Material Ventures
Venture capital firm; participated in Isembard's $9M seed round (April 2025).
Material Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm backing early-stage European founders building at the intersection of software and the real world — hardware, applied robotics, space, advanced manufacturing, defence, and music. The firm invests at pre-seed and seed, drawing on a US-based operator/founder network to help portfolio companies access US distribution and follow-on capital. Founding partners are Piotr Brzezinski and Leon Kirchhoff.
Overview
- Firm
- Material Ventures
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2022
- AUM
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Thesis
- Backing Europe's most ambitious founders building at the intersection of software and the real world — hardware, applied robotics, space, advanced manufacturing, defence, and music.
- Website
- www.material.ventures/
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Frequently asked
- What is Material Ventures?
- Backing Europe's most ambitious founders building at the intersection of software and the real world — hardware, applied robotics, space, advanced manufacturing, defence, and music.
- What stages does Material Ventures invest at?
- Material Ventures invests at Pre-Seed, Seed.
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Material Ventures participated in Isembard's $9M seed round (April 2025)
TechCrunch: British startup Isembard lands $9M to reshore manufacturing for critical industriesVerified2025-04-24 - 2
Material Ventures' founding partners are Piotr Brzezinski and Leon Kirchhoff
Material Ventures: Material Ventures — homepageVerified2026-08-08 - 3
Material Ventures is headquartered in London, UK, founded 2022, focused on deeptech/fintech/consumer tech at pre-seed/seed
LinkedIn: Material Ventures — company pageVerified2026-08-08