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Advanced Dispersed Particles

ad-particles.com ↗ ·Colmenar Viejo ·Seed

Advanced Dispersed Particles (ADParticles) is a Madrid-based deeptech company and spin-off of Spain's National Research Council (CSIC), founded in 2011 around a patented dry nanoparticle dispersion technology. Its main commercial line is EnhanceU®, FDA-certified non-nano mineral UV filters and pigments for cosmetics sold under the ADPCosmetics brand, with the underlying platform also applied to catalysts, cement, magnets and polymers.

Founded

2011

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SectorsNanotechnology, Cosmetics Ingredients, Materials Science, Deeptech Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Advanced materials, photonics & sensors

Profile updated 20 Jul 2026

Founders

No names on record yet.

Global models 5

Nanosys

United States · www.nanosysinc.com ↗

VC-backed platform nanomaterials company licensing patented nanoparticle (quantum dot) technology across multiple industries, similar to ADParticles' patented dispersion platform sold into diverse sectors.

$500M+Comparable

C3Nano

United States · c3nano.com ↗

Nanomaterial (silver nanowire) platform company supplying patented dispersed-nanoparticle formulations into coatings, displays and electronics, mirroring ADParticles' multi-industry nanoparticle ingredient model.

$100MComparable

Solidia Technologies

United States · www.solidiatech.com ↗

Deeptech spin-off commercializing patented nanomaterial-based additive technology (for cement) across industrial applications, a similar research-to-industrial-ingredient model.

$97MComparable

Pixelligent Technologies

United States · pixelligent.com ↗

Develops and sells patented dispersed nanocrystal materials for coatings, optics and electronics, closely matching ADParticles' core nanoparticle-dispersion IP and B2B ingredient supply model.

$50MComparable

NanoGraf

United States · nanograf.com ↗

University-linked spin-off commercializing patented nanomaterial technology as an industrial ingredient (battery anode material), similar academic-spin-off-to-nanomaterial-product trajectory.

$40M+Comparable

Investors 2

BeAble Capital

beablecapital.com

Investor Spain

CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial)

www.cdti.es

Investor Spain

Funding rounds

No announced rounds on record.

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