Best Chemicals Tech Companies in Texas, United States
The 48 best Chemicals Tech companies in Texas, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Solugen.
Ranked: Best Chemicals Tech companies in Texas
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solugen 🦄 Developer of industrial solutions for oil and gas, fuels, and defense | $637M | 45 mo ago | Series D | Sean Hunt Co-Founder & CTO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | 210 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 2 | Syzygy Plasmonics Developer of technology for sustainable aviation fuel, methanol, syngas, and hydrogen | $116M | 34 mo ago | Series C | Peter Nordlander Co-Founder | 2018 | — | 99 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 3 | NanoTech Materials Provider of roof coating, fireproofing, insulation, and custom formulation 48Tech top 26%Funding top 35%Talent top 38%News top 40% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 26% Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Newstop 40% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Innovationbottom 46% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 32% Tech: 41 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Funding: Raised $43.7M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $44M | 3 mo ago | Series A | Hani Taan Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder | 2019 | Node.jsNextAuth.jsTailwind CSS+21 | — | — |
| 4 | Mstack AI Developer of AI platform for chemical synthesis and manufacturing solutions | $40M | 22 mo ago | Series A | Shreyans Chopra Founder & CEO | 2022 | Tailwind CSSAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Workspace+5 | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | CarbonFree Developer of technologies that capture carbon emissions and transform them | $28M | — | Funding Raised | Martin Keighley CEO | 2016 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+19 | — | — |
| 6 | Benefuel Technology developer for biodiesel | $21M | 127 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2007 | — | 26 patents Solid acid catalyzed production of fatty acid alkyl esters for bio‑fuel additives. | — |
| 7 | ControlRooms Cloud-based monitoring platform for operators | $14M | 35 mo ago | Series A | — | 2021 | WebflowYouTubeSplide+18 | — | — |
| 8 | Green & Grow Syndicator of product information via open catalog | $9M | 100 mo ago | Deadpooled | Alan Sobba ex-President & CEO | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 9 | FuelGems Manufacturer of fuel gem additives | $2M | 43 mo ago | Seed | Kirill Gichunts CEO | 2015 | — | 17 patents Fuel additive chemistry for enhancing performance and emissions of liquid hydrocarbon fuels. | — |
| 10 | AquaNRG Provider of data analytics and digital screening tools for subsurface energy | $1M | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Babak Shafei Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Nabaco Provider of post-harvest technology solutions for crops | $1M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Rusty Phillips CEO | 2015 | — | 29 patents Barrier and protective coatings for food/agricultural packaging and surface protection | — |
| 12 | Elemental Coatings Manufacturer of anti-icing coatings | $350K | 74 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | — | 7 patents Anti-icing polyurethane surface coatings for structures and vehicles | — |
| 13 | Uniphage Developer of bacteriophage crop biological solutions using AI | $276K | 51 mo ago | Funding Raised | Sofia Sigal-Passeck Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 14 | GrubTubs Provider of an online platform offering food waste recycling services | $180K | 95 mo ago | Seed | Robert Olivier Founder & CTO | 2014 | — | — | — |
| 15 | New AERO Technology Domain registration, web hosting, and website creation services | $150K | 97 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jacob Jin CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Chemicals Tech companies in Texas
#1
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2019$43.7Mraised▾
Provider of roof coating, fireproofing, insulation, and custom formulation
- Apr 2026Series A$29.4M
- Jul 2023Series A$9.3M
- Dec 2020Seed$5M
#2
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2022$40Mraised▾
Developer of AI platform for chemical synthesis and manufacturing solutions. The platform unifies chemical lifecycle stages, including IP analysis, synthesis design, lab optimization, and commercial cost modeling. It offers modules for literature intelligence, synthesis intelligence, experimentation assistance, and real-time cost modeling. The platform aims to accelerate research and development workflows.
- Oct 2024Series A$40M
- Oct 2024Conventional Debt—
- 2022Seed—
#3
Solugen 🦄Series D · Houston, Texas · founded 2016 · 99 employees$636.9Mraised▾
Developer of industrial solutions for oil and gas, fuels, and defense. The company’s platform technology offers efficient processes and sustainable feedstocks. It provides solutions for water treatment, cleaning, agriculture, concrete, and personal care. The company utilizes engineered enzymes and metal catalysts in its manufacturing processes.
