Best Chemicals Tech Companies in Germany
The 79 best Chemicals Tech companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Better Place.
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Ranked: Best Chemicals Tech companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AGXX Provider of an eco-friendly anti-microbial coating | — | — | Unfunded | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | AIRDAL Provider of anti-microbial coating for prevention against COVID-19 | — | — | Unfunded | Andreas J Sevecke Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | b.fab Developer of bioprocesses converting carbon dioxide and renewable energy into chemicals | — | — | Funding Raised | Arren Bar-Even Co-Founder | 7 | — | 118 patents Advanced MEMS and semiconductor sensor fabrication, including SiC contacts and micro‑transfer printing. | — |
| 4 | BOT Manufacturer of anti-corrosion coatings | — | — | Unfunded | Klaus-Dieter Gerwert CEO & MD | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | ChemInnovation Developer of AI-powered software for GC-MS data analysis and structure elucidation | — | — | Unfunded | Philipp Pfluger Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Chemograph Provider of drawing software for drawing chemical structure | — | — | Unfunded | Peter Rosner Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | CheMondis Provides B2B Marketplace for selling and buying of chemicals | — | — | Unfunded | Sebastian Brenner CEO & MD | 53 | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | — | — |
| 8 | Chemstations Developer of software for chemical process simulation and process engineering | — | — | Unfunded | Armin Fricke Founder & Managing Director | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Chemicals Tech companies in Germany
#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 B · Germany · founded 2015 · 67 employees$149.2Mraised▾
Provider of chemical reactor technology to converts gases into liquid fuels. It develops multiple conversion processes, such as gas-to-liquid technology that can convert associated natural gas, flared gas, and renewable gas into synthetic hydrocarbons and fuels, power-to-gas technology that can convert hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide into synthetic natural gas, and power-to-liquid technology that converts renewable electricity and carbon dioxide into liquid, fuels, and chemical feedstocks.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$31.3M
- Jan 2025Venture Debt$41.7M
- Jan 2024Series B$129.2M
- Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$55.1K
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2023$4.6Mraised▾
Developer of synthetic nanozyme catalysts mimicking enzymes for green chemical manufacturing. Their technology operates at the nanoscale, enabling highly efficient and sustainable chemical processes that convert waste and biomass into renewable chemicals.
- Mar 2026Seed$4.6M
#4
Seed · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2022 · 3 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Developer of plasma technology converting carbon dioxide into chemical resources. The technology processes carbon dioxide into sustainable chemical resources with high efficiency. It enables the defossilisation of industry through innovative plasma reactors. The technology is applicable to the refinement of raw biogas into higher-value hydrocarbons. It also supports the decarbonisation of industrial point sources. The technology facilitates the sustainable production of chemical energy storage and transport media.
- Sep 2025Seed$8.2M
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)—
#5
Series A · Karlsruhe, Baden-wurttemberg · founded 2017 · 29 employees$16.2Mraised▾
Developer of quantum simulation software for spectroscopy and related techniques. The software suite is designed for nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, turning spectra into chemical insight. It improves mixture analysis on compact low-field devices. The company delivers quantum mechanics-based analysis software that turns physics into industry-ready spectroscopy workflows.
- Jan 2025Grant (prize money)$2.6M
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$36.8K
- Jan 2022Series A$13.6M
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$294.3K
#6
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021 · 16 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of technology for cost-efficient and decentralized green methanol production. The company focuses on creating an ultra-efficient catalysis process. This process enables the mass production of high-purity green methanol at a competitive price. The technology uses non-fossil feedstock, low pressures, and low temperatures at any plant scale. The company's reactor design facilitates decentralized green methanol production.
- Mar 2025Series A$16.4M
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$5.5M
- Jan 2023Seed—
- Mar 2022Seed$5M
#7
Seed · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2019 · 15 employees$5.3Mraised▾
Developer of lignin-based solutions for various industrial and life science applications. The company transforms unrefined lignin into ultra-fine powders without chemical modification. This process preserves lignin’s natural multifunctionality for high-performance applications. The company's technology is flexible and scalable, leading the way towards a biobased society.
- Jul 2024Seed$2.6M
- Feb 2021Seed$2.7M
#8
Series C · Gronau, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2007 · 85 employees$660.8Mraised▾
Provider of an AI-powered platform for creating and delivering educational content. The platform offers tools for educators and institutions to design personalized learning experiences. It includes features such as AI course generation, adaptive learning management, and content publishing. The platform aims to make education more accessible and scalable.
- Aug 2012Conventional Debt$50.1M
- Nov 2011Series C$200M
- May 2010Series C$350M
- May 2009Series C$110.8M
#9
Public · Zwingenberg, State of Hessen · founded 1993 · 308 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Developr of bio-based products and natural compounds for biotechnological solutions. It provides users with a platform that offers a wide range of biobased products and solutions for various industries, including feed, food, health, and chemicals, as well as environmental applications. The company also provides high throughput isolation of biological products, compound discovery, product development, gene and protein engineering, data analytics, bioinformatics, process development, and process optimization among others.
- May 2024Unattributed$5.4M
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$645.9K
#10
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 16 employees$7Mraised▾
Manufacturer of green active pharmaceutical ingredients and pharmaceutical intermediate chemicals. They apply green chemistry principles and digitalization to production processes. The company focuses on sustainable production, waste reduction, and resource reuse. They offer solutions for efficient synthesis design, upscaling, monitoring, and control of chemical production.
- Feb 2024Seed$7M
#11
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 15 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of AI and cloud-powered quantum simulation solutions for chemicals. It offers a web-based platform that enables users to digitize and optimize the production processes of chemical and pharmaceutical products. Its features include workflow designing, synthesis simulation, molecular and material property management, and project management.
- Mar 2024Series A$3.3M
- 2019Grant (prize money)—
#12
Series B · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2006 · 23 employees$10.7Mraised▾
Intelligent Fluids is a technology company providing cleaning fluids for microelectronics and industrial maintenance applications. It is used in stripping, material separation and cleaning, especially the removal of dirt, residues, coatings, and lacquer. It caters to microelectronics, electronics, optics, printing industry, industrial maintenance, and building protection sectors.
- Mar 2023Series B$10.7M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Chemicals Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
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
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.