Best Nanotechnology Companies in Germany
The 108 best Nanotechnology companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Topas Therapeutics.
Germany's Nanotechnology sector has 108 tracked companies and $146M in total disclosed funding, and the gap between that figure and where this market is headed is worth understanding. Global nanotechnology revenue stood at roughly $1.8B in 2020 and is forecast to reach $33.6B by 2030, a 34.3% CAGR that makes most sectors look pedestrian. Topas Therapeutics leads this directory at $69M raised, followed by Leon-nanodrugs and GNA Biosolutions at $20M each. So the top three filers alone account for more than three-quarters of all disclosed capital in the cohort. No unicorns yet. But the funding concentration tells you where conviction is sitting: nanomedicine, nanocapsules, and nanoparticles are pulling the most attention from active backers including HTGF and Bayern Kapital.
What's driving that conviction? Miniaturized diagnostics and drug delivery are compressing timelines that once took decades. I'd flag that healthcare demand is the clearest accelerant here, with innovative diagnostic tools cited as a primary demand driver across the global market. Coverage of German nanotechnology is rising, and the themes getting the most traction, nanoemulsions and targeted therapeutics, map directly onto where Topas Therapeutics and Leon-nanodrugs have planted capital. You won't find a unicorn in this directory yet, but the funding trajectory and sector momentum suggest that gap could close faster than the headline totals imply.
- Nanotechnology Market Trend – Increasing Applications of Nanotechnolog
- Nanotechnology Market worth $189.39 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 14.1
Our analysis of 50 Nanotechnology companies
$6.5b in tracked funding; 78% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Nanotechnology companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topas Therapeutics Developer of nanoparticle-based therapeutics for immunology disorders | $69M | 58 mo ago | 14 14 → 21 (+50%) | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+7 | Series B | 54 patents Targeted nanoparticle delivery systems for antigens and viral vectors in immunotherapy | — |
| 2 | Leon-nanodrugs Developer of technology for manufacturing lipid and polymeric nanoparticles for therapeutics 32Product top 21%Patents top 24%Innovation top 26%Moat top 32% All 10 signals ▾Producttop 21% Patentstop 24% Innovationtop 26% Moattop 32% Fundingtop 39% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 40% Techbottom 39% Newsbottom 21% Marketbottom 20% Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D Patents: 93 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 73 filings since 2022 vs 20 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $20M | 22 mo ago | 8 | Comelia Beier Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Series D | 93 patents Microfluidic aseptic mixing and disposable reactors for lipid nanoparticle drug production | — |
| 3 | GNA Biosolutions Develops instruments, OEM modules and assays for molecular pathogen detection | $20M | 82 mo ago | 29 | — | — | Series C | 96 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 4 | Rodos BioTarget Provider of drug delivery platform for the treatment of bacterial infections and viral diseases | $5M | 106 mo ago | 4 | — | — | Deadpooled | 29 patents Lipid‑based targeted nanocarriers for gene and drug delivery to immune and neural cells | — |
| 5 | ProtaGene Provider of drug development services for cell & gene therapeutic services | $5M | 152 mo ago | 55 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | Series B | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Pantherna Therapeutics Developer of lipid nanoparticle technologies for mRNA-based therapeutics delivery | $4M | 83 mo ago | 12 | Klaus Giese CEO | — | Seed | 49 patents Lipid nanoparticle delivery systems for nucleic acid‑based therapeutics and vaccines. | — |
| 7 | Temicon Manufacturer of Nano and Microstructure components | $4M | 74 mo ago | 65 | — | TYPO3 CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+9 | Public | 52 patents Optical light‑guiding panels and structured light‑deflection surfaces for illumination. | — |
| 8 | micro resist technology Developer of photoresists, polymers, and photopolymers | $3M | 68 mo ago | — | Gabi Grutzner Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 9 | Lonic Liquid Technologies Provider of ionic liquid & nanotechnology coatings for engineering applications | $2M | 27 mo ago | 18 18 → 14 (-22%) | Thomas Schubert CEO | DrupalPHPSvelte+7 | Funding Raised | — | 1 launch |
| 10 | Thermosome Developer of targeted tumor therapy combined with immune stimulation for cancer | $2M | 122 mo ago | 17 | Martin Hossann Principal Scientist & Co-Founder | — | Seed | 42 patents Specialized oligoglycerol-based lipids for drug delivery nanoparticles | — |
