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Innovate UK's Chemicals & Materials portfolio
Innovate UK has backed 11 Chemicals & Materials startups in rounds we track, $400M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Metalchemy.
Funding by segment
- Stage not reported$392M7
- Pre-seed and seed$8.0M4
Where they are based
- United Kingdom11$400M
United KingdomFounded
2 without a founding year on record.
Total raised
- Under $1M2
- $1M to $10M6
- $10M to $50M2
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B1
- $1B and over0
Each dot is a startup: the year it was founded across, the total it has raised up (each line is ten times the one below). Pick a segment to pick it out.
9 of 11 startups shown; the rest have no founding year or amount on record.
- 1 to 2
- 3 to 7
- 8 to 24
- 25 to 99
- 100 and more
- United Kingdom11
Startups by country, 1 country in all.
Segment by segment
Stage not reported
7 startups · $392M raised
MetalchemyMetalchemy is a UK-based nanotechnology startup and chemical manufacturer focused on producing sustainable colloidal metals, incluUnited Kingdom$331M- IMIRRESISTIBLE MATERIALSBirmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom.United Kingdom$36M
OCEANIUMOceanium develops innovative, all-natural food and nutraceutical products and sustainable materials from sustainably-sourced seaweed.United Kingdom$19M
ChromatwistChromaTwist Ltd is a UK-based company that specializes in the manufacture of dyes and pigments.United Kingdom$2.3M
Integrals PowerIntegrals Power is a battery nanomaterial company.United Kingdom$2.2M
Cella EnergyCella Energy is an advanced materials and technologies company with first-mover advantage in hydrogen storage technology.United Kingdom$1.7M
New Wave BiotechNew Wave Biotech is a biotechnology software company based in Manchester, United Kingdom, founded in 2022.United Kingdom$164K
Pre-seed and seed
4 startups · $8.0M raised
NanomoxNanomox is a London-based sustainable chemistry startup founded in 2020.United Kingdom$4.2M
Dragonfly Advanced MaterialsDragonfly Advanced Materials is a UK-based company specializing in advanced materials, particularly as the sole producer of silicaUnited Kingdom$2.0M
Planet SmartPlanet Smart produces compostable, bio-based superabsorbent polymers for sustainable hygiene products, agriculture and mining waste.United Kingdom$1.0M
Dyman Advanced MaterialsDyman Advanced Materials is a synthetic diamond producer.United Kingdom$882K
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Chemicals & Materials and has raised money in a round we track that names Innovate UK as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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