Best Manufacturing Tech Companies in Ohio, United States
The 84 best Manufacturing Tech companies in Ohio, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AssetWatch.
Our analysis of 50 Manufacturing Tech companies
$5.6b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Manufacturing Tech companies in Ohio
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AssetWatch Provider of end-to-end condition monitoring and AI-driven predictive maintenance solutions 74Funding top 17%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%AI top 45% All 7 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% AItop 45% Markettop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Funding: Raised $184M across 14 rounds · 14 rounds over 11 yrs (1.3/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $184M | 13 mo ago | Series C | Brian Graham CEO | 2014 | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | — | — |
| 2 | Physna IP Protection software for 3D printers | $86M | 59 mo ago | Series B | Dennis Demeyere Chief Technology and Product Officer | 2015 | SanityNode.jsThree.js+20 | 20 patents 3D geometry hashing for model similarity evaluation and verification | — |
| 3 | LineStream Software for industrial automation control | $8M | 129 mo ago | Deadpooled | Zhiqiang Gao Founder | 2008 | — | 24 patents Advanced motor control algorithms and state-machine software platform for industrial automation | — |
| 4 | Satelytics Developer of geospatial analytics software for industrial challenge detection and alerting | $5M | 72 mo ago | Series A | — | 2009 | Craft CMSPHPYii+11 | — | — |
| 5 | Docket Operations platform for manufacturers | $5M | 24 mo ago | Series A | Brian Ellis Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 6 | UES Provider of power and propulsion systems | $4M | 189 mo ago | Acquired | Nina Joshi President And Chief Executive Officer | 1994 | — | 54 patents Advanced metal processing, automated metallography, and high‑entropy alloy SOFC anodes | — |
| 7 | Predictronics AI-based predictive analytics solutions for industrial applications, reducing downtime | $3M | 81 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 8 | SANEZOO Manufacturer of 3D inspection equipment | $3M | 30 mo ago | Seed | Lubos Brzobohaty Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 9 | Subterra AI-driven solutions to inspect and manage sewer networks | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Robert Lee Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | 6 patents 3D depth sensing and remote structural inspection for infrastructure mapping and analysis | — |
| 10 | ITI Experts in product data interoperability and enterprise solutions | $2M | 113 mo ago | Acquired | Geoffrey Butlin Chairman & CEO | 1983 | Windows ServerBootstrapVimeo+13 | — | — |
| 11 | Voxel Cloud-based product design and development software for additive manufacturing | $2M | 37 mo ago | Seed | Aaron Chow CEO | 2020 | — | 11 patents Advanced display panel assembly, pixel architecture, and 3D modeling/manufacturing technologies. | — |
| 12 | InSeT Systems Online sensor tracking system for mining workforce health and safety management | $400K | 216 mo ago | Deadpooled | Jay Breeding Owner | 2006 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Manufacturing Tech companies in Ohio
#1
Series C · Westerville, Ohio · founded 2014 · 108 employees$183.8Mraised▾
Provider of end-to-end condition monitoring and AI-driven predictive maintenance solutions. It offers continuous and route-based vibration analysis, along with oil analysis, to detect and resolve machine issues. The company's platform combines vibration, temperature, and oil analysis data to provide a holistic view of asset health with prescriptive insights. It serves industries including chemicals, food and beverage, forestry, metals processing, mining, pharmaceuticals, plastics, pulp and paper, and water/wastewater. The company focuses on detecting machine issues early, resolving them cost-effectively, and reporting proactive impact across organizations.
- Apr 2025Series C$75M
- Feb 2024Series B$40M
- Jun 2022Series B$9M
- May 2022Series B$34.2M
#2
Series A · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2016 · 6 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Operations platform for manufacturers. It offers personalized dashboards for managing shop floor data, connecting people, data, and processes to streamline operations and boost productivity.
- Jun 2024Series A$2.7M
- Nov 2018Seed$1.9M
#3
Series B · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2015 · 50 employees$86Mraised▾
Physna LLC is a company that provides IP protection software for 3D printers. Physna stands for Physical and DNA. They claim that each physical object has typical properties like DNA in humans and their software can identify these properties in physical objects, thereby creating unique database entries for each 3D product. The software prevents printing of illegal objects. It detects faulty equipment and maintains strict quality control.
- Jul 2021Series B$56M
- Jan 2021Series B$20M
- Aug 2019Series A$6.9M
#4
Seed · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2017 · 38 employees$3Mraised▾
We are bringing innovative products into manufacturing by tackling the most challenging tasks in robotic guidance and inspection. We design our solutions to be accurate, fast, and easy to deploy. UNITY = machine vision inspection on challenging surfaces GRASP = robotic solution superseding random bin picking AZIMUTH = industrial robots empowered with real time path adjustments
- Dec 2023Seed$2M
- Aug 2023Seed$1M
#5
Seed · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2018 · 13 employees$2.2Mraised▾
AI-driven solutions to inspect and manage sewer networks. It also provides a cloud-based platform to store, view, and inspect all data from sewer inspections. Its product includes a rapid large diameter sewer inspection system and a rapid vertical inspection system.
