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Breaking the Bottleneck | Issue 09

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Breaking the Bottleneck | Issue 09

[02/2023 Recap] Database Updates & Freeform Future

Aditya Raghupathy
Mar 15, 2023
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Breaking the Bottleneck | Issue 09

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Breaking the Bottleneck is a monthly manufacturing technology newsletter with perspectives, interviews, news, funding announcements, and a startup database! If you know any founders, executives, or experts in the space, I would love to chat either via email at aditya@schematicventures.com or on Twitter @araghupathy_!


Database Updates 💭🎙️

Been a busy couple of weeks here so no new content this month but I finally made updates to the manufacturing startup database!

A total of 350+ manufacturing companies, with the following breakdown across categories. Check it out here!

  • 3D Printing / Additive / Mfg-as-a-Service [52]

  • Cybersecurity and Networks [18]

  • Design / Simulation / PDM & PLM [25]

  • Digital Twin and Spatial [11]

  • Energy and Sustainability [5]

  • IIoT and Middleware [32]

  • Industrial AI/ML [71]

  • Manufacturing and Transactional Systems [54]

  • Predictive Maintenance [20]

  • R&D / Materials Optimization / LIMS [14]

  • Robotics and Drones [46]

  • Workforce and Wearables [32]

Feel free to DM me on Twitter @araghupathy_ if there are any others that I have missed!


What I Enjoyed Reading This Month 🏭🗞️🔬

News:

  • The $52 Billion CHIPS Act Faces a Labor Shortage [Bloomberg]

  • U.S. Manufacturing Growth Outpaces the Rest of the World [Axios]

  • Good and Bad from the Factory Floor [Bloomberg]

  • FDA Interest in Pharma Manufacturing AI [Endpoints News]

  • Chinas Robots Need People [Bloomberg]

  • TSMC Arizona Plant Tensions [NYTimes]

  • Gucci Launches Circular Manufacturing Program in Italy [Gucci]

Research:

  • Scaling Complex Manufacturing in the Aerospace Industry [McKinsey]

  • The Next Chemicals Manufacturing Hub [McKinsey]

  • Decarbonizing Fundamentals in Manufacturing [Engie]

  • Volta Battery Report [Volta Foundation]


December’s Manufacturing Deals 💰

Freeform - An autonomous 3D printing company leveraging advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-driven learning to produce metal parts

  • $45 million [Series A] - Led by Two Sigma Ventures, Founders Fund, and Threshold Ventures

Fabric8Labs - An electrochemical additive manufacturing company looking to drive a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional manufacturing and other additive technologies

  • $50 million [Series B] - Led by NEA, and joined by imec.XPAND, Intel Capital, LAM Capital, TDK Ventures, and SE Ventures

Liminal - A battery manufacturing intelligence provider that leverages the power of data and analytics to improve the performance and safety of batteries and decreasing their lifetime costs

  • $17.5 million [Series A2] - From ArcTern Ventures, Northvolt, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Chrysalix VC, Good Growth Capital, UTECP, Volta Energy Technologies, Impact Science Ventures, and Helios Climate Ventures

Mattiq - A materials design and discovery platform accelerating the exploration, discovery, and real-world deployment of new materials and chemical processes

  • $15 million [Series Seed] - Led by Material Impact and joined by Kairos Ventures and CS Ventures

Plus One Robotics - A Schematic Ventures portfolio company providing advanced AI vision software and solutions for robotic parcel and material handling

  • $50 million [Series C] - Led by Scale Venture Partners, and joined by Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, and ROBO Global Ventures

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