# MassVentures

> MassVentures is a VC fund in Boston backing Manufacturing and Health Care. See 378 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 378
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 29%
- Fund size: $5M
- Last fund: Jun 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/massventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/massventures
- Website: http://mass-ventures.com

MassVentures is a VC fund in Boston focused on Manufacturing and Health Care. 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$7M |
| Grant | $65k–$500k |
| Series A | $500k–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 44 | 12% |
| Health Care | 40 | 11% |
| Software | 39 | 10% |
| Biotechnology | 34 | 9% |
| Energy | 26 | 7% |

224 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 174 | 46% |
| Seed | 31 | 8% |
| Series A | 28 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 20 | 5% |
| Series B | 18 | 5% |

13 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 244 | 65% |
| Spain | 1 | 0% |
| Germany | 1 | 0% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Hipwood | Founder ,President & CEO | 30 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-hipwood-2 |
| Gail Cormier | Office Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gail-cormier |
| Mary Stack | Admin | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-stack |
| Priya Yadav | Vice President, Investments | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/priya-yadav |
| Rene Jarquin | Vice Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rene-jarquin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EnVision Endoscopy | EnVision Endoscopy is a medical device that provides endoscopic surgeries with innovative solutions. | $500K | Series A | Mar 30, 2026 |  |
| Everest Biolabs | Everest Biolabs supplies exosome and EV isolation tools, ELISA kits, and instruments for research in biotech and academic labs. | $4.4M | Seed | Mar 06, 2026 |  |
| Stata DX | Stata DX is a developer of a disease management eRapid technology designed to implement custom biomarker panels for at-home patient monitoring in clinical studies. The company's technology is a low-cost, affinity-based electrochemical sensing platform that can simultaneously detect a wide range of biomarkers in complex biological fluids,specifically liquid MRI for the brain, with high sensitivity and selectivity using as little as a single drop of blood, allowing researchers to learn about the composition of a system in real-time.Stata DX was established in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $400K | Series A | Feb 27, 2026 |  |
| Myrias Optics | Myrias Optics offers a comprehensive variety of services that lead to low-cost full-scale manufacture. Provide a template or "master" and Myrias will do an initial scale-up demonstration to back out crucial information about material and process dependencies. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| CemCycle | CemCycle converts organic waste into energy and carbon-negative materials for sustainable construction applications. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| Novo Blades | Novo Blades designs advanced wind turbine blade technology improving energy output and aerodynamic efficiency. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| Solvanic | Solvanic is a climate technology company specializing in modular electrochemical systems for carbon capture, aimed at helping industrial facilities reduce emissions economically. Their technology, developed at MIT, uses electricity for carbon capture, offering an energy-efficient alternative to conventional methods for industrial decarbonization. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| Noetis | Noetis builds AI-powered waste data platform converting methane emissions into energy revenue streams. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| Mirra | Mirra develops plant-based food colorants replacing synthetic dyes with sustainable pigment technology. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |
| Thalon Materials | Thalon Materials develops low-carbon magnesium production technology using clean electrolysis and scalable manufacturing processes. | $75K | Grant | Dec 31, 2025 |  |

10 of 378 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Massachusetts Clean Energy Center](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massachusetts-clean-energy-center) — VC Fund, 43 deals together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [Bantam Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bantam-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [LRVHealth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/long-river-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Hub Angels Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hub-angels-investment-group) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [LaunchCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchcapital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does MassVentures invest in?

MassVentures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Health Care and Software startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 378 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MassVentures's check size?

MassVentures typically joins rounds of $500k–$7M at Seed, $65k–$500k at Grant and $500k–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds MassVentures participates in.

### How do I contact MassVentures?

Public channels for MassVentures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at MassVentures?

The team at MassVentures includes Charles Hipwood (Founder ,President & CEO), Gail Cormier (Office Manager) and Mary Stack (Admin), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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