple growth from resource consumption via the circular economy.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (also Enschede, Netherlands)
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Software & Internet · Materials & Chemicals
Deep-tech VC backing disruptive hard-tech startups from New Mexico and the Netherlands from seed through early stage.
Germany
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Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety
Backs visionaries decarbonizing industry and pioneers in software/cybersecurity across Europe.
Porto, Portugal
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Backs Iberian mid-market SMEs with expansion and build-up strategies to create sector-leading companies.
Silicon Valley, US
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Strategic corporate VC connecting portfolio startups to LG Group's global network.
Kazan, Russia
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Software & Internet · Materials & Chemicals
International early-stage VC and startup accelerator (Kazan-based, multi-continent) backing next-generation scalable deep-tech, blockchain and hardware startups.
Los Altos, CA, USA
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Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Transportation & Logistics
Toyota Ventures is Toyota's corporate venture arm investing in early-stage frontier and climate-tech startups with disruptive technologies and business models.
Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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Food & Beverage · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Agriculture · Environmental & Safety
Partners with management teams building environmentally sound, resource-efficient businesses that combine sustainability with profitable growth.
United States
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Materials & Chemicals
Backs daring founders with differentiated tech that enables mass adoption of emerging technology.
Menlo Park, California, USA
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Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
Bridges breakthrough university/lab technology to commercialization, backing overlooked deep-tech founders early.
London, United Kingdom
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Agriculture · Environmental & Safety
Science-led investor scaling businesses that solve commercial pain points from climate stress and biodiversity loss.
Montreal, Canada
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Materials & Chemicals · Education
Backs deep tech pioneers rather than horizontal SaaS platforms; also runs an innovation studio and makes direct acquisitions.
Italy
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety
Invests in companies pioneering groundbreaking solutions to planetary health challenges.
New York, NY, USA
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Consumer & Retail · Food & Beverage · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals · Transportation & Logistics
Backs companies refashioning legacy industries via supply chain and industrial innovation (the Industrial Transformation Fund).
China (Beijing/Shanghai/Shenzhen offices)
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Software & Internet · Healthcare & Life Sciences · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Growth-capital PE firm investing in China-focused internet/TMT, healthcare and cleantech companies.
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Early-stage equity plus specialized project-financing structures for breakthrough industrial and climate/energy-transition deep tech.
New York, NY, USA
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Software & Internet · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals · Construction · Agriculture
Corporate venture arm of Tekfen Holding investing in early-stage technology transforming legacy industrial sectors.
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals
New Mexico-focused venture firm backing early-stage tech, healthtech, materials and advanced manufacturing companies leveraging the state's research ecosystem.
Boston, MA, United States
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Industrials & Manufacturing · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety
Backs profitable, scalable companies delivering industrial decarbonization and measurable ESG impact at cost parity.
San Francisco, California, USA
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Software & Internet · Energy & Utilities · Materials & Chemicals
Pioneer VC dedicated to funding energy-technology startups and commercializing new energy systems.
Madrid, Spain
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Healthcare & Life Sciences · Industrials & Manufacturing · Materials & Chemicals · Environmental & Safety
Spanish science-equity VC and industry builder backing disruptive, science-based deep-tech for European re-industrialization.
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Counts are as of 2026-09-27; the list above is loaded live, so it can differ if firms have been added or removed since. Sector and stage focus is as stated by the firm. Firms wanting a correction can get in touch.