Fabric8Labs

Fabric8Labs develops 3D printer systems based on its proprietary electrochemical additive manufacturing (ECAM) technology, which uses water-based feedstock containing dissolved metal ions to build at the atomic level. These materials can be directly printed onto temperature-sensitive substrates like printed circuit boards (PCBs) and silicon. This enables micron-scale feature resolution, complex internal features, printing from high-purity materials like pure copper, and enabling scalability for mass manufacturing. This also makes Fabric8Labs’ solutions suitable for electronics, medical devices, communications systems, and semiconductor manufacturing.

The company claims that its ECAM technology helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 90% compared with alternative additive technologies and traditional manufacturing.

Funding and financials

In February 2023, Fabric8Labs raised USD 50 million in Series B funding to scale the ECAM technology and to establish a pilot production facility in San Diego, which was reported to potentially increase the company’s headcount by 3x over the following 12 to 18 months.