Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Exosat designs and builds low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations for sovereign operators, offering direct-to-cell, IoT, and broadband connectivity. It uses ITAR/EAR-free supply chains to let operators lease network capacity or buy turnkey constellations, serving enterprise customers across sectors like maritime, aviation, logistics, and agriculture.

7 investors

Ferveret develops advanced cooling technology for data centers and computing infrastructure, using subcooled boiling methods derived from nuclear reactor engineering. The company serves data center operators and AI/HPC infrastructure providers seeking power-efficient cooling solutions.

7 investors

Fleetzero designs and retrofits commercial vessels with battery-electric propulsion systems to decarbonize ocean shipping. The company builds modular, scalable electrification technology for ship operators and maritime fleets.

7 investors

FluxWorks develops magnetic gearing technology for motion systems, replacing traditional mechanical gears with contactless magnetic solutions. The company serves automation, robotics, and space industries with its Celestial Gear product.

7 investors

Fractory runs a metal fabrication service that connects engineering and manufacturing companies with a vetted network of suppliers, managing projects from quoting to delivery through a single point of contact. It provides dedicated project engineers, quality assurance, and supply chain management for business customers scaling metal production.

7 investors

Freeform develops additive manufacturing (3D printing) technology aimed at bringing this production method to industrial applications across multiple sectors.

7 investors

Frontier Computing grows lab-cultured biological neural networks at large scale to serve as a training substrate for machine learning, colocating memory and compute to support training of large-parameter models. The company targets applications such as long-horizon language reasoning as an alternative to conventional silicon compute clusters.

7 investors

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.

7 investors

Hedgehog Mushrooms uses artificial intelligence and proprietary bioreactors to optimize fungal cultivation conditions, producing food, biochemicals, animal feed, enzymes, and other products from fungi-based fermentation. The company serves food and agricultural industries seeking sustainable, fungal-derived ingredients and materials.

7 investors

Helion is developing a fusion power plant to produce zero-carbon electricity. The company is also working on custom semiconductors intended to increase the output of its plants.

7 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.

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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.

7 investors

Intenseye provides an AI-powered workplace safety platform that connects to existing CCTV cameras and its Sentinel devices to monitor facilities and quantify safety-related cost and ROI. It serves industrial and manufacturing operations seeking to reduce workplace safety incidents.

7 investors

Iris Automation develops AI-based computer vision software that provides collision avoidance for autonomous industrial drones. The company targets enabling safer beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone operations.

7 investors

Katana provides a cloud inventory platform with built-in inventory, production, and reporting features for end-to-end inventory management aimed at modern manufacturing and product businesses. The company operates from Tallinn with staff across North America, Europe, and New Zealand.

7 investors

Magrathea develops a new electrolytic process to produce magnesium metal from seawater and brines, aiming to establish American and Western supply of this defense-critical material currently dominated by China.

7 investors

Maneva develops Video-to-Action AI for manufacturers, converting production-floor visual data into real-time actions for quality control, machine integrity, and line supervision (via its ALIS AI Line Supervisor). The company builds AI and computer-vision systems aimed at creating autonomous, AI-driven factories.

7 investors

Moglix is an Asia-based B2B e-commerce marketplace for procurement of industrial supplies, including MRO, safety, electricals, lighting, cleaning, office supplies, and power tools. It serves SMEs, enterprises, and corporates, connecting B2B buyers and sellers through a digital-trade platform with nationwide delivery in India.

7 investors

NotCo offers a vertical AI platform and model stack that helps large consumer packaged goods companies generate, validate, and formulate new products, running digital experiments across R&D, procurement, marketing, and operations. It uses a proprietary ingredient catalog and domain-specific multi-agent AI to compress product development cycles and optimize formulations.

7 investors

Noya converts existing industrial equipment such as cooling towers into carbon dioxide capture systems, lowering the initial investment and deployment time required for direct air capture operations.

7 investors

OfBusiness is an India-based B2B commerce platform that supplies raw materials — metals, chemicals, agri-products, and apparel — to SMEs and other companies, alongside private-label and contract manufacturing. Through an integrated ecosystem it also offers tender discovery, commodity pricing data, working capital financing, and logistics tracking, and exports finished goods to about 15 countries.

7 investors

Outerport automates the design of electrical and control systems within heavy industrial equipment, using AI agents to convert specifications into verified CAD drawings and structured design models. The platform serves manufacturers and OEMs building complex machines across semiconductors, process plants, and mechanical equipment.

7 investors

Paces develops software and services to accelerate the development of renewable energy and power infrastructure projects from siting to shovel-ready. The platform serves energy developers and project teams working on renewable energy and power generation.

7 investors