# MassChallenge's Chemicals & Materials Investments: 11 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 11 Chemicals & Materials startups MassChallenge has backed, by stage: $39M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/masschallenge-chemicals-materials-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Stage not reported 6 - [Biomicrogels Group](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomicrogels-group) - [Multiscale Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/multiscale-systems) - [Folia Materials](https://millionrounds.com/company/folia-materials) - [DropWise Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/dropwise-technologies) - [Guardion](https://millionrounds.com/company/guardion) - [Change Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/change-bio) ## Pre-seed and seed 3 - [PLASTICFRI](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasticfri) - [Treeless](https://millionrounds.com/company/treeless) - [Artaic](https://millionrounds.com/company/artaic) ## Series A 2 - [Naturbeads](https://millionrounds.com/company/naturbeads) - [Phase Two Chemicals](https://millionrounds.com/company/phase-two-chemicals) ## Segment by segment ### Stage not reported 6 startups · $7.7M raised - [**Biomicrogels Group**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomicrogels-group) Biomicrogels Group is the developer and patent holder for biomicrogels capable of addressing the global environmental problems United Kingdom $5.3M - [**Multiscale Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/multiscale-systems) Multiscale Systems is an advanced material manufacturing firm. United States $1.1M - [**Folia Materials**](https://millionrounds.com/company/folia-materials) Folia Materials: using paper as a super material United States $800K - [**DropWise Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dropwise-technologies) DropWise provides a breakthrough coating technology invented at MIT to protect industrial equipment from fouling and corrosion. United States $340K - [**Guardion**](https://millionrounds.com/company/guardion) Guardion is making the world safer from radiological and nuclear threats with quantum technology radiation detectors. United States $100K - [**Change Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/change-bio) Change Bio converts waste methane into proteins to make them more affordable and carbon-negative. United Kingdom $27K ### Pre-seed and seed 3 startups · $4.8M raised - [**PLASTICFRI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasticfri) GreenTech company from Sweden with a breakthrough technology turning agricultural waste to eco-friendly products for replacing plastics. Sweden $3.2M - [**Treeless**](https://millionrounds.com/company/treeless) Treeless is a Swiss cleantech startup and ETH Zurich spin-off, founded in May 2023 and based in Opfikon, Switzerland. Switzerland $1.5M - [**Artaic**](https://millionrounds.com/company/artaic) Artaic mass customization technologies, providing robotically assembled tile mosaics for the architecture and interior design industry. United States $50K ### Series A 2 startups · $27M raised - [**Naturbeads**](https://millionrounds.com/company/naturbeads) Naturbeads is scaling up the technology to manufacture cellulose beads and replace plastic microbeads intentionally added to many United Kingdom $15M - [**Phase Two Chemicals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/phase-two-chemicals) Phase Two Chemicals specializes in clean chemistry and industrial electrochemistry, focusing on on-site, on-demand hydrogen peroxi United States $12M **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Chemicals & Materials and has raised money in a round we track that names MassChallenge as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. 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