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Best Building Materials Companies in Massachusetts, United States

The 77 best Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Surmet.

77companies tracked
$215.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
8have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BUILDING MATERIALS × MASSACHUSETTS

Our analysis of 50 Building Materials companies

$17.1b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2002median founding year
112kcombined LinkedIn audience
61%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in Massachusetts

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Surmet
Manufacturer of ceramics, aluminium, coatings, and other building materials
22Growth top 45%Funding top 50%Tech bottom 46%Innovation bottom 37%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 45%
Fundingtop 50%
Techbottom 46%
Innovationbottom 37%
Patentsbottom 36%
Globalbottom 35%
Marketbottom 21%
Funding: Raised $176M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 18 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100
$176M124 mo agoFunding Raised—1982WixSentryBootstrap+109 patents
High-purity AlON ceramic components for semiconductor process chambers and transparent ceramics.
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2Reframe Systems
Supplier of building materials
48Funding top 28%Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 49%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 38%
Techbottom 49%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 17%
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$20M9 mo agoSeries AAaron Small
Co-Founder and Head of Manufacturing and Operations
2022WebflowVimeoAmazon Web Services+19——
3AeroShield
Provider of insulated window panes
27Funding top 28%Talent top 28%Moat top 39%Tech bottom 44%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 39%
Techbottom 44%
Globalbottom 29%
Marketbottom 22%
Funding: Raised $12.0M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 6 yrs (1.5/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100
$12M9 mo agoSeries AKyle Wilke
Cofounder and CTO
2019SanityYouTubeAstro+10——
4SelecTech
Provider of flooring products
$5M167 mo agoEarly StageThomas Ricciardelli
Founder & CEO
1993—4 patents
Modular interlocking flooring systems and recycled carpet molding processes for sustainable construction.
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5Artaic
Custom mosaic tile design and fabrication using robotic technology
$2M108 mo agoSeedTed Acworth
Founder & CEO
2007WordPressMySQLPHP+312 patents
Mosaic tile cutting hardware and software for computer-aided mosaic design.
1 partnership
6Floe
Manufacturer of proprietary system for residential and commercial buildings
$75K59 mo agoFunding RaisedDavid Dellal
Co-Founder & CEO
2018WordPressMySQLPHP+1011 patents
Ice mitigation and fluid deposition technologies for building envelope and agricultural irrigation
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7JW Aluminum
Manufacturer of cast aluminium coils, roofing, sliding, and doors
—14 mo agoAcquired—1979HubSpot CMS HubYouTubeMatomo Analytics+138 patents
Aluminum building covers/leaf guards and catalyst coating processes for heat exchangers
1 job opening
8Fairway Lumber
Distributor of building products
—26 mo agoFunding RaisedRobert Ronayne
Founder
1997———

Top 10 Building Materials companies in Massachusetts

#1
Series A · Mattapan, Massachusetts · founded 2019 · 10 employees
$12Mraised
▾

Provider of insulated window panes. The insulated glass sheets are developed using silica aerogel technology that comes with unique physical properties like ultra-low density, super-insulation, and heat resistance. The insulated panes are thinner, lighter, and energy-efficient.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
bottom 44%
Global
bottom 29%
Market
bottom 22%
Funding: Raised $12.0M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 6 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Sep 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series A$4M
  • Jul 2024Series A$5M
  • Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$200K
  • Oct 2023Seed$2.4M
Founders & team
Kyle WilkeCofounder and CTOAaron Baskerville-BridgesCo-Founder & VP OperationsElise StrobachCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Ideaship, Masscec, MassVentures, MassMutual Ventures, National Science Foundation, VentureWell
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAosAstroGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiHsts
#2
Series A · Somerville, Massachusetts · founded 2022 · 6 employees
$20Mraised
▾

Supplier of building materials

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Growth
top 28%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 17%
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Aug 2025)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 7.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series A$20M
Founders & team
Aaron SmallCo-Founder and Head of Manufacturing and OperationsVikas EntiCo-Founder and CEO
Investors
Eclipse, VoLo Earth Ventures, MassMutual, Cubit Capital, Saga Ventures, Nor’easter Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Analytics
#3
Funding Raised · Burlington, Massachusetts · founded 1982 · 39 employees
$175.8Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of ceramics, aluminium, coatings, and other building materials

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 45%
Funding
top 50%
Tech
bottom 46%
Innovation
bottom 37%
Patents
bottom 36%
Global
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $176M across 9 rounds · 9 rounds over 18 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Feb 2016)
Tech: 13 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Google Cloud, Google Cloud Cdn · Observability: Sentry
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2016Grant (prize money)$150K
  • Feb 2013Grant (prize money)$120.6M
  • Jun 2011Grant (prize money)$300K
  • Dec 2010Grant (prize money)$4M
Investors
OSTI, Military Health
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsapHstsHttp/3
#4
Early Stage · Brockton, Massachusetts · founded 1993 · 10 employees
$5.3Mraised
▾

