FREDERICK, Md. — InventWood, creator of SuperWood material, has secured $15 million in the first close of its Series A funding round. 

The company said this investment marks a significant milestone as it prepares to begin shipments from its first commercial manufacturing facility in Frederick, Maryland, in the third quarter of 2025. InventWood has now secured more than $50 million in total capital, which supported the construction of its first production facility and positions the company to scale rapidly.

The company said that SuperWood represents a "fundamental breakthrough"] in materials science, transforming ordinary wood at the molecular level to create an extraordinary building material that is stronger than steel. The material maintains wood's warmth, texture, workability, and natural aesthetic while being engineered to withstand extreme weather, high humidity, fire, rot, and pests, according to the company.

"SuperWood demonstrates what's possible when we combine nature's most highly evolved structure with revolutionary science," said Alex Lau, CEO of InventWood. "This funding enables us to scale production of a material that will fundamentally change how we build, creating structures that are stronger and lighter than steel while retaining all the biogenic qualities people have treasured in wood for millennia."