Top 10 Space Material startups

Updated: Apr 23, 2026
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These startups are developing durable but lightweight materials specifically tailored for the extreme conditions of space.
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Space Forge
Country: UK | Funding: $51M
Space Forge allows to produce super materials in space that are impossible to create on Earth. In particular it'is using space-derived crystal seeds to grow ultra-high quality semiconductor substrates. It's operating own world-first reusable, returnable orbital manufacturing platform (ForgeStar) and provides microgravity-as-a-service for manufacturing on low Earth orbit. The space environment offers a unique set of environmental conditions that are hugely beneficial for certain processes: vacuum, lower ambient pressure, weightlessness, near-zero temperatures. Rapid, reliable and returnable vehicle to harness the space environment for your needs. The company has also developed return system thatl brings precious cargo back to Earth gently, with no shock on landing in an innovative vehicle with a precision engineered capture and recovery system.
2
iComat
Country: UK | Funding: $25.9M
Revolutionary production equipment for the manufacturing of advanced carbon fibre composite parts.
3
FibreCoat
Country: Germany | Funding: $25.4M
FibreCoat produces thermoplastic-coated fibres for composites and aluminium-coated fibres for shielding applications.
4
Oxford Space Systems
Country: UK | Funding: $23.6M
OSS Is a space technology business that provides multi-award winning deployable antennas & structures made from proprietary materials.
5
Atomic-6
Country: USA | Funding: $13.6M
Atomic-6 is a manufacturing startup bringing next-generation composite products for orbital constructions. In particular it created a composite material-based space-suite called Space Armor to protect astronauts from satellite debris
6
Cosmic Shielding Corporation
Country: USA | Funding: $10.4M
Making space safe with world leading & mission proven nanocomposite radiation shielding materials
7
Orbital Composites
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Orbital Composites specializes in the fields of 3D printing, Composites, robotics automation, and carbon fiber.
8
Raven Space Systems
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Raven Space Systems creates 3D-printed reentry capsules to return cargo from space.
9
TakeMe2Space
Country: India
Building an Orbital Infrastructure accessible for everyone. Students, Researchers & Enterprises. Its powered by CubeSat(s) built indegenously by TakeMe2Space in India.
10
Melagen Labs
Country: USA
Melagen Labs is a space-tech materials company that offers purpose-designed radiation shields.
Boris Maslennikov
Editor: Boris Maslennikov
Boris Maslennikov is a senior editor for Space-Startups. He has spent more than a decade covering the global space industry as a business journalist. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science from the California Institute of Technology. In his free time, Boris enjoys studying history and mathematics, with a particular interest in the history of mathematics. You can contact Boris at borismaslenikov(at)space-startups(dot)com