Active Surfaces, a U.S.-based flexible solar panel startup, secured $5.6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. Safar Partners, a deep tech venture capital fund, led the funding round. QVT, Lendlease, Type One Ventures, Umami Capital, Sabanci Climate Ventures, New Climate Ventures, SeaX Ventures, and others formed the additional participants in the round. These participants range from institutional VCs to corporate backers.