# Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/foundation-alloy-technology-explorations

- Industry: Materials
- Headquarters: Cambridge, US
- Website: www.foundationalloy.com
- Total disclosed funding: $37M
- Latest round: Series A (Apr 6, 2026)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Based in Massachusetts, US, and founded in 2022 by its CEO  Jake Guglin, and co-founders Jasper Lienhard, Professors Chris Schuh, and Tim Rupert, Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations, Inc. trading as Foundation Alloy, operates as a materials and manufacturing company that focuses on designing and producing parts for a variety of industries. In June 2026, Foundation Alloy raised USD 22 million in series A funding led by Voyager Ventures, with participation from Kanematsu, Overlap Holdings, Trust Ventures, America's Frontier Fund, El Cap, Engine Ventures, Material Impact Fund, and Yamaha Motor Ventures. The company will use the funding to build a new manufacturing facility, expand production capacity, hire staff, and support distribution of its metal products.

Foundation Alloy Technology Explorations, Inc. offers a metal part production platform that specializes in manufacturing metal parts. Its core IP can be tailored to specific applications across critical industries like aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, and industrial manufacturing. It processes sintering, a critical process in manufacturing techniques like metal injection molding and state-of-the-art binder-jet 3D printing.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Apr 6, 2026, $20M — Kanematsu, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Material Impact Fund, Engine Ventures, Trust Ventures, Voyager Ventures, America's Frontier Fund, El Cap, Overlap Holdings
- Seed, Feb 21, 2025, $6.5M — Alumni Ventures Group, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Material Impact Fund, Engine Ventures, America's Frontier Fund, El Cap
- Seed, May 10, 2022, $10M — Material Impact Fund, Engine Ventures, Safar Partners

## Investors

- Material Impact Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/material-impact-fund) — Seed, Series A
- Engine Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/engine-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- Safar Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/safar-partners) — Seed
- Alumni Ventures Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/alumni-ventures-group) — Seed
- Yamaha Motor Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yamaha-motor-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- America's Frontier Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/america-s-frontier-fund) — Seed, Series A
- El Cap (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/el-cap) — Seed, Series A
- Kanematsu — Series A
- Trust Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/trust-ventures) — Series A
- Voyager Ventures — Series A
- Overlap Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/overlap-holdings) — Series A