m4p material solutions
Develops, manufactures, refines, and sells metal powders for additive manufacturing processes, offering both standard alloys and customized powder solutions.
- CEO / Founder
- Philipp Tschertou
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $3.3M
- Latest Round
- Venture Round
- Key Investors
- Finindus; Andreas Berkau
Technology & Products
Key Products
m4p PureAl; m4p type10-SDX; Custom alloy metal powders; Material development and analytics services; Online webshop
Technological Advantage
Claimed: proprietary powder refinement and analytics for custom alloy development. Verified: active product lines (m4p PureAl, m4p type10-SDX) available commercially; webshop presence at Formnext 2024 confirms commercial readiness.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Provides high-quality metal powders—including standard alloys such as stainless steel and aluminum as well as custom formulations—enabling AM operators to source specialty materials through a direct online channel launched at Formnext 2024.
How They Differentiate
Positioned as a flexible, application-driven specialty supplier versus large industrial powder producers (Höganäs, AP&C) that focus on standardized, high-volume grades; m4p offers customized alloy development and laboratory analytics (material analysis, powder characterization) as bundled services — a capability large incumbents rarely provide at SME scale; dual Austria/Germany operations enable faster EU delivery than non-European suppliers; CADS Additive partnership allows direct process parameter qualification linked to m4p powder lots, reducing customer qualification time versus buying from catalog-only suppliers
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Additive manufacturing companies and metal 3D printing service providers
Industry Verticals
Additive Manufacturing; Metal 3D Printing; Aerospace; Industrial Manufacturing
Competitors
LPW Technology (Carpenter Additive) — UK-based specialty metal AM powder supplier; Höganäs AB — Swedish metal powder manufacturer with dedicated AM powder portfolio; AP&C (GE Additive subsidiary) — plasma-atomized Ti and reactive metal powders for AM
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Secured €3M investment from Finindus NV and Berkau Beteiligungs GmbH (announced 2024) to expand metal powder production capacity; operating as verified supplier to customers since at least 2015; dual production/commercial operations in Feistritz i.R., Austria (HQ) and Magdeburg, Germany; 1,652 LinkedIn followers; registered share capital €25,000 (GmbH statutory minimum); launched online metal AM powder store with real-time pricing and stock data
Major Milestones
Founded 2015; €3M funding round led by Finindus (date unspecified); Launched online webshop at Formnext 2024
Notable Customers
3D Laser BW (verified supplier since 2015; Oliver Wagner: 'reliable supplier of AM powder since 2015'); CADS Additive GmbH (formal partnership for powder quality parameter qualification, 2023); PUNTOZERO - Design for Additive Manufacturing (AM partner, m4p AlSi10Mg used in lightweight motorbike frame project)