ACT Venture invests in SaaS additive manufacturing company

ACT Venture Partners has invested $3.2 million in Ai Build, a London-based developer of a fully automated toolpath-generation software package called AiSync, used for industrial additive manufacturing applications.

Ai Build’s SaaS (software as a service) cloud platform oversees all aspects of a user’s AM process: 3D printing, monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing. According to the company, AiSync accelerates and automates the creation of even the most advanced, multiaxis toolpaths via a single, intuitive user interface. The platform replaces manual coding with visual programming to completely simplify toolpath generation. A digital twin provides full visual build simulation and collision avoidance, and, because the software features powerful reporting and analytics, the entire 3D printing process is optimizable and fully repeatable.

ACT Venture, which has offices in London, Istanbul, and Amsterdam, says it invests in companies with breakthrough products or technologies that facilitate establishment of new market footholds.