Best Chemicals and Materials Companies in New Jersey, United States
The 163 best Chemicals and Materials companies in New Jersey, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Spray-Tek.
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.
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials companies in New Jersey
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spray-Tek Manufacturer of industrial spray dryer and services | $18M | 174 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1981 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+17 | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | OPT Industries Provider of design, automation engineering, and material science services to manufacturing industry | $15M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Jifei Ou Founder & CEO | 2019 | Node.jsZohoRadix UI+18 | — | — |
| 3 | Tidal Metals Company developing a breakthrough technology to extract magnesium metal from seawater, using proprietary… | $8M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Ethan Schartman Co-Founder & CTO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Chromis Technologies Manufacturer of polymers, solvents, and other speciality chemicals | $6M | 101 mo ago | Series B | Miri Park Co-Founder | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Lightscape Materials Manufacturer of PCB, display and semiconductor materials | $4M | 206 mo ago | Series A | — | 2009 | — | 95 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 6 | SunRay Scientific Provider of custom engineered interconnect solutions for advanced electronic packages | $2M | 46 mo ago | Seed | Andrew Stemmermann Co-Founder | 2012 | — | 6 patents Advanced methods for high‑density electronic component interconnection and packaging | — |
| 7 | Grignard Manufacturer of Specialty Chemicals | $1M | 47 mo ago | Early Stage | Etienne Grignard Managing Director | 1963 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Applechem Manufacturer and supplier of cosmetic specialty ingredients | $343K | 212 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2003 | ZohoPHPChart.js+12 | 20 patents Biodegradable polymer thickening agents for topical cosmetics and pharmaceutical formulations | — |
| 9 | PSI Provider of polymers, biofuels, and chemicals | $174K | 8 mo ago | Funding Raised | Yogendra Sarin Founder & CEO | 1991 | — | 9 patents Design and manufacturing of sports game balls featuring grip zones and textured leather graphics. | — |
Top 12 Chemicals and Materials companies in New Jersey
#1
Seed · Hamilton, New Jersey · founded 2017$8.5Mraised▾
Tidal Metals is a deep-tech company that has developed a proprietary method to concentrate and extract magnesium salt from seawater using renewable energy. The company's technology has the potential to provide a reliable, domestic, and environmentally friendly supply of critical minerals, reducing the dependence on foreign imports. With its innovative approach, Tidal Metals aims to transform the magnesium industry, which is currently dominated by non-sustainable processes.
- Sep 2024Seed$8.5M
#2
Funding Raised · Princeton, New Jersey · founded 1991$174Kraised▾
Provider of polymers, biofuels, and chemicals
- Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$174K
#3
Series A · Phillipsburg, New Jersey · founded 2019 · 37 employees$15Mraised▾
Provider of design, automation engineering, and material science services to manufacturing industry
- Mar 2022Series A$15M
- 2019Seed$5M
#4
Acquired · Middlesex, New Jersey · founded 1981 · 27 employees$18Mraised▾
Manufacturer of industrial spray dryer and services
- Dec 2011Series B$18M
#5
Seed · Eatontown, New Jersey · founded 2012 · 13 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Provider of custom-engineered interconnect solutions for advanced electronic packages. It specializes in interconnecting solutions for electronic packages.
#6
Series B · Warren, New Jersey · founded 2004 · 7 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Manufacturer of plastic optical fibers intended to deliver data at the speed of light. The company provides amorphous fluoropolymers for myriad high-value specialty applications to enable uncompressed, zero-latency video transmission at distances, providing aerospace, industrial and medical industries with quality cables.
- Jan 2018Series B$2.5M
- Jul 2015Series A$84.5K
- Jan 2011Series A$2M
- Aug 2010Seed$731.7K
#7
Early Stage · Rahway, New Jersey · founded 1963 · 15 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of specialty chemicals catering to hospitals, first responders and businesses. The company offers precision cleaners, wastewater treatments, industrial specialty coatings, specialty corrosion preventatives, customized solutions and atmospheric effects.
#8
Series A · Princeton, New Jersey · founded 2009$4Mraised▾
Developer of phosphors for backlight applications and general illumination. The company provides products for high power light-emitting diode (LED) companies that generate various products, including red, orange, yellow, green and blue.
#9
Acquired · Parsippany Troy Hills, New Jersey · founded 2003 · 14 employees$342.5Kraised▾
Manufacturer and supplier of cosmetic specialty ingredients
- Sep 2008Grant (prize money)$342.5K
#10
Acquired · Montvale, New Jersey · founded 1883 · 692 employees—raised▾
Provider of paints and stains for construction industry
#11
Late Stage · Rutherford, New Jersey · founded 1930—raised▾
#12
Funding Raised · South Plainfield, New Jersey · founded 1987 · 143 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of surface treated pigments, microspheres, and color dispersions
- Oct 2023Unattributed—
- Sep 2021Unattributed—
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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.
- IBM5882
- General Electric4498
- Halliburton Energy Services3870
- Intel3634
- UNIV California3343
- 3M Innovative Properties3296
- Corning3135
- United States Gypsum2666
Common questions
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