Manufacturing Startups

Relativity Space develops Terran R, a reusable medium-to-heavy-lift rocket designed for efficiency and scalability, serving government entities, telecommunications companies, and commercial customers for space access missions. The company focuses on making space exploration more accessible, reliable, and sustainable.

35 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.

24 investors

Future Fields uses fruit flies as bioreactors to produce difficult-to-express proteins at scale for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food applications. The company aims to enable the development of novel biological products across healthcare, agriculture, and nutrition sectors.

12 investors

AON3D develops additive manufacturing hardware, software, and materials for industrial 3D printing applications. The company serves businesses ranging from small firms to Fortune 500 enterprises across healthcare, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors.

11 investors

Atomic Industries uses artificial intelligence and custom software to design plastic molds for manufacturing, enabling faster production of injection-molded parts for customers.

11 investors

Overview AI builds AI-powered vision systems that detect manufacturing defects in real-time across production lines, learning and adapting to any product within hours. The system serves manufacturers across automotive, pharmaceutical, and other high-volume production industries globally.

11 investors

Inversion Semiconductor develops next-generation semiconductor lithography equipment based on miniaturized particle accelerators that increase transistor density and improve chip manufacturing precision. The platform enables semiconductor fabricators to scale transistor production toward physical limits while improving throughput and uniformity in advanced chip production.

10 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.

9 investors

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.

9 investors

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.

8 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.

6 investors

Reditus Space builds reusable spacecraft systems that enable routine return of cargo from low Earth orbit, supporting in-space manufacturing and physical industrialization of space. The company provides infrastructure for commercial operators and manufacturers to deliver products and materials back to Earth economically.

6 investors

Sensible Biotechnologies develops a cell-based mRNA design and manufacturing platform that produces pure, low immunogenicity mRNA therapeutics for drug development. The platform addresses limitations of synthetic mRNA by enabling design-based biology approaches.

6 investors

Synvivia engineers molecules designed to reprogram cells. The company operates in the biotech sector.

6 investors

Cerrion develops AI solutions for the manufacturing industry to improve efficiency, safety, and resilience in production operations.

5 investors

Cutr operates a B2B marketplace and software platform that connects architects, interior designers, project furnishers, and builders with a network of wood manufacturing partners. The platform provides price comparisons, fast quotations, production-ready files, and order workflow management to reduce costs and lead times in wood manufacturing.

5 investors

Diode Computers designs and manufactures custom circuit boards using AI-powered tools, offering services from initial design through volume production for electronics manufacturers. The company provides code-based PCB design, AI-assisted specification generation, and integration with traditional electronic design automation software.

5 investors

Distro builds an AI sales platform for wholesale distributors in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and industrial sectors. The software integrates with existing ERP systems to help distribution reps with quoting, order entry, invoicing, and customer intelligence while maintaining human relationships as the core value.

5 investors

Proglix is a B2B digital procurement platform for metal and steel raw materials in Indonesia that connects suppliers and buyers globally. The platform offers price quotes, inventory liquidation, logistics, customization, and financing solutions for SMEs and large enterprises in metal manufacturing.

5 investors

Singularity manufactures counter-weapon systems and air defense equipment designed to protect military personnel and civilians. The company focuses on producing affordable, mass-produced defense technology to help the US and allied nations maintain defensive capabilities against evolving threats.

5 investors

Allus.ai provides an AI-powered solution for industrial quality inspection, process monitoring, and anomaly detection across manufacturing sectors. The platform uses a transformer model trained on billions of data points and deploys directly on edge devices.

4 investors

Almond manufactures Axol, a dual-arm robot designed for physical AI applications in real-world industrial and construction work. The robot is assembled in San Francisco and available for customer deployment.

4 investors

Applied Electrodynamics is building WaveSight, a hardware sensing product designed to see through walls and detect objects otherwise not visible. The company is developing consumer/industrial sensing hardware based on electrodynamics technology.

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