Company · Deeptech & Hardware

ADParticles

adpcosmetics.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Seed

ADParticles (Advanced Dispersed Particles, S.L.) is a Madrid-based 2011 spin-off of Spain's CSIC research council that designs, manufactures and sells nano-free mineral UV filters and pigments for sun care and colour cosmetics under the ADP Cosmetics brand, using its patented CoSmart nanoparticle-dispersion technology. It holds ISO, COSMOS/ECOCERT and FDA compliance credentials, is certified a Spanish 'Pyme Innovadora', and distributes to cosmetics manufacturers in roughly 40 countries. Funding to date is small (public reporting shows about $1-3M raised across two rounds via CDTI's Innvierte program and private investors), consistent with an early-stage B2B deep-science ingredients company rather than a venture mega-round scaleup.

Founded
2011
Founders
1
News
3
Rounds
1
Investors
2
SectorsCosmetics Ingredients, Nanotechnology, Materials Science, Sun Care Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Advanced materials, photonics & sensors

Profile updated 20 Jul 2026

Founders

José Francisco Fernández Lozano
Scientific Founder / Co-founder (Professor, ICV-CSIC)

Global models 5

Ginkgo Bioworks
Deep-science foundry model engineering novel organisms/materials and selling them as specialty ingredients to consumer-goods manufacturers, the same B2B advanced-ingredient-supplier model as ADP Cosmetics.
$800MComparable
Geltor
United States · geltor.com ↗
Precision-fermentation biotech that manufactures novel proteins and sells them as specialty ingredients to cosmetics and personal-care brands, mirroring ADP's B2B mineral-ingredient supply model.
$137MComparable
Debut
United States · www.debutbiotech.com ↗
Cell-free biomanufacturing platform producing bioactive skincare ingredients sold to cosmetics formulators, the same deep-science-to-cosmetics-ingredient pipeline as ADP.
$87.7MComparable
Colorifix
United Kingdom · www.colorifix.com ↗
Biotech-produced pigments sold B2B to manufacturers as a sustainable alternative to conventional colorants, paralleling ADP's mineral pigment/UV-filter ingredient business.
$54MComparable
C16 Biosciences
United States · www.c16bio.com ↗
Biomanufactures a sustainable raw-material ingredient (palm oil alternative) sold to personal-care and cosmetics companies, the same specialty-ingredient-supplier model as ADP.
$36MComparable

Investors 2

Funding rounds 1

Seed · €1M
ADParticles is a CSIC spin-off that makes mineral UV-filter particles for cosmetics. It closed a €1M round led by private investor Alfonso H…
2021-12-14

News & media 3

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