Dream Ink
Develops liquid metal electronic additive manufacturing (DREAM Ink) technology and systems for flexible circuit printing, enabling rapid prototyping and production of electronics.
- CEO / Founder
- Jing Liu (刘静)
- Team Size
- 51-200
- Stage
- Growth Stage
- Total Funding
- $29.5M
- Latest Round
- Series B1
- Key Investors
- Beijing Zhongke Xianxing Venture Capital; Beijing Huairou Science and Technology Innovation Fund (managed by Chuanxiang Investment); China Fortune-Tech Capital; Riverhead Capital
Technology & Products
Key Products
SMART800 PCB high-speed printing system; T Series PCB rapid prototyping system; Industrial-grade flexible electronic printing service platform; Innovative engineering education solutions
Technological Advantage
Proprietary liquid metal ink formulation and printing process enables direct writing of conductive circuits at room temperature, offering advantages in speed, flexibility, and design freedom over traditional PCB manufacturing. Technology is protected by patents and stems from research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University.
Patent position
Dream Ink filed 9 patent families in 2022–2024 versus 7 in 2019–2021, a 29% rise that outpaced the 9% rise in tracked AM filings in the same patent offices; Equipment’s share fell from 83% to 63%. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 9 families filed 2022–2024, 7 in 2019–2021 (+29%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices +9%
- Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
- Equipment 83% → 63%
- Filed in
- CN 100%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- Nano Dimension 49Optomec 18
36 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Reduces lead times and costs for flexible printed circuit (FPC) production by enabling direct, maskless printing of conductive traces, replacing traditional etching and plating processes.
How They Differentiate
Focuses on liquid metal additive manufacturing for electronics, a niche within printed electronics, differentiating from traditional PCB manufacturers and other AM material suppliers by enabling direct, flexible circuit printing.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Electronics manufacturers, research institutions, and educational organizations.
Industry Verticals
Consumer Electronics; Education; Research & Development
Competitors
Nano Dimension; Optomec
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Company featured in global market reports for liquid metal printing technology; recognized as a key player in the liquid metal material market.
Major Milestones
Industrialized liquid-metal flexible circuit 3D printing; Listed as a member of China Additive Manufacturing Industry Alliance (2023); Developed SMART series PCB printing systems
Notable Customers
Ars Electronica
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 36
- Granted
- 25
- Families
- 36
Leading domains: process (36), equipment (29), material (29)
Filings by year: 2024: 1 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 19
- An aerosol inkjet printing device and additive manufacturing system with dynamic balance of air pressure117484861 · CN
- Method and device for printing and preparing printed circuit109246938 · CN
- Method and device for printing and preparing printed circuit109121314 · CN
- An aerosol atomization generating device and additive manufacturing equipment116423835 · CN
- A liquid metal printer109014208 · CN
Funding rounds
- Venture Round2025-01-21Source: Nanjixiong
- Series B1$15.5M2021-09-01Lead: China Fortune-Tech Capital · Source: Semiconductor Engineering