About Maroon Venture Partners
Maroon Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Amherst, United States. As of Jan 2026, Maroon Venture Partners is an active investor, having invested in 12 companies, with 2 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from HealthTech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Myrias Optics A lot of funds co-invest with Maroon Venture Partners, with names like MassVentures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Maroon Venture Partners has team of 10 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Maroon Venture Partners' List of Top Investments
Maroon Venture Partners has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investments are in Theromics and UNICORN.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in HealthTech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 8 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Maroon Venture Partners:
Myrias Optics is an emerging start-up company based in Amherst, Massachusetts. They specialize in all-inorganic printed meta-optics and AR/VR waveguides, offering unrivaled cost, performance, and lifetime. They recently closed a $3 million seed financing round to meet growing demand and further develop their advanced optics technology.
Key facts about Myrias Optics
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Amherst (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.39M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: MassVentures, TiE Boston and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 01, 2026, $*****
2. florrent
Key facts about florrent
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Northampton (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.8M
- Investors: MassMutual, MassVentures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 17, 2025, $*****
3. HomeBinder
SaaS-driven home management platform for residential spaces. Homeowners can log details such as their home finishes, furnishing, and appliances, associated bills, contractor contact details, and more. Homeowners can also track the finances associated with home maintenance and improvements through this solution. Home inspectors can access the logs in the solution to provide their inputs on the property. They can also offer the solution as a white-labeled home inspection and maintenance tool to a potential buyer.
Key facts about HomeBinder
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.87M
- Employee Count: 11 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Techstars, SixThirty and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 20, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. 88 Acres
Internet first brand of chocolate. Its products include chocolate of various flavors such as dark chocolate, oats & cinnamon, maple roasted sunflower seed butter, and more.
Key facts about 88 Acres
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10K
- Employee Count: 28 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: CEI, Verity Venture Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 01, 2013, $*****
5. Aclarity
Provider of water treatment solution. The company uses an electrochemical advanced oxidation process that leverages electricity to neutralize the pH content of water and remove unwanted contaminants.
Key facts about Aclarity
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Hadley (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $20.2M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Imagine H2O, DCVC and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 02, 2023, $*****
Maroon Venture Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Maroon Venture Partners has invested in 12 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment, while as of Jan 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Myrias Optics and most recent follow-on round was in Aclarity.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Maroon Venture Partners' Investments by Stage
Maroon Venture Partners has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.5M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Maroon Venture Partners' Investments by Sector
Maroon Venture Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Business Services, Consumer Goods, Energy, Enterprise Applications and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 6 Tech companies, 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 4 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Business Services | 1 |
Consumer Goods | 1 |
Energy | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Maroon Venture Partners' Investments by Geography
Maroon Venture Partners has made most investments in United States (4).Maroon Venture Partners' recent investments
Maroon Venture Partners has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Myrias Optics.Here are the most recent investments by Maroon Venture Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jan 01, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7900 | [+3] | |
Jul 17, 2025 | United States | Series A | 1958 | [+3] | |
Mar 24, 2022 | United States | Seed | 4444 | [+2] | |
Jan 20, 2022 | United States | Seed | 4351 | [+1] | |
Feb 11, 2020 | - | Seed | 5064 | - |
Team profile of Maroon Venture Partners
Maroon Venture Partners has a team of 10 members located in United States. Maroon Venture Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Maroon Venture Partners
Over the past 7 years, 36 investors have co-invested in Maroon Venture Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Maroon Venture Partners: National Science Foundation, Asia Optical and 10 others have invested in rounds before Maroon Venture Partners. There are 2 companies where National Science Foundation has invested before Maroon Venture Partners and 1 company where Asia Optical has invested before Maroon Venture Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Maroon Venture Partners: 8 investors entered a company along with Maroon Venture Partners. These include investors like MassVentures (1 company).
- Invested after Maroon Venture Partners: A total of 16 investors have invested in Maroon Venture Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Burnt Island (1 company), DCVC (1 company) and MassVentures (1 company).
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Theromics Closes $2M Seed Funding RoundFinSMEs•Jan 20, 2022•Theromics, Maroon Venture Partners, Beacon Angels, STARMed
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