New Materials Startups

Material Futures develops all-natural colours produced by microorganisms.

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Material Impact is a venture firm that builds and backs deep tech companies based on material science innovations. Its portfolio includes startups in robotics, agtech, AI vision, and advanced metals.

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Material Science develops OLED materials, with additional business areas in semiconductors and secondary batteries. Its technical work spans material development, synthesis, sublimation purification, and device evaluation, with products applied to mobile, TV, and IT displays.

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MaterializeX develops bio-adhesive products for the engineered wood and wood panel industry, using chemistry, biochemistry, and data science to create pollutant-free alternatives.

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Materium Technologies applies machine learning and materials science to develop sustainable nanocomposite films for advanced technology applications. Founded in 2024, it operates in the materials science field.

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Matium is an online industrial marketplace for buying and selling plastics, including virgin resins, recycled polymers, engineering plastics, rubber, compounds, and packaging-grade materials. It serves plastics buyers and sellers with tools for listings, auctions, RFQs, market intelligence, credit and financing, freight, and guaranteed transactions.

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Johnson Matthey is a company specializing in platinum group metals (PGMs), applying, refining, and recycling these metals for customers across multiple industries. It provides related technologies and materials solutions and has a history spanning more than two centuries.

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Mattrix Technologies develops a pixel architecture that lets OLED displays be manufactured on conventional LCD backplane production lines, reducing capital expenditure and production costs. It targets display manufacturers, with claims of fewer process steps, higher yields, and lower costs.

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Mauvilac is a paint brand offering products such as interior and exterior wall, ceiling, and specialty coatings, sold through an online shop with store pickup options. It markets a range of colored paints to consumers in Mauritius.

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MaxFlow provides saltwater disposal well (SWD) services and chemical treatments for oil and gas operators, focused on reducing solids, improving oil recovery, and addressing scale, bacteria, corrosion, and paraffin issues. Founded in 2011, it operates across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, North Dakota, and Montana in the United States.

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MBA Polymers recycles plastics from end-of-life durable goods such as computers, electronics, appliances, and automobiles, producing engineered plastics made from 100% post-consumer recycled material. Founded in 1997, it operates production units across Germany, Austria, China, India, and the United Kingdom.

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Measurlabs provides accredited laboratory testing services for R&D, quality control, and regulatory compliance across polymers, packaging, food, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and construction materials. The company serves over 1,000 customers globally through ISO 17025-accredited testing facilities and centralized sample hubs in Helsinki, Cambridge, and Palo Alto.

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Meatless produces texturized plant-based ingredients based on hydrocolloid technology, used to improve the texture, mouthfeel, and stability of vegetarian and vegan meat and fish alternatives. The company sells these ingredients to food manufacturers worldwide and operates as a brand of BENEO.

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Mecatera operates a global B2B marketplace for containerized industrial raw materials, including polymers (PE, PP, PVC, PS, PET), chemicals, masterbatches, and fillers, connecting registered buyer companies with vetted original producers and global trading companies. The platform offers instant pricing and purchasing, verified suppliers, real-time shipment tracking, and centralized documents for cross-border CIF orders.

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Xtremity makes the XtremityTT, a thermoformable definitive prosthetic socket system built from an injection-molded, carbon-reinforced polymer preform that clinicians can heat, form, and assemble in about an hour and re-adjust via spot-heating. It is sold to orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) providers treating transtibial (below-knee) amputees.

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Megadyne provides customised power transmission and conveyor belting solutions for industries including food, packaging, hygiene, and aluminium extrusion, offering belts engineered to withstand high temperatures, resist abrasion, and support demanding operating conditions.

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Meijo Nano Carbon produces high-purity carbon nanotubes with semiconductor properties, utilizing synthesis, purification, separation, and dispersion technologies for applications requiring strength, conductivity, and semiconducting characteristics.

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MemPro produces high-surface-area metal oxides embedded on nanofibers for use in energy harvesting and storage, filtration, sensors, electronics, and pharmaceutical/chemical catalysis applications. The technology reduces the cost of metal oxide deployment through increased surface area.

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Merdeka Battery Materials produces battery raw materials, focusing on nickel processing and downstream operations along the electric vehicle battery value chain, with strategically located assets in Sulawesi. The company aims to be a vertically integrated global supplier of battery raw materials based in Indonesia.

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Mesosil develops a silica-based nanostructured platform (Mesosil® 500) that enables high-capacity delivery and sustained release of bioactive agents for infection prevention in medical materials. Its technology is applied to dental materials to reduce recurrent tooth decay and is under evaluation for medical devices, orthopedics, and implantable devices.

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MetaCycler develops cost-effective bioplastics by using microbes to convert dairy and other agricultural and food waste into plastic materials. The company works within a circular bio-economy to produce biodegradable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics.

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Metalchemy provides materials innovation and green chemistry services, using a patented green synthesis platform to develop non-toxic materials with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties that replace harmful chemicals and extend shelf life. It serves customers in fresh food packaging, fashion and beauty, healthcare, textiles, agriculture, and raw ingredients, offering R&D, scale-up, regulatory support, and contract manufacturing.

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Metalenx develops metalens (metasurface optics) technology and products, including offerings for automotive electronics (METAELEC) and industrial inspection thermal imaging (Thermometa). The company provides custom optical solutions from requirement consultation through design, sampling, testing, and delivery.

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Metalico is a ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal processor serving customers across several U.S. states including New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Mississippi. It operates in the recycling and materials processing industry as a member of the YeChiu Group.

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