69 Best Nanotechnology Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Nanotechnology 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 247 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $80.4m.

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

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Amprius logo

Amprius

Amprius is a Fremont, California-based nanotechnology company developing silicon nanowires for lithium-ion batteries and founded by Mark Platshon and Yi Cui.

6

Funding Rounds

$98.9m

Money raised

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Nanosys

Nanosys designs and manufactures nanotechnology materials to improve display color performance and batteries.

14

Funding Rounds

$254.3m

Money raised

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a research laboratory that aims to advance scientific discovery in the fields of data science, biology, and Earth sciences for the US government and the private sector.

1

Funding Rounds

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Via Separations

Via Separations is a Watertown, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2016 by Shreya Dave.

5

Funding Rounds

$43.9m

Money raised

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Zeta Energy

Zeta Energy is a Houston, Texas-based company that develops lithium-sulfur batteries.

1

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

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Ligandal

Nanomedicine company developing vaccines and therapies with cell-specific targeting.

6

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

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Molecular Imprints

Molecular Imprints is a company that developed nano-imprint lithography systems founded in 2001 by Dr. S.V. Sreenivasan.

6

Funding Rounds

$66.4m

Money raised

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies

DNA sequencing company specializing in rapid long-read sequencing through nanopores.

15

Funding Rounds

$1.1b

Money raised

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Nantero

A technology that designs carbon nanotube electronics, which can be used as memory devices. It was founded in 2001 and is located in Woburn, Massachusetts.

10

Funding Rounds

$133.6m

Money raised

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Agnikul Cosmos

A space technology company making customizable 2 stage launch vehicles.

4

Funding Rounds

$17.7m

Money raised

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Nanosolar (company)

An nanotechnology company with focus on developing solar products. It was founded in 2002 and closed in 2013.

6

Funding Rounds

$490.0m

Money raised

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Qd Vision, Inc.

QD Vision is a nanotechnology products company delivering display and lighting solutions for televisions. It was acquired by Samsung in 2016.

19

Funding Rounds

$232.0m

Money raised

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Coreshell Technologies

Coreshell Technologies is engineering liquid-deposited nanolayer coatings for Lithium Ion Batteries.

3

Funding Rounds

$27.8m

Money raised

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Nanome

Nanome is a company developing software for life sciences, materials sciences and nano-engineering with the use of virtual reality and blockchain technology.

4

Funding Rounds

$6.4m

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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Intrinsiq Materials

Intrinsiq Materials was a company manufacturing highly functional electronic inks for use in printed electronics applications. It was acquired by Novacentrix in 2018.

5

Funding Rounds

$8.2m

Money raised

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Crystal IS

Crystal IS manufactures high-performance deep UV (UVC) LEDs for water and surface disinfection, monitoring, and sterilization applications in a variety of industries.

5

Funding Rounds

$26.7m

Money raised

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Wyss Institute at Harvard

An institute for research at Harvard University for developing bioinspired materials and medical devices.

1

Funding Rounds

$37.0m

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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Structured Materials Industries, Inc.

Structured Materials Industries, Inc. is a Piscataway, New Jersey-based semiconductors company founded in 1993.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0m

Money raised

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Agrivida

An agricultural biotechnology company producing renewable, biomass-based fuels and raw materials

5

Funding Rounds

$65.4m

Money raised

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Liquipel

Liquipel is a manufacturer of nanotechnology products that claims to provide super-hydrophobic protection and corrosion resistance to a variety of products, including smartphones, ear buds and headphones, tablets and other mobile electronics.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Nanomix

Nanomix is a Emeryville, California-based medical diagnostics company developing mobile point-of-care diagnostic tools.

6

Funding Rounds

$49.3m

Money raised

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Hamamatsu Photonics

Hamamatsu Photonics is a technology developing company.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Sila Nanotechnologies

Sila Nanotechnologies is an Alameda, California-based company engineered materials company focused on improving energy storage.

4

Funding Rounds

$875.0m

Money raised

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Sylvatex

Sylvatex is a company that develops renewable materials through their nano-chemistry platform

3

Funding Rounds

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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

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Mekonos

Mekonos is a company that creates cell-engineering platforms

3

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

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NBD Nanotechnologies

NBD Nanotechnologies is a company that provides coatings to surfaces

3

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

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Oxford PV Limited

Oxford PV is a London-based developer of perovskite thin-film solar cells.

12

Funding Rounds

$187.2m

Money raised

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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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Nanovis

Nanotechnology based implants. NANOVIS is a rapidly growing nanotechnology surface company. NanoVIS Ti Surface Technology received FDA nanotechnology designation and is cleared on commercially pure titanium and titanium alloy implants.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

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Silatronix

Silatronix is a Madison, Wisconsin-based company founded in 2007 by Robert Hamers and Robert West.

