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Nexa3D

HardwareVentura, California, USAFounded 2016· One of 1733 Hardware companies tracked by AMPulse

Nexa3D offers high-speed 3D printing solutions employing stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) technologies, aimed at significantly reducing production times.

CEO / Founder
Samantha Snabes
Team Size
51-200
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$55M
Latest Round
Acquired
Key Investors
OurCrowd, Aramco Ventures, Happiness Capital, XponentialWorks, Gammite Ventures

Technology & Products

Key Products

High-speed 3D printing solutions employing stereolithography (SLA) and selective laser sintering (SLS) technologies.

Technological Advantage

Offers significant reduction in printing time compared to traditional 3D printing systems, providing a competitive edge in production speed and efficiency.

Patent position

Nexa3D filed 28 patent families in 2022–2024, down 20% from 35 in 2019–2021, while tracked AM filings in the same patent offices fell 23%, so Nexa3D fell less sharply. AMPulse analysis

Filing momentum
28 families filed 2022–2024, 35 in 2019–2021 (-20%); all tracked AM filings in the same offices -23%
Process mix, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
Vat photopolymerization 88% → 80%
Focus, 2019–2021 → 2022–2024
Equipment 91% → 92%
Filed in
US 51%WO 24%EP 17%CN 10%
Named competitors, AM patent families
Formlabs 1143D Systems 300Carbon 124

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

Differentiation

Value Proposition

High-speed, precision 3D printing solutions that enhance productivity by drastically reducing print times.

How They Differentiate

Differentiates itself with unparalleled speed and operational efficiency in its SLA-based 3D printing solutions.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Industries such as aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and consumer products

Industry Verticals

Aerospace, Automotive, Healthcare, Consumer products

Competitors

Formlabs; 3D Systems; Carbon

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

Annual revenue reached $5 million in 2024. Total funding stands at $55.6 million, with the most recent round at $55 million across 4 funding rounds. In 2021, Nexa3D expanded leadership by hiring Nina Swienton (Chief Marketing Officer), Melissa Hanson (VP, Product Marketing and Management), Mehdi Mojdeh (VP of Engineering), and Michael Currie (VP, General Manager Desktop Business Unit), as part of a summer recruitment campaign led by CEO Avi Reichental.

Major Milestones

Acquisition of Essentium, Surpassed 1000 ultrafast 3D printers in its third year of commercial activity, 2025 Jul: Acquired by Stratasys for $4.2M

Notable Customers

Toyota; PepsiCo; French Police Cars

https://www.nexa3d.com

Official records

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

  • [C] ISO_9001 · claimed

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
95
Granted
28
Families
90

Leading domains: process (95), equipment (84), material (19)

Filings by year: 2024: 1 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 14

  1. DETECTING LACK OF ADHESION OF A BUILD PLATE TO A SUPPORT BED20230182387 · US
  2. FOUR MODE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE20220339878 · US
  3. Methods and systems for measuring a pressure distribution between a surface of an object and a pressure sensitive surface during formation of the object11007708 · US
  4. ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA CONDUCTION PATHWAY FOR THE APPLICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY TO 3D PRINTED PARTS20220379557 · US
  5. MULTI-MATERIAL MEMBRANE FOR VAT POLYMERIZATION PRINTER2023132957 · WO

Funding rounds

  • Series C$55.0M2021-05Lead: Multi-billion-dollar alternative asset manager · Source: BusinessWire Official PR
  • Series B$17.8M2020-02Lead: OurCrowd · Source: Crunchbase/StartupSavant
  • Series A$10.0M2018-08Lead: OurCrowd · Source: Crunchbase/Zippia
  • SeedUndisclosed2017-11Source: OurCrowd

Equipment deals on record

Publicly disclosed purchases or installs only.

  • NXE 400

    USD 80,600

    Buyer: Department of the Navy · Supplier: NEXA3D INC.
All equipment activity

Why this company matters

AMPulse analysis, not a company disclosure

Nexa3D addresses a persistent bottleneck in polymer additive manufacturing: throughput. While SLA and SLS systems from Formlabs, 3D Systems, and Carbon offer precision, cycle times often limit their use to prototyping or low-volume production. Nexa3D's proprietary Lubricant Sublayer Photo-curing (LSPc) technology is designed to reduce layer-cure times, enabling print speeds that the company claims are significantly faster than conventional vat photopolymerization systems.

The company's hardware portfolio spans both SLA (VPP) and SLS (PBF-LB) polymer platforms, covering a range of part sizes and material properties. On the SLA side, LSPc is the core differentiator; for SLS, Nexa3D competes on build volume and cost per part. Materials include standard photopolymer resins and engineering thermoplastics, supported by partnerships with Henkel and DyeMansion for post-processing and material development.

Target customers include aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and consumer goods manufacturers. Named customers such as Toyota and PepsiCo suggest adoption in functional prototyping and end-use part production, though specific applications are not detailed. The acquisition of Essentium in 2021 expanded Nexa3D's technology base and market reach, particularly in industrial-grade extrusion and high-speed sintering.

Nexa3D has raised $55 million from investors including OurCrowd, Aramco Ventures, and XponentialWorks. With annual revenue reported at $5 million in 2024, the company remains a relatively small player in a market dominated by larger competitors. The key open question is whether its speed advantage can translate into sustained commercial traction beyond early adopters, especially as Carbon and Formlabs continue to improve their own throughput and material ecosystems.