Materra

What Materra does

Materra is a UAE-based deep-tech platform developing sovereign-grade infrastructure at the intersection of nanomaterials, digital asset frameworks, and industrial systems. Its core technical proposition is the controlled engineering of ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale elements with particle sizes below 30nm, spanning a nine-material portfolio — gold, silver, copper, graphene, titanium, lithium, platinum, aluminum, and silicon — supported by laboratory validation, characterization, and end-to-end traceability. The company pairs this physical production capability with a conceptual digital infrastructure layer called Nano Commex and a framework of nine Real-World Asset reference architectures (CUNP, AUNP, AGNP and six additional ticker concepts), explicitly framed as non-commercial pending regulatory approvals such as from VARA.

The company is privately held and founder-led by CEO Mario Urlić, supported by CTO Wilco Leenders and Director Darko Parun, with a UAE-based core scientific team currently in formation. Its institutional footprint spans Ras Al Khaimah (RAKEZ-registered headquarters), Dubai (Dubai Founders HQ under the D33 economic agenda, DIFC Innovation Hub), and Abu Dhabi (Emirates Palace, Qasr Al Watan). Target customer segments are sovereign governments and institutional partners across four primary verticals: medicine and healthcare, aerospace and defense, semiconductors and AI infrastructure, and clean energy and advanced manufacturing.

The business model is pre-revenue with no public pricing. Distribution is entirely gated: institutional partners must submit a Request Access form with official institutional email, role and stated purpose, and detailed specifications live behind three password-protected portals. Planned monetization paths — licensing and royalties on the materials side, and transaction or exchange fees via Nano Commex once regulatory clearance is obtained — are conceptual rather than operational. All disclosed institutional engagements to date (DMCC, DFHQ, DIFC, National Founders Program) are regulatory or ecosystem-positioning relationships, not commercial revenue contracts.

Name

Materra

Legal name

Materra Labs FZ-LLC

Website

https://materra.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Materra is a UAE-based deep-tech platform engineering ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale materials at ≤30nm across nine strategic elements and structuring them into conceptual Real-World Asset frameworks. It serves sovereign governments and institutional partners via a gated, UAE-jurisdictional infrastructure model across medicine, aerospace, semiconductors/AI, and clean energy verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advanced Nano-Materials Engineering

NAICS

Research and Development in Nanotechnology (541713)

SIC

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals (2810)

akta.pro primary industry

Thin-Film Deposition Materials (PVD/CVD/ALD Targets & Precursors) (HDAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Nano materials engineering
• Sovereign infrastructure systems
• Digital asset frameworks
• Advanced strategic materials
• Real world assets

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Pre-revenue / no live commercial revenue streams: At the time of publication, Materra does not issue, distribute, or facilitate the trading of virtual assets, does not offer any public investment products, and has no user trading platform live. All references to tokenization, RWAs, and exchanges are conceptual, educational, and illustrative only, subject to applicable regulatory approvals (e.g., VARA). The company is in pre-commercial operational establishment.
2. Future planned RWA framework / Nano Commex exchange layer: Nine-material RWA framework (CUNP, AUNP, AGNP, GNP, TINP, LINP, PTNP, ALNP, SINP) is designed around fixed-supply, traceability and protocol-based governance, intended to integrate with Nano Commex — a dedicated exchange infrastructure for scientific commodities. These are strictly conceptual and non-commercial at present; if activated, they would generate transaction/exchange-based revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Materra engineers ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale materials with controlled particle sizes below 30nm across a nine-element portfolio (gold, silver, copper, graphene, titanium, lithium, platinum, aluminum, silicon) and structures them into traceable digital asset frameworks and sovereign industrial systems. Operations are conducted within UAE jurisdiction under a proprietary nano-production methodology with laboratory validation and full traceability, targeted exclusively at institutional and sovereign partners.

