# Material Ventures

> Material Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/materialventures/
- Website: https://www.material.ventures/

Material Ventures is a European venture fund set up by two former operators with the goal to connect their US LPs with the best companies in Europe and vice-versa

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 35% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 24% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 18% |
| Video | 2 | 12% |
| Robotics | 2 | 12% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 76% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 29% |
| Germany | 4 | 24% |
| France | 3 | 18% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 6% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leon Kirchhoff | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leon-kirchhoff |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sky Spy | Sky Spy is a dual-use technology company developing innovative, compact, and reliable SIGINT systems for contested electromagnetic environments. Built through direct feedback from active combat zones, our products are designed alongside frontline military operators to ensure real-world effectiveness.Headquartered across the U.S. and the EU, weoperate as an agile, multinational team of veterans and technologists, committed to supporting NATO and allied forces with field-tested innovation.Our long-term vision is to become the global leader in multi-domain signal intelligence - delivering trusted RF awareness across air, ground, sea, and space, and empowering users with tools designed where they are needed most. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Nov 30, 2025 |  |
| Isembard | Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business. | $9M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| handly | handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life. | $3.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| handly | handly is becoming the leading company in the Service Tech industry. We enable people to create their ideal living environment, while empowering home service companies to build their business and saving time for a quality life. | $3.9M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| JUST | JUST is a digital solution that enhances e-commerce checkout experiences for brands. It integrates features that reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion rates, driving revenue growth. The platform partners with e-commerce providers to offer a customized, seamless shopping journey for customers. | $8.4M | Seed | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| Clare&me | Clare&me is an automated AI-driven audio bot to counter mental illnesses such as anxiety and mild depression. It provides users a platform to talk about their worries through phone calls, WhatsApp, or SMS, offering 24/7 access to scientifically-backed self-help techniques. Clare, the AI assistant, guides users through reflective exercisesand grounding techniques, ensuring a judgment-free, anonymous environment. The service is accessible for a subscription fee and is available for communication anytime, making mental health support more approachable and personalized. | $4M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| Applied Computing | Foundational model for refining operations |  | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| TETMET | Efficiently unlocking large scale architectured materials and lattice structures for industry | $1.3M | Seed | May 09, 2024 |  |
| Monumental | Monumental develops autonomous robotics and software systems for the construction industry, with a focus on automating on-site masonry and building workflows. Its technology combines a fleet of autonomous robots with Atrium, an integrated software platform that plans, coordinates, monitors, and manages robotic construction activities. The companydesigns and operates its robotics hardware, machine vision systems, and software to enable robots to work alongside construction teams on active job sites. Its solutions support tasks such as bricklaying, site mapping, project planning, progress tracking, and quality monitoring through a unified digital workflow. Monumental deploys its technology on residential, commercial, and infrastructure construction projects to improve the consistency and efficiency of repetitive building processes while integrating with existing construction practices. | $25M | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |
| SeeChange | SeeChange Technologies is a retailer-focused computer vision and AI technology company. It works with real-time AI-powered recognition systems. The platform is available as software-as-a service, installed in a datacenter or on site.It integrates with existing CCTV solution and can be accessed securely worldwide. | $10M | Seed | Nov 21, 2023 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-twenty-minute-vc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Angel Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-invest-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The Delta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Foreword Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foreword-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [N&V Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/n-v-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Material Ventures invest in?

Material Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Material Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Material Ventures?

The team at Material Ventures includes Leon Kirchhoff (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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