When was NuMat founded?

NuMat was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is NuMat located?

NuMat is headquartered in Skokie, United States.

How many employees does NuMat have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at NuMat is 65.

Is NuMat a funded company?

NuMat is a funded company, having raised a total of $22.6M across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jul 01, 2013.

When was the latest funding round of NuMat?

NuMat's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Apr 26, 2018, with participation from 3 investors. Its primary sector is Nanotechnology. In United States, the Nanotechnology sector has seen $117M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does NuMat rank among its competitors?

NuMat ranks 4th amongst 14 active competitors, of which 8 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Immaterial, which secured an undisclosed amount in Feb, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of NuMat?

NuMat's top competitors include Immaterial, Nuada and Promethean Particles. Among them, Immaterial secured the most recent funding round in February, 2026.

NuMat - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of nanoporous structures. It is a materials technology company that develops nanoporous materials specifically metal-organic frameworks and materials to enable gas storage challenging the need for compression. They design atomically engineered materials through the application of modern computing infrastructure to their proprietary material discovery algorithms, using which they create hypothetical structures, store these structures in databases, and then use high-performance cloud computing to rapidly simulate their properties.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

Skokie, United States

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$22.6M in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Apr 26, 2018, $*****

Investors

JUMP Investors & 8 more

Ranked

4^th among 14 active competitors

Employee Count

65 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Immaterial & 12 more

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NuMat is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Numat Technologies, Inc. CIN: 45-5312757 , United States, Active	Feb 09, 2012	-	38 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-

NuMat has raised a total funding of $22.6M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 01, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Apr 26, 2018 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. NuMat has 9 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of NuMat:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 26, 2018	8983592	Series B	1413909	1728691	1013803	5025030
Mar 03, 2017	8684499	Series A	4126297	4785646	1379444	6844024
Jun 09, 2016	4916214	Series A	4534998	5110852	JUMP Investors	9196650

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The founders of NuMat is Benjamin Hernandez.

Here are the details of NuMat's key team members:

Benjamin Hernandez: Founder & CEO of NuMat.

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NuMat's employee count trend

NuMat has 65 employees as of Mar 26. Here is NuMat's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of NuMat include Immaterial, Nuada and Promethean Particles. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of NuMat, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Immaterial 2015, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Series A	Manufacturer of nanoscale metal-organic frameworks	$18.2M	SLB, SLB & 12 others	62/100
2nd	Nuada 2012, Newtownabbey (United Kingdom), Series A	Provider of carbon capture technology solutions	$12.8M	Clean Growth Fund, Henson Family Trust & 22 others	56/100
3rd	Promethean Particles 2007, Nottingham (United Kingdom), Series A	Manufacturer of metal-organic frameworks for industrial applications like carbon capture	$13.5M	Foresight Group, Aramco Ventures & 38 others	52/100
4th	NuMat 2012, Skokie (United States), Series B	Developer of nanoporous structures	$22.6M	Rapha Capital Management, OS Fund & 7 others	49/100
5th	Atomis 2015, Kyoto (Japan), Series C	Provider metal-organic frameworks	$13.9M	Yachiyo Eng, Minato Capital & 15 others	38/100
6th	novoMOF 2017, Zofingen (Switzerland), Series A	Manufacturer of metal-organic frameworks	$5.39M	Shift4Good, Regenerative Investment & 2 others	37/100
7th	Framergy 2011, College Station (United States), Seed	MOFs and Single Molecule traps for clean energy	$1.59M	National Science Foundation, HHS	33/100
8th	ProfMOF 2015, Kongsberg (Norway), Funding Raised	Developer of metal organic frameworks	-	Inven2, Europa	30/100
9th	SquairTech 2021, Caen (France), Funding Raised	Provider of metal-organic frameworks	-	Normandie Incubation	24/100
10th	MOFgen 2013, St Andrews (United Kingdom), Seed	Developer of metal-organic frameworks for medical and therapeutic applications	$378K	Scottish Enterprise, Mercia & 6 others	23/100