Closes $4 million CLA financing in preparation for Sequence B Spherical
ZURICH, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Scrona AG, a startup specializing in additive microfabrication and holder of the world document for the smallest printed shade image, unveiled in the present day the following era of its revolutionary multi-nozzle printhead. Designed for mass manufacturing, this innovation goals to speed up product growth in a cheap and environmentally pleasant approach. The brand new, expandable GEN3 printhead platform boasts Scrona’s proprietary electrostatic MEMS structure and launches with a digital 8-nozzle model. A 128-nozzle model is scheduled later this yr.
Scrona additionally introduced the closing of its $4 million CLA financing, led by EquityPitcher Ventures, a number one Enterprise Capital agency based mostly in Zurich in addition to our famend present traders. The brand new capital will enable Scrona to speed up the industrialization and commercialization of its novel printing expertise and help the preparation for Scrona’s upcoming Sequence B financing spherical.
“Scrona is enabling prospects to digitally print the inconceivable – on any materials, at scale, bettering the pace, accuracy and price of producing in the present day and tomorrow’s modern merchandise,” mentioned Dr. Patrick Heissler, newly named CEO of Scrona. “We’re very excited concerning the efficiency and potential of the GEN3 printhead platform, which is able to ship to first prospects already this month. We’re honored to be supported by this syndicate of knowledgeable traders who perceive the disruptive potential of Scrona’s scalable printing expertise, which has the flexibility to cut back manufacturing steps 10-fold, whereas additionally considerably decreasing materials, power and water utilization.”
Scrona’s proprietary expertise relies on the electrostatic ejection precept which gives very fantastic, submicron-scale printing and jetting, whereas permitting the adoption of assorted ink supplies—corresponding to metals, dielectrics, natural, and biomaterials. Scrona’s MEMS based mostly printheads enable for prime nozzle density and customization to accommodate software necessities throughout many {industry} verticals. The GEN3 printhead platform will quickly scale to triple-digit nozzle counts whereas sustaining the identical general dimensions.
“We’re very excited to affix the robust investor line-up of Scrona to help their mission of increasing the boundaries of present 3D printing applied sciences to gate new product innovations for microelectronic merchandise that may be manufactured economically and eco-friendly,” mentioned Hermann Koch, founding companion at EquityPitcher Ventures.
About Scrona AG:
Scrona is a spin-off from ETH Zurich, one of many prime 10 world analysis universities. Scrona has developed the {industry}’s first multi-nozzle 3D printing platform that may digitally print the inconceivable with sub-micrometer precision, on any materials and at scale, bettering and rushing manufacturing for in the present day and tomorrow’s merchandise. Scrona’s patented electrostatic printing expertise has the potential to remodel manufacturing of semiconductor, show and plenty of different merchandise with its capability to cut back manufacturing steps 10-fold, whereas additionally considerably decreasing supplies, power and water utilization. Study extra at www.Scrona.com
Contact:
Walter Braun, COO; [email protected]
Kelly Karr, Tanis Communications, [email protected]
About EquityPitcher Ventures:
EquityPitcher Ventures is a number one Swiss Enterprise Capital agency based in 2016. They make investments industry-agnostically in early-growth startups from the DACH Area. By means of the shut cooperation with famend {industry} consultants, co-investors and exit companions, EquityPitcher paves the way in which for entrepreneurs to achieve the three decisive success elements: capital, know-how and community.
SOURCE Scrona AG
