Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Stoke Space develops fully reusable rockets for space transportation and mobility services. The company focuses on rapid iteration from prototype to launch, with a mission to enable seamless mobility to, through, and from space.

53 investors

Boom Supersonic develops Overture, a supersonic airliner designed to fly at twice the speed of current airliners and run on sustainable aviation fuel, serving both civil airline and government/defense markets. The company also develops Symphony, the propulsion system that will power Overture.

44 investors

Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.

40 investors

Astranis designs, builds, and operates small geostationary communications satellites that provide dedicated, secure network connectivity to large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. The company operates its satellites globally from its Northern California headquarters.

40 investors

Relativity Space designs, builds, and launches rockets, including Terran 1 (a 3D-printed rocket) and Terran R, a reusable medium-heavy lift launch vehicle. The company uses a vertically integrated approach combining 3D printing, AI, and autonomous robotics to manufacture launch vehicles with fewer parts.

37 investors

Starcloud is a deep-tech company building large-scale data center infrastructure designed to operate in space. Its team comes from aerospace and cloud-hardware backgrounds including SpaceX, Amazon's Leo satellite constellation, Microsoft Azure, and fusion energy programs.

35 investors

Ginkgo Bioworks designs custom engineered organisms for customers across multiple markets, operating foundries that use software and hardware automation to scale the organism engineering process.

33 investors

Gecko Robotics builds robots equipped with sensors and cameras to inspect industrial structures like boilers for structural defects, replacing dangerous manual inspections at height. The company serves industrial facilities that need to inspect large equipment and infrastructure.

29 investors

Turion Space builds space infrastructure spanning maneuverable spacecraft, mission planning software, and orbital logistics such as refueling and servicing, with capabilities for space domain awareness and rendezvous proximity operations. The company also develops technology aimed at extracting resources by mining near-Earth asteroids.

27 investors

Solugen develops a biomanufacturing platform using fermentation and bioprocessing technology to produce specialty chemicals at scale. The company serves customers in energy, chemicals, and related industries with cost-effective alternatives to traditional petrochemical-based manufacturing.

26 investors

Sygaldry develops quantum-accelerated AI servers that combine multiple qubit modalities to speed up training and inference for AI models. The company targets AI companies and researchers seeking more efficient, cost-effective compute infrastructure.

26 investors

Twelve transforms CO2 into chemicals, fuels, and materials through carbon transformation technology. The company targets industrial applications in the chemical and energy sectors.

26 investors

Cruise develops all-electric self-driving car technology intended for passenger transportation in dense urban environments. The company was acquired by General Motors in 2016.

24 investors

EARTH AI uses artificial intelligence and its Low Disturbance Drilling technology to locate and drill for deposits of critical metals, aiming to make mineral exploration cheaper and faster. The company operates in the mining and minerals exploration industry.

24 investors

Albedo develops a flight-proven platform for Very Low Earth Orbit operations, providing satellite-based insights and connectivity services for national security and critical infrastructure systems. The company focuses on making space infrastructure operationally viable and resilient.

23 investors

Array Labs develops radar technology for aerospace and other leading industries. The company focuses on systems engineering, software development, and radar systems innovation.

23 investors

AstroForge is a space mining company that extracts platinum group metals and other valuable materials from asteroids to integrate into Earth's supply chains. The company aims to reduce reliance on terrestrial mining by developing commercial deep-space resource extraction missions.

22 investors

Beyond Meat creates plant-based protein products, including burgers and other foods designed to provide nutritional value while supporting environmental sustainability and soil regeneration.

22 investors

Formic develops automation and robotics solutions for factories to increase production capacity and reliability while reducing costs, downtime, and safety risks. The company enables manufacturers to deploy automation without lengthy timelines or significant capital expenditure.

22 investors

Hadrian operates AI-powered precision manufacturing factories for the aerospace and defense industrial base, producing precision components and offering manufacturing capacity as a service. Its Opus platform interprets legacy designs and automates production and inspection while training factory technicians, serving U.S. defense and industrial customers.

22 investors

Machina Labs builds and operates software-defined factories using AI-guided robotics to manufacture complex metal structures and components from digital designs. The company serves automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial customers seeking rapid fabrication of custom metal parts without traditional tooling constraints.

22 investors

Rigetti Computing builds full-stack hybrid classical/quantum computing systems, offering access to its quantum computers for solving computationally intensive problems in areas such as healthcare, energy, and agriculture. The company's quantum hardware is accessible online through its cloud platform.

22 investors

REGENT designs and manufactures Seaglider wing-in-ground-effect aircraft for regional coastal transportation and defense logistics, offering high-speed zero-emission travel between coastal cities and military applications.

21 investors

Phoenix Tailings develops clean technology for rare earth element refining in the United States. The company operates across the full value chain, from mining and recycling to separation and magnet production.

20 investors