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Latest AI startup funding news, investment rounds, Series A/B/C announcements, and venture capital activity in the artificial intelligence sector.
Shenzhen Metal AM Startup Guangyi Precision Raises Angel Round from Qirong VC and Leaguer Capital
Shenzhen-based metal additive manufacturing startup Guangyi Precision has completed an angel financing round from Qirong Venture Capital and Leaguer Capital. Founded in November 2025, the company deve...
Cheonan City secures 10 billion won to build AI-3D printing mobility manufacturing hub
Cheonan City has secured 10 billion won (approximately $7.6 million USD) in government funding to establish an AI-integrated additive manufacturing hub focused on mobility components. The project, app...
Repentium closes first funding round at low single-digit millions for polymer AM technology
Repentium, a Salzburg-based deep-tech startup founded in 2024, has closed its first funding round with participation from banks and private investors. The capital inflow is in the low single-digit mil...
Xometry posts record Q1 2026 revenue of $205 million as Siemens invests $50 million
Xometry reported record first-quarter 2026 revenue of $205 million, up 36% year-over-year, driven by 40% growth in its marketplace segment to $191 million. The company achieved adjusted EBITDA profita...
Makera raises hundreds of millions of yuan in Series A for consumer CNC and 3D printing
Makera (造物时代), a Shenzhen-based startup focused on desktop manufacturing, has closed a Series A funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan (approximately $30–50M USD), the largest single investm...
Salzburg deep-tech startup Repentium raises seven-figure round for hybrid-resolution FFF printing
Repentium GmbH, a Salzburg-based deep-tech startup, has closed a seven-figure financing round backed by Raiffeisen Banking Group Salzburg (Raiffeisen Salzburg Start-Up eGen), business angel Wolfgang F...
Elegoo closes 500M yuan B+ round to close software gap with Bambu Lab
Elegoo (Shenzhen SmartPie Technology Co.) has completed a B+ round of over 500 million yuan (approximately $73.3 million), led by Meituan and its investment arm Dragon Ball Capital, alongside Guoce Ca...
ELEGOO closes $70M Series B+ led by Meituan's DragonBall Capital, six months after DJI-backed Series B
ELEGOO has raised over 500 million yuan (approximately $70 million) in a Series B+ funding round led by Meituan's DragonBall Capital, with co-investment from Shenzhen Capital Group, Hillhouse Investme...
ASU Researcher Wins $550K NSF CAREER Award to Solve Multi-Metal AM Cracking
Arizona State University assistant professor Zhengtao Gan has received a $550,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop predictive models that prevent interfacial cracks in multi-metal a...
America Makes launches MIAMI and INSITE project calls worth $25.6M for defense AM qualification
America Makes, in coordination with the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), has announced two new project calls totaling $25.6 million in funding. The first, the Maturatio...
Firestorm Labs secures $82 million Series B to scale xCell field-deployed manufacturing platform
Firestorm Labs, a San Diego-based defense technology company specializing in combat system manufacturing, has closed an $82 million Series B funding round, bringing total capital raised to $153 millio...
Palprint raises €125K DBU grant for custom recycled PET packaging via 3D printing
Palprint, a Paderborn-based startup spun out of the University of Paderborn's Garage33 incubator, has secured €125,000 in funding from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) to develop a closed-loop...
Massachusetts M2I2 program awards $1.85M to Feon Energy, Highland Park Technologies, Terrestrial Bio
The Healey-Driscoll Administration, through the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) at MassTech, has awarded $1,849,643 in M2I2 capital grants to three Massachusetts hardtech startups. Feon Energy...
America Makes launches two defense project calls totaling $25.6M for metal AM qualification and in-process QA
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have opened two project calls worth a combined $25.6 million, both targeting additive manufacturing capabilities f...
Meituan affiliate invests in consumer-grade 3D printing R&D firm Intelligent Pai
Meituan, China's leading e-commerce and on-demand delivery platform, has invested in Shenzhen-based Intelligent Pai (智能派) through its affiliates Hain Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Be...
Farsoon Technologies plans up to 3.91 billion yuan private placement for AM platform and capacity expansion
Farsoon Technologies, the Changsha-based industrial 3D printing leader, announced on April 29 a private placement of up to 39.1 billion yuan (approximately $5.4 billion) to fund three core projects: a...
Meituan affiliate invests in consumer 3D printing R&D company Smart派 (智能派)
Meituan affiliates Hanshang Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and Beijing Longzhu Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) have taken a stake in Shenzhen Smart派 Technology Co...
Huawei's Hubble Investment leads funding round in AI application developer Moxin Technology
Huawei's Hubble Investment has led a funding round in Moxin Technology (魔芯科技), a Chinese developer focused on AI-driven applications for additive manufacturing. The round's specific size and valuation...
BMW i Ventures Closes $300M Fund III Targeting AI and Advanced Manufacturing in Automotive
BMW i Ventures, the independent corporate venture capital arm of BMW AG, has closed a $300 million Fund III focused on artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing startups within the automotive...
Moxin Technology adds Huawei's Hubble Technology Investment as shareholder in capital increase
Moxin Technology, a Chinese AI application developer with a focus on industrial software and additive manufacturing workflow optimization, has completed a capital increase that brings Huawei's Hubble...