Radar · Chemicals and Materials in Utah
Best Chemicals and Materials Companies in Utah, United States
The 38 best Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Axcend.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
38companies tracked
$19Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS × UTAH
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™
122kcombined LinkedIn audience
87%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Axcend Provider of compact nanoflow liquid chromatography systems 40Funding top 27%Growth top 35%Tech top 40%Patents bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 27% Growthtop 35% Techtop 40% Patentsbottom 49% Innovationbottom 41% Globalbottom 35% Marketbottom 19% Funding: Raised $14.7M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 8 yrs (1.2/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $15M | 16 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+30 | 4 patents Integrated heated on‑column/flow‑cell detectors for liquid‑chromatography modules | — |
| 2 | Chemtronergy Manufacturer of cleaning chemicals 24Talent bottom 45%Funding bottom 44%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Talentbottom 45% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 25% Talent: 1 named leader on record Funding: Raised $4.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $4M | 16 mo ago | Funding Raised | Greg Tao Co-Founder | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Kerogen Systems Developer of low-carbon hydrocarbon production technology. | $32K | 46 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Air-O Fasteners Distributor of fastening, packaging solutions, and other industrial materials | — | — | Acquired | Kelly Evans CEO & President | 1978 | CFMLWindows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NET+5 | — | — |
| 5 | all metals fabrication All Metals Fabrication is a top tier fabrication company serving two core market segments. | — | — | Private | — | 1994 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+27 | — | — |
| 6 | Armor Coatings Manufacturer of powder & ceramic coating products | — | — | Unfunded | Ryan Halstenrud Owner | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 7 | ATCS Manufacturer of carbon fibers, polyethylene, and ceramics | — | — | Unfunded | William Benz CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 8 | BioExpress Distributor of laboratory equipment and chemicals | — | — | Funding Raised | — | 1984 | — | — | — |
Top 3 Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah
#1
Acquired · Provo, Utah · founded 2018 · 20 employees$14.7Mraised▾
Acquired · Provo, Utah · founded 2018 · 20 employees
Provider of compact nanoflow liquid chromatography systems
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 27%Growth
top 35%Tech
top 40%Patents
bottom 49%Innovation
bottom 41%Global
bottom 35%Funding: Raised $14.7M across 10 rounds · 10 rounds over 8 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (May 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Tech: 41 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- May 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$1.9M
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$1.1M
Investors
NIGMS, HHS, Knudsen Capital
Tech stack
AstraBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGodaddy
#2
Funding Raised · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2017$4.3Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Salt Lake City, Utah · founded 2017
Operator of a cleantech company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company engages in scientific research and development of advanced technologies in the areas of sustainable energy for high efficiency and low costs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
bottom 45%Funding
bottom 44%Global
bottom 25%Talent: 1 named leader on record
Funding: Raised $4.3M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Apr 2025)
Global: Single-market focus (United States)
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$200K
Founders & team
Investors
OSTI
#3
Seed · Vernal, Utah · founded 2020 · 4 employees$32.5Kraised▾
Seed · Vernal, Utah · founded 2020 · 4 employees
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LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 168 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2022Seed$32.5K
Funding & investor landscape
$19Mtotal disclosed funding
3companies funded
14disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
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 SIGNALS · United States
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.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 46% → 87% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Georgia Institute of Technology46
- Purdue University West Lafayette46
- North Carolina State University39
- Northeastern University36
- Texas A&M University34
leading researchers
Gangbing Song · Antonella D’Alessandro · Marcelo J. Dapino · H. Jerry Qi · Hari Krishna Bisoyi · Simon Laflamme · Jeong‐Hoi Koo · Timothy J. White
▲
Breakthroughs541 · 41%
▲ 30%→51% share
▲1.7× share momentum6 median citations56% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (30%→51% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material61→108
- Soft robotics4→36
- Morphing8→35
- Nanotechnology19→46
- Elastomer18→41
Newly emergingScalability 0→7 · Photopolymer 0→7 · Cellulose 0→7
Landmark Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers · 1,085 cites
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Advancements508 · 39%
▼ 51%→31% share
▼0.6× share momentum6 median citations36% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (51%→31% of field), led by Nanotechnology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Nanotechnology12→29
- Soft robotics2→13
- Fabrication4→12
- Liquid crystal3→10
- 3D printing6→12
Newly emergingPolyvinylidene fluoride 0→5 · Biocompatible material 0→5 · Deformation (meteorology) 0→5
Landmark A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites · 1,147 cites
▼
Concerns71 · 5%
▲ 5%→6% share
▲1.2× share momentum11 median citations51% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (5%→6% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material10→18
- Nanotechnology7→9
- Shape-memory alloy2→4
Newly emergingTextile 0→6
Landmark Covalent adaptable networks: smart, reconfigurable and responsive network systems · 1,275 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States
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.
Boston81 · +0.59
Atlanta47 · +0.63
Los Angeles34 · +0.64
Philadelphia32 · +0.57
SF Bay Area31 · +0.59
Pittsburgh30 · +0.64
Chicago27 · +0.66
New York24 · +0.55
Ann Arbor19 · +0.74
San Diego14 · +0.62
PATENT SIGNAL · United States
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.
88,582 filings8,000 assigneespeak 9998/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- IBM5881
- General Electric4493
- Halliburton Energy Services3870
- Intel3631
- UNIV California3335
- 3M Innovative Properties3293
- Corning3129
- United States Gypsum2665
Common questions
How many Chemicals and Materials companies are there in Utah, United States?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Chemicals and Materials companies headquartered in Utah, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States?
The Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States on this list have raised a combined $19M in disclosed equity funding across 3 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Chemicals and Materials company in Utah, United States?
Axcend is the highest-funded Chemicals and Materials company in Utah, United States, with $14.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States are funded?
3 of the 38 Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Chemicals and Materials unicorns are there in Utah, United States?
None of the Chemicals and Materials companies in Utah, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Utah, United States Chemicals and Materials companies?
The most active investors in Utah, United States Chemicals and Materials companies on this list include Fongit, HHS, IK Partners, Knudsen Capital, NIGMS.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.