New Materials Startups

Craste manufactures green building materials, eco-friendly paper, and packaging products from agricultural crop residue using patented circular fiber technology. The company serves architects, designers, and businesses seeking sustainable alternatives to traditional materials in India and globally.

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Creative Foam designs, engineers, and manufactures foam-based and material components across automotive/heavy truck, medical/healthcare, and lifestyle/industrial markets, including contract manufacturing for MedTech and healthcare companies. It offers in-house 3D CAD design, prototyping, on-site testing labs, and scaled production for custom parts.

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Creoptix, a Malvern Panalytical brand, develops bioanalytical instruments for molecular interaction analysis, including its WAVE biosensor system for real-time kinetics and affinity studies of molecules such as small molecules, peptides, and proteins. Its tools serve drug discovery and life sciences research for both industry and academia.

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CRH is a provider of building materials, products and services spanning aggregates, cementitious products, roads and water solutions. It serves transportation, water and reindustrialization construction projects internationally.

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Critical Materials Group manufactures and distributes military-grade explosive materials for defense arsenals, aiming to remove single points of failure in the supply chain. The company holds federal certifications required for producing and distributing such materials.

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Crossville manufactures high-performance porcelain tile available in a range of colors and finishes, marketed for high-traffic environments such as schools. The company operates in the building materials and construction products category.

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株式会社CrowdChem develops and sells software and provides data analysis and consulting services. The company operates in software and data analytics.

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Crystal Growth Solutions offers KGINSITE, a machine learning system (patent pending) that uses real-time data to guide crystal growth, predict outcomes, and reduce defects and production waste. It also provides technical troubleshooting and training for manufacturers transitioning from lab-scale to industrial-scale crystal production.

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Crystron Tech publishes technical analysis of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cathode manufacturing, examining how the olivine crystal structure drives process and quality-control complexity across cathode active material production. The content focuses on battery materials, supply chains, and materials innovation for the electric vehicle and energy storage industry.

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Cube Biotech develops the NativeMP™ platform, including Cubipol/SMALP copolymers and active full-length membrane protein targets, for isolating, purifying, and studying membrane proteins such as ion channels. It also offers custom protein services and bead functionalization used by research institutions for applications like antibody generation and Cryo-EM structural analysis.

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Cullbeck develops a hydrogen-based reactor that converts titanomagnetite (TTM) ironsand or crushed rock ore into Direct Reduced Iron in about 150 seconds, targeting the decarbonisation of steel production. The modular process is aimed at processing multi-billion tonne TTM resources across the APAC region and beyond.

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cunova is a manufacturer of copper-alloy products and solutions serving industrial, maritime, and melting & casting technology applications, including tube bundles for marine systems. Headquartered in Osnabrück, Germany, it operates through a global network of service divisions and distributors.

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CurTec manufactures high performance plastic packaging — drums, pails, and jars — for storing and transporting critical materials such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, specialty chemicals, and precious metals. It serves the life sciences and fine chemicals industries, with product lines including biobased, recycled, UV safe, conductive, and pharma grade options.

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Curve builds BIOBRIC, a modular production system for precision fermentation and cell cultivation designed to reduce the capital and operating costs of biomanufacturing for lower-margin industries such as food, cosmetics, materials, and functional ingredients. It combines hardware with data simulations for strain and process optimization, and licenses validated setups to producers scaling commercial protein and bioidentical ingredient production.

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Custom Agronomics is a custom manufacturer and private label partner that formulates and produces agricultural and turf inputs such as specialty nutrients, surfactants, and micronutrients for ag and turf distributors. It offers formulation development, in-house testing, flexible batch sizes, packaging, and branding support across the United States.

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Custom Profile designs and manufactures custom plastic profile extrusions for demanding applications, offering in-house tooling and ISO Class 8 cleanroom production. It serves industrial and engineering customers requiring tight tolerances and advanced materials across North America.

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Cutting Edge Coatings GmbH (CEC) builds ion beam sputtering (IBS) deposition systems for producing optical thin-film coatings, serving research and production customers in over 12 countries. Founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the Laser Zentrum Hannover, the company focuses on optical thin-film coating technology.

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CWP is a materials company that specializes in through-colored birch wood for furniture, flooring, acoustic panels, and architectural design elements, utilizing a proprietary low-impact coloring process.

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CyanoCapture develops a synthetic biology platform using genetically engineered photosynthetic cells that convert CO2 into high-value molecules such as enzymes, growth factors, peptides, bioplastics, and drug compounds. The company targets biomanufacturing and critical supply chain applications through a zero-sugar, CO2-based production process.

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CyCan Industries formulates, blends, and contract-packages chemical products in aerosol, liquid, and cylinder delivery systems, including private-label options for distributors and businesses. It also markets the Quality Aerosols line of adhesives, cleaners, and related products and offers custom formula and packaging services.

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Cyclicor is a deeptech material science company developing isocyanate-free and biobased polyurethanes. Its polymer materials are used for adhesives (hotmelt and liquid), coatings, elastomers, TPU, and foam.

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Cyclize develops a process that converts mixed waste and CO₂ into synthesis gas (syngas), replacing natural-gas-based syngas used in chemical processes. The company targets the chemical industry with defossilized feedstocks aimed at cost parity with fossil-derived syngas.

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Captisol is a pharmaceutical-grade sulfobutylether beta-cyclodextrin (SBECD), a derivatized beta cyclodextrin used to solubilize and stabilize difficult-to-deliver molecules across routes such as parenteral, oral, ophthalmic, nasal, and inhalation. Made by CyDex Pharmaceuticals (a Ligand company), it is used in approved therapeutics including remdesivir and carfilzomib, and is also explored for consumer health, supplements, and personal care products.

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cyment produces innovative raw material mixtures for ecological cement and concrete production, reducing CO₂ emissions in construction. The company serves concrete manufacturers and construction companies in Central Europe with sustainable binding agents.

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