Radar · Chemicals and Materials in Florida
Best Chemicals and Materials Companies in Florida, United States
The 143 best Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ElementUSA.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
143companies tracked
$69.8Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
14have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS × FLORIDA
Our analysis of 50 Chemicals and Materials companies
$3.9b in tracked funding; 74% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
50companies analysed
74%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2016median founding year
41median Fliar Index™
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ElementUSA Manufacturer of advanced materials using recycled waste 16Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 34%Market bottom 31% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 34% Marketbottom 31% Techbottom 27% Funding: Raised $29.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $30M | 6 mo ago | Funding Raised | Joseph Carrabba Chief Executive Officer | 2020 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+8 | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | LightPath Manufacturer of custom VIS & IR optics and thermal imaging solutions 67Product top 14%Innovation top 20%Funding top 22%Growth top 33% All 11 signals ▾Producttop 14% Innovationtop 20% Fundingtop 22% Growthtop 33% Newstop 36% Talenttop 46% Techtop 49% Marketbottom 48% Fin. healthbottom 46% Globalbottom 45% Partnersbottom 35% Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public Innovation: 6 product lines rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $16M | 5 mo ago | Public | Sam Rubin Chief Executive Officer | 1985 | HubSpot CMS HubLazySizescore-js+14 | — | 4 job openings · 1 internship · 1 partnership |
| 3 | Timeplast Manufacturer of plastics | $8M | 35 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+25 | 9 patents Chemical recycling of mixed plastics into programmable soluble copolymers and depolymerized monomers | — |
| 4 | Basanite Industries Basanite is a manufacturer of BasaFlex and specializes in the concrete structure and as a sustainable… | $6M | 57 mo ago | Public | Richard Krolewski CEO | 2006 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Okeanos Developer of packaging technology reducing plastic and carbon footprint in packaging 60Patents top 30%Innovation top 37%Tech top 45%Funding top 46% All 6 signals ▾Patentstop 30% Innovationtop 37% Techtop 45% Fundingtop 46% Talentbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Patents: 24 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 Innovation: 24 patents (top 56% of patent-holders) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $3M | 8 mo ago | Seed | A K M Fazlur Rahman Managing Director | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 24 patents Environmental impact analytics and calcium carbonate barrier film technologies for packaging and agriculture | — |
| 6 | GelTech Solutions Developer of eco-friendly fire suppression and soil stabilization chemicals and equipment. | $2M | 171 mo ago | Public | Peter Cordani Founder & CTO | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | 58 patents Fire suppression and safety devices for batteries, absorbent polymers, and protective casings | — |
| 7 | Mustang Manufacturer of PVD and coating equipment | $2M | 181 mo ago | Seed | Richard Greenwell Co-Founder & President | 2005 | — | 3 patents Ballistic source/range estimation via imaging and automotive side panel design. | — |
| 8 | Ron Distributors Offering professional dishwashing chemicals and equipment | $2M | 24 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ron Olinger Co-Founder | 1984 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Anpath Group Limited information available | $917K | 155 mo ago | Early Stage | J. Lloyd Breedlove CEO & President | 1996 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Soarce Manufacturer of fabric products | $275K | 23 mo ago | Seed | Matthew Jaeger Co-Founder & CFO | 2017 | — | 6 patents Eco-friendly cellulose-based fibers and treatments for sustainable textile manufacturing | 1 launch |
| 11 | OptiGrate Manufacturer of volume bragg gratings and photo-thermo-refractive | $150K | 111 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1999 | — | 3 patents Advanced volume diffractive gratings for laser pulse shaping and optical component fabrication. | — |
| 12 | Exotech Provider of scrap metal processing and recycling solutions for rare and precious metals | $100K | 215 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1990 | WebflowreCAPTCHAHSTS+9 | — | — |
Top 12 Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida
#1
Public · Orlando, Florida · founded 1985 · 327 employees$16.3Mraised▾
Public · Orlando, Florida · founded 1985 · 327 employees
Manufacturer of custom VIS & IR optics and thermal imaging solutions. It designs and manufactures optical and infrared solutions, including molded glass aspheric lenses, infrared and thermal imaging assemblies, and IR cameras. The company also produces chalcogenide glass lenses engineered for diverse applications and environments. Its services encompass freeform optics fabrication, infrared glass manufacturing, assembly, integration, and optical design and engineering.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 14%Innovation
