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We’ve ranked the top 20 Nanotechnology companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Nanotechnology Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Mat3ra.com
Mat3ra.com powers the adoption of materials modeling to design and discover advanced materials and chemicals from the nanoscale.
Founder(s): Timur Bazhirov
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Nanotechnology
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Mekonos
Mekonos creates a proprietary cell-engineering platform designed for cell therapies on a chip.
Founder(s): Anil Narasimha, Greg Sitters, Milad Alucozai, Steven Banerjee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Life Science, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Semiconductor
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GraphWear Technologies
The world’s first needle free continuous health monitoring platform
Founder(s): Rajatesh Gudibande, Saurabh Radhakrishnan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Health Care, Medical Device, Nanotechnology
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Ligandal
Ligandal is creating cell-specific delivery systems for gene editing tools such as CRISPR using automation and peptide-based nanoparticles.
Founder(s): Andre Watson, Christian Foster
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Genetics, Nanotechnology
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Pointcloud
Pointcloud is a technology company that develops high performance 3D imaging solutions.
Founder(s): Remus Nicolaescu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Technology, Analytics, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Software
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Siluria Technologies
Siluria Technologies is a material innovation company developing processes for transforming natural gas into chemicals and fuels.
Founder(s): Alex Tkachenko, Angela Belcher
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Chemical, Fuel, Nanotechnology
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Sylvatex Inc
Sylvatex has developed a renewable nano-chemistry platform with applications in industry processing, materials stability, and fuels.
Founder(s): Virginia Klausmeier
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biofuel, Clean Energy, Energy Storage, Nanotechnology
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TeraPore Technologies
TeraPore Technologies is a Cornell University spinout that develops and manufactures high performance filters for protein separations.
Founder(s): Rachel Dorin
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biofuel, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology
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ViaeX
ViaeX creates biological nanofiltration systems for water and air which are 400% more efficient than current solutions.
Founder(s): Hudson Liao, Rui Wang, Vivian Qu
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Energy, Nanotechnology
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New Lab
We are committed to full automation and robotics of industry of laboratory studies, making it more accessible to public.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Industrial Automation, Nanotechnology, Robotics
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Asynos
Sensor-enabled product intelligence at item level
Founder(s): Jan Schnitker
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Food and Beverage, Internet of Things, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, SaaS, Semiconductor, Sensor, Smart Building
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Vali Nanomedical
Vali is a biotechnology company founded in 2013.
Founder(s): Andrew Gray
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Therapeutics
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NDB
NDB is a Silicon Valley-based nanotechnology company established to develop and manufacture semiconductors, energy, and battery solutions.
Founder(s): Dr. Nima Golsharifi
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Battery, Nuclear, Clean Energy, CleanTech, Energy, Information Technology, Nanotechnology
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory conducts unclassified scientific research on behalf of the United States Department of Energy.
Founder(s): Ernest O. Lawrence
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Energy, Market Research, Nanotechnology
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Innova Dynamics
Innova Dynamics is an electronic materials company serving consumer electronics markets with touch screen and display applications.
Founder(s): Alex Mittal, Arjun Srinivas, Michael Young
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Software
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Mattershift
Mattershift makes programmable molecular gateways to create molecular factories to 3d print fuels, fertilizers, and other resources.
Founder(s): Rob McGinnis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Nanotechnology
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Optiva
Maker of nanomaterials for optical applications such as LCD displays.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor
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The Exchange Visionary Laboratories
Redefining the Human Experience with Wearables & IoT.
Founder(s): Charles Harris, Damiano Starr, Perris Smith
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Augmented Reality, Mobile, Nanotechnology, Wearables
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Juse
Juse provides perpetual power for your iPhone.
Founder(s): Tom Lam
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electronics, Energy, iOS, Mobile Apps, Nanotechnology, Software, Solar
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Endré Communications
Integrated marketing and communications for the unicorns of tomorrow.
Founder(s): Aaron Endré
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Aerospace, Automotive, Clean Energy, CleanTech, GreenTech, Information Technology, Nanotechnology, Renewable Energy
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