ScaleNC gets four million euros from Trumpf

The high-tech start-up was again able to win the German global market leader as an investor. The capital is to flow into expansion.

The start-up ScaleNC has once again secured funding. The high-tech company Trumpf from Ditzingen is investing four million euros in the still young company, which has designed a cloud platform with digital services for sheet metal production. According to the start-up, it is possible to program machines via the platform, for example. With the capital, ScaleNC would like to expand into the U.S., among other things, and expand its team of eleven so far.

In concrete terms, the start-up's business model works like this: customers upload drawings, sketches or data to a cloud platform. The start-up then programs the customer's machines and processes the production data. Some of the programming is done by an algorithm, and an expert then checks the results. By using artificial intelligence, outsourcing the work to ScaleNC is supposed to be cheaper for customers and an answer to the shortage of skilled workers. The software, Trumpf says, can bridge this in the short term.

ScaleNC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Trumpf. It is already the German mechanical engineering company's second investment in the start-up. Money already flowed in when the company was spun off. In addition, the Group has been using the company's software itself for over a year. The idea came about during the company's own "Internehmertum" incubator program. Tom Schneider, Managing Director for Research and Development at Trumpf, explains the reasons for the new investment as follows: "Many of our customers have difficulties filling vacancies. In addition, ScaleNC provides cost advantages and helps our customers expand their competitive position."

"Trumpf's renewed investment in ScaleNC will help us realize our growth goals. The need for cloud-based services is growing in the industry and we look forward to making our solutions available to even more customers," said Holger Röder, founder and CEO of ScaleNC.