Isembard, a British manufacturing startup the builds components for aerospace, defence and robotics, has raised a $50m (£37.5m) Series A round.
The manufacturing group’s hefty new funding round comes less than a year after it raised $9m (£6.7m) for its seed round.
Isembard manufactures these advanced components in its own factories that run on its proprietary software and AI system MasonOS.
The software system integrates quoting, scheduling, supply chain, manufacturing, quality control and delivery into a single operating layer, automating factory operations.
“Manufacturing is the origin of our security, prosperity and sense of purpose as nations,” said Isembard’s founder and chief executive Alexander Fitzgerald
“This Series A enables us to open more factories, invest in MasonOS, support exceptional franchisees and recruit the best engineers across Europe and the United States. Our mission is to forge industrial acceleration.”
The Series A was led by Union Square Ventures, a New York VC that has backed the likes of Twittter, Coinbase, Cloudflare and Etsy.
“Isembard is redefining the process of owning and running a factory. By embedding deep operational expertise into an agentic OS, MasonOS lowers the barrier to operating high-performance manufacturing businesses and enables a networked, capital-efficient path to scale,” said Union Square Ventures managing partner Rebecca Kaden.
“At a moment when demand for advanced manufacturing is accelerating and interest in SMB ownership is rising, Isembard brings both forces together. We’re excited to partner with Alexander and his team as they expand access to factory ownership and rebuild industrial capacity across the West.”
