About Safar Partners
Safar Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Cambridge, United States. As of Jul 2026, Safar Partners is an active investor, having invested in 57 companies, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Quaise Overall, Safar Partners portfolio has seen 4 unicorns and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Gradiant, Agility Robotics and QuEra. A lot of funds co-invest with Safar Partners, with names like QVT Family Office sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Safar Partners has team of 32 people including 4 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 4 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Safar Partners' List of Top Investments
Safar Partners has a portfolio of 57 companies, including 4 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Aramis Biosciences and Lucy Therapeutics.Their portfolio spans across United States and Italy. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 4 more. Here is the list of top investments by Safar Partners:
1. Gradiant
Provider of industrial water treatment solutions and technologies. It offers end-to-end, turnkey treatment systems engineered to meet specific customer requirements. Services include water reduction, reclamation, and renewal, recovering valuable resources from wastewater. Custom chemical formulations are developed in-house to support these technologies. The company's solutions address various industrial sectors, focusing on minimizing environmental impact and optimizing water usage. Technologies include those for PFAS removal, lithium extraction, and green hydrogen production.
Key facts about Gradiant
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Woburn (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $400M
- Employee Count: 854 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Schechter, WorldQuant Ventures and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, May 18, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of robots and a cloud-based automation platform for logistics operations. It provides robots designed for automating repetitive tasks in manufacturing, distribution, and third-party logistics. Its cloud-based automation platform gives users control of robots and equipment. The platform deploys and integrates automated workflows into logistics and manufacturing operations.
Key facts about Agility Robotics
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Salem (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $180M
- Employee Count: 406 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Sony Innovation Fund, MFV Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 17, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Nanoramic
Provider of nanotech based electrode materials for supercapacitors. It offers nanotech-enabled electrodes, ultracapacitors, and thermal interface gap filler pads for electric vehicle batteries. Its features include low cost, high cell-level energy density, fast charging performance, thermal interface gap filler and roll-to-roll coating, and calendering equipment.
Key facts about Nanoramic
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $163M
- Employee Count: 66 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: GM Ventures, Windsail Capital Group and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Nov 17, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. CFS
Provider of tokamak nuclear fusion reactors. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide in high-field superconducting magnets for the working of compact fusion reactors.
Key facts about CFS
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $2.93B
- Employee Count: 1,081 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Mitsui, Tiger Global Management and 68 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. QuEra
Manufacturer of universal quantum computers based on Rydberg atoms. It designs and develops quantum computers that use neutral Rydberg atoms as qubits. It also offers full-stack software for quantum simulation and prototyping applications. Its features include multi-qubit gates, error correction, a non-simulatable regime, and scalability.
Key facts about QuEra
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Boston (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $247M
- Employee Count: 173 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: QVT Family Office, Rakuten and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 09, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Safar Partners' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Safar Partners has invested in 57 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 6 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 8 investments, while as of Jul 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Gradiant and most recent follow-on round was in Quaise.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2025 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2023 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2022 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2021 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Safar Partners' Investments by Stage
Safar Partners is primarily an Early Stage Investor investor majorly investing in Series A (20) rounds where average round size is $374M, Seed (7) rounds where average round size is $99M and Series B (7) rounds where average round size is $318M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 20 |
Seed | 7 |
Series B | 7 |
Series C | 2 |
Series E | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Safar Partners' Investments by Sector
Safar Partners has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Environment Tech, Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 43 Tech companies, 42 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 19 Software companies and at least 17 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 18 |
Sustainability Tech | 9 |
Environment Tech | 8 |
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
Life Sciences | 6 |
Others | 42 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Safar Partners' Investments by Geography
Safar Partners has made most investments in United States (37), followed by Italy where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 37 |
Italy | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Safar Partners' recent investments
Safar Partners has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. Quaise and Gradiant are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Safar Partners:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 07, 2026 | United States | Series B | 4412 | [+2] | |
May 18, 2026 | United States | Series E | 3372 | [+1] | |
Apr 01, 2026 | United States | Series B | 5869 | [+5] | |
Mar 06, 2026 | United States | Seed | 9493 | [+2] | |
Feb 17, 2026 | United States | Seed | 8094 | [+3] |
Unicorns in Safar Partners' Portfolio
Safar Partners has 4 unicorns in its portfolio - Agility Robotics, QuEra, Liquid AI and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Agility Robotics. It became a unicorn in 2025, 4 years after Safar Partners first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Safar Partners' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Developer of robots and a cloud-based automation platform for logistics operations | 2015 | Salem | Series C | ohtreqi | ||
65 | Manufacturer of universal quantum computers based on Rydberg atoms | 2018 | Boston | Series B | iteahyj | ||
64 | Developer of efficient AI models and deployment platforms for various applications | 2023 | Brookline | Series A | tiiabvh | ||
69 | Provider of industrial water treatment solutions and technologies | 2013 | Woburn | Series E | zsetg{a |
Acquired companies in Safar Partners' Portfolio
5 companies from Safar Partners' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Lightsynq in May 2025 by IonQ for $*****.Here are Safar Partners' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2025 | Nov 19, 2024 | Series A | 6879 | |
Apr 02, 2025 | Apr 16, 2020 | Series A | 4297 | |
Aug 08, 2024 | Apr 25, 2023 | Series B | 9351 | |
Dec 08, 2021 | - | - | 6608 | |
Nov 17, 2020 | - | - | 4727 |
Team profile of Safar Partners
Safar Partners has a team of 32 members including 4 Partners located in United States. Safar Partners' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Safar Partners:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Boston | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Boston | - | - |
Co-investors of Safar Partners
Over the past 7 years, 342 investors have co-invested in Safar Partners's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Safar Partners: America’s Seed Fund, National Science Foundation and 68 others have invested in rounds before Safar Partners. There are 7 companies where America’s Seed Fund has invested before Safar Partners and 4 companies where National Science Foundation has invested before Safar Partners.
- Top Co-investors of Safar Partners: 152 investors entered a company along with Safar Partners. These include investors like QVT Family Office (4 companies).
- Invested after Safar Partners: A total of 120 investors have invested in Safar Partners's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include OSTI (6 companies), NVentures (3 companies) and Hostplus (2 companies).
Recent News related to Safar Partners
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Gradiant has raised $400 Million in new Series E Fundingintelligence360•Jun 08, 2026•Gradiant, Safar Partners, Clearvison Ventures, Hostplus
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Gradiant Closes Series E Funding, at $2 Billion ValuationFinSMEs•May 18, 2026•Gradiant, Safar Partners, Clearvison Ventures, Hostplus
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Via Separations Raises $36M in New FundingFinSMEs•Apr 01, 2026•Climate Investment, Via Separations, Aramco Ventures, Grantham Foundation and 6 others
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Geothermal explorer Zanskar raises USD 115m in Series C roundRenewables Now•Jan 22, 2026•Zanskar, Spring Lane Capital, Gvpclimate, Susquehanna International Group and 14 others
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Seattle startup Membrion raises $20M to deploy industrial wastewater treatment unitsGeekWire•Oct 08, 2025•Membrion, W. L. Gore & Associates, PureTerra Ventures, Ecolab and 5 others
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Solidec Raises Oversubscribed $2M Pre-Seed Round to Reinvent Chemical Manufacturingintelligence360•Aug 15, 2025•Solidec, Ecosphere Ventures, Echo River Capital, New Climate Ventures and 4 others
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Solidec Raises Oversubscribed $2M Pre-Seed Round to Reinvent Chemical ManufacturingPR Newswire•Jul 30, 2025•New Climate Ventures, Solidec, Ecosphere Ventures, Collab Fund and 4 others
