# Diamond Edge Ventures

> Diamond Edge Ventures is a VC fund backing Manufacturing. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 46%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://diamondedgeventures.com/

Diamond Edge Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Manufacturing and Advanced Materials. Diamond Edge Ventures is the venture capital firm that posses technologies and business models that can promote new business.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 46% |
| Advanced Materials | 4 | 31% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 2 | 15% |
| Medical | 1 | 8% |
| Chemical | 1 | 8% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Series B | 3 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 15% |
| Seed | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 54% |
| Canada | 1 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Curtis Schickner | President | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curtis-schickner |
| Patrick Suel | President & Founder | 6 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boston Materials | Boston Materials manufactures Z-axis Carbon Fiber products that can revolutionize the $130B+ lightweight materials market and unlock significant GHG emissions reductions across industries. Boston Materials products add new conductivity, stiffness, and durability benefits to existing composite materials, like carbon fiber, and sheet metals. Thecompany's products are made using 100 percent reclaimed carbon fiber enabling up to 80 percent GHG emissions savings compared to standard composite materials and metals. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Freshr Technologies | Impactful Health R&D is a developer of compostable active packaging materials designed to prolong the shelf life of fresh foods, starting with fresh fish as an entry market. The company's active packaging materials are made of naturally-derived resources and helps in preserving the texture of a fish by maintaining its water content andtargeting bacteria, enabling fish processing companies to reduce wastage of fish. | $3.4M | Seed | May 13, 2025 |  |
| Boston Materials | Boston Materials manufactures Z-axis Carbon Fiber products that can revolutionize the $130B+ lightweight materials market and unlock significant GHG emissions reductions across industries. Boston Materials products add new conductivity, stiffness, and durability benefits to existing composite materials, like carbon fiber, and sheet metals. Thecompany's products are made using 100 percent reclaimed carbon fiber enabling up to 80 percent GHG emissions savings compared to standard composite materials and metals. | $13.5M | Series A | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| Vartega | Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | $11.2M | Series A | Jan 03, 2024 |  |
| Lingrove | Lingrove manufactures high-performance natural fiber composites from plant-based fibers and resins using a proprietary process and adaptable platform. Its line of veneer and panel products is called Ekoa, which is sold B2B to manufacturers in the commercial interiors, transportation, and construction space. Inspired by nature’s greatest material,old-growth wood, Lingrove seeks to reduce deforestation and embodied carbon of buildings. | $10.5M | Series B | Nov 20, 2023 |  |
| Prime Roots | Feeding people and the planet with 100% plant-based powerhouse protein! Joshua Nixon and Kimberlie Le founded Terramino in 2017 that later became Prime Roots. It has its headquarters in Berkeley, California. | $30M | Series B | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Eridan | Eridan is building the world’s first digital sampling radio for 4G, 5G, and beyond. Eridan's unique transceiver architecture produces all sub-6GHz cellular signals at full transmit power, eliminating the need for linear power amplifiers. This fully digital wireless signal generation approach consumes 5-10x less power to transmit the sameamount of data. | $46M | Series B | May 12, 2022 |  |
| DigiLens | DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for theglobal automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries. | $50M | Series D | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| DigiLens | DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for theglobal automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries. |  | Series D | Nov 04, 2021 |  |
| Fluence Analytics | Fluence Analytics is a manufacturer of industrial and laboratory systems that produce continuous data streams. These measurements, combined with powerful, proprietary analytical tools, enable realtime optimization of process control and faster R&D for polymer and biopharmaceutical manufacturers. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UDC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/udc-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Samsung Electronics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsung-electronics) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Diamond Edge Ventures invest in?

Diamond Edge Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Advanced Materials and Mechanical Engineering startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Diamond Edge Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Diamond Edge Ventures?

The team at Diamond Edge Ventures includes Curtis Schickner (President) and Patrick Suel (President & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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