Fluent Metal
Developing a drop-on-demand liquid metal printing process that uses wire feedstock to create high-density, pure metal parts without metal powders or lasers.
- CEO / Founder
- Peter Schmitt
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Stage
- R&D
- Total Funding
- $5.5M
- Latest Round
- Seed
- Key Investors
- E15 VC, Pillar VC, Bhansali Equities
Technology & Products
Key Products
["Liquid Metal Printing System (in development)"]
Technological Advantage
The technology enables printing of fully dense parts from a wide range of metals with minimal post-processing. It boasts lower energy consumption, reduced material waste, and lower facility costs as it doesn't require specialized powder handling equipment or safety measures associated with lasers.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
To provide a safer, more sustainable, and accessible metal 3D printing solution with low setup costs, minimal waste, and the versatility to print with a wide range of metals in a single-step process.
How They Differentiate
Fluent Metal differentiates itself by completely avoiding metal powders and lasers, which are central to its main competitors' technologies. This results in a fundamentally different approach focused on safety, cost-effectiveness, and material diversity, as opposed to the established methods of binder jetting (Desktop Metal) or laser powder bed fusion (Velo3D).
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Manufacturing companies in industrial, aerospace, and automotive sectors requiring high-performance, cost-effective metal parts for production and prototyping.
Industry Verticals
["Industrial Manufacturing","Aerospace/Defense","Automotive"]
Competitors
Desktop Metal; Xerox (Vader Systems); Velo3D
Growth & Milestones
Major Milestones
["Founded in June 2020.","Emerged from stealth mode in March 2024.","Secured a total of $5.5M in funding, with the latest seed round of $3.2M announced in March 2024.","Named Startup of the Year 2024 by 3Dnatives."]