Best Materials Services Companies in United States
The 139 best Materials Services companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Circulus.
Among the Materials Services companies operating across the United States, 139 are tracked in our directory, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed funding sits at $441M, which sounds substantial until you realize how lopsided the distribution is: Circulus alone accounts for $400M of that pool, leaving the remaining 138 companies splitting roughly $41M between them.
So what does that tell you about where the sector actually stands? It's early, fragmented, and full of companies operating on lean capital. Multiscale Systems and TruSpin have each pulled $1M, OPT Industries leads the mid-tier at $15M, and Gozen has raised $3M, all while the National Science Foundation and OSTI show up as the most active backers, which I'd read as a signal that a lot of this work is still closer to research than revenue. Building materials apps are seeing median install growth of roughly 24% year-over-year across 15 tracked platforms, and hot themes including payment system integration and ecosystem services are drawing fresh attention into adjacent corners of the space. The infrastructure's being built. The funding scale hasn't caught up yet.
Ranked: Best Materials Services companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Circulus Manufacturer of LDPE resins | $400M | 38 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2019 | Adobe Experience ManagerJavaAdobe Client Data Layer+18 | — | — |
| 2 | OPT Industries Provider of design, automation engineering, and material science services to manufacturing industry | $15M | 51 mo ago | Series A | Jifei Ou Founder & CEO | 2019 | Node.jsZohoRadix UI+18 | — | — |
| 3 | IntelliScience Corporation Provider of material measurement and analysis software, tools and services | $9M | 169 mo ago | Series A | Joe Daltoso CEO | 2006 | — | 43 patents Advanced data analytics and feature extraction for biomedical and chemical screening | — |
| 4 | Process Design Center Provider of process design and optimization services for the process industry | $5M | 81 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 1987 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Gozen Provider of material transforming services | $3M | 31 mo ago | Seed | Onur Eren Co-Founder & Board Member | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Nano3D Systems Provider of electro-chemical for fabrication & metallization | $2M | 135 mo ago | Funding Raised | Val Dubin Founder & CEO | 2008 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+16 | — | — |
| 7 | TruSpin Provider of filtration, production, composition, and electro spinning services fr materials | $1M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Anthony Brayer Co-Founder | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Brooks Applied Labs, LLC Provider of trace metals analysis and speciation services | $1M | 172 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1982 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 9 | Multiscale Systems Manufacturer firm developing commercial applications of mechanical metamaterial technology | $1M | 14 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jesse Silverberg CEO | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Rare Earth Technologies Provider of refining and separating rare earth elements and metals | $500K | 8 mo ago | Seed | Adam Malofsky CEO | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 60 patents Chromatographic separation and purification of rare‑earth metals from leach solutions | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Scion Plasma Technology company that provides innovative plasma source solutions and simulation services for various… | $475K | 35 mo ago | Funding Raised | David Stevenson CEO | 2018 | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 12 | GlobalShield Supplier of building materials | $300K | 182 mo ago | Early Stage | Roy Weekly Founder & CEO | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Optical Waters Provider of ultraviolet optical fibre solutions and other material services | $255K | 53 mo ago | Funding Raised | Katrina Fitzpatrick Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Leonine Technologies Provider of recruitment support and smart factory solutions, leveraging its expertise in mechanical… | $225K | 88 mo ago | Funding Raised | Rahul Panchal Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Materials Services companies in United States
#1
Seed · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2021 · 5 employees$500Kraised▾
Rare Earth Technologies, Inc. focuses on refining and separating rare earth elements and metals, aiming to address technical, economic, scale, and environmental challenges in the industry. Their work has gained recognition and commercialization support, positioning them as a key player in the rare earth technology sector.
