TOffeeAM is an Imperial College start-up that took its first steps in the Department of Aeronautics in 2019. The start-up develops software solutions for design for Additive Manufacturing, to maximise the efficiency and performance of components.
Dr Francesco Montomoli (CEO), Dr Marco Pietropaoli (COO), and Dr Audrey Gaymann (CTO), the three researchers at the heart of the start-up, received support from Imperial’s Techcelerate programme, as well as the Royal Academy of Engineering.
TOffee is relevant to numerous applications, but has found initial customers in the aeronautics and automotive industries. They include GE Aviation, Baker Hughes, and a Formula 1 team, who use it to create important structures in smart industrial production – such as coolant systems for gas turbines.
In their industries, part design relies on human imagination and intuition, which are in general unable to take full advantage of advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing. TOffeeAM’s software enables designs of higher complexity, outside the possibilities of standard design processes. In addition to optimising 3D printed parts, TOffee can optimise whole systems by reducing the total number of parts and increasing resilience. Its technology has a potentially transformative effect on the AM industry, with solutions up to 40 percent more efficient than competitors, allowing parts to be produced 20 times faster.
The proceeds of this seed-funding round will be used to hire engineers and additional staff to enable the company to expand upon its existing engineering capabilities and to further develop its customer base.
CEO and founder of TOffeeAM, Francesco Montomoli said: “We are delighted to receive this funding from our investor partners – it’s a fantastic indication of their faith in the commercial applications of our technology. This funding will give TOffeeAM the opportunity to expand our team with expert engineers and other team members and continue to scale the solution to serve our rapidly expanding customer base. We are at the beginning of an exciting journey, and this funding will help drive our growth and the wider use of this transformative technology across a variety of industries.”
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