Fine Structures Ventures
Venture capitalCambridge · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 9 people tracked
Also known as IMPRESA MANAGEMENT LLC
Investment thesis
The firm invests in early-stage companies pursuing disruptive scientific and technological innovation. Its portfolio holds over 300 active patents covering world-changing technologies, and it seeks to back the teams best positioned to deploy them. The firm takes an active, hands-on approach, holding board seats at more than 80% of its portfolio companies and working alongside founders to commercialize scientific discovery. It invests across a company's full life cycle, from pre-seed through pre-IPO, and reports that its portfolio companies have collectively raised over two billion dollars.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 19 of 26 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×12Cleantech ×8Energy ×8New Materials ×7Hardware ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5Climate Tech ×5Biotech ×4
HQs:United States×10United Kingdom×2Canada×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12021 · 12016 · 13 dated
Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
EnergyMill Valley, US
Bates Marshall(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Hill(Director)
BoardSasha Brown(Director)
Boston Metal develops Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE), a platform technology for producing high-value and critical metals from inputs such as low-grade ores, mining waste, and industrial waste.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials
Tadeu Carneiro(CEO)in
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)Robert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunner(Executive Officer)Massimiliano Pieri(Director)Alan Eustace(Director)
BoardKatie Rae(Director)
Constructive develops synthetic biology technology using recoded genomes and engineered tRNAs to incorporate novel chemical building blocks into proteins, enabling new therapeutics, materials, and manufacturing applications.
BiotechDeep TechNew Materials
Hoxton Farms grows cultivated fat, a biomanufactured ingredient for food companies to use in plant-based and alternative meat products.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechFoodTechLondon, GB
Vítor Espírito Santo(Chief Scientific Officer)in
Mainspring Energy develops power generation systems.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
BoardTom Linebarger(Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
Mantle develops metal 3D printing technology that produces precision metal parts with the surface finish and tolerances needed for tooling and dies used in mass production.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsSan Francisco, US
Stephen ConnorTed Sorom
Nitricity produces plant-based fertilizer for agricultural use, focused on sustainable soil health for farmers and growers.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechFremont, US
Dr. Nicolas Pinkowski(CEO, Co-Founder)Dr. Joshua McEnaney(President, CTO, Co-Founder)Dr. Jay Schwalbe(CSO, Co-Founder)
Osmoses develops a membrane technology for purifying and separating gas molecules, aimed at making industrial gas separation processes more energy-efficient.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew MaterialsBoston, US
Francesco Benedetti(Co-Founder & CEO)Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez(Co-Founder & Chief Implementation Officer)Zachary P. Smith(Co-Founder / Associate Professor, MIT)
pH7 Technologies develops a proprietary electrochemical closed-loop process for extracting critical metals and minerals — including platinum group metals, gold, copper, and tin — from primary and secondary resources with lower energy, water, and environmental impact.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsVancouver, CA
Mohammad Doostmohammadi(Founder & CEO)
Phytoform Labs develops GM-free genome editing tools and trait engineering technologies for crop improvement, with a focus on potato and tomato varieties.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechHarpenden, GB
William Pelton(Executive Officer, Director)Nicholas Kral(Director)Dhiraj Singh(Director)
Quaise Energy develops superhot geothermal drilling technology using millimeter-wave powered drilling to access deep geothermal energy sources at unprecedented depths and temperatures for large-scale clean power generation globally.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHouston, US
Carlos Araque(Executive Officer, Director)Vinod Khosla(Director)William Restrepo(Director)Frohman Anderson(Director)Ali Azad(Director)
BoardColleen Calhoun(Director)
Radian Aerospace develops a reusable spaceplane system designed to make spaceflight affordable and routine for scientific research, in-space manufacturing, and Earth observation missions.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechRenton, US
Curtis Gifford(Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, & Co-Founder)Richard Humphrey(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)Livingston Holder(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Jeff Feige(Chief Revenue Officer & Co-Founder)
Sepion develops advanced polymer separator technology for batteries and other applications including water separation and materials recovery.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyNew MaterialsSilicon Valley, US
Peter Frischmann(CEO & Co-Founder)Brett Helms(CSO & Co-Founder)Randy Chan(Director)
VEIR manufactures low- and medium-voltage superconducting systems that deliver electricity for high-performance AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareWoburn, US
Tim Heidel(CEO & Co-Founder)inDoug Stewart(Director)
BoardAdam Wallen(Executive Officer, Director)
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCommonwealth Fusion Systems · techcrunch.com · Jul 30, 2026
VEIR · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Quaise Energy · indexbox.io · Jul 12, 2026
Mainspring Energy · mcj.vc · Jul 7, 2026
FemtoAI · altss.com · May 29, 2026
Aalo Atomics · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026
Sepion · finsmes.com · Apr 17, 2026
Hoxton Farms · greenqueen.com.hk · Nov 3, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Fine Structures Ventures invest at?
- Fine Structures Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Fine Structures Ventures focus on?
- Fine Structures Ventures focuses on Biotech, Cleantech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Space Tech.
- Where is Fine Structures Ventures located?
- Fine Structures Ventures is headquartered in Cambridge, US.
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