New Materials Startups

Ocean Harvest Technology produces OceanFeed, a natural GMO-free seaweed-blend feed additive that acts as a prebiotic to support animal growth, gut health, and product quality. It serves feed manufacturers, livestock producers, aquaculture operations, equine and pet nutrition professionals, and animal nutrition distributors.

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Ocean Legacy Foundation recovers marine plastic debris from coastlines and waterways, collects it at Ocean Plastic Depots across Canada, and recycles it into Legacy Plastic pellets and products such as plastic lumber and park benches. It runs its EPIC program (Education, Policy, Infrastructure, Cleanup) and a plastic testing laboratory, focused on ending ocean plastic pollution and building a plastic circular economy.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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OCEANIUM develops functional seaweed-derived ingredients — including natural extracts for gut health and skincare, and a biodegradable water-based ink — for use in food, health, and materials applications. It supplies these bioactive ingredients to nutraceutical, cosmetics, and manufacturing companies.

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OceanSafe develops biodegradable, recyclable textile materials based on polymer science for a circular textile industry. Its OceanSafe Certified solution helps apparel and product brands create circular finished textile products.

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OCI Vacuum Microengineering Inc. manufactures surface analytical instruments for thin-film research, including Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), low energy electron diffraction (LEED), mass spectrometry, and ion and electron sources. Its tools serve materials science R&D applications such as epitaxy, magnetic thin films, molecular electronics, and photovoltaics.

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Octarine Bio is a synthetic biology company that uses cell-factory engineering, precision fermentation, and enzyme technology to produce bio-based ingredients such as textile dyes, skincare ingredients, and health supplements. Its PurePalette platform develops sustainable, nature-based dyes for the textile industry that can integrate into existing supply chains.

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Ocutec is a life sciences company developing advanced materials and technologies for contact lenses and ophthalmic applications. It works in the medical device and biomaterials space.

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Official OrganicsRx makes an OMRI-listed dry powder fertilizer formulated without animal waste or synthetics, containing minerals and nutrients to support yields of vegetables, herbs, fruit, flowers, trees, turf, and orchids. The product is intended for commercial and home garden use across greenhouse, container, and in-soil applications, indoors and outdoors.

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OliKrom develops color-intelligence materials with programmed color-change properties for industrial applications, including detection of overheating, impacts, hydrogen leaks, corrosion, wear indicators, anti-counterfeiting solutions, and adaptive coatings against solar heat. Founded in 2014, it serves large industrial companies in France and internationally with materials-science solutions supporting eco-innovation and smart-city development.

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Omni Tanker manufactures specialised tank containers, road tankers, and aerospace tanks using carbon fibre composite technology for the transport and storage of aggressive corrosive and high-purity chemicals, high-pressure gases such as hydrogen, and cryogenic fluids. Its products serve the chemical logistics, intermodal transport, and aerospace sectors.

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Opsydia is a laser technology company, spun out of the University of Oxford, that uses adaptive optic beam shaping to write features and optical waveguides in transparent materials such as glass. Its technology targets optical connectivity needs in AI and next-generation computing applications, enabling higher-density and more complex system designs.

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Optical Waters develops OptoStrand, a flexible side-emitting fiber that delivers UV-C germicidal light along its length to disinfect surfaces on contact. The fibers are aimed at applications such as marine antifouling, water systems, food and beverage processing, and medical devices where conventional UV lamps cannot reach.

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META (Metamaterial Technologies Inc.) invents, designs, and manufactures functional materials and intelligent surfaces, including nano-optic technology used for anti-counterfeiting security on government documents and currencies. It works as a platform technology company partnering with OEMs and brands across consumer electronics, 5G, batteries, aerospace, automotive, and clean energy.

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OQEMA distributes, markets and sells chemicals and ingredients, offering more than 15,000 products including raw materials, specialty chemicals and tailor-made formulations to processing industries. It acts as an interface between chemical manufacturers and industrial customers, providing procurement, formulation support, blending, regulatory expertise and logistics across Europe and 26 countries.

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Ora develops loudspeaker membranes made from graphene (GrapheneQ) that reduce harmonic distortion, lower power consumption, and increase sound pressure levels. Its acoustic material targets audio hardware makers across applications including gaming headsets, smartphones, laptops, home audio, automotive, and hearing aids.

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Ora develops graphene-based loudspeaker membranes (GrapheneQ) that reduce harmonic distortion, lower power consumption, and increase sound pressure levels for audio devices. Its technology targets applications including gaming audio, laptops, smartphones, home audio, automotive, hearing aids, and VR/AR.

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Orange Fiber produces sustainable textile fibers, yarn, and fabric made from citrus juice by-products ("pastazzo") for fashion brands and designers, extracting cellulose from citrus pulp at its Sicilian sites and processing it into fiber via a partnership with the Lenzing Group. The company holds a registered cellulose extraction license and trademark for its Made-in-Italy circular fabrics.

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Orbital Industries is an "AI Industrial" company that develops physical AI models—including AI-accelerated simulators and autoresearch agents for advanced materials—to speed up the design and manufacture of hardware products. Its first commercial products are new molecular classes for high-density GPU cooling in AI data centers, with plans to expand into energy, semiconductors, and other materials and machines.

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Orfoncé develops a wood-based bio-ink made from forestry residues for use in inkjet and flexographic printing on surfaces such as paper, cardboard, plastic, and metal. The ink is compostable and biodegradable, aimed at reducing the carbon footprint and pollution of printing and packaging.

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ORGANOID produces natural surface materials made from real plant materials such as flowers, moss, and leaves, used as wall coverings, wallpaper, or applied to wood, furniture, and glass for interior design. The products serve architects, interior designers, painters, decorators, and joiners for planning, furniture-making, and wall design projects.

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Orica manufactures and distributes commercial explosives, blasting systems, digital blast-design and monitoring software, and specialty mining chemicals such as sodium cyanide for mining, quarrying, construction, and infrastructure customers in over 100 countries. Founded in 1874 in Victoria, Australia, it operates across three segments: Blasting Solutions, Digital Solutions, and Specialty Mining Chemicals.

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Origin by Ocean harvests invasive algae blooms to create bio-based ingredients for cosmetics, food, and textile industries through a proprietary biorefining process. The company addresses ocean pollution and ecosystem degradation while producing sustainable, regenerative materials.

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Abyrx (Orthocon) develops a materials science platform focused on therapeutic surgical devices, including water-soluble, resorbable hemostatic bone putty products such as MONTAGE. Its products are used by surgeons in orthopedic, trauma, spine, sports medicine, cranial, maxillofacial, and cardiothoracic procedures.

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Oscillum develops biosensors and active packaging additives for food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products. Its technologies enable real-time product monitoring and extend shelf life by preserving freshness and quality.

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