Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Blisspack designs and manufactures customized blister packaging, including specialized blister package designs, and offers tailored packaging solutions and a range of product lines. The company is based in South Korea.

4 investors

Bombas sells socks, underwear, and t-shirts direct to consumers, donating an equivalent item to people in need for each purchase. The company operates a give-back model and reports donating over 200 million items across all 50 US states.

4 investors

Canvas Envision provides a visual execution platform that converts CAD data, documents, and videos into interactive work instructions for manufacturing workers at the point of work. The platform connects engineering knowledge with production floor execution for enterprises in aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, and related sectors.

4 investors

Bright is a residential solar provider in Mexico that offers financing and software enabling ambassadors and retail promoters to sell solar electricity to homes with no upfront cost, while coordinating a network of local installers and distributors. It targets homeowners in developing markets, starting in Mexico.

4 investors

BTRY develops solid-state battery technology designed to charge in one minute, extending electrification to applications previously limited by energy storage constraints. The company is a Swiss spin-off from Empa and ETH Zürich focused on manufacturing energy-dense batteries using a solvent-free process.

4 investors

Bucket Robotics develops computer vision systems that detect manufacturing defects using machine learning models generated from CAD designs and sample data, eliminating the need for manual labeling and enabling deployment directly onto existing factory cameras and hardware.

4 investors

Buoyant Aero provides fully electric, self-flying aerial advertising platforms (blimps) as a service for brands and events. The company handles all aspects from envelope design and custom graphics to flight operations and audience engagement, targeting marketing teams and event organizers.

4 investors

BuyPower is a bill payment platform that lets African individuals pay energy bills and lets businesses pay international vendors, and it offers an Energy Data Service that lenders use to inform lending decisions. It serves consumers and SMBs across Africa.

4 investors

C3D Materials develops advanced elastomer materials and an additive manufacturing platform for 3D printing industrial-strength polyurethane rubber parts. Its reaction-based technology cures liquid materials as they are deposited, allowing durable elastomeric parts to be printed on substrates such as metal, textile, plastics, and ceramics for industrial product design and manufacturing.

4 investors

Cabinet is a scheduling and calendar-management platform built for executive assistants and the leaders they support.

4 investors

Cactos develops energy storage solutions for industrial and sustainable energy infrastructure applications. The company manufactures products with in-house production capabilities including testing and precision welding.

4 investors

Cajo Technologies develops laser-based marking solutions for product traceability without chemical additives, serving manufacturers in materials processing and industrial sectors. The technology reduces carbon footprint by 90% compared to inkjet or painting methods and offers payback periods under 8 months.

4 investors

Calectra develops electrified, high-temperature industrial heat systems designed to reduce costs and emissions for industrial applications. The company serves energy-intensive manufacturing and industrial sectors requiring decarbonized thermal solutions.

4 investors

Calico provides intelligent software systems for apparel brands' product teams, helping them manage product development, specs, and manufacturing across a network of vetted factories. The platform supports global production with multi-language factory communication, enterprise compliance, and SLAs.

4 investors

Carbice manufactures aligned carbon nanotube-based thermal management products for aerospace, defense, and industrial power applications. The company operates the world's largest vertically aligned carbon nanotube production facility, located in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional operations in France and California.

4 investors

CarbonSix develops AI-powered robots that learn manufacturing tasks from human operator demonstrations, enabling automation of high-mix, high-variance factory work that traditionally requires manual labor. The company uses imitation learning to teach robots skills adapted for complex, unpredictable production environments.

4 investors

Care Weather operates a low-cost flat-panel radar satellite system that gathers high-precision weather observations for governments and maritime shipping operators. The satellite design achieves cost advantages through vertical integration, improved power generation, and orbital positioning closer to Earth's surface.

4 investors

Cassidy is a no-code AI automation platform for manufacturing and industrial operations, used to parse RFQs, generate proposals, validate specs against product catalogs, create SOPs, and track regulatory changes. It connects to enterprise systems like SAP, NetSuite, Salesforce, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 and runs on models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

4 investors

Cauldron is an Australian biotech company using precision fermentation to produce alternative proteins. The company has demonstrated process efficiencies in fermentation-derived protein production that can significantly reduce production costs.

4 investors

Chiplytics develops electrical inspection systems for verifying the authenticity and quality of electronic components in supply chains. The company offers two platforms: the PSA System, which uses power spectrum analysis to capture component signatures for traceability and counterfeit detection, and the MIP (Micro-Inspection Platform), which automates electrical and visual inspection of packaged microelectronics.

4 investors

Cohesys is a medical device company developing BoneTape, a resorbable material solution for fracture repair designed to replace traditional invasive surgical plates and screws in orthopedic treatment.

4 investors

Conifer designs and manufactures powertrains and motors for drones, robots, data centers, and mobility applications using proprietary axial-flux architecture that reduces material costs and increases performance. The company prioritizes supply chain independence through the use of globally abundant magnets.

4 investors

CPP produces high-integrity structural investment castings, including titanium, steel, aluminum, and nickel-based superalloy components such as engine housings, mounts, frames, and casings. It supplies these load-bearing parts to the aerospace, defense, and power generation industries.

4 investors

Copia provides Git-based version control and disaster recovery software for industrial automation and manufacturing. The platform enables manufacturers and distribution operations to modernize their code lifecycle management and operational resilience.

4 investors