InventWood Private Investor Briefing - San Francisco
by CONNECTpreneur Investor Network
Tuesday, December 1, 5:30 pm PT
Opus8 is hosting a small, invitation-only private investor meeting featuring InventWood, a materials company commercializing SUPERWOOD™, a category-defining biomaterial that delivers the strength of steel with the soul of wood.
This closed-door session will provide direct access to InventWood’s leadership team and a focused discussion of the company’s proprietary materials platform, early commercial traction, manufacturing scale-up, and near-term growth opportunities, including current financing opportunities for accredited investors.
InventWood is entering a critical value-creation phase with automated commercial manufacturing live, customer shipments underway, and accelerating demand as steel, aluminum, and concrete face rising costs and structural constraints.
Company Overview
InventWood turns ordinary wood into SUPERWOOD™, a breakthrough structural biomaterial that is up to 10X stronger than steel, 6X lighter, and manufacturable at half the cost of steel at scale. In addition, the material is fire rated, moisture, rot and pest resistant, and carbon sequestering. The company’s proprietary molecular re-engineering process fundamentally transforms wood by eliminating defects and increasing hydrogen bonding within the molecular structure, dramatically increasing intrinsic strength and durability.
InventWood is entering the market through premium interior and exterior building applications while building toward expansion into larger structural applications under existing mass-timber codes.
What Differentiates InventWood
Category-Defining Material — Steel-level strength at one sixth the weight, with gorgeous aesthetics and unprecedented fire resistance.
Proprietary Technology — Patented process that upgrades wood’s intrinsic performance
Commercialization Underway — SUPERMILL ONE in Frederick, MD is operational and ramping production volumes, with shipments to initial customers in market
Defensible IP Position — 45 granted and allowed patents and 99 additional pending applications across 70+ nations and regions
Capital-Efficient Scale-Up — Premium early markets fund broader structural expansion
Large Market Pull — $2B+ customer demand pipeline, over 15,000 inbound inquiries and 700+ paid product reservations, with virtually zero marketing spend
Massive Addressable Markets — $50B beachhead market in premium segments of building skins & contents (i.e. siding, flooring, furniture, window frames) plus $750B+ further addressable markets across structural (i.e. beams, columns) and specialized applications (i.e. military, aerospace, musical instruments, transportation, marine).
Strong Backers — Backed by groups like Builders Vision, New Industrial Corporation and Grantham Foundation, alongside financing from JLL Foundation and grant support from ARPA-E and DARPA.
Event Details:
Date: December 1
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm PT
Location: San Francisco, CA
Please note that this meeting is for DIRECT and ACTIVE Accredited investors only. All RSVPs must be pre-registered on this site with the investor criteria filled out. All RSVPs are subject to review and approval. We will provide a confirmation email and a calendar invitation after you register.
Request investor materials by contacting Skylar Rallison at srallison@opus8.com.