SelecTech is a provider of ECO Friendly LVT Flooring solutions for commercial, basement, and residential needs. Their industry-leading technologies are disrupting the way government does business with cloud and SaaS-based offerings. Their StaticStop interlocking flooring tiles are known for their ESD solutions with no disclaimers for various subfloor conditions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 381 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2012Unattributed$3.2M
  • Apr 2011Unattributed—
  • Dec 2005Unattributed$59.2K
  • Jul 2005Unattributed$150K
Founders & team
Thomas RicciardelliFounder & CEO
#5
Seed · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2007 · 26 employees
$2Mraised
▾

Custom mosaic tile design and fabrication using robotic technology. They specialize in creating architecturally significant mosaics and unique field tile solutions. Applying modern technologies to this historic art form, they collaborate with clients to create strikingly beautiful tile installations. They offer custom designs, design collections, and various tile materials like glazed porcelain, natural stone, sintered glass, and vitreous glass. Their services cater to commercial, residential, and public art projects, including logos, signage, flooring, backsplashes, pools, kitchens, bathrooms, and outdoor landscapes. They provide design consultation, free sampling, and robotic production for fast design iterations. They modernize the creation of compelling mosaics through their unique process, offering a range of resources like software, installation guides, and sustainability initiatives.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards · 1 expansions (incl. Vertex Pharmaceuticals) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Seed$2M
  • Jan 2015Grant (prize money)$56.6K
  • Oct 2014Grant (prize money)$63.1K
  • Feb 2014Grant (prize money)$1.5M
Founders & team
Ted AcworthFounder & CEO
Investors
MassChallenge, Inteahouse, Liansu Technology, BPDA, Createboston, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAutoptimizeCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#6
Funding Raised · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2018
$75Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of proprietary system for residential and commercial buildings

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$75K
Founders & team
David DellalCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
BluehostEndurance Page CacheGoogle WorkspaceGtranslateMysqlNginx
#7
Acquired · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 1979 · 452 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of cast aluminium coils, roofing, sliding, and doors

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 6.8% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Production Supervisor/Group Lead, Business Systems Analyst
Investors
Wellspring Capital Management
Tech stack
Adobe DtmCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFont AwesomeGoogle Font ApiHsts
#8
Funding Raised · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 1997
—raised
▾

Distributor of building products. It offers a wide range of products including plywood, European spruce, Eastern spruce, Douglas fir, OSB, and wood pellet fuels.

Founders & team
Robert RonayneFounder
Investors
Legacy Corporate Lending
#9
Seed · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 3 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of a damping technology intended to provide an application-specific product that suppresses noise subdues vibration and stops shock. The company's technology provides a reduction in shock and vibration for industries from automotive to consumer products and in various commercial settings to accommodate application needs, enabling clients to create a quiet and comfortable environment.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Seed—
Founders & team
Ryan HarneCo-Founder & CTOCarsten BoersCo-Founder & President
Investors
Rhapsody Venture Partners, Rev1 Ventures, Venture for America
#10
Acquired · Agawam, Massachusetts · founded 1978 · 194 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of commercial, interior and exterior soundproofing products

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2013Conventional Debt—
Investors
Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsContaoFont Awesome

Funding & investor landscape

$215.2Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
39disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
America’s Seed Fund2 rounds
MassChallenge2 rounds
MassVentures2 rounds
National Science Foundation2 rounds
Steel Partners Holdings2 rounds
BPDA1 rounds
Brookstone Partners1 rounds
Cayuse Partners1 rounds
Clean Energy Venture Group1 rounds
Createboston1 rounds

Notable founders

Kyle Wilke
Cofounder and CTO · AeroShield
Aaron Baskerville-Bridges
Co-Founder & VP Operations · AeroShield
Aaron Small
Co-Founder and Head of Manufacturing and Operations · Reframe Systems
Vikas Enti
Co-Founder and CEO · Reframe Systems
Thomas Ricciardelli
Founder & CEO · SelecTech
Ted Acworth
Founder & CEO · Artaic
David Dellal
Co-Founder & CEO · Floe
Robert Ronayne
Founder · Fairway Lumber
Ryan Harne
Co-Founder & CTO · HyperDamping
Carsten Boers
Co-Founder & President · HyperDamping
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,138,770 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Building Materials coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Massachusetts · institutions

What Massachusetts researches in advanced materials

31 papersstance +0.5465% breakthrough15% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceInteractive and Immersive DisplaysPolymer composites and self-healingFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
top institutions
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology20
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst6
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell2
  • Massachusetts General Hospital1
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School1

Common questions

How many Building Materials companies are there in Massachusetts, United States?
Radar tracks 77 indexable Building Materials companies headquartered in Massachusetts, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States?
The Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have raised a combined $215.2M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Building Materials company in Massachusetts, United States?
Surmet is the highest-funded Building Materials company in Massachusetts, United States, with $175.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States are funded?
6 of the 77 Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Building Materials unicorns are there in Massachusetts, United States?
None of the Building Materials companies in Massachusetts, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Massachusetts, United States Building Materials companies?
The most active investors in Massachusetts, United States Building Materials companies on this list include America’s Seed Fund, MassChallenge, MassVentures, National Science Foundation, Steel Partners Holdings.
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