69 Best Chemical Industry Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Chemical Industry Startups

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There are 96 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $42.0m.

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

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$12.5m

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A bio-based chemical manufacturer focusing on human and animal nutrition, health, and materials markets.

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$177.9m

Money raised

Pyrowave is a company founded by Jocelyn Doucet, Jamal Chaouki, and Jean-Philippe Laviolette.

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$635.4m

Money raised

Genomatica is a San Diego-based company founded in 2000 by Christophe Schilling.

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$474.1m

Money raised

Solugen is a speciality chemical manufacturing company developing aiming to replace petroleum-based chemicals with alternatives made from plant-based substitutes.

6

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$265.4m

Money raised

A New Zealand industrial biotechnology company developing a gas fermentation platform for converting concentrated industrial emissions into valuable chemicals.

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$1.6m

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Rahko is a company that is developing a quantum discovery platform for the chemical simulations.

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Roquette is a French company focused on the production of plant-based food and nutrition ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 1933 by Dominique & Germain Roquette, and is headquartered in Lestrem, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.

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$170.0m

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Agriculture company developing novel methods of pest control

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$23.5m

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Anellotech is a Pearl River, New York-based biorefinery company founded in 2008 by David Sudolsky.

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$9.0m

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A company developing carbon dioxide (CO2) reducing technology and converting CO2 and sunlight into organic compounds. It was founded in 2008 and is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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$2.8m

Money raised

A synthetic biology company building biosensors capable of measuring chemicals and small molecules within living cells.

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$40.5m

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Kebotix is a company using AI and robotics to brainstorm and then test new compounds.

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$158.0k

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SeeO2 Energy Inc. is a Calgary-based carbon capture and storage company converting capture carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals.

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Qu & Co is a company that offers quantum-computational chemistry as-a-service.

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$6.7m

Money raised

DyeCoo Textile Systems is a Weesp-based chemical company developing a water-free and chemical-free textile dyeing solution from waste CO2.

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$61.6m

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Global Bioenergies is a Évry, Essonne-based company founded in 2008.

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$61.0m

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Demetrix is a biotechnology company that uses genes found in natural medicines and introduces them to domesticated microbes, for example, the synthetic production of certain chemicals. Demetrix was founded by Dr Haseltine and Jay Keasling.

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$7.6m

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Botanical Solutions is a startup company that manufactures plant-based active ingredients and products from advanced botanicals.

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$900.0k

Money raised

Bacterial Robotics is a Cincinnati-based company.

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$16.4m

Money raised

Theion is a manufacturer of crystal-sulfur batteries founded in 2020 by Florian Ruess, Marek Slavik and Johannes Eisele.

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$423.3k

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MadeSolid is a company specializing in the development and production of resins and filaments for 3D printing.

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$184.9m

Money raised

Enveda Biosciences is a biotechnology company engineering new drugs from plants.

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$36.0m

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Power2SME is an India-based company founded in 2012.

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$4.0m

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ZymoChem is a biotechnology company developing microbes and bioprocesses for brewing. Harshal Chokhawala and Jon Kuchenreuther founded ZymoChem in 2013 and is based in Berkeley and Emeryville, California.

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$22.7m

Money raised

Averatek Corporation develops and licenses advanced manufacturing processes for a variety of electronic products including: very high density printed circuit boards, semiconductor packaging and RF and millimeter wave passive components. In addition, Averatek develops and sells the key chemistry that enables these advanced manufacturing processes.

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$28.8m

Money raised

Syzygy is a Houston, Texas-based decarbonization technology company developing a photocatalytic chemical reactor for the industrial gas, chemical, and energy industries.

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$10.0m

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Plastic company making low-emissions materials such as polyester-based thermoplastic polyurethanes.

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$2.9m

Money raised

SenzaGen AB is a Lunde, Sweden-based company founded by Malin Lindstedt.

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$25.5m

Money raised

Segetis is a Great Lakes, Midwestern US-based company founded in 2006 by Samir Kaul.

