Best Chemicals and Materials Companies in Shanghai, China
The 52 best Chemicals and Materials companies in Shanghai, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mojia Biotech.
Our analysis of 50 Chemicals and Materials companies
$5.3b in tracked funding; 40% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials companies in Shanghai
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mojia Biotech Developer of biomanufacturing solutions for chemical materials and agricultural additives 42Moat top 22%Funding top 31%AI top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 31% AItop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 22% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $80.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $80M | 49 mo ago | Series B | Indra Santana CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Shanghai Paralene Biotechnology Manufacturer of parylene environmental protection coatings 19Funding top 29%Global bottom 29%Market bottom 24% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 24% Funding: Raised $55.0M · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) Global: Single-market focus (China) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $55M | 41 mo ago | Series C | — | 1960 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Aladdin Industrial Corporation Provider of reagent products, laboratory consumable products, glassware, & plastic consumables 55Growth top 30%Market top 42%Funding top 44%Tech bottom 39% All 5 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Markettop 42% Fundingtop 44% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 33% Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY Market: 558 employees (top 31% of Chemicals and Materials) · Top-1,000,000 web property rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $16M | 100 mo ago | Series A | — | 2009 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+16 | — | — |
| 4 | Shanghai Simgui Technology Provider of fire safety, security, and training services 27Talent top 28%Funding bottom 46%Global bottom 36%Market bottom 34% All 4 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 Funding: Raised $3.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 16 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $4M | 195 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2001 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Roehm Manufacturer of methacrylate chemicals 64Patents top 19%Innovation top 25%Moat top 28%Market top 42% All 9 signals ▾Patentstop 19% Innovationtop 25% Moattop 28% Markettop 42% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 43% Techbottom 43% Patents: 2,374 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 402 filings since 2022 vs 376 in 2017-21 Innovation: 2,374 patents (top 10% of patent-holders) · 402 filings since 2022 vs 376 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $3M | 255 mo ago | Funding Raised | Michael Pack CEO | 1996 | ContaoPHPBootstrap+13 | 5 patents High-purity methacrylate monomers and impact‑resistant nanocomposite thermoplastic molding compounds. | — |
| 6 | China Carbon Graphite Group Manufacturer of graphite materials 5Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 39%Global bottom 30%News bottom 27% All 6 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 39% Globalbottom 30% Newsbottom 27% Fin. healthbottom 18% Marketbottom 11% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $2.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 16 yrs (0.1/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 5/100 | $3M | 198 mo ago | Public | Donghai Yu Chief Executive Officer | 1986 | — | — | — |
| 7 | 3S Tech Manufacturer of chemical laboratory instruments and production equipment 24Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 46%Tech bottom 36% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Techbottom 36% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 16% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $1M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Li Yiming Founder | 2019 | UbuntuElement UIBootstrap+10 | — | — |
| 8 | Runloy R&D company manufacturing polydextrose, solid beverage processing, and raw material compounding chemicals | — | 56 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | — | — | — |
Top 11 Chemicals and Materials companies in Shanghai
#1
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2019$1.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of chemical laboratory instruments and production equipment
- Sep 2024Seed$1.4M
#2
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1960 · 20 employees$55Mraised▾
Manufacturer of parylene environmental protection coatings
#3
Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2017$80Mraised▾
Developer of biomanufacturing solutions for chemical materials and agricultural additives. The company leverages genetic engineering, computational biology, and artificial intelligence to create green, economic solutions. It applies these solutions to industrial production in its own plants and with partners. The company focuses on environmental conservation and enhancing quality of life.
- Jun 2022Series B$80M
#4
Series A · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2009 · 558 employees$16.2Mraised▾
Shanghai Aladdin Biochemical Technology offers reagent products, laboratory consumable products, glassware, plastic consumables, and small instruments. They supply semi-bulk and bulk products to the clients include research and development laboratories in universities, as well as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, microelectronics, and chemical/petrochemical industries.
- Feb 2018Series A$9.5M
- Dec 2017Seed$4.6M
- Jun 2017Seed$1.5M
- Jan 2017Seed$724.7K
#5
Funding Raised · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2001 · 38 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Provider of fire safety, security, and training services. This company offers a range of products and services including fire extinguishers, fire alarm systems, CCTV and biometric systems, personal protective equipment, road safety products, and electrical products. They also provide security project implementation and safety training programs. The company supplies multi-brand products and focuses on empowering clients to live safely and securely.
- Apr 2010Conventional Debt$3.7M
#6
Funding Raised · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1996 · 3500 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of methacrylate chemicals
- Apr 2005Grant (prize money)$3.2M
#7
Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1986 · 9 employees$2.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of graphite materials
- Jan 2010Post IPO$2.6M
#8
Seed · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014 · 6 employees—raised▾
Developer and manufacturer of dietary fiber products designed to revolutionize diet industry. The company's dietary fibers are widely added to various foods and health products to promote intestinal digestion, prevent and slow down high cholesterol, high blood pressure and high blood sugar, providing healthy diet solutions for consumers.
- Nov 2021Seed—
#9
Acquired · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 1996 · 1265 employees—raised▾
Provides chemical products or precursors for the advanced materials
- Jul 2021Unattributed—
#10
Funding Raised · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2004 · 171 employees—raised▾
Ossen Innovation Co Ltd designs, engineers, manufactures, and sells prestressed steel materials. The company's materials are used in the construction of bridges, highways and other infrastructure projects in the People's Republic of China and internationally. Its product is categorized as coated products and uncoated products. Its coated products include zinc, rare earth and plain surface prestressed concrete.It is used in the construction of new bridges and the renovation of older bridges. Uncoated products consist of wires that are twisted into a bundle and used in precast concrete plates on the riding surface of bridges. It is categorized based on size, strength, and structure.
#11
Unfunded · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2002$11.1Mraised▾
Provider of asphalt materials and aviation services including aircraft sales. It offers road petroleum asphalt and modified asphalt for highways, railways, and airports. The company also provides aircraft sales, leasing, maintenance, and crew training.
Funding & investor landscape
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funding rising · growth rising
How research on Advanced Materials in Shanghai is moving
A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials in Shanghai — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 152 papers.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University and peers optimistically research sensor, energy-harvesting, dielectric, and mechanical advanced materials, with breakthroughs dominating and concern papers rare.
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University55
- Shanghai University31
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science20
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics9
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology8
- Smart material2→21
- Actuator1→10
- Nanotechnology4→12
- Soft robotics1→8
- Shape-memory alloy1→5
- Smart material4→9
- Nanotechnology1→4
- Piezoelectricity2→4
- Smart material4
- Nanotechnology3
- Textile2
- Actuator2
- Core (optical fiber)1
Common questions
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