# MassMutual Impact Investing

> MassMutual Impact Investing is a VC fund in Springfield backing Manufacturing and FinTech. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Springfield, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.massmutual.com/lp/catalyst

MassMutual Impact Investing is an impact-driven venture capital firm. Our MassMutual Catalyst Fund targets a dual-prong approach to creating impact on the entrepreneurial environment in Massachusetts: 1) enabling the growth of technology and sustainability driven business in less-developed regions of the commonwealth and 2) driving growth andcapital for business expansion into financially underserved Black businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 16% |
| FinTech | 4 | 13% |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 9% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 9% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 44% |
| Series A | 7 | 22% |
| Series B | 3 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## 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 |  |
| Reframe Systems | Robotic microfactories for building net-zero homes 2x faster, 2x cheaper with 10x lower carbon | $20M | Series A | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Rapid Liquid Print | Rapid Liquid Print is a 3D printing with super soft, non-toxic elastomers and stretchable products in minutes | $7M | Series A | May 07, 2024 |  |
| OCHO | Affordable, fair and credit-building auto-insurance. |  | Seed | Dec 15, 2023 |  |
| Nth Cycle | Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals from separated e-waste and low-grade mine tailings. Our electro-extraction technology—an alternative to hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy—enables customizable, clean, and consistent recovery of the criticalminerals for the energy transition. | $37M | Series B | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| 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. |  |  | Jul 21, 2023 |  |
| Goalsetter | Goalsetter is a goal-based savings and gifting platform, made just for kids and powered by those who love them. It combines the best of goal-based savings platforms like Digit and Acorns with the best of gift-registries like Zola and Honeyfund, and in so doing, targets the millennial mom with a platform that enables families to contribute to kids’future goals instead of buying them more consumer goods. In turn, Goalsetter becomes a savings vehicle for kids, turning first-time savers into all-the-time savers and giving kids healthy financial habits that will last a lifetime. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 29, 2023 |  |
| CareAcademy | CareAcademy is a B2B platform providing evidence-based online classes to help direct care workers provide excellent care and improve their lives at home. Delivered through a proprietary curation platform that navigates licensure requirements in all 50 states, content needs down to individual caregivers, and text notification for employees,CareAcademy has certified 40000 caregivers throughout the US. By high touch coaching and excellent customer service, it supports professional caregivers who work with older adults. Their online classes range from nutrition to protecting seniors' ability to live independently in their homes. They teach caregivers new ways to provide excellent care, give employers peace of mind, and work with home care agencies to ensure that their caregivers are certified and prepared.It was founded in 2013 by Helen Adeosun while encountering issues and difficulties as a nanny and caregiver of older adults. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 26, 2023 |  |
| Dock Health | Dock Health is a HIPAA compliant task management and collaboration platform designed for healthcare. The company is focused on solving some of the most pressing issues in healthcare by making communication and collaboration easier through thoughtful design and simplicity. Dock is on a mission to solve the workflow challenges and inefficiencies forclinicians and their teams. Dock Health hopes to improve patient care by giving medical teams a reliable and secure system to ensure the work gets done.Founded in 2016, Dock Health is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $5M | Seed | May 24, 2023 |  |
| Alloy Enterprises | Alloy Enterprises operates as industry disruptors looking to tackle inefficiencies in conventional manufacturing. The company is based in Somerville, Massachusetts. | $26M | Series A | May 17, 2023 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MassMutual](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [MassMutual Catalyst Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massmutual-catalyst-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [VoLo Earth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volo-earth-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does MassMutual Impact Investing invest in?

MassMutual Impact Investing invests primarily in Manufacturing, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 32 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 MassMutual Impact Investing last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for MassMutual Impact Investing closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 32 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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