New Materials Startups
2,486 companies tagged New Materials, with their investors and founders.
Coroyawa is a specialized flooring material designed to reduce fracture and trauma risk for elderly users by combining stable walking comfort with impact absorption during falls. The product uses mechanical metamaterial technology to remain firm during normal walking while deforming to absorb shock upon impact, targeting hospitals and care facilities in Japan.
7 investors
Molten Industries develops chemical reactor technology that splits natural gas into hydrogen and graphite using electrical resistive heating for battery anode production and industrial hydrogen supply. The company serves battery manufacturers and heavy industry (steel, chemicals, fertilizers) seeking lower-cost, US-made graphite and hydrogen production.
7 investors
one.five offers Quartermaster, an AI-powered packaging platform that helps brands assess product-market fit and choose packaging solutions balancing performance, sustainability, and cost. It also provides ready-to-use packaging developed to meet product needs, cost targets, and global standards.
7 investors
Simplify manufactures fabric and soft goods using proprietary bio-based materials and additive manufacturing techniques that eliminate traditional spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing processes. The company targets the soft goods industry with sustainable material formulations.
7 investors
Sun Metalon develops sustainable metal manufacturing processes to reduce the environmental impact of metal production. The company serves the metal manufacturing industry with technologies designed to fundamentally change conventional production methods.
7 investors
Svante makes solid-sorbent filters and modular machines that capture and remove CO2 from industrial flue gas and the air, concentrating it to pipeline-grade purity for storage or reuse. Its carbon capture technology, based on metal-organic frameworks, targets heavy-emitting, hard-to-decarbonize industries.
7 investors
Vestaron develops peptide-based insecticides derived from naturally-occurring peptides such as those found in spider venom, produced through fermentation, offering new modes of action for crop protection. Its SPEAR brand products target pests on high-value crops for growers in the agriculture and food industries with reduced impact on pollinators and the environment.
7 investors
Aepnus is developing a sulfate recycling process that regenerates chemicals on-site from sodium sulfate waste, with a planned demonstration-scale plant designed to process over 500 tonnes of sodium sulfate annually. The technology targets industrial customers seeking on-site chemical regeneration and waste valorization.
6 investors
Anaphite develops a dry battery electrode manufacturing technology that combines electrode materials into a single engineered "Dry Coating Precursor" (DCP) powder optimised for high-speed dry-coating production lines. It works as a development partner with battery OEMs, cell manufacturers, equipment makers, and material suppliers to cut costs and emissions in electrode production.
6 investors
AstroForge builds low-cost spacecraft for tracking and mining metal-rich asteroids in deep space, targeting platinum group metals extraction for industrial and space applications.
6 investors
Avantium develops innovative plant-based materials designed to replace fossil fuel-derived chemicals and advance the transition to a circular economy. The company serves the chemical industry by enabling de-fossilization through sustainable material alternatives.
6 investors
BRIK operates a network of ready-mix concrete batching plants across the greater Jakarta area and West Java, supplying concrete (BRIK Mix) for construction projects. It serves construction and building projects in Indonesia through multiple plant locations in Tangerang, Bekasi, Bogor, Jakarta, Karawang, Depok, and Bandung.
6 investors
Cambrium designs and produces enzymes, polymers, and peptides using a molecular design platform and biological systems, aiming to create high-performance materials. It serves multiple industries including textiles, automotive, cosmetics, and construction where material performance is a priority.
6 investors
Circ develops recycling technology that breaks down textile waste, including poly-cotton blends, to recover fibers for producing new materials such as pulp used by fiber manufacturers and apparel brands. The company partners with fiber producers and fashion brands to enable circular production of clothing.
6 investors
Cocoon develops low-carbon construction materials, including LoopCem, a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) made by valorizing electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag to reduce concrete emissions. It serves the construction and cement industry with the aim of enabling net-zero building.
6 investors
Coreshell develops silicon-based battery materials using metallurgical silicon, an unprocessed natural form of silicon, as a lower-cost anode material for EV batteries. The company positions its technology as a more economical alternative to synthetic silicon for scaling energy storage.
6 investors
Earthodic develops bio-based coatings for the paper industry that can be applied using existing equipment, helping companies transition to circular production models. Its customers include paper manufacturers, paper coaters, packaging companies, and consumer brands.
6 investors
FairCraft develops lab-grown leather produced from cells and proteins through a material discovery platform, offering an animal-free alternative with low environmental impact. The company creates cell-based materials that brands can fine-tune for touch, feel, and transformability properties.
6 investors
Halo Industries produces silicon carbide (SiC) wafers using a laser-cutting process that reduces bow, warp, and subsurface damage, offering multiple quality grades for MOSFET production, diode production, R&D, and mechanical use. It also provides laser wafering as a service, including slicing, grinding, chemical mechanical polishing, and metrology, plus custom wafering solutions for specific materials and geometries.
6 investors
Healionics develops STARgraft, a synthetic vascular graft built on its STAR biomaterial scaffold that resists occlusion and infection to create a reliable bloodstream access site for kidney dialysis patients. The device has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation and targets the treatment of kidney failure through dialysis.
6 investors
Inhibit Coatings develops antimicrobial coatings and additives that use silver permanently bound to polymer resin to inhibit bacterial growth without leaching. Its products target hygiene needs in healthcare, food processing, and public spaces, with availability in Australia and New Zealand.
6 investors
Kubik operates a circular economy model that turns urban waste, including plastic, into low-carbon building materials for industries such as cement, working with cities and municipalities to improve waste management. It runs in Ethiopian cities including Harar and Dire Dawa, with a focus on African cities.
6 investors
Magrathea develops a new electrolytic process to produce magnesium metal from seawater and brines, aiming to establish American and Western supply of this defense-critical material currently dominated by China.
6 investors
Mariana Minerals is a vertically integrated minerals supplier that uses software to source critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies.
6 investors