Best Chemicals and Materials Tech Companies in China
The 98 best Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ouyeel.
Ranking the best Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in China by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, this directory tracks 98 companies and $1.8B in total disclosed capital. Three unicorns have emerged from that pool. And the concentration is striking: Ouyeel alone has pulled in $476M, Baibu sits at $465M, and Shanghai B&C Pharmaceutical follows at $131M. So two companies are essentially carrying a third of the sector's entire disclosed funding weight. Median app install growth across 32 chemicals and building materials platforms is running at roughly +18% year-on-year, which tells you demand for digital tools in this space isn't theoretical.
The themes driving new money are hard to miss. EV battery technology, next-generation EV platforms, and drive system innovations are pulling materials science upstream into conversations it wasn't part of five years ago. I'd argue that's why investors like IDG Capital, CICC, and Matrix Partners China keep appearing in this sector's cap tables. Companies lower in the funding stack, like Deep Principle and Sugar Energy Technology at $28M each, are exactly where you'd look for the next platform bet. The field's moving fast, and the funding data here is your clearest real-time signal.
Our analysis of 50 Chemicals and Materials Tech companies
$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 China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouyeel 🦄 Provider of an online steel trading and transaction platform | $476M | 47 mo ago | 1,143 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Baibu B2B marketplace platform offering fashion raw materials | $465M | 65 mo ago | 174 | Zhao Zhenhong Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Zhaogang 🦄 Provides of an online B2B steel trading platform | $394M | 107 mo ago | 1,200 | — | JavaElement UIVue.js+4 | Top 50M | 3 patents Dynamic spectrum sharing between GSM and LTE cellular networks | — |
| 4 | Shanghai B&C Pharmaceutical 🦄 Manufacturer of photoresists and related raw materials | $131M | 37 mo ago | 260 | Zhiwei Fu Founder & Chairman | — | — | 3,516 patents Therapeutic antibodies and small‑molecule kinase inhibitors for oncology and immune disorders | — |
| 5 | Zhaosuliao B2B O2O Plastic Trading Platform | $58M | 130 mo ago | 300 | — | NginxjQueryBaidu Analytics (百度统计) | Top 10M | — | — |
| 6 | Sugar Energy Technology Producer of bio-based polymer materials 65Funding top 32%Talent top 35%Global bottom 25% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 35% Globalbottom 25% Funding: Raised $28.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 65/100 | $28M | 8 mo ago | — | Jin Haitao Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Deep Principle Provider of AI-driven materials and chemical-reaction discovery solutions | $28M | 6 mo ago | — | Chenru Duan Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 8 | Jiangsu Qina New Material Technology Provider of superalloy materials | $28M | 27 mo ago | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Cnano Technology Manufactures carbon nanotubes | $21M | 134 mo ago | 587 | — | GSAPVue.jsjQuery UI+4 | Top 50M | 8 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 10 | Shanghai Metals Market Online B2B trading platform for metals | $18M | 129 mo ago | 500 | — | Node.jsExhibitAnt Design+9 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | Morui Technology Manufacturer of graphene nanostructures 16Funding top 43%Market bottom 35%Global bottom 29% All 3 signals ▾Fundingtop 43% Marketbottom 35% Globalbottom 29% Funding: Raised $15.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 6 yrs (0.2/yr) Market: 40 employees rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $16M | 52 mo ago | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | ECHEMI Provider of an online B2B marketplace for chemicals | $16M | 54 mo ago | 212 | — | JavaFacebook LoginGoogle Sign-in+16 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 13 | Banksteel B2B marketplace for steel | $15M | 125 mo ago | 886 | — | Cart FunctionalityEChartsTengine+3 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 14 | Kingwills Manufacturer of eco-friendly wraps, protective apparel, and healthcare sterilization packaging materials 32Funding top 33%Global bottom 48%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 21% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 33% Globalbottom 48% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 21% Funding: Raised $14.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) Global: Investors from 1 country beyond China rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $15M | 4 mo ago | — | Chen Boyi Founder & CEO | PHPApache HTTP ServerSwiper+4 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 15 | Shenzhen Huake Chuangzhi Technology Developer of silver nanowire technology and products | $14M | 77 mo ago | 500 | Wen Weijia Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Suzhou Nanomicro Technology Nano and micro particles manufacturer | $14M | 91 mo ago | 820 | — | BootstrapNginxjQuery | Top 50M | — | — |
| 17 | Myplas B2B e-commerce platform for plastics | $10M | 113 mo ago | 168 | Walter Jordaan Founder & Director | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Molbase B2B ecommerce platform for chemicals | $10M | 68 mo ago | 189 | Wang Zheng Co-Founder & CEO | PHPLaravelNginx+3 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 19 | Blue Ocean Blackstone Manufacturer of advanced polymer chemicals, adhesives, binders, and release coatings | $5M | 54 mo ago | — | Beyond Luo Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Chazence Developer of tea-compound construction materials | $2M | 33 mo ago | — | Calvin Sio Co-Founder | — | — | — | 2 partnerships · 1 award |
| 21 | RenewFibre Provider of agricultural waste recycling services | $2M | 172 mo ago | 200 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Beijing Green Nitrogen Biotechnology Provider of nitrogen fixation platform | $1M | 46 mo ago | — | Ma Ruiqiang Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Chemicals and Materials Tech companies in China
#1
Series C · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2014$14.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of eco-friendly wraps, protective apparel, and healthcare sterilization packaging materials
- Feb 2026Series C—
- May 2023Series B—
- Jun 2022Series A$14.8M
#2
Series A · Hangzhou, Zhejiang · founded 2022$27.9Mraised▾
Provider of AI-driven materials and chemical-reaction discovery solutions. Its offerings include the ReactiveAI platform which integrates first-principles calculations and artificial-intelligence models to generate novel chemical reactions, identify molecular structures, optimize materials formulations, and accelerate reaction design. It also provides high-throughput discovery tools that reduce reaction-transition-state identification time, enhance material candidate screening speeds, and support production-ready reaction pathways for sectors such as catalysis, carbon-capture and advanced materials. The technology used includes deep-learning architectures trained on molecular data, density-functional-theory (DFT) simulation engines for first-principles accuracy, and real-time decision-making agents for experiment planning and optimization.
