# Charles Hipwood

> Charles Hipwood is a grant investor at MassVentures backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 97%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliehipwood/

Charles Hipwood is a founder and executive with 20+ years of experience in financial services and technology start-ups (founded Fluent Fintech, STAG Capital Partners and AI Exchange).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 17% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 13% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 13% |
| Industrial | 3 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 10% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 28 | 93% |
| Seed | 2 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| florrent | florrent is a bio-based materials and energy storage company that develops solutions to critical bottlenecks in global decarbonization and electrification of transportation, and buildings. | $9.5M | Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| AeroShield | AeroShield manufactures a super-insulating, nanoporous form of glass for energy efficient windows. The AeroShield material can be placed between two panes of glass, similar to a traditional double-pane, to create a product that is 50% more insulating than traditional windows, but with a payback period up to 5 times faster than windows of similarperformance. | $5M | Seed | Jul 29, 2024 |  |
| Active Surfaces | Active Surfaces is commercializing MIT-developed ultra-thin-film solar technology. | $75K | Grant | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| ThermoBionics | ThermoBionics is a manufacturer of wearable cooling goods designed to offer cooling technology that decreases weight while boosting cooling power. Customers can lessen sweating and assure moisture evaporation regardless of the temperature and humidity outside thanks to their exclusive, patent-pending technology, which artificially maintains thebody's thermoregulatory function. | $75K | Grant | Mar 20, 2024 |  |
| Dottir Labs | Dottir Labs is a spectroscopy sensor technology that detects nutrients, metabolic markers, and organic and non-organic waste products. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | WPI has a lot to offer - extraordinary students, world-renowned faculty members at the top of their fields, state-of-the-art research facilities, and a community teeming with activity. You have a lot to offer too - you're ambitious, you want to be challenged, you want to succeed, and you want to make a difference in the world. You know whereyou want to go; WPI can help you get there. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Blaze Power | Blaze Power operates as a lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer. It innovates and commercializes iron-based cathode materials to enable mass-market electrification in transportation and energy storage. The company is driven to industrialize these cathodes in purpose-built inflation reduction act-compliant facilities. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Adhesion Technologies | Adhesion Technologies is a bio-adhesive producer offers an alternative to toxic furniture glues, promoting to reduce chemical exposure. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| Western New England University | A small school where you can actually get to know your professors and other students, Western New England University offers undergraduate and graduate academics, being particularly well known for its Pharmacy and Engineering programs.Western New England University is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, a small city about two hours from Bostonand only 30 minutes from the beautiful Berkshire Mountains.Undergraduate programs at Western New England University are offered through the Arts and Sciences, Business and Engineering departments. There is also a Pre-Pharmacy major from which many students move into the graduate Pharmaceutical Sciences program, one of Western New England College’s strongest. Other graduate degrees are awarded in Law, Engineering and Business.Since Western New England is a small school, students have the chance to get to know one another through the numerous on-campus events. Traditional festivals are a big part of student life and include a Music Fest, and fall, winter and spring festivals.There are also performing arts groups, including a drama club, choir, and a school newspaper and other literary publications. There are also weekly campus parties and field trips throughout the Northeast.While students applying to the graduate programs will have to meet department-specific requirements, all undergraduate applicants submit the same materials, such as transcripts and an essay, regardless of their preferred major.Students may also apply for scholarships and other forms of financial aid to help with tuition costs. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| MacroCycle Technologies | MacroCycle is developing a technology to curb the usage of fossil fuel derived plastic through a circular, sustainable and zero-carbon plastic upcycling process. The company's proprietary process based on the synthesis of cyclic macromolecules enables us to produce virgin-grade recycled PET from plastic waste at lower energy use thantraditional processes. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Massachusetts Clean Energy Center](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massachusetts-clean-energy-center) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Boston Impact Initiative (BII)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-impact-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elbezius](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elbezius) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maroon Venture Partners Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maroon-venture-partners-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MassMutual Impact Investing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mass-mutual-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MassMutual Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MassVentures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

MassVentures meets critical capital needs in the Massachusetts innovation economy, providing seed and early-stage venture funding to high growth startups as they move from concept to commercialization. The Boston-based venture firm was formed in 1978 as a quasi-public corporation by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, governed byan independent Board of Directors, and managed by experienced venture capitalists. Leveraging the entrepreneurial spirit, educated workforce, and centers of innovation in Massachusetts, MassVentures has a track record of success with early-stage ventures.

5 contacts available at MassVentures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Hipwood | Founder ,President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-hipwood-2 |
| Gail Cormier | Office Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gail-cormier |
| Mary Stack | Admin | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-stack |
| Priya Yadav | Vice President, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/priya-yadav |
| Rene Jarquin | Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rene-jarquin |

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## FAQ

### What does Charles Hipwood invest in?

Charles Hipwood invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Charles Hipwood last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Charles Hipwood closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 30 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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