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$5.3m

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MetGen is a Kaarina-based chemical and enzyme company.

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$475.0k

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Dimensional Energy is an Ithaca, New York-based company using photochemistry to produce environmentally responsible polymers and chemicals for its industrial partners.

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$14.8m

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DyeMansion is a Munich-based company that specializes in finishing 3D printed works and products.

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$2.6m

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Botanisol Analytics provides Raman spectrometer technology to detect and quantify chemical compositions

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$14.4m

Money raised

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

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$5.1m

Money raised

Puralytics is a company founded by Mark Owen that develops technology on water purification.

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$20.0k

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Omizzur Peptide Ltd is a biotech company engaged in custom peptide synthesis.

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Funding Rounds

$39.7m

Money raised

Bio Architecture Lab is a company and pioneer in the application of synthetic biology.

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Funding Rounds

$38.6m

Money raised

A bio-renewable chemistry company developing and producing specialty chemicals using renewable feedstocks

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$72.0m

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Knowde is the online marketing platform dedicated to chemicals and ingredients.

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$9.0m

Money raised

Cyclopure develops adsorbents that remove forever chemicals and other micropollutants to make tap water safe.

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$41.0m

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INFICON Holding AG is a developing company of software of technology.

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$14.9m

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Nano-C is a company founded in 2001.

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$43.5m

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A plastic surgery company

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$1.1m

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Drone Amplified, Inc. is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based fire management drone technology company.

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$150.0k

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Chemical Technologies is a company that generates profit for manufacturing plants.

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$63.0m

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Customcells is one of the world's leading companies in the development of special lithium-ion battery cells.

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$28.8m

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Fabricnano is a cell-free chemical manufacturer to produce bio-based alternatives founded in 2019.

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$21.4m

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Carbios SA is a green chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.

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$4.5m

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Terraverdae Bioworks Limited is an Edmonton-based manufacturer of green materials and chemicals for the development of sustainable products.

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$1.2m

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Ampcera Inc. is a company founded by Alan Lin, Dawei Liu, Hui Du and Sumin Zhu.

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$3.1m

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De-Ice is developing an electric de-icing solution for aerospace industry.

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$14.7m

Money raised

Ioniqa Technologies is an Eindhoven-based company.

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$480.0k

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Sunthetics is a company founded in 2018 by Daniela Blanco.

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$2.9m

Money raised

Gentronix is a biotechnology company developing predictive toxicology technologies.

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$51.4m

Money raised

Silk Therapeutics, Inc. is a company founded in 2013.

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$10.0m

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UniSieve® is a Switzerland-based cleantech company providing sustainable molecular separation solutions for the chemical and energy industries.

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$1.4m

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A high-tech enterprise focused on developing new Li-ion battery and cobalt materials.

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$2.4m

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DAB specializes in the acceleration of fermentation

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$7.0m

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Kinnos is a company founded in 2014 by Kevin Tyan, Jason Kang and Katherine Jin.

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$15.0m

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Imergy Power Systems was a company providing energy storage solutions through vanadium redox batteries.

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Fluence Analytics is a New Orleans-based company in the chemical industry founded in 2012.

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$65.0m

Money raised

A biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics to treat depressive disorders

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$7.8m

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Galen manufactures composite nanonstructured polymer reinforced with basalt fiber.

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$5.0m

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Developer and operator of an online B2B market network designed to simplify the complexities of chemical industry trade through technology. The company helps the chemical industry navigate a fast-moving market by nurturing client relationships and securely expanding its reach.

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$6.3m

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Pro-Actina is a Marousi-based company developing research driven products and technologies for the life sciences sectors founded in 2006 by Alex Strongilos.

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Aea.ltd is devote to drug research and development, offering grams to kilograms of products, custom synthesis, and specialized design services. API CMO & CDMO ManufacturerWith over 9 years in Contract Customization,operates more than2 member factories.

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$567.5k

Money raised

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

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$85.5k

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

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Sicora Technologies Private Limited is a company that is involved in Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities

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