- Nov 2025Series A$14.1M
- Mar 2025Seed$13.8M
#3
Series B · Ningbo, Zhejiang · founded 2017$28Mraised▾
Producer of bio-based polymer materials. Its offerings include bio-based furan-derived chemicals and polymers and related monomers and intermediates used to produce biopolymers and green materials. It uses biomass feedstocks and chemical/biocatalytic processes to convert renewable resources into high-value bio-based materials. It also develops downstream products derived from the furan-based platform which can serve as alternatives to fossil-derived polymers and materials
- Oct 2025Series B$28M
- Oct 2025Conventional Debt—
#4
Ouyeel 🦄Series B · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 1143 employees$476.3Mraised▾
Provider of an online steel trading and transaction platform. It provides users with supply chain services in the steel industry, including trading, logistics, supply chain finance, steel technology, and data information, to manage costs in the supply chain.
- Jul 2022Series B$35.8M
- Jun 2019Series B$294M
- May 2017Series A$146.4M
#5
Series C · Xuzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2010 · 260 employees$130.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of photoresists and related raw materials. It provides users with a platform for manufacturing photoresists for the semiconductor industry. Its product portfolio includes photoresists, photoresist monomers, photoresist resins, and other chemicals for industrial clients.
- Apr 2023Series C$87M
- 2022Series C—
- 2022Series C—
- 2022Series C—
#6
Series D · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 174 employees$464.6Mraised▾
B2B marketplace platform offering fashion raw materials. The company offering a platform for buyers and sellers to find fabrics and raw materials. It uses cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to provide services in links of the industrial chain such as raw material procurement, fabric production, finished fabric distribution, and clothing production and sales. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS platforms.
- Jan 2021Series D$110M
- Dec 2019Series D$300M
- Aug 2018Series C$30M
- Aug 2017Series B$24.6M
#7
Series C · Suqian, Jiangsu · founded 2012 · 80 employees$27.8Mraised▾
Provider of superalloy materials. It designs and develops specialized metal materials, such as superalloys, medical alloys, 3D printing alloys, and their wires. It has applications in the development of medical equipment, transportation systems, military products, and industrial instruments.
- Mar 2024Series C$27.8M
- Apr 2022Series B—
#8
Zhaogang 🦄Public · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2012 · 1200 employees$393.8Mraised▾
Provides of an online B2B steel trading platform. It provides users with a platform that offers steel trading information service for both buyers and suppliers, commission-free in-site transactions for buyers, with sellers paying a transaction fee on the site. It also provides users with records of the daily trading volume of steel on its online platforms.
- Jul 2017Series F$73.7M
- Jun 2017Series F$32.3M
- Jan 2016Series E$153M
- Jan 2015Series D$100M
#9
Series B · Guangzhou, Guangdong · founded 2014 · 300 employees$57.6Mraised▾
Zhaosuliao is a B2B O2O plastic trading e-commerce platform. Founded in 2014, it is based in Guangzhou, China. It matches buyers and sellers of plastic products and raw materials. It monthly turnover was RMB 2B in 2015.
- Jul 2015Series B$36M
- Feb 2015Series A$20M
- Jun 2014Angel$1.6M
#10
Series B · Dongguan, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 40 employees$15.7Mraised▾
Manufacturer of graphene nanostructures. It develops graphene raw materials and application products. Its product portfolio includes graphene powder, chemical graphene oxides, copper-based graphene films, graphene thermal films and grease, heat dissipation coatings, graphene reinforced composites, and graphene lithium-ion-based conductive agents.
- Feb 2022Series B$15.7M
- Oct 2020Series A—
- Jun 2020Series A—
- Mar 2020Series A—
#11
Series A · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2015 · 212 employees$15.7Mraised▾
Provider of an online B2B marketplace for chemicals. It connects suppliers and buyers of fine chemicals, paints and coatings, botanical extracts, pharmaceutical ingredients, food additives, dyes and pigments, surfactants, and food ingredients. It also offers news, trading data, market price, and insights about chemicals.
- Dec 2021Series A$15.7M
#12
Seed · Hong Kong, Hong Kong · founded 2017$2.5Mraised▾
Developer of tea-compound construction materials. It offers a variety of boards that retain the aroma and color of tea leaves widely used in green and environmentally friendly decorations. offerings include hot stamping, UV printing, screen printing, and crystal labels.
- Aug 2023Seed$2.5M
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