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Korall Engineering
Techstars '22Bergen, NO · Founded 2021 · 5 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
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Korall Engineering is a design technology firm specializing in industrial design optimization and additive manufacturing solutions across oil & gas, maritime, automotive, and medical industries.
Also known as Korall Engineering AS
Founders & leadership
Korall Engineering was founded in 2021 by Bruno Maffei, Sigmund Berge, and Lennart Rolland.
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Korall Engineering AS is a design engineering firm based in Bergen, Norway, founded in 2021. It applies design optimization and AI-based software to redesign existing industrial products and automate product design workflows, with the stated aim of reducing engineering and lead times, material waste and production costs. The company develops proprietary part designs and makes them available on demand, positioning its offering around parts families, design automation and digital inventories so that components can be produced close to the point of need rather than transported.
The company works across oil & gas, maritime, automotive and medical sectors, and its team specializes in industrial design optimization for both additive and traditional manufacturing. Its website presents a browser-based configurator for a hand-wheel parts family, and describes a white-label web services platform that underpins its public site. Korall Engineering is part of the StartupLab Bergen incubator and a member of the GCE Ocean Technology cluster.
Founding story
The company was founded on 21 April 2021 in Bergen, Norway, and was associated with StartupLab Bergen from its early-stage development.
Business model
B2B: Korall Engineering supplies design engineering and additive manufacturing services and software-enabled digital inventories to industrial operators and their suppliers, developing proprietary part designs that customers can order on demand.
Traction
Korall Engineering expanded its team after joining the StartupLab Bergen incubator to support demand for additive manufacturing projects with companies including Equinor, TotalEnergies and Vår Energi. It completed a first deployment of 3D printed polymer valve handwheels for Petrobras, graduated from the CDL Milan Advanced Manufacturing program, participated in the MIT-connected Ocean Tech Scaling Program and was selected for the 300 Maritime venture program. The Hub lists the company at 1-10 employees and describes its funding state as bootstrapping.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
An early-stage (pre-seed) Norwegian supplier of design automation and additive manufacturing for heavy-asset industries, embedded in the Norwegian energy and ocean-technology ecosystem through partners and supporters including Equinor, DNV, Vår Energi, Eviny, Innovation Norway, Kongsberg Innovation, GCE Ocean Tech, EIT Manufacturing and Autodesk.
Technology
The company uses machine learning design-to-manufacturing tools such as Generative Design, mathematical finite element methods including Topology Optimization, and implicit modeling lattice-structure solutions for 3D printing in both metal and composite materials. It also operates a generalized white-label web services platform, first made publicly available with the launch of its own website in November 2025, and offers browser-based parametric configuration of parts families such as hand-wheels.
Go-to-market
The company has grown through accelerator and cluster channels — the Equinor & Techstars Energy Accelerator, the StartupLab Bergen incubator, GCE Ocean Technology, CDL Milan Advanced Manufacturing and the 300 Maritime program — using these networks to reach corporate operators and run industrial deployment projects.
Industrial operators and manufacturers in heavy-asset sectors, including oil & gas, maritime, automotive and medical; named collaborators include Equinor, TotalEnergies, Vår Energi and Petrobras.
Geography
Headquartered in Bergen (Bønes), Vestland, Norway, with activity extending to European venture programs (CDL Milan, EIT Manufacturing, MIT-connected Ocean Tech Scaling Program) and a first deployment in the Latin American energy sector with Petrobras.
History
Korall Engineering was founded on 21 April 2021 and was part of StartupLab Bergen during its early-stage development. In 2022 it joined the Equinor & Techstars Energy Accelerator, then entered the StartupLab Bergen incubator and expanded its team around additive manufacturing projects with Norwegian energy operators. It subsequently took part in the MIT-connected Ocean Tech Scaling Program, launched a new website built on its own white-label platform on 6 November 2025, graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab Milan Advanced Manufacturing program, was selected for the 300 Maritime program, and deployed 3D printed polymer valve handwheels for Petrobras.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
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Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsKorall launched a new website, the first public deployment of its generalized white-label web services platform.
Korall Engineering deployed 3D printed polymer valve handwheels for Petrobras, its first step into the Latin American energy sector.
The company completed the Creative Destruction Lab Milan Advanced Manufacturing program, an eight-month deep tech venture program focused on industrial scaling and commercialization.
Korall Engineering took part in the Ocean Tech Scaling Program, an international venture growth program connected to MIT focused on scaling ocean and energy technologies.
Korall Engineering was selected to join 300 Maritime, a maritime venture program connecting companies with corporates, investors and industry leaders.
Korall Engineering joined the Equinor & Techstars Energy Accelerator in 2022; Nordic9 reports Techstars as investor with a round value of USD 120k.
$120K source ↗
Following the Techstars program, the company joined the StartupLab Bergen incubator and expanded its team to support additive manufacturing projects with companies such as Equinor, TotalEnergies and Vår Energi.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Korall Engineeringkorall.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Korall Engineering do?
- Norwegian design engineering firm automating product design to enable on-demand 3D printing of parts for heavy-asset industries.
- Who founded Korall Engineering?
- Korall Engineering was founded by Bruno Maffei, Sigmund Berge, Lennart Rolland in 2021.
- Who are Korall Engineering's investors?
- Korall Engineering's investors include Techstars.
- Where is Korall Engineering headquartered?
- Korall Engineering is headquartered in Bergen, NO.