Product overview

Materra is a platform-plus-modules ecosystem rather than a single unified product, organized across three integrated core components: (1) Nano-Scale Science & Strategic Materials, which engineers ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale elements with controlled particle sizes below 30nm; (2) Structured Digital Asset Systems, which structures validated materials into traceable Real-World Assets (RWAs) including nine named RWA coins — Cuprum Coin RWA (CUNP), Aurum Coin RWA (AUNP), Argentum Coin RWA (AGNP), Graphenum Coin RWA, Titanium Coin RWA, Lithium Coin RWA, Platinum Coin RWA, Aluminium Coin RWA, and Siliconum Coin RWA — integrated within the Nano Commex conceptual infrastructure layer; and (3) Sovereign Infrastructure & Industrial Systems, which extends the framework into sovereign and industrial environments for advanced manufacturing, energy systems, and strategic technologies. Together, the three core components form the foundation for the transformation of physical materials into sovereign industrial and financial capabilities, anchored in UAE-based production, validation, and regulatory alignment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nano Commex: Conceptual infrastructure layer / dedicated exchange environment for nano-scale materials within the Materra ecosystem; positioned as a non-operational research framework exploring how scientifically verified materials could be referenced within future regulated digital environments.

Products and services

• Nano-Scale Science & Strategic Materials Engineered ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale elements with controlled particle sizes below 30nm spanning nano gold, silver, copper, graphene, titanium, lithium, platinum, aluminum and silicon, with laboratory validation, characterization and full traceability. Targeted at sovereign, institutional and industrial partners in medicine, aerospace, semiconductors, AI, clean energy and advanced manufacturing.
• Structured Digital Asset Systems Governed digital asset systems that structure validated nano-scale materials into traceable Real-World Asset (RWA) reference architectures — including nine named RWA concepts (CUNP, AUNP, AGNP, GNP, TINP, LINP, PTNP, ALNP, SINP) — with fixed-supply design, traceability, and protocol-based governance integrated within the Nano Commex infrastructure layer. Conceptual, non-commercial, and subject to regulatory approvals.
• Sovereign Infrastructure & Industrial Systems Infrastructure layer that extends Materra's framework into sovereign and industrial environments, bridging nano-scale materials and structured digital assets with real-world infrastructure for advanced manufacturing, energy systems, semiconductors, AI infrastructure and strategic technologies. Targeted at sovereign and institutional partners.
• Nano Commex Conceptual research layer within the Materra ecosystem exploring how sovereign-aligned, compliant systems for scientifically verified materials could be designed and integrated into future regulated digital environments. Not an exchange, marketplace, or operational system; reserved domains include nanocommex.com and nanocommodity.exchange (non-operational).

