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MOVA AtomForm

HardwareShenzhen, ChinaFounded 2025· One of 1739 Hardware companies tracked by AMPulse

Develops the Palette 300, a desktop FDM 3D printer with a 12-nozzle OmniElement™ system for multi-material and multi-color printing, claiming 90% less waste and 50% faster material swaps than standard setups.

CEO / Founder
Andrew Saunders
Team Size
11-50
Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$100.0M
Latest Round
Seed
Key Investors
Sequoia China (红杉中国), Future Capital, Jiacheng Capital

Technology & Products

Key Products

Palette 300 3D printer

Technological Advantage

The core hardware advantage is the 12-nozzle automatic switching system, which is claimed to drastically reduce waste and increase speed compared to single-nozzle multi-material systems. This is a mechanical/process innovation aimed at the consumer/prosumer market. Its protectability is unclear from public sources; no patents were found. The advantage is potentially replicable by well-funded competitors focusing on multi-nozzle FDM systems.

Differentiation

Value Proposition

Eliminates the need for large purge towers in multi-color FDM printing, reducing material waste by up to 90% and cutting material switching time by 50%, enabling complex, colorful prints without the typical cost and waste penalty.

How They Differentiate

Offers a 12-nozzle hardware system for direct multi-material extrusion, compared to Bambu Lab's AMS (a multi-filament switcher for a single nozzle) or Prusa's MMU. Claims superior waste reduction (90% less) and faster material swaps (50% faster) than standard multi-material FDM setups that rely on purge towers.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Creators, designers, and hobbyists seeking high-end desktop multi-material and multi-color 3D printing capabilities.

Industry Verticals

Consumer Goods; Education; Creative/Design

Competitors

Bambu Lab; Prusa Research

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Completed three rounds of financing within one year of founding; cumulative financing scale has reached several billion RMB; commercialization process accelerating.

Major Milestones

Product launch of Palette 300 at a San Jose event in March 2026; Exhibition at RAPID + TCT 2026 in Boston; Exhibition at TCT Asia 2026; Exhibition at CES 2026

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Why this company matters

MOVA AtomForm addresses a persistent inefficiency in desktop fused deposition modeling: the purge tower. In single-nozzle multi-material systems, filament must be purged between color changes, creating significant waste. The company's Palette 300 printer uses a 12-nozzle OmniElement revolver system with six filament reservoirs, enabling direct switching between materials and colors without purging. MOVA AtomForm claims this reduces material waste by up to 90% and cuts material swap time by 50% compared to standard multi-material FDM setups.

The Palette 300 targets creators, designers, and hobbyists who want complex, colorful prints without the cost and waste penalty of conventional multi-filament systems. It supports up to 36 color combinations and 12 material types in a single print. The printer was publicly launched in March 2026 at a San Jose event and has been exhibited at RAPID + TCT 2026, TCT Asia 2026, and CES 2026.

MOVA AtomForm was founded in 2025 in Shenzhen and is backed by Sequoia China, Future Capital, and Jiacheng Capital, with cumulative financing reaching several billion RMB within its first year. The company is part of the Dreame technology ecosystem, which also incubated the MOVA brand. CEO Andrew Saunders previously led R&D for lawn mower robots at Dreame. The company has partnered with Tsinghua University to sponsor a 3D printing competition.

The core mechanical advantage of the 12-nozzle system is potentially replicable by well-funded competitors. No patents have been publicly identified, leaving the technology's protectability unclear. MOVA AtomForm competes directly with Bambu Lab's AMS and Prusa Research's MMU systems, which use single-nozzle multi-filament switching. The company's differentiation hinges on maintaining its waste-reduction and speed claims as the desktop multi-material FDM market matures.