Ziknes

ziknes.com ↗ ·Godella ·Seed

Ziknes is a Valencia-based deeptech startup that turns industrial robots into large-format 3D printers, offering an integrated hardware, software (Laminar) and control platform to print metal, recycled plastic, fiber and ceramic parts with less material waste, time and cost than traditional manufacturing. It serves sectors including architecture, design, automotive and aerospace, and is backed by Mango's startup studio and the Lanzadera accelerator. It is headquartered in Godella (Valencia).

Founded

2021

Founders

Total funds raised

€1.2M

Sectors3D printing, Robotics, Advanced manufacturing, Sustainable materials Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Additive manufacturing & 3D printing

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Founders

Diego Cabañas Jiménez

CTO & Co-Founder

Nacho (Ignacio) Serrano Beltrán

CIO & Co-Founder

Nacho León Segarra

CEO & Co-Founder

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Arevo

United States · arevo.com ↗

Sells software-driven robotic additive manufacturing that uses robot arms to print large continuous-fibre composite parts, pairing proprietary hardware with its own toolpath software, as Ziknes does.

~$100MComparable

Continuous Composites

United States · www.continuouscomposites.com ↗

Licenses and sells a robot-arm-based large-format continuous-fibre 3D printing platform (CF3D) with integrated control software to industrial and aerospace customers.

~$50MComparable

Branch Technology

United States · www.branch.technology ↗

Uses industrial robots to freeform 3D print large polymer lattice structures for architecture and building facades, the same robot-as-printer approach for large-format parts.

~$25MComparable

Caracol

Italy · www.caracol-am.com ↗

Sells Heron AM, a robot-arm large-format additive manufacturing system for polymers, composites and metals with its own software stack, the closest direct model match to Ziknes.

~$20MComparable

AI Build

United Kingdom · ai-build.com ↗

Sells AI-driven software that plans and controls large-format robotic 3D printing, covering the software and control layer of Ziknes's integrated platform.

~$15MComparable

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Mission

www.demium.com

Led 2 rounds · 2021–24 Spain

mangostartupstudio.com

Seed 2024 Spain

Funding rounds 2

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Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2024-11-27	Seed (estimated)	€1M incl. debt: equity and debt, the split was not disclosed	Akka, Demium +2 more
2021-10-25	Pre-seed	€222K	Think Bigger Capital +1 more

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2024-11-27 Public Loan — Institut Valencià de Finances (IVF), ENISA

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Published	Article
2025-07-28	ZIKNES unveils compact 3D printer tailored for educational spaces with limited room ↗ ADDIMAT 2025-07-28
2025-07-03	La startup Ziknes se extiende por Europa con su tecnología de impresión 3D ↗ Industria Química 2025-07-03
2025-04-10	Ziknes launches Laminar3D: large-format 3D printing software for robots ↗ ADDIMAT 2025-04-10
2024-12-02	Ziknes raises €1M Led by Akka and Demium to Accelerate International Expansion and Advance Large-Format 3D Printing ↗ Startups Real 2024-12-02
2023-11-29	Mango invests in robotic 3D printing company Ziknes ↗ Just Style 2023-11-29
2023-11-29	Mango invests in architectural 3D printing startup Ziknes ↗ VoxelMatters 2023-11-29