New Materials Startups

KWI develops and supplies polymer solutions, including thermoset, thermoplastic, elastomer and rubber polymers made from virgin and recycled materials, with specialized expertise in nano-additives and their dispersion and surface functionalization. It provides ready-to-process one-pack polymers, nano-additive concentrates, colorants, and custom processing machinery for manufacturers.

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Kymera International produces specialty metals and materials, including metal powders and pastes, titanium and master alloys, surface coating technologies, silicon carbide technical ceramics, and KDF water filtration media. It serves industrial customers across sectors such as aerospace, metallurgy, abrasives, and water treatment through a group of manufacturing brands.

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Lab 91 develops semiconductor processes and devices based on 2D materials such as MoS2. It focuses on advancing the semiconductor industry's adoption of 2D materials.

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Lacerta is a plastic packaging manufacturer that designs and produces custom PET food packaging, including film-sealable and tamper-resistant containers for fresh foods like salads and snacks. It offers integrated manufacturing and sustainability-focused materials made with post-consumer recycled plastic.

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Lactips produces natural, biobased polymers derived from protein that are biodegradable and water-soluble, addressing microplastic pollution across industrial applications. The company offers CareTips®, a ready-to-use granule, and Enosis®, a line of biodegradable compounds for manufacturing and packaging.

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LAM-X develops nanofiber materials using patented light-activated photosensitizer technology that generates reactive oxygen species to kill microorganisms, applied to antimicrobial textiles and medical devices such as intravenous catheter dressings. It also produces life science products including a biodegradable universal Western Blot membrane (VerdiBlot) for protein analysis, with applications spanning medical devices, food packaging, crop protection, and water filtration.

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LAM'ON develops bio-based, industrially compostable laminating and packaging films as alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, including thermal shrink films and protective packaging films. It serves businesses seeking eco-friendly, low-carbon packaging and lamination that integrates with standard machinery.

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Lannray develops organic flexible electrochromic dimming film that combines with glass to produce smart glass, allowing color and light transmission to be adjusted and heat radiation to be selectively absorbed or reflected. Its technology is applied to automotive (sunroofs, side/rear windows, dashboard trim), architectural glass curtain walls, and 3C consumer products such as ski/cycling goggles and future AR glasses.

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Latrobe Magnesium (ASX: LMG) is an ASX-listed company that uses a patented combined hydrometallurgical extraction and thermal reduction process to extract magnesium metal and by-products from fly ash, a brown coal power plant waste. It operates a demonstration plant in Victoria's Latrobe Valley and is developing larger commercial and international magnesium production plants.

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Laurus Bio, a subsidiary of Laurus Labs, is a biomanufacturing company using precision fermentation and recombinant DNA technology to produce animal-origin-free recombinant proteins, growth factors, and cell-culture media supplements. It serves the biopharma, cultured meat, and cell-culture markets and offers CDMO precision fermentation services to protein companies and bio-manufacturers across healthcare, food, nutrition, personal care, and bio-based materials.

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Layer One Materials is a Norwegian manufacturer of advanced material additives, producing graphene, graphene oxide, and POSS (Polyhedral Oligomeric SilSesquioxanes) materials with tailored surface chemistry. It supplies these materials, including reduced graphene oxide for conductive inks used in electronics and printed sensors, from its production facility at Herøya, Norway.

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Leaked Labs is a cosmetics company whose debut product is a flexible, pigmented powder disc for makeup application. The product is designed to bend and reform rather than sit in a traditional compact pan.

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Lectrolyst develops patented electrolyzer technology that converts carbon dioxide emissions into multi-carbon chemicals such as acetate and ethylene, partnering with carbon emitters and chemical consumers to produce everyday products including edible protein and plastics. A University of Delaware spin-off founded in 2018, it operates in the carbon capture and utilization space.

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LEFMEDPACKS operates a purpose-built plant that produces sterilizable medical flexible packaging, using coating, printing and slitting equipment in a controlled clean production environment. It serves the medical industry worldwide through a dedicated sales team and a network of local conversion partners.

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Lefebvre Industri-AL provides services to the aluminum industry, specializing in the management of alloying elements and the recycling of residues from aluminum production. It serves aluminum smelters (alumineries) in Quebec, Canada.

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Legacy Watercare Innovations develops wastewater remediation and environmental technology, including a fluid treatment system, dosing equipment, and nanotechnology-based flocculation and pathogen-removal products (such as VTA Nanofloc and VTA Hydroprompt FORTE). It serves municipal wastewater and industrial produced water customers with tailored treatment solutions.

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Leirvik is an EPC provider that designs and builds aluminium living quarters, helidecks, and related modules and equipment for the offshore energy industry, serving the oil, gas, and wind sectors. Its use of aluminium is aimed at reducing weight and lifecycle cost for customers.

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Lemna Labs develops natural active and functional ingredients derived from duckweed for use in cosmetic and personal care formulations. The company focuses on plant-based innovation combining efficacy, sustainability, and supply chain independence.

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Leviat manufactures engineered lifting, connecting, and anchoring products for the construction and civil engineering industries, including reinforcing, framing, façade fixing, formwork, and concrete connection systems. It serves residential, non-residential, and infrastructure construction projects and provides technical design support and digital engineering tools such as calculation software and BIM objects.

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Liatris develops high-performance building insulation based on patented nanopore composites that are non-flammable, moisture-resistant, non-toxic, and non-petroleum based. The products target advanced building construction for businesses and consumers, and can be installed using standard insulation board methods.

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Liberty Tire Recycling collects and processes scrap automobile, truck, and off-road tires, reclaiming rubber and turning it into recycled products such as mulch for customers seeking American-made recycled materials. It operates in tire recycling and the circular economy, offering collection services and R&D-driven recycled rubber products.

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Lifelet Medical develops heart valve leaflets made from a fully synthetic, polymer-based material that is free from animal tissue, aimed at improving valve durability and clinical outcomes. The company targets the prosthetic heart valve market with a product intended to reduce manufacturing costs and avoid re-do procedures.

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LiGenerate develops Solid State Reduction, a modular low-temperature refining process (the LiGen Cell) that converts metal oxides and sulfides into high-purity elemental metals for mining companies and battery recyclers. It recovers critical metals such as tantalum, antimony, germanium, cobalt, nickel, and lithium, including from recycled battery black mass, to support localized, closed-loop critical mineral supply chains.

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Light Polymers develops a self-aligning lyotropic liquid crystal technology used to make direct-coatable polarizers, targeting applications such as flexible and foldable OLED displays and wafer-level sensor optics. The company sells its coatable materials into the display and optics industries.

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