| 11 | attocube Provider of diversified nanopositioning equipment | $2M | 92 mo ago | 126 126 → 187 (+48%) | Khaled Karrai Co-Founder | Concrete CMSPHPBootstrap+11 | Funding Raised | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 12 | nextnano Software for simulation of electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor nanodevices | $2M | 65 mo ago | — | Stefan Birner CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 13 | PlasmaChem Nanomaterial based solutions & measurement facilities | $2M | 60 mo ago | — | Alexey Kalachev CEO & Director | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 14 | CNM Technologies Developed the technology to produce extremely thin polymer-like carbon films | $1M | 61 mo ago | 5 | Holger Ulland CEO | — | Funding Raised | 7 patents Carbon nanomembrane heterostructures and transfer methods for thin‑film optical/semiconductor devices | — |
| 15 | Surflay Developer of custom particles, microsensors, and surface modification technologies | $992K | 87 mo ago | — | Habil Lars Dahne Founder & CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | 2 launchs |
| 16 | Engineered Nanoproducts Germany Coating & productivity enhancement solutions based on nanotechnology | $964K | 175 mo ago | 41 | — | — | Public | — | — |
| 17 | Vanguard Automation Provider of 3D printing technology for the electronic industry | $752K | 65 mo ago | 19 | Thorsten Mayer CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | Acquired | 13 patents Photonic packaging wire‑bonding and optical metrology for non‑spherical object pose detection. | 1 award |
| 18 | Sixonia Manufacturer of graphene | $747K | 68 mo ago | — | Martin Lohe Founder | Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+14 | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 19 | Raith Provider of nanofabrication systems and characterization solutions for industry and academia | $476K | 62 mo ago | 11 | Masum Khan CEO | BreakdanceWordPressApple iCloud Mail+16 | Funding Raised | 13 patents Focused ion beam and SIMS instrumentation for semiconductor inspection and advanced ion source generation | 1 job opening · 1 expansion · 2 awards |
| 20 | NanoScale Systems Developer of sensors and 3D nanoprinting technology for medical applications | $437K | 43 mo ago | 4 | Alexander Kaya Founder & CEO | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 21 | Nanoscribe Provider of 3D printing services | $389K | 65 mo ago | — | Martin Hermatschweiler Co-Founder | TYPO3 CMSPHPSalesforce+8 | Acquired | 44 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | — |
| 22 | JPK Instruments Nano-analytic instruments for life sciences and soft matter applications | $301K | 137 mo ago | 175 | — | — | Acquired | 77 patents Advanced scanning probe microscopy systems for multi‑modal sample analysis and cellular activation measurement | — |
| 23 | SmartMembranes Developer and manufacturer of porous material using alumina and silicon | $265K | 100 mo ago | 4 | Monika Lelonek Founder & CEO | — | Seed | — | — |
| 24 | enablingMNT Engineering services for nanotechnology | $260K | 133 mo ago | — | Patric Salomon Founder & Managing Director | — | Funding Raised | — | — |
| 25 | IONTOF Manufacturer of ion beam technology products for surface spectrometry analysis | $247K | 29 mo ago | — | Thomas Heller Co-Founder | Apache HTTP ServerLodashPWA+1 | Funding Raised | — | — |
Top 12 Nanotechnology companies in Germany
#1
Series D · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2011 · 8 employees$20.3Mraised▾
Developer of technology for manufacturing lipid and polymeric nanoparticles for therapeutics. The company’s systems support process development and GMP production of nanoparticles. They engineer technology that aims to redefine precision and performance in nanoparticle production. The company empowers partners to accelerate the development of next-generation therapeutics.
- Aug 2024Series D—
- Apr 2020Series B—
- Jul 2015Series A$20.3M
#2
Series B · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2016 · 14 employees$68.5Mraised▾
Developer of nanoparticle-based therapeutics for immunology disorders. The company's pipeline drug candidates include TPM 203 for pemphigus Vulgaris, TPM 501/502 for celiac disease, and anti-drug immune response.
- Jul 2021Series B$21.3M
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$492.1K
- Oct 2020Series B$25.8M
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$290.8K
#3
Funding Raised · Heilbronn, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2003 · 18 employees$2.3Mraised▾
Provider of ionic liquid & nanotechnology coatings for engineering applications. The products include synthesis, catalysis, analytics, electroplating, biotechnology, sensor applications, and others.
- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)$342K
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$243.1K
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$291.3K
- Aug 2017Grant (prize money)$760.2K
#4
Series C · Planegg, Bavaria · founded 2010 · 29 employees$20.2Mraised▾
Develops instruments, OEM modules and assays for molecular pathogen detection. It claims its technology as a new approach to PCR along with cooling and heating rates at different orders and enables physicians and hospitals to diagnose bacterial diseases. Its first product Pharos400 features laser-based PCR technology is for thermal cycling and fluorescence-free real-time readout of results.
- Aug 2019Series C$13.5M
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$2M
- Jun 2015Series B$6.7M
#5
Funding Raised · Munster, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1989$247.4Kraised▾
Manufacturer of ion beam technology products for surface spectrometry analysis. The company offers instruments for surface analysis, depth profiling, surface imaging, and 3D analysis. Products include time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry and low energy ion scattering instruments. Software is available for instrument operation, data acquisition, and data analysis.
- Dec 2023Grant (prize money)$35.3K
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)$31.5K
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$30.1K
- Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$22.4K
#6
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 1993$2.7Mraised▾
Developer of photoresists, polymers, and photopolymers. It is involved in the processing of chemicals for lithographic manufacturing processes in micro and nanostructuring used in key technologies and growth markets such as microsystems technology, microelectronics, optoelectronics, micro and nanophotonics, and micro and nanotechnology. It has various certificates regarding polymer development.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$539.4K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$451.4K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$557K
- Nov 2017Grant (prize money)$499K
#7
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 1993$1.6Mraised▾
Plasmachem provides nano-materials, detonation-, vacuum-, plasma- and ultra-thin film technologies and their biomedical and technical applications. It has facilities to offer measurements of modified surfaces and nano-objects using different analysis methods including Scanning Probe Techniques (AFM/STM/STS). It also has a business line for production and sale of nanopowders, nanodiamonds, nanoceramics, nanometals, composite nanoparticles and capsules, etc. The ready-to-use industrial nano-products offered includes nano-abrasives, additives to engine oils, composite nano-suspensions for electroplating and electroless plating of metals.
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$376.6K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$373.2K
- Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$215.4K
- Dec 2017Grant (prize money)$212.3K
#8
Public · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2005 · 65 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Temicon GmbH (previously called Holotools) develops and manufactures micro and nanostructured products serving as key components for applications like light management, displays, solar technology, or life science. Temicon's core business is the development and production of nanoimprint tools, injection molds, precision components, and stencils with functional micro and nanostructured surfaces. Temicon uses lithographic methods, thin-film technologies, and electroforming for the production of micro and nanostructures with extensive patterning.
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$409.7K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$417.4K
- Nov 2014Series A$3.7M
#9
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
#10
Funding Raised · Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2011 · 5 employees$1.4Mraised▾
CNM Technologies manufactures ultrathin membranes on carbon basis. These membranes have applications in several fields such as Transmission Electron Microscopy (as underlying carrier layer), Cleantech (for energy-efficient filtration and cleaning of gas stream), Electronics, Medicine, Nanotechnology etc. It sells its products online to research groups and companies worldwide.
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$84K
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$168.1K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$579K
- Jan 2016Grant (prize money)$143.1K
#11
Deadpooled · Hannover, Lower Saxony · founded 2008 · 4 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Provider of drug delivery platform for the treatment of bacterial infections and viral diseases. Offers proprietary TargoSphere technology, a nanocarrier platform to achieve enhanced prophylactic and therapeutic approaches against diseases. Claims that TargoSphere can carry high concentrations of compounds spanning a broad range of sizes and structures of classical small molecule drugs to biomolecules, such as proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids. Currently applies TargoSphere technology for two in-house therapeutic applications Targobiotics, for intracellular treatment of bacterial infections, and Targovir, for the treatment of viral diseases.
- Aug 2017Series A$940.7K
- 2016Series A$368.9K
- Apr 2013Series A$3.4M
#12
Seed · Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg · founded 2017 · 12 employees$4Mraised▾
Developer of lipid nanoparticle technologies for mRNA-based therapeutics delivery. The company focuses on organ-specific and cell-selective delivery and expression of mRNA-based therapeutics. It facilitates precise pharmacological targeting of diverse tissues through tailored adjustment of lipid nanoparticles. The company's technologies guarantee efficient mRNA release in target cells for versatile therapies. The company is open to collaborations with pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
- Jul 2019Seed$4M
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