Quantifiable outcome

• Ultra-high-purity (99.99%+) nano-scale elements with controlled particle sizes below 30nm, produced and validated in the UAE
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Department of Economy & Tourism (Dubai) / Dubai Chamber of Digital EconomyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 March 2026Co-administrators of Dubai Founders HQ and the D33 economic agenda under H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum; Materra's founding membership and continued alignment are anchored to this institutional relationship.
• Dubai Founders HQ (DFHQ)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 October 2025Materra Lab FZCO was included as an early founding member of Dubai Founders HQ (DFHQ) on October 23, 2025. DFHQ is operated by the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy and the Dubai Department of Economy & Tourism under the D33 economic agenda. Engagement includes closed working sessions at DFHQ's Marina workspace (proximity to Museum of the Future), structured discussions with regulatory, compliance and scientific infrastructure stakeholders, and continued operations from the DFHQ ecosystem through 2026.
• Museum of the Future (Dubai) — Ameca humanoid interactionminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025On October 1, 2025, founder Mario Urlić visited Dubai's Museum of the Future and conducted a recorded interaction with Ameca, an advanced humanoid robot, demonstrating real-time human-AI dialogue around nano gold applications in medicine, electronics and environmental systems.
• National Founders Program (Mubadala / Antler / Hub71)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Following strategic discussions within DIFC in September 2025, Materra was invited to participate in the National Founders Program, a Mubadala / Antler / Hub71 initiative to commercialize university research.
• Cuprum Coin RWA (CUNP) / Aurum Coin RWA (AUNP) / Argentum Coin RWA (AGNP) and other RWA reference architecturescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2025Nine-material Real-World Asset conceptual framework spanning CUNP (nano copper), AUNP (nano gold), AGNP (nano silver), GNP (graphene), TINP (titanium), LINP (lithium), PTNP (platinum), ALNP (aluminum), and SINP (silicon). Strictly non-commercial, non-tradable and not publicly offered; serve as internal reference architectures only.
• Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025On May 1, 2025, DMCC formally approved the company name "Materra Lab FZCO" (working name: Materra) and issued the official No Objection Certificate (NOC) required to proceed with the next stages of company formation and regulatory engagement. The relationship dates back to January 2022 and includes visits to DMCC's Uptown and Crypto Centre facilities. Engagement continues toward VARA regulatory pathway.
• Nano Commex (conceptual infrastructure layer)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2025Nano Commex is a conceptual infrastructure initiative developed within the Materra ecosystem to explore how scientifically verified materials could be referenced within future regulated digital environments. Origins trace to early-stage 2023 research and internal prototypes developed under the working name CuCEX (PRNewswire: cuprum-coin-plans-to-launch-its-own-crypto-exchange-cucex-301746172). Not currently operational; does not provide trading, listing, settlement or exchange services.
• Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Innovation Hub / DFSAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2023Multi-year institutional engagement initiated in October 2023 with DIFC and DFSA representatives during the early-stage development phase; continued through September 2025 strategic discussions and a March 23, 2026 follow-up visit reinforcing Materra's positioning within the UAE's scientific, regulatory, and innovation ecosystem.
• Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Materra Labs FZ-LLC is established within RAKEZ (Registration No. 0000004089905, License No. 17008960) at the Compass building, Al Hulaila. RAKEZ provides the institutional foundation for scientific, industrial, and digital asset initiatives, including UAE-based execution activities in June 2026.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nanoco Group: UK-listed producer of cadmium-free quantum dots and nano-scale materials for display, healthcare, and electronics. Direct comparable as a publicly listed nano-scale materials platform with traceable production and multiple vertical use cases, although without the sovereign-aligned RWA overlay.
• Haydale Graphene Industries: UK-listed functionalized graphene and nano-materials supplier serving aerospace, automotive, and energy customers. Comparable on nano-material production methodology and multi-vertical commercialization, though at a more advanced commercial stage.
• NanoXplore: Canadian producer of graphene and graphene-enhanced materials used in transportation, packaging, and industrial applications. Comparable as a vertically integrated nano-materials platform targeting industrial end-customers, but lacks the UAE sovereign positioning and RWA conceptual layer.
• Applied Graphene Materials: UK-based producer of graphene nanoplatelets for composites, coatings, and lubricants. Comparable as a nano-materials platform with traceability claims and industrial customer focus; lacks the sovereign/RWA conceptual overlay Materra emphasizes.

Broad incumbents

• Paxos (Pax Gold / PAXG): US-regulated tokenization infrastructure provider operating regulated gold and other real-world-asset tokens under NYDFS oversight. Comparable as a regulated institutional RWA platform linking physical commodities to digital representations — the closest operational analogue to Nano Commex's intended use case.
• Group 42 (G42): Abu Dhabi-based AI and cloud computing holding company operating across semiconductors, healthcare, and smart cities with deep sovereign backing. Comparable as a UAE sovereign-aligned deep-tech platform, but at a vastly larger scale and focused on AI infrastructure rather than nano-materials.
• Tether Gold (XAUt): Gold-pegged token issued by Tether with each token backed by physical gold bullion. Comparable to the Aurum Coin RWA (AUNP) concept as a digital representation of a physical precious metal, though focused on bullion rather than nano-scale industrial materials.

Emerging players

• SkyNano Technologies: US-based producer of low-cost carbon nanotubes and nano-structured carbon materials from CO2. Comparable as an emerging deep-tech nano-materials producer pursuing industrial decarbonization, but operating in the US regulatory and capital environment rather than the UAE sovereign ecosystem.
• Aurus: Digital precious metals infrastructure provider offering gold-, silver-, and platinum-backed tokens for institutional and retail use. Comparable as a commodity-RWA infrastructure peer, though without the nano-scale scientific dimension Materra emphasizes.

Others

• DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) Free Zone Companies: Not a peer per se, but the umbrella free-zone ecosystem in which Materra is registered. Comparable as the broader commodities/digital-asset infrastructure context against which Materra's RWA framework is being positioned and that hosts competing sovereign-aligned commodity ventures.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MaterraOfficial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@materra_official
• Facebookfacebook.com/Materra.io/about
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/materra-io
• Instagraminstagram.com/materra.io

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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