Material Bank
216 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
Material Bank operates an online platform for searching and ordering material samples, offering 500,000+ products across 300+ categories from hundreds of brands, delivered in a single carbon-neutral box. It serves a community of architects and interior designers while providing brands with lead generation and sample logistics.
Also known as Material Bank
Founders & leadership
Investors · 5
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Material Bank operates a digital platform for searching, sampling and specifying architectural and interior design materials. Members can search across hundreds of participating brands and thousands of materials, saving products to boards, organizing them by project, collaborating with colleagues, and then ordering samples for an entire board at once. The catalog spans more than 500,000 products across 300+ categories, with 35 material categories and 650+ brands available for sampling.
The service is positioned around logistics speed and consolidation: orders placed by midnight arrive in a single box by 10:30 a.m. the following morning, and sampling is free for architects and designers. The platform also includes direct messaging with brand representatives so specifiers can obtain product details, lead times and quotes, with correspondence kept in one place. Sustainability features include 100% carbon-neutral shipping, sample reclamation, consolidated packaging, search filters for Environmental Product Declarations and CDPH-compliant products, a stated commitment to net zero by 2040, and a continuing-education webinar series on sustainable specifying.
Business model
Membership on the platform is free for architects and interior designers; manufacturers pay to participate as brand partners, gaining access to specifier leads, sample logistics and reclamation services, and brand exposure.
Revenue comes from manufacturers participating as brand partners rather than from the free designer and architect user base.
Traction
The platform reports a community of more than 120,000 designers and architects, 650+ participating brands, and thousands of new specifiers each month.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Positions itself as a platform for material search and sampling serving the architecture and interior design specification market on behalf of hundreds of manufacturer partners.
Consolidation of samples from many brands into a single overnight, carbon-neutral shipment, free access for specifiers, cross-brand search in one interface, and sample reclamation for manufacturers.
Technology
A search platform that executes queries across hundreds of brands and thousands of materials, with board creation, collaboration and saving tools, brand-rep messaging, and filtering by sustainability credentials such as EPDs and CDPH compliance, supported by overnight consolidated sample fulfillment.
Go-to-market
Self-service online sign-up for designers and architects, promotional incentives for first orders, a separate brand-partner track for manufacturers, trade-show presence such as KBIS 2024, and educational CEU webinar programming.
Architects and interior designers who research and specify materials, and materials manufacturers seeking exposure to specifiers.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsMaterial Bank promoted a presence at the KBIS 2024 trade show, inviting attendees to booth W1456 or scheduled meetings.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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primary sources listed
- Material Bankmaterialbank.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Material Bank do?
- Material Bank runs a free platform where architects and designers search and order material samples delivered overnight in one box.
- Who founded Material Bank?
- Material Bank was founded by Adam I. Sandow, Farshid Tafazzoli.
- Who are Material Bank's investors?
- Material Bank's investors include Advance Venture Partners, IPD Capital, 9Yards Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Starwood Capital Group.