top 20%Funding
top 22%Growth
top 33%News
top 36%Talent
top 46%Product: 6 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Innovation: 6 product lines
Funding: Raised $16.3M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 17 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 21.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Marketing Manager, Key Account Manager / Director Infrared Systems
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Picket Defense Systems) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Post IPO$10.8K
- Sep 2025Post IPO$8M
- Jan 2018Post IPO$2.3M
- Jan 2015Post IPO$1.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Shanghai Pudong Science Technology Investment, Ondas Networks, Unusual Machines, Morgan Stanley, Altice USA
Tech stack
AosCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#2
Funding Raised · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · founded 2020$29.9Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · founded 2020
Manufacturer of advanced materials using recycled waste. It is involved in producing materials like iron, alumina, and scandium and rare earth materials using recycle waste. It claims to be leighweight and leave zero waste residue.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 41%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 34%Market
bottom 31%Tech
bottom 27%Funding: Raised $29.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Nov 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 5.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -1 · hiring: Laboratory Technician, Operations Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Grant (prize money)$29.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Department of War
#3
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2019$3Mraised▾
Seed · Miami, Florida · founded 2019
Developer of packaging technology reducing plastic and carbon footprint in packaging. The company's technology replaces a portion of plastic with natural calcium carbonate. The material fits existing manufacturing lines without downtime. It aligns with standards and recycling laws, helping meet plastic and carbon dioxide goals. The technology is used in bags, bottles, and cups.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 30%Innovation
top 37%Tech
top 45%Funding
top 46%Talent
bottom 45%Global
bottom 43%Patents: 24 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Innovation: 24 patents (top 56% of patent-holders) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 1 in 2017-21
Tech: 27 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Http/3, Recaptcha
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 22.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Seed$3M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareContact Form 7CookieyesCore-JsElementor
#4
Series A · Longwood, Florida · founded 2014 · 6 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Series A · Longwood, Florida · founded 2014 · 6 employees
Manufacturer of plastics
Funding rounds
- Jul 2023Series A$5M
- Mar 2023Seed$2.5M
- Dec 2020Seed—
Investors
BlueTriton
Tech stack
AngularBabelCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Funding Raised · Port Orange, Florida · founded 1984$1.9Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Port Orange, Florida · founded 1984
Family owned and operated business offering professional dishwashing chemicals and equipment to restaurants and commercial businesses in the Volusia area.
Funding rounds
- Jun 2024Conventional Debt$1.9M
Founders & team
#6
Seed · Orlando, Florida · founded 2017 · 5 employees$275Kraised▾
Seed · Orlando, Florida · founded 2017 · 5 employees
Manufacturer of fabric products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 5.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$275K
- 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
LEAD, National Science Foundation, Boost VC
#7
Public · Pompano Beach, Florida · founded 2006$5.6Mraised▾
Public · Pompano Beach, Florida · founded 2006
Manufacturer of concrete elements
Funding rounds
- Aug 2021Post IPO$5.3M
- Oct 2019Post IPO$338K
Founders & team
Investors
Las Olas Capital
#8
Public · Jupiter, Florida · founded 2006 · 20 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Public · Jupiter, Florida · founded 2006 · 20 employees
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Funding rounds
- Feb 2012Post IPO$301.7K
- Feb 2011Post IPO$1.2M
- Sep 2010Post IPO$335K
- Dec 2009Post IPO$295K
Founders & team
#9
Seed · Sarasota, Florida · founded 2005 · 16 employees$2Mraised▾
Seed · Sarasota, Florida · founded 2005 · 16 employees
Manufacturer of PVD and coating equipment
Funding rounds
- May 2011Seed$2M
- May 2011Conventional Debt—
Founders & team
Tech stack
PhpBootstrapNginxModernizrJquery UiJquery
#10
Early Stage · Orlando, Florida · founded 1996$916.8Kraised▾
Early Stage · Orlando, Florida · founded 1996
Manufacturer of disinfectants and cleaning products intended to offer innovative infection prevention, decontamination, and health science technologies, products and services. The company's disinfectants and cleaning products help prevent the spread of infectious micro-organisms without harmful effects to people, equipment or the environment, enabling customers to get access to quality disinfectants and cleaning products.
