Manufactured

Manufactured, which also goes by MFD, is an end-to-end manufacturing, finance and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California. The company helps businesses source, finance and manage inventory, positioning inventory as a financial asset that it seeks to make more predictable to produce, fund and distribute. Its stated aims for customers include scaling manufacturing, lowering unit costs, optimizing supply chains and allocating capital more efficiently.

The company operates a vendor network of more than 500 vendors spanning 20 industries and 25 countries, serving verticals that include healthcare, food and lifestyle products. In late 2021 it launched an inventory financing solution intended to improve inventory reliability for consumer brands, and it has said it is building automation around credit underwriting and servicing to widen access to that product.

Founding story

Manufactured was founded in 2017 and is led by CEO and founder Pranay Srinivasan.

Business model

Manufactured combines manufacturing sourcing, distribution and inventory financing for consumer and other product brands, using its vendor network to produce goods and its financing product to fund the inventory cycle on customers' behalf.

The company provides manufacturing, distribution and inventory financing services to customer brands.

Traction

As of September 2022, the company reported a network of over 500 vendors across 20 industries and 25 countries and total capital raised of $16 million.

Latest developments

In September 2022 Manufactured announced a $13 million debt and equity raise from Tenacity Venture Capital and TriplePoint Capital to expand its inventory financing solution, and appointed Zara Ivanova, previously at Affirm, as Head of Finance.