At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 18 Advanced Materials 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 Advanced Materials 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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Origin
Origin is an additive manufacturing platform designed for mass production
Founder(s): Chris Prucha, Joel Ong
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Industrial Automation, Industrial Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Software
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Sway
Sway offers regenerative design solutions for plastic pollution using seaweed to create compostable replacements for single-use plastics.
Founder(s): Julia Marsh, Leland Maschmeyer, Matt Mayes
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, CleanTech, Packaging Services
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Lingrove
Lingrove manufactures natural fiber composites from plant-based fibers and resins using a proprietary process and adaptable platform.
Founder(s): Desi Banatao, Elaine Chow, Joseph Luttwak
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Construction, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
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Sylvatex Inc
Sylvatex has developed a next generation cathode active material manufacturing process for electric vehicles and energy storage that lowers cost, capital, and carbon footprint.
Founder(s): Virginia Irwin Klausmeier
Location: Alameda, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Clean Energy, Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing
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Wazer
The developer of a desktop waterjet digital cutting device.
Founder(s): Matt Nowicki, Nisan Lerea
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Hardware, Manufacturing, Product Design
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Creative Ventures
We invest in startups in industry, health, energy, and agriculture addressing labor shortages, the aging population and climate change.
Founder(s): Alastair Trueger, Champ Suthipongchai, James Wang
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Computer Vision, Construction, Food and Beverage, Health Care, Robotics
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Breakout Ventures
Breakout Ventures is an early stage fund that backs bold scientist entrepreneurs.
Founder(s): Hemai Parthasarathy, Julia Moore, Lindy Fishburne
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Energy, Financial Services, Life Science, Venture Capital
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Kestrel Materials
Kestrel Materials is developing a fabric that responds to cold by flexing to create air pockets that trap heat and keep people warm.
Founder(s): Saul Griffith
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Textiles, Wearables
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My.Flow
My.Flow is a tampon monitor that helps women keep track of and predict their flow during menstrual cycle.
Founder(s): Amanda Brief
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Medical Device, Women’s
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Trainerbot
Trainerbot is a robot designed for ping-pong training.
Founder(s): Alex Chen, Harrison Chen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Hardware, Sports
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Provenance Bio
Provenance Bio has developed a cutting edge synthetic biology platform to compete head-to-head with animal proteins, today making collagen.
Founder(s): Christian Ewton, John Dueber, Michalyn Andrews, Zev Gartner
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Chemical, Food and Beverage, Life Science, Medical, Pharmaceutical, Therapeutics
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Primitives
Primitives is a public benefit company that develops advanced bioplastic materials to reduce food waste and plastic pollution.
Founder(s): Virj Kan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Biotechnology, Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
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BioLoom
Making the next generation of performance BioFabrics.
Founder(s): Alexander Neckelmann, Jennifer Kaehms
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials
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Electroloom
Next generation textile manufacturing.
Founder(s): Aaron Rowley, Joseph White, Marcus Foley
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Textiles
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CHEM IO
CHEM IO is a niche marketplace for research chemicals.
Founder(s): Alexi Nedeltchev
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Chemical, Marketplace
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Soleil Insulation
The Company was formed to receive passive royalty income from an exclusive license with a purchase option for Low-E, pending patent.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials, Energy, Manufacturing
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Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
To bring about a generational transformation in society’s production and use of chemicals and materials.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advanced Materials
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