Funding rounds
- Jul 2013Unattributed$25K
- Jul 2009Unattributed$891.8K
Founders & team
#11
Acquired · Oviedo, Florida · founded 1999 · 26 employees$150Kraised▾
Acquired · Oviedo, Florida · founded 1999 · 26 employees
Manufacturer of volume bragg gratings and photo-thermo-refractive
Funding rounds
- Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$150K
Investors
OSTI
Tech stack
Adobe FlashApache Http ServerGoogle Tag Manager
#12
Funding Raised · Pompano Beach, Florida · founded 1990 · 15 employees$100Kraised▾
Funding Raised · Pompano Beach, Florida · founded 1990 · 15 employees
Exotech is a company that offers scrap metal processing and recycling of rare and precious metals. They also provide high-performance warehouse automation solutions for smarter, faster fulfillment. The company has a family of 50 employees from 11 different nations and is led by David Gussack as Exotech's president.
Funding rounds
- Jul 2008Grant (prize money)$100K
Investors
National Science Foundation
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesHstsHttp/3
Funding & investor landscape
$69.8Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
24disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Sam Rubin
Chief Executive Officer · LightPath
Joseph Carrabba
Chief Executive Officer · ElementUSA
A K M Fazlur Rahman
Managing Director · Okeanos
Ron Olinger
Co-Founder · Ron Distributors
Judi Olinger
Co-Founder · Ron Distributors
Matthew Jaeger
Co-Founder & CFO · Soarce
Mason Mincey
Co-Founder · Soarce
Richard Krolewski
CEO · Basanite Industries
Peter Cordani
Founder & CTO · GelTech Solutions
Warren Mosler
CEO & CFO · GelTech Solutions
Richard Greenwell
Co-Founder & President · Mustang
Donald Ganzhorn
Co-Founder · Mustang
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 774,205 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Chemicals and Materials coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH FROM Florida · institutions
What Florida researches in advanced materials
University of Florida, UCF, and FSU lead Florida's advanced-materials research, focusing on composites, sensors, and self-healing polymers, with an optimistic tone emphasizing breakthroughs over concerns.
28 papersstance +0.5246% breakthrough12% concern
local research themes
Advanced Materials and MechanicsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPolymer composites and self-healingStructural Analysis and OptimizationAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
top institutions
- University of Florida10
- University of Central Florida5
- Florida State University5
- University of South Florida3
- Florida International University3
Common questions
How many Chemicals and Materials companies are there in Florida, United States?
Radar tracks 143 indexable Chemicals and Materials companies headquartered in Florida, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States?
The Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States on this list have raised a combined $69.8M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Chemicals and Materials company in Florida, United States?
ElementUSA is the highest-funded Chemicals and Materials company in Florida, United States, with $29.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States are funded?
12 of the 143 Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Chemicals and Materials unicorns are there in Florida, United States?
None of the Chemicals and Materials companies in Florida, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Florida, United States Chemicals and Materials companies?
The most active investors in Florida, United States Chemicals and Materials companies on this list include National Science Foundation, Altice USA, America’s Seed Fund, Auricle Capital Partners, BlueTriton.
Riya SenguptaFinancials
Riya reads income statements for fun. She covers the real money in a sector — revenue, growth, who actually earns — and never met a vague claim she didn't want a number for.