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Techstars' Chemicals & Materials portfolio
Techstars has backed 11 Chemicals & Materials startups in rounds we track, $40M between them, shown by the stage each has reached. The best-funded is Phoenix Tailings.
Funding by segment
- Pre-seed and seed$15M7
- Stage not reported$25M4
Where they are based
- United States8$31M
- New Zealand1$5.1M
- Italy1$2.1M
- Singapore1$1.5M
United States
New Zealand
Italy
SingaporeFounded
Total raised
- Under $1M3
- $1M to $10M7
- $10M to $50M1
- $50M to $250M0
- $250M to $1B0
- $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.
11 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 States8
- New Zealand1
- Italy1
- Singapore1
Startups by country, 4 countries in all.
Segment by segment
Pre-seed and seed
7 startups · $15M raised
Mushroom MaterialWith the global shift towards sustainability, there is a demand for eco friendly materials.New Zealand$5.1M
SuntheticsSunthetics offers an easy-to-use machine-learning platform that enables up to 32x faster development of new medicine, materials, cUnited States$4.0M
MovopackMovopack is a Milan-based startup founded in 2021 that specializes in sustainable packaging solutions for the e-commerce and retail sectors.Italy$2.1M
Equatorial SpaceEquatorial Space Systems Pte Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Singapore, is a SpaceTech startup focused on developing hybrid-propSingapore$1.5M
CancrieCancrie Private Limited is a clean-tech and advanced materials startup founded in 2020 by Akshay Jain and Mahi Singh, based in JaiUnited States$1.2M
KWAMBIOKwambio is a 3D printing company based in Brooklyn, New York, specializing in ceramics.United States$650K
TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation Inc.TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation, Inc.United States$535K
Stage not reported
4 startups · $25M raised
VartegaVartega is an environmental services company founded in 2014, based in Denver, Colorado.United States$13M
LoomiaLOOMIA makes a new form-factor of the circuit, a soft circuit (e-textile) system, that can be used to power soft goods.United States$9.5M
EcolectroBringing scalable, low-cost, clean green hydrogen energy to the very near future.United States$2.3M
GuardionGuardion is making the world safer from radiological and nuclear threats with quantum technology radiation detectors.United States$100K
How this map is made. Every startup here works in Chemicals & Materials and has raised money in a round we track that names Techstars as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.
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