That seems like minutes ago that MakerVerse debuted on the AM industry. The joint-venture of Siemens Energy, metrology expert ZEISS, and financial/venture capital investors, including 9.5 ventures provides on-demand AM services. Since their official launch, the team has spent the past year meeting people on AM tradeshows such as AM Forum and Formnext to demonstrate what they can bring to this industry.
At the heart of their services, lies an AI-powered on-demand manufacturing platform that the team now wants to scale with €9.4 million ($10 million USD) they secured in Series A funding.
While their initial focus was the German market, the company has attracted diverse customers throughout Europe and internationally, including multinationals, mid-size companies, and start-ups.
“The last year has really proven that companies want a simpler way to innovate,” said Dr. Markus Seibold, CEO of MakerVerse. “Our platform makes it easy to access advanced manufacturing technologies. With the additional funding, we will expand our technologies and help companies with even larger projects to drive further innovation.”
This one-stop shop platform combines a fully-vetted global supply chain for various advanced manufacturing technologies, such as CNC machining and 3D printing. MakerVerse ambitions this way to help companies build resilient supply chains and easily source parts for prototyping, serial production, and other uses.
Key figures and future plans
In one year, MakerVerse onboarded nearly 50 vetted suppliers. The company’s headcount grew to 30+ employees from 15+ different nationalities.
With this funding, MakerVerse will expand its “one-stop shop” concept for advanced manufacturing with more technologies and materials. MakerVerse will also provide advanced support to integrate the platform into customers’ existing systems. The company plans to build capacity for even more large-scale production orders.
“We identified that many customers require additional assistance for their advanced manufacturing projects,” said Ward Ripmeester, COO of MakerVerse. “With this funding, we’ll be able to expand our end-to-end production order support, which involves creating complete manufacturing plans, providing expert guidance, and executing the entire project.”
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