Best Chemicals and Materials Tech Companies in Bavaria, Germany
The 33 best Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AMSilk.
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$4.4b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in Bavaria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMSilk Manufacturer of biotech silk protein materials for various industry applications 32Patents top 21%Product top 21%Moat top 24%Funding top 31% All 12 signals ▾Patentstop 21% Producttop 21% Moattop 24% Fundingtop 31% Innovationtop 32% Talenttop 38% Newstop 39% Globalbottom 47% Growthbottom 45% Techbottom 39% Marketbottom 29% Fin. healthbottom 16% Patents: 159 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 51 filings since 2022 vs 43 in 2017-21 Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $69M | 13 mo ago | Series D | Thomas Scheibel Co-Founder | 2008 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+15 | 159 patents Bioengineered silk protein polymers for coatings, adhesives, textile and cleaning applications | — |
| 2 | Insempra Developer of bio-based ingredients for beauty, nutrition, and fiber applications | $35M | 9 mo ago | Series A | Jens Klein Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+13 | 5 patents Oleaginous yeast bioconversion of lignocellulose and cell‑free protein synthesis media | — |
| 3 | Cevotec Provider of technology for carbon composite fibre production | $2M | 63 mo ago | Series A | Neven Majic Co-Founder | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | 22 patents Industrial handling equipment for perforated sheet gripping and pressure vessel systems | — |
| 4 | nextnano Software for simulation of electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor nanodevices | $2M | 69 mo ago | Funding Raised | Stefan Birner CEO | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Plasmion Manufacturer of SICRIT based chemical sensors | $1M | 93 mo ago | Seed | Jan Christoph Wolf CEO & Executive Director | 2016 | — | 19 patents Gas ionization and analysis for mass spectrometry and advanced separation column technologies | — |
| 6 | Molecular Networks Cheminformatics software for drug discovery | $1M | 66 mo ago | Funding Raised | Johann Gasteiger Founder | 1997 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 7 | KOHPA Developer of carbon fiber paper heating technology for various applications | $236K | 61 mo ago | Seed | Walter Reichel Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | PlastFormance Developer of advanced composite systems | — | 39 mo ago | Seed | Joachim Reinhardt CEO & Co-Founder | 2012 | — | 2 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
Top 9 Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in Bavaria
#1
Series A · Planegg, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 33 employees$35Mraised▾
Developer of bio-based ingredients for beauty, nutrition, and fiber applications. The company utilizes biotechnology to produce sustainable alternatives to traditional ingredients. These ingredients are intended for use in the beauty, personal care, food, nutrition, and fashion industries. The company focuses on creating ingredients through precision fermentation and other biotechnological processes.
- Jan 2026Series A$500K
- May 2024Series A$20M
- May 2021Seed$15M
#2
Series D · Neuried, Bavaria · founded 2008 · 33 employees$69.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of biotech silk protein materials for various industry applications. The company utilizes protein design and precision fermentation to produce materials with superior performance and lower environmental impact. These materials are available in formulations including fibers, yarns, hydrogels, and silk powder. The company provides these materials to enhance consumer lives across multiple industries.
- Sep 2025Series D$61M
- Apr 2023Series C$27.1M
- May 2021Series C$35.2M
- Jul 2016Series C—
#3
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2012$1.8Mraised▾
Nextnano provides software solutions for simulation of electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor nanodevices. Its software claims to provide a better physical method for the calculation of the quantum mechanical properties of an arbitrary combination of geometries and materials which are suited for currently existing devices as well as novel devices like instance protein sensors. Some of the software simulators include Schrodinger-Poisson-Current solver called Nextnano++ ( written in C++) and Nextnano³ (written in Fortran), a graphical user interface for its software called Nextnanomat, etc. Finds application in Quantum Computing, Solar Cells, Optoelectronics, Biochips, and others. Its customers include MIT, Purdue University, IBM Research, University of Oxford, etc.
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$501K
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$305.1K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$325.4K
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$357.6K
#4
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2015 · 18 employees$2Mraised▾
Provider of technology for carbon composite fiber production and digital product development software. It is a provider of advanced production technology for complex carbon composites enabling manufacturers to build complex parts. Its product offerings include production systems and software. It's CAD and CAM software with a plug-in for commercial software. It offers modules, such as a design module for fiber laminates, which provides process simulation for reduction of production preparation time and program the robots offline. It contains all features for laminate designing with continuous fiber ribbons for AFP processes.
- Jul 2021Series A—
- Jun 2016Grant (prize money)$28.4K
- May 2016Seed$2M
- Jan 2015Grant (prize money)—
#5
Funding Raised · Nuremberg, Bavaria · founded 1997$1.1Mraised▾
MN-AM is a developer of chemoinformatics software for drug discovery. The ChemTunes ToxGPS chemoinformatics software is used for platform and database offers in vitro and in vivo toxicity data for safety evaluation and risk assessment of chemical compounds.
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#6
Seed · Augsburg, Bavaria · founded 2016$1.1Mraised▾
Manufacturer of SICRIT based chemical sensors
#7
Seed · Dachau, Bavaria · founded 2013 · 3 employees$236.2Kraised▾
Developer of carbon fiber paper heating technology for various applications. The company's technology utilizes natural and recycled carbon fibers for electrical conductivity. High-tech processes embed contact strips into the paper for current conduction. This paper converts low-voltage electricity into heat, suitable for integration into existing systems. The technology aims to reduce energy costs and enhance diverse industries with heating functions.
- Sep 2021Angel$236.2K
#8
Seed · Teisendorf, Bavaria · founded 2012—raised▾
PlastFormance is a developer of advanced composite systems. It provides plastic compounds with thermally conductive plastic, series of materials with electrical conductivity, and injection-moldable thermoplastics. It can be used in hotspot cooling, microelectronics, battery cooling, e-mobility, batteries, fuel cells, IoT applications, nuclear industry, customs and border protection, and frequency shielding. It owns a patent regarding compound materials.
- Jul 2023Seed—
#9
Seed · Nuremberg, Bavaria · founded 2006 · 3 employees—raised▾
Manufacturer of diverse nanomaterials. Its product portfolio includes nanopowders, nano plastics, nanocomposites, and nano additives. Its products have applications in multiple industries.
- Sep 2022Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Advanced Materials is moving in Germany
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 461 Germany-affiliated papers.
- Technische Universität Dresden35
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology30
- Saarland University24
- Chemnitz University of Technology20
- TU Dresden20
- Nanotechnology4→18
- Smart material21→33
- Elastomer4→13
- Actuator19→27
- Polymer6→14
- Shape-memory alloy13→18
- 3D printing1→4
- Elastomer5→8
- Self-healing hydrogels4→6
- SMA*6→8
- Smart material1→5
Where advanced materials is researched across Germany
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 Germany
Germany advanced materials patent filing is cooling — 27,694 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by BASF SE, Siemens, Fraunhofer GES Forschung; annual filings 3096→1972.
- BASF SE2645
- Siemens2092
- Fraunhofer GES Forschung1469
- Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe1264
- Constr RES & TECH1183
- Thyssenkrupp1112
- Robert Bosch1101
- Merck Patent1053
Common questions
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