67 Best Advanced Materials Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Advanced Materials Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 67 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $36.4m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Mighty Buildings logo

Mighty Buildings

Mighty Buildings is a company working in the construction industry with 3D printing technology and advanced composite materials, funded by Y Combinator.

6

Funding Rounds

$97.8m

Money raised

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Modern Meadow

Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.

9

Funding Rounds

$331.1m

Money raised

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NanoSonic Inc.

NanoSonic Inc. is a Pembroke, VA-based advanced materials company specializing in thermal management solutions (such as thermal arrays) and related safety equipment

7

Funding Rounds

$3.3m

Money raised

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Geltor

Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.

7

Funding Rounds

$114.3m

Money raised

Reaction Engines logo

Reaction Engines

Reaction Engines Ltd is a company working on hypersonic and space access propulsion.

3

Funding Rounds

$127.8m

Money raised

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Lygos

An industrial biotech company developing a commercial bioprocess for manufacturing bio-based malonic acid.

11

Funding Rounds

$50.0m

Money raised

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AMSilk

AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.

6

Funding Rounds

$129.3m

Money raised

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Avro Life Science

Avro is a life sciences company, located in Canada and founded in 2016 by Shakir Lakhani and Keean Waterloo, Ontario, that makes skin patches capable of delivering generic drugs.

2

Funding Rounds

$120.0k

Money raised

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Puraffinity Ltd

Puraffinity is a company using customized granular media (CGM) to remove pollutants and contaminants from water supplies.

5

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

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Fortify

Fortify is a Boston-based 3D printing company that has the goal to enable fabrication of composites with optimized microstructures

5

Funding Rounds

$32.5m

Money raised

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Metamaterial Technologies

Metamaterial Technologies is a company using smart materials and photonics to create advanced materials for the aerospace industry.

9

Funding Rounds

$28.4m

Money raised

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PhaseCraft

PhaseCraft is company that is developing fundamental quantum theory and software for quantum computers.

5

Funding Rounds

$32.7m

Money raised

Full Cycle Bioplastics logo

Full Cycle Bioplastics

Full Cycle Bioplastics is a company that transforms waste into bioplastic

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

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Nanox Intelligent Materials

Nanox Intelligent Materials develops solutions for antimicrobial protection in the retail, food packaging, textile, architecture and design segments.

1

Funding Rounds

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StoreDot

StoreDot is an Isreal-based company focused on developing EV battery charging tools and technology.

7

Funding Rounds

$226.5m

Money raised

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ICON

ICON develops advanced construction technologies using 3D printing robotics, software, and advanced materials.

3

Funding Rounds

$244.0m

Money raised

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MycoTechnology

MycoTechnology is a privately owned company that was founded in 2013 and based in Aurora, Colorado.

15

Funding Rounds

$297.6m

Money raised

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Canatu

Canatu Oy's business is the production and sales of a new class of versatile carbon based components based on its novel NanoBud nanomaterial.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.3m

Money raised

Carbice logo

Carbice

Carbice is an Atlanta-based developer of heat dissipation solutions for smaller electronic devices.

3

Funding Rounds

$18.0m

Money raised

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Citrine Informatics

Citrine Informatics is a Redwood City, California-based company founded in 2013 by Greg Mulholland.

4

Funding Rounds

$55.6m

Money raised

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Advano

A company developing technology to increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries

5

Funding Rounds

$23.8m

Money raised

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UbiQD

UbiQD is a New Mexico-based company developing and manufacturing semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots for research applications.

8

Funding Rounds

$20.6m

Money raised

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V7

V7 is developing a platform for organizing data, labelling, training, deployment, and monitoring AI in production.

2

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

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Structur3d

A company making specialized hardware that enables 3D printing with soft materials like silicone, polyurethane, latex, biopolymers, conductive inks, icing sugar, and Nutella.

5

Funding Rounds

$100.9k

Money raised

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CELLUGY

Biotechnology startup creating sustainable materials using natural resources.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.7m

Money raised

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. logo

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. is a Calgary-based carbon capture and storage company developing technologies to turn the carbon into building materials.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Dreamweaver International

Dreamweaver International is a company that produces lithium-ion battery separators, founded by Brian Morin.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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Ionomr

Ionomr is a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen technologies including fuel cells, hydrogen fuel, and infrastructure and storage.

5

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

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LOLIWARE

LOLIWARE has pioneered the world's leading seaweed technology to replace single-use plastics. LOLIWARE's products harness LIST (LOLIWARE Intelligent Seaweed Technologies) to create single-use items designed to disappear. LOLIWARE is poised to completely replace single-use plastics beginning with the launch of the company's new seaweed-based straw in 2019. LOLIWARE's straw looks, feels, and acts like plastic, but is made from 100% food-grade materials. It is designed to disappear either through composting or natural processes.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

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Halion Displays

A company making display technologies requiring low power and have high daylight visibility.

1

Funding Rounds

$530.7k

Money raised

Lilac Solutions logo

Lilac Solutions

Lilac Solutions is a company founded in 2016 by David Snydacker.

6

Funding Rounds

$282.5m

Money raised

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Texas High Energy Materials, LLC

Texas High Energy Materials, LLC is a Cedar Park, Texas-based R&D firm and manufacturer of specialty chemicals and materials for military, aerospace, and other applications.

