MetaVC Partners
VC Fund
Seattle, United States
MetaVC Partners is a venture capital that invests in innovative startups by using advanced materials.The company builds businesses using new metamaterials in new markets in imaging, sensors, energy, and sustainability, next-generation communications, and computer processing power.MetaVC Partners was established in San Francisco, California byChris Alliegro and Conrad Burke.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 45%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries MetaVC Partners invests in
Stages MetaVC Partners invests in
Countries MetaVC Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Chris Alliegro
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Investment Focus
Industry
- B2C 2 (18%)
- Robotics 2 (18%)
- Manufacturing 2 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (18%)
- Satellite Communication 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (18%)
- Series A 2 (18%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (9%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Chris Alliegro
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Neurophos
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Neurophos develops photonic AI processing technology that focuses on hardware solutions for accelerating artificial intelligence inference by replacing traditional electronic compute elements with optical processing units (OPUs). The company’s technology uses ultra-dense optical modulators and silicon photonics to enable computation using light,aiming to support matrix operations central to AI workloads with increased energy efficiency and performance relative to conventional graphics processing units. Neurophos’ offerings include prototype OPUs and development systems designed to integrate into data center environments, and its platform targets engineering teams and compute-intensive applications that demand scalable AI inference capability. The business collaborates with industry partners and investors to advance its optical compute architecture and develop supporting software stacks and hardware modules for deployment. Neurophos also engages in pilot programs and partnerships to test its photonic processors in real-world compute environments and explore integration pathways with existing infrastructure. Its work leverages research in metamaterials and compute-in-memory design to reduce power consumption and enhance throughput for AI inference tasks. | $110M / Series A / Jan 22, 2026 | |
Cephia AI
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Cephia AI is currently operating in Stealth mode. | $4M / Seed / Oct 30, 2025 | |
Sensetics
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Sensetics develops tactile sensing and haptic technologies that enable the digital capture and reproduction of touch. Its core product, Touch Signature, is a programmable fabric that integrates soft piezoelectrics and microscale 3D metamaterials to simulate human mechanoreceptors. This technology allows for sub-millimeter resolution touch sensingand haptic feedback, facilitating real-time interaction between users and machines. Sensetics combines this hardware with AI-powered software to analyze and interpret physical contact, supporting applications in remote operations, robotics, and human-machine interfaces. The company's solutions aim to bring touch into the digital realm, enabling bidirectional, interactive experiences between humans and machines. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2025 | |
Kapta Space
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Kapta Space develops electrically steerable radar imaging technology for space, with an emphasis on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and earth observation. | $5M / Seed / Feb 21, 2025 | |
Lumotive
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Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com. | $59M / Series B / Feb 19, 2025 | |
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Neurophos
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Neurophos develops photonic AI processing technology that focuses on hardware solutions for accelerating artificial intelligence inference by replacing traditional electronic compute elements with optical processing units (OPUs). The company’s technology uses ultra-dense optical modulators and silicon photonics to enable computation using light,aiming to support matrix operations central to AI workloads with increased energy efficiency and performance relative to conventional graphics processing units. Neurophos’ offerings include prototype OPUs and development systems designed to integrate into data center environments, and its platform targets engineering teams and compute-intensive applications that demand scalable AI inference capability. The business collaborates with industry partners and investors to advance its optical compute architecture and develop supporting software stacks and hardware modules for deployment. Neurophos also engages in pilot programs and partnerships to test its photonic processors in real-world compute environments and explore integration pathways with existing infrastructure. Its work leverages research in metamaterials and compute-in-memory design to reduce power consumption and enhance throughput for AI inference tasks. | $7.2M / Seed / Dec 14, 2023 | |
Leadoptik
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Leadoptik is a California-based company is currently operating in stealth mode. | $5.2M / Seed / May 22, 2023 | |
Imagia
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Imagia designs and manufactures optical lenses based on metamaterial principles. | $4.5M / Seed / Apr 27, 2023 | |
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Lumotive
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Lumotive is a Seattle-based startup company developing high performance, solid-state lidar for autonomous systems in the automotive, UAV, robotics and related industries. The company's revolutionary beam-steering technology leverages Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces (or LCMs) implemented in mature semiconductor manufacturing processes to deliversmall, inexpensive 3D perception systems with unprecedented performance and reliability. For more information, visit us at www.lumotive.com. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 24, 2022 | |
Mangata Networks
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Mangata is a telecommunication company that specializes in satellite and wired communication services. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. | $33M / Series A / Jan 11, 2022 | |
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What does MetaVC Partners invest in?
MetaVC Partners invests primarily in B2C, Robotics and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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