Rangeview
36 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Rangeview develops and manufactures advanced cast components for turbine engine programs, serving defense and aerospace customers such as Kratos Defense & Security Solutions. It operates in the defense manufacturing sector.
Also known as Rangeview
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Rangeview is a manufacturing company that applies novel 3D printing and materials technology to investment casting, the process used to produce intermediate-volume metal parts. The company develops its own machines, materials and software, describing its approach as a proprietary digital casting technology intended to replace the conventional foundry framework. Its stated positioning is building industrial capacity for the energy and defense sectors using differentiated technology deployed at scale.
The company's technology combines custom 3D printing for the production of molding casts with automated removal of support structures, targeting complex internal geometries — such as turbine components with intricate cooling channels — that are difficult or impossible to produce with conventional casting. Founders Cameron Schiller and Aeden Gasser-Brennan describe the goal as cutting lead times and eliminating tooling costs for customers that engage Rangeview as a design and production partner. Rangeview operates a foundry and shop in El Segundo, California, in a cluster of hardware startups, and its production work has included turning CAD models into precise cast aluminum components. Hiring listings cover full-stack software, equipment and automation, advanced manufacturing engineering, and operations roles.
Founding story
Rangeview was founded by Cameron Schiller and Aeden Gasser-Brennan, who began the work as college students at a Berkeley lab before building out the company. They identified investment casting — a process largely unchanged since the 1960s — as a bottleneck for aerospace, defense and automotive manufacturing, and set out to modernize it by combining custom 3D printing with advanced material science.
Business model
Rangeview works as a design and production partner, manufacturing cast metal components for customers rather than licensing software, and also operates foundry capacity under contract. It additionally sells branded merchandise through an online shop.
Revenue is generated from component design and production contracts with defense and industrial customers, including contracted operation of foundry capacity for maintenance, repair and overhaul replacement parts. A separate consumer merchandise store sells apparel priced from $35 to $70.
Traction
The company reports a selection by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to develop advanced cast components for advanced turbine engine programs and an award to operate foundry capacity producing MRO replacement parts for U.S. Navy programs. It runs a production facility in El Segundo with employees and is recruiting across software, automation, manufacturing and operations roles.
Latest developments
Company press releases report a U.S. Navy MRO foundry capacity contract and a selection by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for advanced turbine engine cast components. The founders appeared on the Mission Matters podcast in October 2025, and the company has been profiled by the Rational Optimist Society.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Rangeview positions itself within the U.S. reshoring and defense industrial base movement, addressing a domestic investment casting sector that has lost more than 100 foundries since 2001. It is part of the El Segundo, California hardware startup cluster.
Unlike conventional investment casting, which relies on tooling and a process substantially unchanged since the 1960s, Rangeview's digital casting approach eliminates tooling costs, shortens lead times, and enables geometries that conventional methods cannot produce. The founding team's background is in robotics, and the company builds its own equipment, materials and software stack rather than selling software alone.
Technology
The company develops novel machines, materials and software around what it calls proprietary digital casting — a rethink of the traditional foundry process. Core elements include custom 3D printing used to produce molding casts and to remove support structures, combined with advanced material science, enabling parts with complex internal geometries such as cooling channels while removing the need for tooling.
Go-to-market
Rangeview engages customers directly as a design and production partner on component programs and pursues government and prime contractor awards, supported by founder-led public visibility through podcasts, written profiles and social media.
Aerospace, defense and energy manufacturers requiring intermediate-volume cast metal parts, including turbine engine programs and government MRO programs; the founders cite demand from innovative defense and space companies building complex modern systems.
Geography
Headquartered in the Los Angeles area, with a factory and foundry operation in El Segundo, California.
History
The company was operating a factory in El Segundo, California by late 2023, when a visitor account described its shop, staff and casting process. TenOneTen Ventures records partnering with the company in 2022 at the seed stage. In 2025 the founders discussed the business publicly on the Mission Matters podcast. Company press releases dated 2026 report a selection by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions for advanced turbine engine cast components and a U.S. Navy MRO contract to operate foundry capacity.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsRangeview was awarded a contract to operate foundry capacity producing MRO replacement parts for U.S. Navy programs.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions selected Rangeview to develop advanced cast components for its advanced turbine engine programs.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
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- Rangeviewrangeview.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Rangeview do?
- Rangeview is a Los Angeles-based manufacturer using digital investment casting and 3D printing for defense and energy components.
- Who founded Rangeview?
- Rangeview was founded by Cameron Schiller, Aeden Gasser-Brennan.
- Who are Rangeview's investors?
- Rangeview's investors include Mantis Capital, TenOneTen Ventures.