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Carmichael Roberts

Carmichael Roberts

Material Impact co-founder and GALY director

DirectorPublic companyRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 13, 2026·Latest SEC filing Nov 13, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Carmichael Roberts

Carmichael Roberts co-founded Material Impact, a venture fund that builds materials-science companies. He co-leads the investment committee at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, which creates companies focused on climate change and long-term sustainability. He is also a managing member of Material Impact Partners II.

He developed a model for licensing university technology and taking it to market through Fortune 500 partnerships. He is a director of GALY, a maker of biocrafted cocoa and cotton, and Infinite Cooling.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios, from Carmichael Roberts's profile and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Carmichael Roberts in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Galy Co. Current
Board of Directors
2021 – Present · Medford, MA
GALY grows cotton and cocoa from plant cells for brands needing traceable, predictable supply.
Infinite Cooling Inc. Current
Board Member
2021 – Present · Malden, MA
Cooling-tower analytics help industrial sites reduce water and energy use while increasing production.
Zero Mass Water Current
Director
2014 – Present
Soft Robotics Inc. Current
Chairman Of The Board
2013 – Present
MC10 Inc. Current
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board
2008 – Present
1366 Technologies, Inc Current
Chairman Of The Board
2008 – Present
Diagnostics For All Current
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
2007 – Present
Arsenal Medical Current
Co-Founder and Lead Director
2005 – Present
Material Impact Current
co-founder
managing member
Breakthrough Energy Ventures Current
co-lead of the Investment Committee
Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Director and 10% owner
2025 · Public company (KITT)
AgZen Inc.
Director
2025 · Somerville, MA
Lyra Therapeutics, Inc.
10% owner
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board (2005 – 2018)
2005 – 2020 · Public company (LYRA)
Foro Energy
Lead Director
2009 – 2018
North Bridge Venture Partners
General Partner
2007 – 2017
Surface Logix
Co-Founder, President and CEO
1999 – 2005
Geltex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Business Development
1998 – 1999
Dow Chemical Corp (formerly Union Carbide Corporation)
Special Programs Manager reporting to EVP and GM of Performance Chemicals Business
1995 – 1999

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Carmichael Roberts works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Galy Co. · Form D, Nov 13, 2026
Luciano Bueno
Luciano Bueno
Founder & CEO at GALY, director
Eric Toone
Eric Toone
Scientific Advisory Board
Ryan Panchadsaram
Ryan Panchadsaram
Board of Directors
Infinite Cooling Inc. · Form D/A, Nov 6, 2026
Maher Damak
Maher Damak
Co-Founder & CEO, director
Kripa Varanasi
Kripa Varanasi
Co-Founder & Chairman
Mark Little
Mark Little
Board Member
Jeffrey Mccarthy
Jeffrey Mccarthy
Board Member
Karim Khalil
Karim Khalil
Co-Founder & CTO
Phil Cooper
Phil Cooper
Board Member
AgZen Inc. · Form D, Feb 7, 2025
JK
Justin Kern
Director
VJ
Vishnu Jayaprakash
Chief Executive Officer and director

Carmichael Roberts in the News

Sources

  1. SECGaly Co. Form D, filed Nov 13, 2026
  2. SECInfinite Cooling Inc. Form D/A, filed Nov 6, 2026
  3. SECAgZen Inc. Form D, filed Feb 7, 2025
  4. SECForms 3, 4 and 5 filed by Carmichael Roberts (SEC filer 1810913)
  5. P4GALY home page
  6. P7Nauticus Robotics ownership disclosure
  7. S7AgZen Series A release snippet