# Elyse Winer

> Elyse Winer is a Series B investor at Material Impact (Boston) backing Textiles and Automotive. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Material Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/material-impact-fund)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elysewiner/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/elysefaith
- Website: https://x.com/elysefaith

Elyse Winer is a Series B investor at Material Impact in Boston focused on Textiles and Automotive. As a former operator, Partner Elyse Winer has a passion for commercializing early-stage technologies, and works shoulder-to-shoulder with Material Impact entrepreneurs to take their technology from emerging to iconic. During her startup career, she has worn many commercial hats touching fundraising, marketing, brand, communications, businessdevelopment, sales, strategy and general management. With this thorough insider experience, Elyse knows what it takes to build enduring deep tech brands that resonate with customers and capitalize on gaps in the marketplace.Elyse’s track record of partnering with technology startups and large companies to build brands, develop commercial strategies, and launch game-changing products has earned recognition from Forbes as a “30 Under 30” honoree in Marketing & Advertising, from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association as a “Future Industry Leader”, and from the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association as a "Rising Star”.Elyse developed her love for early-stage, materials-based technologies when she led marketing for MC10, a University of Illinois-spinoff commercializing a unique conformal electronics platform for the sports, fitness and healthcare industries. While there, Elyse was responsible for transitioning the technology’s brand from the lab to the marketplace, and would later go on to launch the company’s first product in collaboration with Reebok. After MC10, Elyse served as Vice President for Lose It!, where she was responsible for driving the marketing, communications and PR for the industry-leading digital health and fitness platform. There, she launched Snap It™, an award-winning app feature that used advanced image recognition and machine learning to identify a food’s nutritional information from a photo. Prior to catching the startup bug, Elyse was a consultant with healthcare management consulting firm Vynamic, where she partnered with pharmaceutical companies to bring new medications to market. Elyse began her career on Wall Street with Merrill Lynch.Education BS, Industrial & Labor Relations - Cornell University

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Textiles | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Public Transportation | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gen Phoenix | E-Leather is a revolutionary product that is designed and manufactured to provide an advanced upholstery and cladding material, superior to any other alternative.Using a patented, eco-friendly process, we combine leather fibre and a high performance core to produce a composition leather that is reliable, consistent and can be customised to yourrequirements.E-Leather is engineered to provide unique materials that can meet specific performance criteria, suitable for a range of industries including aviation, bus, coach, rail, marine, domestic upholstery and contract upholstery. | $18M | Series B | Mar 29, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dr Martens](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-martens) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ETF Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/etf-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hermes GPE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hermes-gpe-environmental-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [InMotion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inmotion-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tapestry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tapestry-aa5d) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Material Impact

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Material Impact establishes companies dedicated to transforming advancements in material science and deep technology into products.

5 contacts available at Material Impact.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Sharkawy | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-sharkawy |
| Elyse Winer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elyse-winer |
| Brian Zatulove | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-zatulove |
| Carmichael Roberts | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carmichael-roberts |
| Christian Theriault | Entrepreneurial Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-theriault |

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## FAQ

### What does Elyse Winer invest in?

Elyse Winer invests primarily in Textiles, Automotive and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Elyse Winer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Elyse Winer closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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