12

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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das-Nano

das-Nano is a Spain-based company founded by Eduardo Azanza Ladron.

1

Funding Rounds

$60.5k

Money raised

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Miasolé

Miasolé is a thin-film solar producer founded in 2004.

3

Funding Rounds

$191.0m

Money raised

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H2nanO

H2nan0 is a Kitchener, Ontario-based water purification company using light to treat water contamination.

3

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Anyon Systems

A company making quantum electronic design automation toolkits for designing and optimizing nano and quantum electronics.

1

Funding Rounds

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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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INanoBio

INanoBio a nano-biotechnology company based in Phoenix Arizona, a spin-off founded to commercialize FDEC FET nanosensor technology invented at Arizona State University.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.3m

Money raised

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Exabyte.io

Exabyte.io is a San Francisco-based company founded by Timur Bazhirov in 2014.

3

Funding Rounds

$850.0k

Money raised

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BeDimensional

BeDimensional is a graphene and 2D materials producer founded in 2016 by Vittorio Pellegrini.

3

Funding Rounds

$10.6m

Money raised

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QD Laser, Inc

QD Laser, Inc. is a company that produces and distributes laser semiconductor devices.

8

Funding Rounds

$59.8m

Money raised

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NevadaNano

NevadaNano is a Sparks, Nevada-based technology company that develops and manufactures microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensor modules and subsystems for commercial and government applications.

3

Funding Rounds

$53.1m

Money raised

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Naco

Nano-coating solutions provider for green energy systems.

3

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

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CytoViva, Inc

CytoViva technology is focused on providing researchers with advanced nanoscale optical and hyperspectral microscopy systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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Digilens, Inc

Digilens, Inc is a company based in Silicon Valley that makes optical waveguides for customizable extended reality (XR) hardware and software.

6

Funding Rounds

$160.0m

Money raised

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Nexeon

Nexeon is a silicon anodes for next generation lithium-ion batteries founded in 2004 by Paul Atherton.

5

Funding Rounds

$331.9m

Money raised

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Cellino

Cellino (also known as Cellino Biotech) is a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company.

6

Funding Rounds

$93.1m

Money raised

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Precision NanoSystems

Precision NanoSystems is a genetic medicines company that has a full-stack technologies and solutions.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.2m

Money raised

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Dust Identity

Dust Identity is a logistic and object tracking company founded by Ophir Gaathon.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.3m

Money raised

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PDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

PDX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company in the pharmaceuticals industry founded by Wassana Yantasee in 2010.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.6m

Money raised

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Nano Terra

A company developing nano and microtechnology for electronic displays, fuel cells, sensors and solar power devices

6

Funding Rounds

$52.4m

Money raised

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EternoGen

EternoGen is a skin products company

1

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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Vorbeck Materials

Vorbeck Materials is a Jessup, Maryland-based company founded by John S. Lettow.

11

Funding Rounds

$45.9m

Money raised

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Berkeley Design Automation

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is a leader in nanometer circuit verification.

7

Funding Rounds

$38.4m

Money raised

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Exogenesis

Exogenesis is a Billerica, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2005.

3

Funding Rounds

$27.8m

Money raised

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Simpore

Simpore is a New York-based nanotechnology company founded in 2007 by Thomas Gaborski, James Roussie and James L. McGrath.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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LocatorX

LocatorX provides a tracking, security and validation platform solution for product manufacturers and suppliers.

7

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

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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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Surrey Nanosystems

Surrey NanoSystems develops and manufactures nanoscale materials for engineering and product applications.

2

Funding Rounds

$11.2m

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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Kuprion Inc.

Kuprion develops and manufactures conductive pastes and inks based on its proprietary, nanotechnology-based ActiveCopper™ solution.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

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Sixfold Bioscience

Sixfold Bioscience is a biotechnology firm focused on advancing RNA therapies founded in 2017 by Anna Perdrix Rosell, Zuzanna Brzosko and George Foot.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Nano Dimension

Nano Dimension is a manufacturer of additive manufacturing systems and provider of additive fabrication services.

5

Funding Rounds

$37.3m

Money raised

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Platypus Technologies

Platypus Technologies, LLC is a comany that priovides support to scientists who push the boundaries of discovery.

5

Funding Rounds

$8.9m

Money raised

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AegiQ

AegiQ is a spin-off from The University of Sheffield founded in 2019. AegiQ's focus on high-performance quantum photonic applications with its core technology being in semiconductor-based deterministic and indistinguishable single-photon sources.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.4m

Money raised

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Daphne Technology

Daphne Technology is an air emissions control system founded in 2017 by Juan Mario Michan.

4

Funding Rounds

$23.5m

Money raised

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NanoInk

A technology company that develops nanometer-scale applications for life science and semiconductor industries

7

Funding Rounds

$195.0m

Money raised