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Structo Pte

HardwareSingaporeFounded 2014· One of 1637 Hardware companies tracked by AMPulse

Structo provides MSLA 3D printers, post-processing systems, materials, workflow software, and OEM resin manufacturing for dental and broader industrial applications.

CEO / Founder
Desmond Lim
Team Size
51-200
Stage
Active
Total Funding
$39.5M
Latest Round
Series E
Key Investors
GGV Capital, Wavemaker Ventures, EDBI, Pavilion Capital, G.K. Goh Group, SGInnovate, Seeds Capital, Rocket Equities

Technology & Products

Key Products

Structo specializes in developing custom 3D printing materials and solutions, including MSLA-powered 3D printers tailored for dental applications.

Technical position · AMPulse analysis

Faster printing speeds and larger build volumes compared to conventional SLA printers, enabling mass customization.

Patent position

Structo Pte has 32 patent families in total, more than Triditive’s 2 and fewer than Markforged’s 83. AMPulse analysis

Filing momentum
4 families filed 2022–2024, 4 in 2019–2021
Filed in
WO 41%US 34%EP 28%CN 16%JP 6%
Named competitors, AM patent families
Triditive 2Markforged 83

32 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, scalable MSLA printing, materials, and workflow automation for dental and industrial manufacturing applications.

How They Differentiate

Proprietary MSLA technology and integrated automation, with dental expertise and custom polymer resin manufacturing for OEM partners.

Market & Competition

Target Customers

Dental and orthodontic laboratories, dental professionals

Industry Verticals

Digital Dentistry, Orthodontics, Restorative Dentistry, Clear Aligner Manufacturing

Competitors

Triditive, Markforged

Growth & Milestones

Growth Metrics

35% revenue growth in 2022; hundreds of thousands of dental appliances produced monthly.

Major Milestones

Pivoted to produce COVID-19 testing swabs during the pandemic, Expanded operations to 5 continents, Developed automated production capabilities for mass customization, Achieved profitability in 2022

Notable Customers

Dental laboratories worldwide; Healthcare institutions; Orthodontic clinics

https://www.structo3d.net

AM patents

AM-relevant patents linked to this company.

Patents
45
Granted
9
Families
32

Leading domains: process (45), equipment (38), application (16)

Filings by year: 2023: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 1

  1. IMPROVED SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING03625033 · EP
  2. A 3D PRINTED ARTICLE, METHOD OF USE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE2018030956 · WO
  3. LIGHT REGULATED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICES2024232822 · WO
  4. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING AN ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER2020040691 · WO
  5. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD20230330925 · US

Funding rounds

  • Series B$10.0M2024-01-20Lead: SGInnovate
  • Series E$10M2022-10-06Lead: SGInnovate
  • Seed$2.0M2022-03-15Lead: Angel Investor

Why this company matters

AMPulse analysis, not a company disclosure

Structo occupies a narrow but defensible position in additive manufacturing: dental-specific MSLA 3D printing with integrated automation. Unlike general-purpose SLA vendors that serve prototyping or jewelry, Structo's entire hardware, software, and materials stack is engineered for high-throughput production of dental appliances, models, and clear aligners. The company's proprietary MSLA technology delivers faster print speeds and larger build volumes than conventional SLA, enabling mass customization at lab scale.

The core product suite includes MSLA-powered printers, automated post-processing systems, and custom photopolymer resins developed in partnership with pro3dure. Structo's software integrates with Materialise Printworks Pro for print preparation and workflow management. This end-to-end approach reduces manual handling and allows dental laboratories to produce hundreds of thousands of appliances monthly with consistent quality.

Structo serves digital dentistry, orthodontics, restorative dentistry, and clear aligner manufacturing. Its target customers are dental and orthodontic laboratories, healthcare institutions, and orthodontic clinics. The company has expanded operations to five continents and achieved profitability in 2022. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it pivoted to produce testing swabs, demonstrating production flexibility.

Structo's strategic moat lies in its exclusive dental focus and integrated automation, which competitors like Markforged and Triditive do not match in this vertical. The company has raised $39.5 million from investors including GGV Capital, Wavemaker Ventures, and EDBI. A key open question is whether dental labs will continue to adopt centralized automated production or shift toward smaller, chairside printers as desktop resin technology improves.