Top 10 3D Printing and Advanced Manufacturing Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – January 1st – 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the 3D Printing and Advanced Manufacturing sector over the past month. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
Buyout/LBO
- AssetLink Global, satellite-enabled tracking hardware and IoT systems that serve industrial, government, and commercial users worldwide, was acquired by Geoforce, via its financial sponsors GCP Capital Partners, LLR Partners and First Trust Capital Partners, through an LBO.
- HUVRdata, an asset management technology that automates and digitizes inspection workflows, acquired by Technical Toolboxes via its financial sponsor Bessemer Venture Partners through an LBO.
Early Stage VC
- Starlab Space, a commercial space station company that serves space agencies, researchers, and companies, raised Series A venture funding from Okeanos, Mercury Fund and Blanck Capital.
- Etched, an artificial intelligence-based computing hardware that cuts LLM inference costs radically and specializes in transformers, raised $500 million of venture funding in a deal led by Stripes.
- Golden Waves Grain, vertically integrated flour milling and commercial bakery operations that support food production and supply chain optimization purposes, raised $10.2 million of venture funding from Foote Cattle Company and other.
- Firestorm, deployable micro-factories that modernize the way defense and industrial sectors build, deploy, and sustain systems, raised $5 million of venture funding in the form of options and warrants.
Accelerator/Incubator
- Vatn Systems, autonomous underwater vehicles that operate in cooperative swarms, joined Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic and received EUR 100,000 in funding.
- Existent Sorbents, next-generation gas and liquid separation adsorbents that simplify separations and support cost-effective industrial decarbonization, joined Velocity.
- Photonect, packaging and interconnect systems that improve the speed, efficiency, and durability of chip connections, joined Rev: Ithaca Startup Works as a part of its Sixth Manufacturing Hardware Accelerator Cohort and received $10,000 in grant funding.
Angel
- ReviMo, robotic mobility devices that restore independence and dignity, raised an angel funding from Pointe Angels.
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John Silvestri
Managing Director
Finance, strategy and capital markets executive. Originated structured and executed, as principal, agent and underwriter, over $4 billion of public and private, structured and project finance transactions. Industry expertise includes Energy and Power, Technology/Fintech/Digital, Sponsor, Transportation and Infrastructure, Consumer, Industrials and Agriculture, Banking, and Specialty Finance. Companies ranging from small to large, leveraged, high grade, venture, SPV’s and project finance. Transaction expertise across capital structure includes public and private bonds, equity, structured and direct investments, and unitranche. Leveraged finance includes senior/sub, bridge, acquisition, mezzanine, equity co-investment, and re-capitalizations. Previously, founder of an advisory and a direct investment business, Managing Director and Co-head of Investment Banking at Altamar Capital, and Director and Head of High Yield Capital Markets in New York for Barclays Capital. BS in Management from SUNY Buffalo. MBA from Fordham Gabelli Business School. FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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