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Additive Assurance

ServiceMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFounded 2019· One of 2190 Service companies tracked by AMPulse

Provides quality assurance services and in-situ monitoring solutions for additive manufacturing processes, ensuring real-time fault detection and process reliability.

CEO / Founder
Marten Jurg
Team Size
11-50
Stage
Active
Total Funding
$5.7M
Latest Round
Venture Round
Key Investors
IP Group, Hostplus

Technology & Products

Key Products

AMiRIS (real-time quality monitoring solution for metal LPBF 3D printing)

Technological Advantage

Leverages cutting-edge sensing technologies and proprietary algorithms to ensure product quality in metal additive manufacturing.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Ensuring the quality and reliability of 3D printing processes through real-time monitoring and advanced analytics.

How They Differentiate

Specialized focus on metal additive manufacturing quality assurance and real-time monitoring, ensuring higher reliability and process transparency.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Industries utilizing additive manufacturing such as aerospace, automotive, healthcare, defense, and energy.

Industry Verticals

Aerospace, Automotive, Healthcare, Energy, Defense

Competitors

Senvol, Equispheres, AMiquam, Addiguru

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Revenue reported as <$5 million (undated).

Major Milestones

Partnership with Volkswagen, Development of AMiRIS LF technology, Distribution agreement with NTT DATA XAM Technologies for Japan market entry (June 2026)

Notable Customers

Volkswagen, Additive Industries

https://www.additiveassurance.com

Recent coverage of Additive Assurance

Funding rounds

  • Series A$4.1M2022-12Lead: Significant Capital Ventures · Source: Tracxn, AMTIL, Startup Daily
  • Seed$1.6M2020-07Lead: IP Group · Source: IP Group Australia (Official PR)

Why this company matters

AMPulse analysis, not a company disclosure

Additive Assurance positions itself as a specialized quality assurance provider for metal additive manufacturing, addressing a critical gap in production-grade LPBF: the lack of real-time process visibility. Its core product, AMiRIS, monitors the melt pool during printing and uses proprietary algorithms to detect anomalies as they occur, enabling operators to intervene before a build is scrapped. This shifts quality control from post-process inspection to in-process assurance, a distinction that matters for high-stakes applications in aerospace and defense.

The company's technology is built on sensing hardware and machine learning models trained on defect signatures in metal powder bed fusion. AMiRIS is designed to integrate with existing LPBF systems rather than requiring dedicated hardware, which lowers the adoption barrier for contract manufacturers and OEMs. The system reports layer-by-layer quality metrics, giving engineers traceability data that can support certification requirements in regulated industries.

Additive Assurance serves customers in aerospace, automotive, healthcare, energy, and defense. Named partners include Volkswagen and Additive Industries, suggesting the solution is being validated in both serial production and machine OEM contexts. The company was founded out of Monash University in 2019 and has raised $5.7 million from IP Group and Hostplus.

The competitive landscape includes Senvol, Equispheres, AMiquam, and Addiguru, but Additive Assurance differentiates through its exclusive focus on metal LPBF quality assurance and real-time monitoring. Its main open question is whether the platform can scale beyond early adopters to become a standard fixture on production floors, particularly as machine builders increasingly embed their own monitoring software.