- Nov 2022Series D$200M
- Sep 2021Series C$357M
- Jul 2020Series B$30.1M
- May 2019Series B$32M
#4
Series C · Houston, Texas · founded 2018 · 101 employees$115.5Mraised▾
Developer of technology for sustainable aviation fuel, methanol, syngas, and hydrogen. The company's technology uses light-powered reactors to replace traditional, high-emission processes. It offers technology to scale clean fuel production and meet sustainability targets. The technology catalyzes various feedstock sources that contain methane and CO2 into syngas for clean fuels.
#5
Seed · San Marcos, Texas · founded 2015 · 17 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Provider of post-harvest technology solutions for crops. It provides solutions for various crops through their NatuWrap products. It uses nanotechnology solutions for crops.
- Feb 2025Seed$1.2M
#6
Series A · Austin, Texas · founded 2021 · 17 employees$13.8Mraised▾
Cloud-based monitoring platform for operators It is an artificial intelligence platform used by chemical industries to minimize unscheduled interruptions by continuously inspecting plant activities. It uses machine learning technology and could be used in control rooms, meetings, shift changes, and more. It could be integrated with historians and OPC servers.
- Aug 2023Series A$10M
#7
Deadpooled · Irving, Texas · founded 2007 · 7 employees$21.3Mraised▾
Benefuel has developed a novel and patented catalytic process ENSEL® for refining renewable feedstock into a variety of high margin products, including fuel, oleochemicals and biodegradable lubricants. Benefuel's ENSEL® process combines esterification of free fatty acids (FFA) and transesterification of triglycerides into a single process step, a long-standing technology goal of the biodiesel and oleochemical industries.
- Dec 2015Series C$6M
- Jun 2014Series C$11M
- Mar 2012Series B$499.5K
- Jan 2011Series B$3.8M
#8
Funding Raised · San Antonio, Texas · founded 2016 · 51 employees$28Mraised▾
Developer of technologies that capture carbon emissions and transform them. The business provides patented technologies that capture carbon dioxide from stationary point source emitters. The technologies transform emissions into carbon-negative chemicals. The business’s technology creates sodium bicarbonate, precipitated calcium carbonate, and hydrochloric acid. The technology is modular and scalable, providing an on-site solution.
- Grant (prize money)$28M
#9
Seed · Austin, Texas · founded 2015 · 2 employees$2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of fuel gem additives
- Jan 2023Seed$105K
- Mar 2021Seed$928.7K
- Jan 2021Seed$895K
- Oct 2020Seed$75.2K
#10
Deadpooled · Austin, Texas · founded 2010 · 2 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Syndicator of product information via open catalog. It provides data-sheets and product information for e-commerce and channel partners. The catalog covers numerous product categories, including computers, electronics, and home appliances. The service facilitates the distribution of product content to various stakeholders.
- Mar 2018Series B$320K
- Aug 2014Series B$6M
- Feb 2014Seed$1.3M
- Mar 2012Seed$1.6M
#11
Funding Raised · Houston, Texas · founded 2017$1.4Mraised▾
Provider of data analytics and digital screening tools for subsurface energy. It provides solutions for screening, diagnostic, and predictive models built on coupled geochemistry, microbiology, and physics principles by AI and computing in the cloud.
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
- Apr 2018Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#12
Funding Raised · Houston, Texas · founded 2020$276Kraised▾
Developer of bacteriophage crop biological solutions using AI. It developed a technology that allows faster development of bacteriophage-based solutions and It leverages AI to select bacterial and fungal viruses to eliminate pathogens using only the genomic information of pathogens.
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)$276K
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- Texas A&M University34
- The University of Texas at Dallas12
- The University of Texas at Austin10
- University of North Texas6
- The University of Texas at Arlington4
- Actuator2→5
- Elastomer2→3
- Smart material2→6
- Composite material1→3
- Context (archaeology)1
- Self-healing hydrogels1
- Smart material1
- Shape-memory polymer1
- Polymer1
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