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Scimplify raises $25M to add US capacity for specialty and critical-materials chemistry

Scimplify, a Bengaluru-based specialty chemicals and advanced materials maker, raised $25M in a round led by Hitachi Ventures, with Henkel and Teknor Apex joining. Total funding is now about $80M. It plans US research and processing capacity for areas with thin domestic supply, such as rare-earth and critical-metal purification and high-purity semiconductor and battery chemicals, and will keep building its in-house AI platform for taking chemistry from lab to production.

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So whatNew suppliers for hard-to-source chemistries are forming, often backed by the customers who need them.

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