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Immaterial Labs
Advanced porous materials for industrial gas separation and storage
About Immaterial Labs
Immaterial is a cleantech company that develops and manufactures monolithic metal-organic frameworks (m-MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials designed for high-efficiency gas storage and separation. The company spun out of the University of Cambridge in 2015, founded by Professor David Fairen-Jimenez, Dr. Andrew Marsden, and Tian Tian. Professor Fairen-Jimenez leads the Adsorption & Advanced Material Laboratory at Cambridge and his research into MOFs underpins the company's core technology. The key innovation is a proprietary one-step synthesis process that creates MOFs as monoliths rather than fine powders, overcoming a significant barrier to industrial adoption by improving volumetric capacity and eliminating issues like pressure drops in reactors.
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The company's primary business model focuses on supplying its m-MOF materials and integrated systems to industrial clients. Its main markets are clean energy and emissions reduction, with a focus on two key areas: point-source carbon capture and hydrogen storage. For carbon capture, Immaterial's materials offer highly selective CO2 removal, even in the presence of humidity, aiming to provide a lower-cost alternative to traditional amine scrubbing technologies. For the hydrogen economy, the m-MOFs enable storage of hydrogen at lower pressures, which reduces costs and improves spatial efficiency for transport and intermittent storage applications. Immaterial works with clients to design and deploy compact, modular systems tailored to their specific operational needs.
Immaterial has received funding from various sources, including a Series A round in September 2023 led by SLB, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures, JERA, and AP Ventures, among others. This funding is aimed at scaling production to multi-tonnes per annum and accelerating the deployment of its first demonstrator systems at partner sites. Keywords: metal-organic frameworks, carbon capture, hydrogen storage, porous materials, gas separation, gas storage, advanced materials, cleantech, nanomaterials, emissions reduction, monolithic MOFs, industrial decarbonization, energy transition, air purification, chemical engineering, material science, adsorption technology, hydrogen economy, sustainable technology, molecular engineering
At a glance
- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Employees
- 49
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 82.8/100
- Sector
- Energy, Biotechnology, Hydrogen, Material Technology, Spinout, Nanomaterials, Sustainable Development Goals, Space Tech, Industrial Technology, Advanced Materials
- Technology
- Hardware, Deep Tech, Nanotech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Feb 2026 | — | — | UBE | ↗ |
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Oct 2025 | $18M | $71M | AP Ventures · Jogchum Brinksma · Moeve · Finindus | ↗ |
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Seed1 investor entered at this stage
EIT Climate KIC
Series A12 investors entered at this stage
SLB
AP Ventures
TRIREC
JERA
Energy Revolution Ventures
Energy Transition Ventures
Ultratech Capital Partners- JBJogchum Brinksma
Chevron Technology Ventures
Moeve
Finindus
UBE
Other known investors8 additional known investors
Cambridge Enterprise
CASSINI Initiative
EUSPA
University of Cambridge
Energy Catalyst
Net Zero Technology Centre
Plug and Play
Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub
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