Safer Made

Safer Made is a U.S. early- and growth-stage venture capital firm based in North Branford, Connecticut, investing in companies that remove or reduce the use of harmful chemicals in consumer products and manufacturing processes aEUR" positioning itself as a sector-specialist ''chemical-safety'' / safer-chemistry / green-chemistry thematic investor across consumer products, personal care, cleaning products, materials science, and industrial supply-chain applications. The firm was founded by Martin Wolf and Bill Greenblatt (industry veterans with prior roles in consumer-products and sustainable-chemistry companies) alongside additional partners. Safer Made invests at Series A and Series B stages with typical initial check sizes in the USD 1 to 5 million range. The firm has raised multiple institutional funds with aggregate AUM in the USD tens of millions to low-hundreds-of-millions range. Notable portfolio companies include Paperlater (acquired), Fulcrum Bioenergy-adjacent companies, sustainable-materials-science start-ups, and other chemical-safety / green-chemistry businesses. The firm operates alongside other impact / sustainability-specialist VCs in the broader responsible-investing category.