PostProcess Technologies Funding, Profile & Why It Matters

Overview

PostProcess Technologies builds automated post-printing systems for industrial additive manufacturing, combining proprietary software, hardware, and chemistry to remove supports, resin, and powder and finish parts to customer-ready quality. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Buffalo, NY (with European operations in Sophia-Antipolis, France), the company targets aerospace, automotive, medical, dental, and consumer goods manufacturers. In November 2019 PostProcess closed a $20M Series B led by Grand Oaks Capital. Earlier and follow-on capital has included Launch NY and Rand Capital among disclosed regional backers. Stage remains private at Series B / growth.

Why PostProcess Technologies is interesting

Buffalo company that productized the bottleneck after 3D printing — support/resin/powder removal and finishing — and raised a $20M Series B led by Grand Oaks Capital (Tom Golisano) in November 2019.

Product & use cases

Automated post-print systems that use software-controlled hardware and chemistry to remove supports, resin, and powder and finish additive-manufactured parts consistently.

High-volume AM shops reducing manual support removal labor
Aerospace and medical manufacturers needing repeatable surface finish
Resin and powder process lines automating cleanup after prints

Key facts

Founded 2014 in Buffalo, NY by engineer Daniel Hutchinson
Series B (Nov 2019): $20M led by Grand Oaks Capital (Tom Golisano)
Full-stack post-print stack: software + hardware + chemistry for support/resin/powder removal and surface finishing
EU presence in Sophia-Antipolis, France; Formnext go-to-market expansion after Series B
Regional investors include Launch NY and Rand Capital

Fundraising history

Series B

2019-11 $20M

Grand Oaks Capital (lead)

Source: https://www.postprocess.com/series-b-european-expansion-press-release/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from PostProcess Technologies's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Launch NY Rand Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: Focused full-stack automation of AM post-processing (software + hardware + chemistry) rather than only printers or only manual finishing tools.

Most AM spend historically went to printers. PostProcess competes in the less automated post-print step, where consistency and labor cost matter as production volumes rise.

Manual finishing / shop labor incumbent

Still common for support removal and finishing.
Printer OEM accessory workflows adjacent

Some printer vendors offer wash/cure or powder handling accessories.
Other AM post-processing equipment vendors direct

Specialized wash, depowdering, and finishing machine makers.

Notable stories

Series B was led by Grand Oaks Capital, Tom Golisano's investment firm — a Western New York industrial tech check into Buffalo additive manufacturing (company PR, Nov 2019).

Industries

Hardware & Semiconductors Deep Tech Enterprise SaaS

FAQs about PostProcess Technologies

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Automates additive manufacturing post-printing — support, resin, and powder removal plus surface finishing — via software, machines, and chemistry.

Buffalo, NY, with international operations in Sophia-Antipolis, France.

November 2019 — $20M led by Grand Oaks Capital.

Grand Oaks Capital led Series B. Directory-linked investors include Launch NY (/fund/launch-ny) and Rand Capital (/fund/rand-capital).

2014.

No — it sells an integrated stack of software, hardware, and chemistry for post-print workflows.

Aerospace, automotive, medical, dental, consumer goods, defense, and other industrial AM users.

Series B; privately held.

Grand Oaks Capital, the investment firm associated with Tom Golisano (Paychex founder).

After a part is printed, manual support removal and finishing are often the labor bottleneck — PostProcess automates that third step.

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