- Sep 2025Seed$200K
- Feb 2025Seed$250K
- May 2024Seed$500K
#2
Funding Raised · Worcester, Massachusetts · founded 2018 · 8 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Multiscale Systems in an advanced materials firm specializing in the design, fabrication, and manufacture of mechanical metamaterials. We use geometric patterns that can be embedded into common materials, endowing this base material with new capabilities and enhanced properties. Our key advantage is we do all this without modifying the existing material chemistry, which keeps our costs low and success-rate high. For our rules on social interaction: https://multiscalesystems.com/terms-policies/terms-of-use/
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$206.5K
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$250K
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$200K
- Feb 2020Grant (prize money)$200K
#3
Acquired · Houston, Texas · founded 2019 · 16 employees$400Mraised▾
Manufacturer of LDPE resins
- Apr 2023Seed—
- Oct 2022Conventional Debt$300M
- Nov 2021Conventional Debt$100M
#4
Seed · Birmingham, Alabama · founded 2019 · 8 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of filtration, production, composition, and electro spinning services fr materials
- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$963.3K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)—
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$256K
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$256K
#5
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2021$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of material transforming services
- Oct 2023Seed$3.3M
#6
Series A · Phillipsburg, New Jersey · founded 2019 · 37 employees$15Mraised▾
Provider of design, automation engineering, and material science services to manufacturing industry
- Mar 2022Series A$15M
- 2019Seed$5M
#7
Funding Raised · Breda, Noord-Brabant · founded 1987$5.3Mraised▾
Provider of process design and optimization services for the process industry. It offers consulting and software solutions to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance sustainability across various sectors. Services include process design, benchmarking, third-party reviews, and the development of bio-based and circular processes. A key offering is proprietary software for process simulation and design. The company supports clients throughout the project lifecycle, from conceptual design to commercialization. Its expertise spans energy, bio-based materials, and carbon capture technologies.
- Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$818K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)—
- Oct 2018Grant (prize money)$1.1M
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$1.1M
#8
Funding Raised · East Lansing, Michigan · founded 2018 · 1 employees$475Kraised▾
Scion Plasma is a technology company specializing in innovative plasma simulation capabilities and advanced plasma sources for various industries, including thin film deposition and sterilization. Their solutions leverage advanced algorithms and proprietary technology to provide high-speed and high-performance results. With a focus on cutting-edge innovation, Scion Plasma is poised to make a significant impact in the fields of plasma physics and materials science.
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$250K
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
#9
Series A · Boise, Idaho · founded 2006 · 10 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Provider of business intelligence, predictive analytics, software platform, and technology service. The company operates within the industries of other software, business/productivity software, and automation/workflow software.
#10
Seed · Bellevue, Washington · founded 2022$75Kraised▾
Provider of material design services
- Apr 2024Seed$75K
- Jul 2023Seed—
- Jun 2023Conventional Debt$525K
#11
Funding Raised · Corvallis, Oregon · founded 2008$2.2Mraised▾
Provider of electro-chemical for fabrication & metallization
- Mar 2015Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Feb 2015Grant (prize money)$750K
- Jul 2013Grant (prize money)$150K
#12
Funding Raised · Amherst, Massachusetts · founded 2020$255.5Kraised▾
Provider of ultraviolet optical fiber solutions intended for disinfecting small channels and complex geometries. The company offers fibers that emit germicidal ultraviolet light along their entire length, like a glowstick these fibers are stable in water and can be inserted into complex geometries and narrow-diameter channels, piping, or tubing, enabling companies to deliver clean and safe products to their end users.
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$255.5K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Materials Services 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 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.
- Georgia Institute of Technology46
- Purdue University West Lafayette46
- North Carolina State University39
- Northeastern University36
- Texas A&M University34
- Smart material61→108
- Soft robotics4→36
- Morphing8→35
- Nanotechnology19→46
- Elastomer18→41
- Nanotechnology12→29
- Soft robotics2→13
- Fabrication4→12
- Liquid crystal3→10
- 3D printing6→12
- Smart material10→18
- Nanotechnology7→9
- Shape-memory alloy2→4
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.
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.
- IBM5881
- General Electric4493
- Halliburton Energy Services3870
- Intel3631
- UNIV California3335
- 3M Innovative Properties3293
- Corning3129
- United States Gypsum2665
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.