Best Building Materials Companies in New York, United States
The 131 best Building Materials companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Gibraltar.
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.
Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in New York
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gibraltar Sustainable solutions provider for infrastructure, renewable energy, residential, and agtech markets 64Product top 14%Innovation top 28%Funding top 28%Patents top 31% All 12 signals ▾Producttop 14% Innovationtop 28% Fundingtop 28% Patentstop 31% Newstop 32% Markettop 35% Moattop 38% Growthtop 45% Fin. healthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 41% Product: 4 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Innovation: 26 patents (top 45% of patent-holders) · 15 filings since 2022 vs 4 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $426M | 88 mo ago | Public | William Bosway Chief Executive Officer | 1993 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+19 | 26 patents Road safety cable barrier systems and related connector hardware | — |
| 2 | Urban Umbrella Innovative alternative to traditional scaffolding, enhancing urban spaces with stylish overhead protection 40Product top 30%Innovation top 36%Talent top 38%Tech top 43% All 8 signals ▾Producttop 30% Innovationtop 36% Talenttop 38% Techtop 43% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 46% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 19% Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series B Innovation: 6 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $17M | 53 mo ago | Series B | Andres Cortes Co-Founder | 2016 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+16 | — | — |
| 3 | Latii Manufacturer & supplier of windows, doors, steel, and other construction materials 21Talent top 38%Funding top 45%Growth bottom 47%Global bottom 37% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 33% Newsbottom 18% Marketbottom 14% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $10.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $10M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Juan Pascual Orero Co-Founder & COO | 2019 | ShopifyPayPalcore-js+8 | — | — |
| 4 | Slabstack Manufacturer of concrete building materials 16Talent top 38%Product top 42%Tech top 50%Funding bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Producttop 42% Techtop 50% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 12% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Product: 1 published app (40 installs) · Company stage: Acquired rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $3M | 38 mo ago | Acquired | Aymeric Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 5 | Outlines Supplier of housekeeping products | $1M | 53 mo ago | Seed | Luke Young Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+28 | — | — |
| 6 | Sunthru Manufacturer of aerogel windows | $276K | 70 mo ago | Funding Raised | John Costa CEO | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Kee Safety Provider of safety systems and solutions | — | 14 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1934 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Zoho+17 | — | — |
| 8 | Boston Valley Manufacturer of architectural ceramic facade and roof tile materials | — | 54 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1889 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+27 | — | — |
Top 10 Building Materials companies in New York
#1
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2019 · 10 employees$10Mraised▾
Manufacturer & supplier of windows, doors, steel, and other construction materials
- Sep 2024Seed$8.7M
- Mar 2023Seed$3.3M
#2
Public · Buffalo, New York · founded 1993 · 2137 employees$426Mraised▾
Sustainable solutions provider for infrastructure, renewable energy, residential, and agtech markets. The company delivers services and products that improve how people live, build, grow, and power their progress. They focus on advancing the art and science of making, offering solutions for a more productive future in produce, cannabis, and beyond. They connect insights to solutions to drive business forward and power the world, changing how people live for the better. They provide infrastructure solutions to keep people and businesses in motion. The company fosters a culture of innovation, ethics, safety, and teamwork, striving to make a difference for customers, investors, and the community.
- Jan 2019Conventional Debt$400M
- Nov 2016Conventional Debt$26M
- Conventional Debt—
#3
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2016 · 18 employees$16.9Mraised▾
Innovative alternative to traditional scaffolding, enhancing urban spaces with stylish overhead protection. The company designs, patents, supplies, and fabricates city-approved alternatives to traditional sidewalk scaffolding. They offer graceful, light, dynamic, and forward-thinking overhead protection solutions that uplift spaces. Beyond scaffolding alternatives, they provide modular event staging, pipe scaffolding, and roadway restaurant canopies compliant with current codes. Their services extend across North America and are expanding into the UK. They focus on reimagining public spaces with aesthetically pleasing and functional designs. They offer construction services and customizations. They are a B2B company.
- Jan 2022Venture Debt$6.5M
- Oct 2020Conventional Debt$2M
- Oct 2020Series B$7M
- May 2019Seed$1.4M
#4
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 8 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of concrete building materials
- Mar 2023Series A$3.4M
#5
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2020 · 5 employees$1Mraised▾
Manufacturer of home goods intended to empower consumers to reduce their plastic waste. The company provides sustainable home essentials of various types such as shower liners and body buffer systems with free recycling, offering consumers environmentally conscious products of next-gen circular economy models and innovative product designs.
- Jan 2022Seed$1M
#6
Funding Raised · Suffern, New York · founded 2013$276Kraised▾
Developer of aerogel-based day-lighting windows intended to provide buildings with alternative window glass. The company's aerogel window products have a superior insulating property of silica aerogel that transmits more light and is more transparent, providing schools, gymnasiums, workshops, department stores, and other large buildings have reduced expenses on window glass, better optical transparency, and low thermal conductivity.
- Aug 2020Grant (prize money)$276K
#7
Acquired · Buffalo, New York · founded 1934 · 83 employees—raised▾
Provider of safety systems and solutions
#8
Acquired · Orchard Park, New York · founded 1889 · 96 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of architectural ceramic facade and roof tile materials
#9
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2006 · 52 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of mosaic tiles and building products
- Jun 2019Series A—
#10
Public · New York City, New York · founded 1970 · 77446 employees—raised▾
CRH is a building material company. The company manufacture and supply building material for buildings, roads, public spaces, infrastructure and other construction areas. It has operations in 32 countries across the world. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $32.84B and a net profit of $3.83B.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Advanced Materials is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,306 United States-affiliated papers.
- Georgia Institute of Technology46
- Purdue University West Lafayette46
- North Carolina State University39
- Northeastern University36
- Texas A&M University34
- Smart material61→108
- Soft robotics4→36
- Morphing8→35
- Nanotechnology19→46
- Elastomer18→41
- Nanotechnology12→29
- Soft robotics2→13
- Fabrication4→12
- Liquid crystal3→10
- 3D printing6→12
- Smart material10→18
- Nanotechnology7→9
- Shape-memory alloy2→4
Where advanced materials is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing advanced materials patents in the United States
United States advanced materials patent filing is cooling — 88,582 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, General Electric, Halliburton Energy Services; annual filings 9852→6833.
- IBM5881
- General Electric4493
- Halliburton Energy Services3870
- Intel3631
- UNIV California3335
- 3M Innovative Properties3293
- Corning3129
- United States Gypsum2665
Common questions
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