Advanced Manufacturing Startups

Moov operates an online marketplace for buying and selling used, idle, surplus, and scrap semiconductor manufacturing equipment, serving businesses across categories like front-end, back-end, PCB/SMT, LED, and solar. It also provides door-to-door logistics services including de-install, rigging, crating, shipping, refurbishment, and installation, with operations in more than 55 countries.

4 investors

Multibeam designs and manufactures multi-column electron-beam lithography (MEBL) systems that enable maskless semiconductor production for chipmakers. The systems support rapid prototyping, on-chip security, chiplet integration, and silicon photonics applications.

4 investors

Natel Energy develops FishSafe turbine runners for hydropower plants, available in Francis, Kaplan, and propeller configurations that retrofit into existing civil works to improve efficiency while enabling high through-turbine fish passage survival. The company serves grid operators and hydropower asset owners aiming to modernize aging fleets and meet environmental fish-passage mandates.

4 investors

Nauta provides AI agents that automate demand forecasting, inventory reordering, landed-cost calculation, invoice auditing, and shipment tracking for wholesale distributors managing high SKU counts and long import lead times. It unifies data from email, portals, and ERP systems to reduce stockouts, tariff overpayment, and detention costs while freeing working capital.

4 investors

Navier provides cloud-based engineering agents that automate simulation setup and workflows for hardware engineers in aerospace and defense, enabling faster design iterations without manual configuration overhead.

4 investors

NDotLight develops AI-powered 3D CAD design automation and simulation-ready data generation tools for manufacturers. The platform uses text and image inputs to automatically generate precise 3D CAD models and physics-enabled digital twins, targeting manufacturing companies seeking to digitalize production workflows.

4 investors

Neion Bio operates a biomanufacturing platform that re-engineers eggs into living bioreactors using genetic engineering and stem cell biology to produce biological molecules such as monoclonal antibodies, enzymes, fusion proteins, peptides, and cytokines. It serves biopharma partners across biosimilars, biotech, animal health, and reagents, aiming to lower the cost and improve the consistency of biologics manufacturing.

4 investors

NetworkOcean builds underwater and floating data center systems cooled by seawater, reducing power consumption by up to 40% and eliminating freshwater usage compared to traditional facilities.

4 investors

Generac develops integrated ecosystems of power generation and energy management products and technologies for customers seeking reliable power supply and cost control.

4 investors

New Motion Labs is a mechanical engineering IP licensing company that develops and licenses its Enduo sprocket tooth profile to sprocket manufacturers, using dual-point tooth engagement to extend chain drive life and reduce energy losses. The technology is retrofittable to existing chain drive applications.

4 investors

Nine Fives develops RF (radio frequency) test equipment for hardware engineers. The company focuses on delivering simple, easy-to-use testing equipment backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee and 2-year warranty.

4 investors

Niron Magnetics is a U.S.-based advanced manufacturing company producing rare-earth-free permanent magnets made from Iron Nitride, operating the full production chain from feedstock to finished magnets. Its magnets target industrial applications such as electric motors and electrified systems.

4 investors

Noble Machines builds general-purpose industrial humanoid robots designed to perform hazardous and physically demanding tasks. The company, founded in the United States, targets industrial environments and positions its product as America's first industrial humanoid robot.

4 investors

Nulogy provides a manufacturing operations platform serving manufacturers, co-packers, and logistics providers in over 15 countries. The platform supports planning, production, and delivery operations for leading brands through automation and digital transformation.

4 investors

Ohm provides an AI platform that helps hardware engineering teams accelerate product development, testing, and validation for complex physical products including electric vehicles, batteries, and wearables. The platform ingests and analyzes multi-modal test data, predicts experiment outcomes, identifies anomalies, and automates root cause analysis to compress iteration cycles.

4 investors

Onepredict builds industrial AI solutions that combine machine learning with domain expertise to collect and manage large-scale multimodal industrial data and predict the condition and performance of industrial equipment. It serves industrial and utility operators, having worked with partners such as KEPCO, to support predictive maintenance and productivity.

4 investors

Oplit provides a supply chain planning platform that uses optimization algorithms and agentic AI to continuously recompute production plans in real time across factories. It serves industrial and manufacturing companies in demanding sectors such as aerospace and food production, replacing legacy APS systems and spreadsheets with AI-generated, financially-ranked planning decisions.

4 investors

Opt Industries engineers advanced materials using digital photolithography to create structured materials with precise microstructure control, enabling functional properties across applications from high-speed interconnects to fluid handling.

4 investors

Orangewood Labs develops physical AI and robotics, including programmable robotic arms, with real-world deployments performing millions of manufacturing tasks. It targets manufacturers and small and medium enterprises.

4 investors

Orbital Composites develops composite materials and structures for aerospace applications, including the STARFIGHTER X modular drone platform designed for efficient flight across various regimes and speeds.

4 investors

Orbital Matter designs and builds large rigid structures directly in orbit as an alternative to mechanical folding/deployable systems, targeting large-area elements such as solar arrays, radiators and antennas for satellite constellations, space data centers and multi-module space stations. Its approach constructs continuous monolithic booms in space rather than launching pre-folded hardware.

4 investors

Oxipital AI builds AI-based machine vision technology, including its V-CORTX platform, cameras, and no-code dashboards, for inspection and vision-guided robotics applications. It targets machine builders and manufacturers, with a focus on food, agriculture, and other high-variability production environments.

4 investors

P2i develops protective coatings applied at the molecular level to electronic devices, protecting components against liquids and environmental damage. The company deploys its proprietary plasma and liquid barrier coating technologies at contract manufacturing scale across production lines globally, serving original equipment manufacturers in consumer electronics, hearing aids, automotive, and defense.

4 investors

Pacific builds modular, containerized supercomputers ("pods") that deploy onto stalled construction sites with existing grid connections to provide AI compute infrastructure. It offers below-market hosted compute (GPU hours, tokens, training capacity) as well as managed on-premise pods for defense and regulated (CUI, CMMC) customers, including aerospace companies.

4 investors