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Natural Fiber Welding: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Natural Fiber Welding is a company that specializes in developing a technology that utilizes plants and natural fibers to produce textiles and other long-lasting objects. Through their innovative work with fibrous materials extracted from plants, the company's team of scientists and engineers are exploring ways to enhance and utilize the Earth's abundant and renewable resources for applications typically associated with synthetic products. Their ultimate objective is to create solutions that can be adopted by communities of all economic backgrounds, employing readily available local resources to manufacture products that are sustainable, easily expandable, cost-effective, and of superior quality and functionality.

www.nfw.earth LinkedIn Peoria, United States 251-500 employees
Total raised
$53.3M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jan 2026

Natural Fiber Welding has raised $53.3M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $7.0M announced in Jan 2026.

That round is above the $5.0M median round size for Manufacturing companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Natural Fiber Welding Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$53.3M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$7.0M in Jan 2026
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
Peoria, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jan 2026.

Natural Fiber Welding Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$7.0M
Undisclosed round
$23.5M
Undisclosed round
$22.8M

Natural Fiber Welding raised $22.8M in an undisclosed round announced in Jul 2023.

8 months later, an undisclosed round of $23.5M was announced in Mar 2024.

1.8 years later, an undisclosed round of $7.0M was announced in Jan 2026.

Natural Fiber Welding Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Luke Haverhals
Founder
Locked
Steve Zika
Founder
Locked

Contact details for the Natural Fiber Welding team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Natural Fiber Welding Funding Compared to Other Manufacturing Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
1,058
$5.0M
29,722
$7.5M

Natural Fiber Welding's latest round of $7.0M is above the median round in Manufacturing. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Natural Fiber Welding Funding FAQs

What does Natural Fiber Welding do?

Natural Fiber Welding is a company that specializes in developing a technology that utilizes plants and natural fibers to produce textiles and other long-lasting objects. Through their innovative work with fibrous materials extracted from plants, the company's team of scientists and engineers are exploring ways to enhance and utilize the Earth's abundant and renewable resources for applications typically associated with synthetic products. Their ultimate objective is to create solutions that can be adopted by communities of all economic backgrounds, employing readily available local resources to manufacture products that are sustainable, easily expandable, cost-effective, and of superior quality and functionality.

How much funding has Natural Fiber Welding raised?

Natural Fiber Welding has raised $53.3M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $7.0M announced in Jan 2026.

When did Natural Fiber Welding last raise funding?

Natural Fiber Welding's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $7.0M, announced in Jan 2026.

Who founded Natural Fiber Welding?

FundedIQ lists Luke Haverhals (Founder), Steve Zika (Founder) at Natural Fiber Welding.

Where is Natural Fiber Welding headquartered?

Natural Fiber Welding is based in Peoria, Illinois, United States.

How many employees does Natural Fiber Welding have?

Natural Fiber Welding is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Natural Fiber Welding's funding compare to other Manufacturing startups?

Natural Fiber Welding's latest round of $7.0M is above the $5.0M median round size for Manufacturing companies on FundedIQ across 1,058 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Natural Fiber Welding Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Natural Fiber Welding is left off this page rather than filled in.

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