- Jun 2023Seed$2.2M
#6
Seed · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2020 · 4 employees$1.7Mraised▾
Cloud-based product design and development software for additive manufacturing. It offers an additive manufacturing designing and modeling platform that employs a multi-physics artificial intelligence model to produce designs for component manufacture and analyses the performance of metamaterials. The offering sectors include aerospace, medical, automotive, and more. It also provides manufacturing software consultancy services.
- May 2023Seed$1.7M
#7
Deadpooled · Cleveland, Ohio · founded 2008 · 6 employees$8Mraised▾
Software for industrial automation control. Its software monitors automated equipment, looking for disturbances that confuse machines, such as vibration or temperature variations that cause unwanted movement in robots. Eliminating those disturbances makes machines easier to program and lowers energy usage. Its product portfolio includes InTAC which is a closed loop performance optimizer and SpinTAC monitors similar problems in motors. Has signed a licensing agreement with Texas Instruments to market SpinTac.
- Sep 2015Series B$1.5M
- Apr 2015Series B$457.1K
- Mar 2015Conventional Debt$1.3M
- Mar 2012Series B$5M
#8
Series A · Perrysburg, Ohio · founded 2009 · 20 employees$5Mraised▾
Developer of geospatial analytics software for industrial challenge detection and alerting. The software uses artificial intelligence to monitor assets and identify conditions outside operating parameters. It provides early detection and alerts with specific location and severity details. The software analyzes multispectral and hyperspectral data from various sources. It renders data into interactive displays and visualizations.
- Jun 2020Series A$5M
#9
Series A · Cincinnati, Ohio · founded 2013 · 11 employees$3.2Mraised▾
AI-based predictive analytics solutions for industrial applications, reducing downtime, quality issues, and asset monitoring challenges. They offer predictive maintenance, predictive quality, and condition-based monitoring solutions enabled by their end-to-end software platform. The platform monitors critical assets by collecting and analyzing big data, ensuring business impact and ROI through reduced unplanned downtime, increased productivity, optimized asset repairs, and improved product quality. They provide connectivity and data acquisition capabilities, including support for a wide range of DAQ devices and protocols, as well as seamless integration with existing databases. Their solutions cater to industries like manufacturing, transportation, energy, and more, offering early warnings of equipment failure and enabling proactive decision-making. They leverage Industrial AI, machine learning, and data visualization to deliver actionable insights and improve operational efficiency.
- Sep 2019Series A$3.2M
- Jul 2014Grant (prize money)$150K
#10
Acquired · Dayton, Ohio · founded 1994 · 243 employees$3.9Mraised▾
UES is a provider of power and propulsion systems. The company offers products such as Robo-met material characterization like composites, structural metals, bearings, and coating quality control, aluminium based alloy, and photoconductive semiconductor switch. It can be used in aerospace, photonics,and nanotechnology systems. It owns various patents regarding power and propulsion systems.
- Sep 2010Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2010Grant (prize money)$789.9K
- Jul 2010Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Aug 2008Grant (prize money)$99.9K
#11
Acquired · Milford Center, Ohio · founded 1983 · 105 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Experts in product data interoperability and enterprise solutions. The company specializes in providing software and services that address complex integration and interoperability challenges in product development. They offer PLM solutions, CAD/CAM/CAE solutions, and interoperability products designed to help manufacturers drive innovation and reduce time to market. Their offerings include CADfix for CAD conversion and model simplification, CADIQ for CAD validation, and DEXcenter for data transmission. They provide consulting, implementation, migration, and integration services. The company focuses on data management expertise, a holistic approach, and efficiency in PLM migration projects. They serve industries requiring advanced manufacturing and product data quality solutions.
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$642.5K
- Oct 2015Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- May 2009Grant (prize money)—
#12
Deadpooled · Akron, Ohio · founded 2006$400Kraised▾
Online sensor tracking system for mining workforce health and safety management
- Jun 2008Unattributed$400K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Manufacturing Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Additive Manufacturing in Ohio is moving
A read on the academic research around Additive Manufacturing in Ohio — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 71 papers.
- The Ohio State University54
- Ohio University6
- Ohio Aerospace Institute4
- Ohio Northern University3
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center2
- 3D printing1→4
- 3D printing3→11
- 3D printing5
- Selective laser melting2
- 3d printed2
- Shape-memory alloy1
- Microstructure1
Common questions
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