Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Fulcrum is cloud-based manufacturing software that provides real-time job tracking, production scheduling, and job costing for manufacturing shops. It helps manufacturers optimize production decisions and reduce implementation time through integrated scheduling, labor tracking, and quality control tools.

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Gigaton builds a self-learning control system that uses AI to autonomously manage and optimize production lines in energy-intensive industries such as cement, glass, steel, and mining. Its software aims to cut carbon emissions and improve operational performance for industrial plants.

5 investors

GROPYUS designs and builds multi-family residential buildings using technology-enabled prefabrication and robotics, delivering affordable housing with optimized planning, manufacturing, assembly, and digital building management. The company serves residential real estate developers and operators in Germany and Austria.

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Helion develops fusion energy systems designed to generate clean electricity for commercial use. The company builds pulsed magnetic fusion prototypes with applications for industrial and commercial electricity generation.

5 investors

HILOS develops digital design and manufacturing tools for footwear brands and designers, serving major fashion companies and independent creators. The company focuses on 3D design, manufacturing, and commercialization capabilities within the footwear industry.

5 investors

Hydroleap develops electrochemical water treatment technology that replaces traditional chemical-intensive processes for wastewater treatment across industries including data centers, food and beverage production, and pharmaceuticals. The company serves industrial businesses seeking cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to conventional water treatment methods.

5 investors

HyLight develops hydrogen-powered airships equipped with advanced sensors and AI technology to monitor critical infrastructure including power lines, railways, and pipelines, enabling early risk detection. The company serves utility companies across Europe, helping prevent infrastructure failures and associated disruptions.

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Instrumental provides a Manufacturing Engineering Control Platform that uses hardware, software, and AI to help electronics brands detect failures faster and optimize their manufacturing processes with visibility into the factory floor. It serves global electronics manufacturers aiming to reduce manufacturing waste and improve efficiency.

5 investors

Iris Automation develops artificial intelligence software that enables industrial drones to operate autonomously, with a focus on collision avoidance capabilities for safer operations.

5 investors

JetPack Aviation designs and builds turbine-powered micro VTOL aircraft, including jetpacks, developing everything in-house from mechanical to flight systems. The company has produced VTOL aircraft featured in films, commercials, and air races.

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Koidra builds an AI-powered automation platform using physics-informed AI for autonomous industrial control, with products including DataPilot for operational data analytics and KoPilot for autonomous control. It initially serves controlled environment agriculture and greenhouse operations, aiming to help facilities optimize operations, increase yield, and reduce costs.

5 investors

Lincode builds LIVIS, an AI-based visual inspection system for manufacturing quality control that lets factory teams train and deploy computer vision models for surface defect detection, assembly verification, and anomaly detection through a no-code interface. It serves manufacturers and supply chain partners across industries such as automotive, aerospace and defense, electronics, semiconductors, printing and packaging, and food and beverage.

5 investors

Little Spoon is a direct-to-consumer subscription service delivering organic baby and toddler food, including infant formula, purees (Babyblends), finger foods, cereal, puffs, smoothies, and kids' meals and snacks. Products are tested for 500+ toxins and contaminants and delivered across the continental US.

5 investors

Lucid Bots designs and manufactures commercial robotics and drones for exterior cleaning and building maintenance in the construction and facilities management industries. The company's Sherpa cleaning drone performs high-reach tasks for professional contractors, property managers, universities, and medical facilities.

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Made In Space, Inc. develops 3D printing and manufacturing technology for use in space, having built the first 3D printer to manufacture an object in orbit through a collaboration with NASA. The company works in the space manufacturing and additive manufacturing sector.

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Following a 2025 merger of Mallinckrodt and Endo, the combined business separated into two companies: Keenova Therapeutics, which develops treatments for rare, stigmatized, or unaddressed conditions across areas such as immunology, urology, hepatology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and critical care; and Par Health, which produces generics, sterile injectables, and active pharmaceutical ingredients backed by a U.S.-based manufacturing network. The site serves as a landing page directing visitors to the two separate pharmaceutical companies.

5 investors

Milvus Advanced is a deeptech company that designs and manufactures high-performance nanomaterials and nanoalloys from abundant raw materials as replacements for scarce materials such as platinum-group metals. Its materials are engineered for integration into existing industrial systems.

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Mobius Materials operates a certified marketplace enabling contract manufacturers and OEMs to buy and sell excess electronic components directly, addressing annual waste of $15B in discarded components despite ongoing demand. The platform serves industries including consumer electronics, oil & gas, healthcare, gaming, and industrial systems globally.

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Molg develops autonomous microfactories using advanced robotics to disassemble electronics and recover valuable components for reuse and remanufacturing, addressing e-waste through circular manufacturing practices.

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Multiply Labs builds robotic systems that automate biologics manufacturing for pharmaceutical companies. The platform orchestrates existing laboratory instruments in a closed, sterile environment to increase throughput by up to 100x while reducing costs and contamination risk.

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NOX operates AI-powered metal manufacturing facilities that provide cut-to-spec metal products to American manufacturers with quote and delivery times measured in milliseconds rather than days. The company uses machine learning for inventory optimization, job scheduling, and bin-packing to reduce lead times and scrap in metal supply.

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Odys designs and builds long-range, hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft for defense, logistics, and civil applications. The company's aircraft use flap-based thrust vectoring architecture and serve missions including tactical cargo transport, emergency medical evacuation, and defense operations.

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Offsight provides a software platform for offsite and prefab construction manufacturers, using AI for predictive quality control, workflow automation, materials management, and labor tracking across factory production. It also offers a Prefab Optimization & Execution Program to identify bottlenecks and improve prefab operations ROI.

5 investors