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Alloyed

PlatformYarnton, Oxfordshire, United KingdomFounded 2017· One of 185 Platform companies tracked by AMPulse

The Alloys-by-Design® platform integrates digital simulation with additive manufacturing to enable advanced metal alloy design and manufacturing.

CEO / Founder
Michael Holmes
Team Size
51-200
Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$99.1M
Latest Round
Series B
Key Investors
SPARX, Development Bank of Japan, Aviva Investors, Future Industry Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, JX Advanced Metals, Anglo American plc, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Technology & Products

Key Products

Alloys-by-Design® (ABD®) platform; ABD-900AM/ABD-1000AM nickel superalloys; Architect (geometry), Engine (toolpaths), Nexus (production control/QMS); Argive 3D-printed jet engines; Innovation Services, Component Engineering, Serial Production (AS9100D); precision parts for satellites, wearables, VR headsets.

Technical position · AMPulse analysis

Enables rapid and cost-effective optimization of alloy properties by concurrently balancing performance, manufacturability, and economic parameters.

Patent position

Alloyed's patent families filed rose 29%, from 7 in 2019 to 2021 to 9 in 2022 to 2024, while tracked AM filings in the same patent offices fell 26%. Its 28 families across all years compare with 102 for Desktop Metal. AMPulse analysis

Filing momentum
9 families filed 2022–2024, 7 in 2019–2021 (+29%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -26%
Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
Materials 100% → 100%
Filed in
US 39%EP 36%WO 25%
Named competitors, AM patent families
Desktop Metal 102

28 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Accelerates alloy development by integrating data-driven simulation with additive manufacturing, reducing time-to-market while optimizing performance and cost.

How They Differentiate

Offers a fully integrated digital-to-physical manufacturing process that uniquely optimizes alloy performance and production scalability.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Companies in aerospace, automotive, electronics, defense, semiconductor, and energy sectors

Industry Verticals

Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defense, Semiconductor, Energy

Competitors

QuesTek, Divergent Technologies, Desktop Metal

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Revenue ~£20M growing 50–100% YoY (CEO, Jul 2025); ~194 employees (Mar 2026); manufacturing sites Abingdon UK & Seattle USA (AS9100D); Argive aerospace division; Series B expansion capital

Major Milestones

Founded 2017 as OxMet Technologies; rebranded Alloyed after Betatype merger (2020), £37M Series B (Mar 2025) led by SPARX and Development Bank of Japan, Transatlantic manufacturing: Abingdon UK and Seattle USA (AS9100D), Argive division for 3D-printed jet engines (2025), ATI £1M grant for ABD-1000AM jet-engine superalloy (Feb 2026)

Notable Customers

Anglo American, BMW, Boeing, Hitachi Metals, Microsoft, NTT DATA

https://alloyed.com

Recent coverage of Alloyed

Official records

Filings, certifications, and programme counts AMPulse can show for this company.

  • [C] AS9100 · claimed
  • [F] Horizon / CORDIS · 1 AM awardProject records derived from CORDIS, the European Union research results portal, CC BY 4.0.
  • [F] Cross-scale concurrent material-structure design using functionally-graded 3D-printed matematerials. · 2021

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
31
Granted
9
Families
28

Leading domains: process (31), material (29), software (4)

Filings by year: 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 6

  1. A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A 3D OBJECT, A 3D OBJECT AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM2024033612 · WO
  2. A STRONG AND LOW-STIFFNESS BIO-COMPATIBLE TITANIUM ALLOY2024231690 · WO
  3. A NICKEL-BASED ALLOY2021064358 · WO
  4. NICKEL-BASED ALLOY20250230526 · US
  5. Nickel-based alloy12241144 · US

Funding rounds

  • Grant£1.0M2026-02-19
  • Series B£37.0M2025-03-15Lead: SPARX / Development Bank of Japan
  • Series A$18.9M2018-01-24
  • Seed$0.0M2017-07-24

Why this company matters

AMPulse analysis, not a company disclosure

Alloyed occupies a niche at the intersection of computational materials science and metal additive manufacturing. Its Alloys-by-Design platform uses digital simulation to predict alloy properties before physical production, compressing the development cycle for new metal alloys. This approach targets a longstanding bottleneck: the slow, empirical trial-and-error process of alloy formulation.

The core technology combines thermodynamic modeling, process simulation, and machine learning to optimize alloy composition and print parameters concurrently. Alloyed then produces parts using metal LPBF and other AM processes, offering end-to-end service from alloy design to serial production. The ABD-1000AM nickel superalloy is one example of a material developed through this platform.

Customers span aerospace, defense, automotive, electronics, and energy sectors. Named clients include Boeing, BMW, Anglo American, and Microsoft. Applications range from precision components for virtual reality headsets and smartwatches to structural parts for industrial and defense systems. The company operates manufacturing sites in Abingdon, UK and Seattle, USA.

Alloyed's strategic moat lies in its proprietary simulation platform and a portfolio of 25 registered patents in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. A £37M Series B round led by SPARX and the Development Bank of Japan, with participation from Aviva Investors and Oxford Science Enterprises, supports transatlantic scaling. Competition includes Divergent Technologies and Desktop Metal, but Alloyed differentiates by focusing on alloy discovery rather than only part production.