Scimplify turns manufacturers’ material requirements into specialty chemicals, developing the production process and then using partner factories to make the finished product. TechCrunch reports that the Bengaluru startup has raised a $25 million all-equity strategic round led by Hitachi Ventures; customers Henkel and Teknor Apex also invested.
After an order arrives, Scimplify’s scientists and engineers develop the manufacturing process at research facilities in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Its Scinode software identifies possible production routes and suitable facilities while tracking quality and regulatory requirements, and the resulting process is transferred to a factory in a network of more than 500 facilities.
That network addresses the stubborn part of materials development: turning promising chemistry into a qualified product at commercial scale. Co-founder Sachin Santhosh told TechCrunch that Scimplify has sometimes moved from a customer’s requirements to a finished material in two months, versus the 12 to 18 months he said the work typically takes.
Scimplify says it serves more than 1,000 customers and has delivered products to more than 40 countries, with TDK, BASF and Hitachi among its customers. Santhosh put its annualized revenue run rate at about $200 million, triple the year-earlier level. He said the United States run rate rose from $10 million to about $60 million, while customers outside India now generate more than half of revenue.
About 90% of production still occurs in India, but Scimplify plans to add manufacturing capacity in the United States and Japan over the next year. Santhosh said roughly $7.5 million of the new capital is planned for the United States expansion, though that allocation may change. The company separately earmarked $2 million for Scinode.
The company says energy, electronics and defense now provide roughly 45% to 50% of revenue, up from less than 15% a year earlier. Its current work includes producing tungsten derivatives from scrap and developing rare-earth materials, both intended to give customers alternatives where supply is concentrated in China.
A person familiar with the transaction told TechCrunch that the round values Scimplify at $250 million after the investment, up from $150 million following a $40 million Series B in March 2025. Scimplify declined to disclose its valuation but said the transaction brings its total equity funding to $80 million.