9

Funding Rounds

$2.7m

Money raised

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NuMat Technologies

NuMat Technologies is a company founded in 2013 by Benjamin Hernandez.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.4m

Money raised

Aeler Technologies logo

Aeler Technologies

AELER is a logtech company transforming containerized shipping.

4

Funding Rounds

$9.1m

Money raised

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Lingrove

Lingrove is a materials and design company focused on plant based fibers and resins. They produce Ekoa, a thermoplastic material.

2

Funding Rounds

$6.4m

Money raised

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ZwitterCo

ZwitterCo is a Massachusetts-based nanotechnological company.

3

Funding Rounds

$7.2m

Money raised

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Cosine Additive

Cosine is a company that focuses on building 3D printers and providing large-scale 3D printing services to individuals and businesses.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Phaseshift Technologies

Phaseshift is a company that develops novel high performance alloys.

1

Funding Rounds

$575.0k

Money raised

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VenoStent

Developing novel, bioresorbable smart polymers to transform vascular surgery

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Smart Planet Technologies logo

Smart Planet Technologies

Smart Planet Technologies is a Newport Beach, California-based provider of sustainable and environmental alternatives to rigid, flexible, liner and corrugated packaging applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$900.0k

Money raised

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Nanotronics Imaging

Nanotronics Imaging is a company founded in 2010.

2

Funding Rounds

$70.0m

Money raised

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Intellegens

Intellegens is an artificial Intelligence company founded by Ben Pellegrini.

1

Funding Rounds

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Coloursmith Labs Inc.

Developer of novel optical filtering materials intended to help the vision care industry. The company uses its proprietary technology to develop lens products, with applications ranging from eye safety to color enhancement.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

Lehigh Technologies logo

Lehigh Technologies

Lehigh Technologies is an Atlanta-based company focusing on chemical manufacturing.

1

Funding Rounds

$34.5m

Money raised

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CENS Materials

CENS is a company that develops technology for improving the energy and power of super-capacitors and lithium ion batteries.

2

Funding Rounds

$786.5k

Money raised

Roadmap Systems Limited logo

Roadmap Systems Limited

ROADMap Systems is a technology company.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

Powermers Inc. logo

Powermers Inc.

Powermers Inc is a company that produces high-capacity electrodes.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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TriboTEX

TriboTEX is a Colfax, Washington-based company founded in 2010 by Pavlo Rudenko.

4

Funding Rounds

$958.0k

Money raised

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SDCmaterials, Inc.

SDC Materials, Inc. is a company that designs and develops nanomaterials.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Essentium

Essentium is a company founded in 2018 by Lars Uffhausen, Blake Teipel, Erik Gjovik, Terry MacNeish, Brandon Sweeney, Elisa Teipel and Ryan Vano.

1

Funding Rounds

$22.2m

Money raised

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Accsys Technologies PLC

Accsys Technologies is a London-based manufacturer of modified wood products for the construction industry increasing the durability and stability over traditional material.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.9m

Money raised

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ALINA (company)

ALINA is an eco-technology for Sustainable Preservation founded in 2005 by Dāvids Štēbelis, Solvita Kostjukova and Ģirts Ozols.

2

Funding Rounds

$567.5k

Money raised

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Materialize.X

Materialize.X is a company founded by Haidin F. Rashid, Adrien Hitz and Fabio Fiorelli.

2

Funding Rounds

$85.5k

Money raised

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Chasm.io

Chasm.io is an online content marketing network.

1

Funding Rounds

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MITO Material Solutions

MITO Material Solutions is an Oklahoma-based company founded by Haley Marie Keith, Bhishma Sedai and Kevin Keith.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

InPilot logo

InPilot

InPilot is a Montreal-based company developing digital work instructions for frontline operations. It was founded in 2022 by Philippe Barraud.

1

Funding Rounds

$20.0k

Money raised

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Zenogen

Zenogen is a Sydney-based company founded in 2012 by Daniel Zafir.

1

Funding Rounds

$435.0k

Money raised

Connora Technologies logo

Connora Technologies

Connora Technologies is an Hayward, California-based company founded in 2011 by Rey Banatao.

1

Funding Rounds

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Nelumbo (company)

Nelumbo is an Hayward, California-based company founded in 2005 by Liam Berryman.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

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C3Nano

C3Nano develops transparent conductive ink and films for touchscreen and digital displays.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.7m

Money raised

Picasolar logo

Picasolar

Picasolar is a Fayetteville, Arkansas-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Dunia logo

Dunia

Dunia is an AI-powered new advanced materials discovery platform founded in 2022 by Marcus Tze-Kiat Ng, Ahmed S. M. Ismail and Alexander Hammer.

1

Funding Rounds

$11.5m

Money raised

Aeronics logo

Aeronics

Aeronics is a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 2017 by Blake Dube.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

NanoQuan logo

NanoQuan

NanoQuan is a Kitchener, Ontario-based advanced materials company founded by Ryan Gerakopulos.

1

Funding Rounds

$30.0k

Money raised

BeeMetal Corp. logo

BeeMetal Corp.

BeeMetal Corp. is a microscale powders manufacturer based in Pasadena, California founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

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MalibuIQ

Company

1

Funding Rounds

1

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised