The funding will support the company’s efforts to further industrialise its nature-inspired fiber placement technology and expand into new industries.
Austrian deeptech startup fibionic has closed a €3 million seed financing round led by Redstone together with Euregio+, Caesar, and Leap435, with additional support from several angel investors.
Lightweight materials are widely regarded as a key technology across industries, including sports equipment, UAVs, robotics, industrial applications, and mobility. However, manufacturing processes, material efficiency, and automation in composite production often remain inefficient.
fibionic addresses this challenge with its patented technology, “fibionic fiber placement” (FFP), a nature-inspired approach to precise fiber placement. Based on bionic principles, the technology aligns fibers along actual load paths, drawing inspiration from natural structures such as dragonfly wings.
According to the company, FFP enables highly efficient and sustainable production with cycle times of up to one minute per component, establishing a new benchmark for process optimisation in composite manufacturing.
The technology enables the production of high-performance, stable components while minimising material usage. Through this approach, fibionic aims to make lightweight engineering more economical, sustainable, and suitable for series production across industries, including automotive, sporting goods, aerospace, robotics, and defence.
With fibionic, we are taking high-performance lightweight engineering to the next level. We enable the fast, sustainable and cost-efficient production of extremely high-performing, ultra-light products,
said Elias Hirschbichler, co-founder at fibionic.
In partnership with the Italian bicycle saddle manufacturer Selle Italia, the company has begun producing products at scale using the FFP process to optimise weight, stability, and material efficiency. According to fibionic, the technology can reduce material use by up to 60% and lower product weight by up to 50%.
With the new funding, fibionic plans to expand its industrial processes and further develop its proprietary technology platform.
The company also plans to grow its engineering and business development teams, advance pilot projects to full-scale production, and further develop its ecosystem across simulation, equipment, materials, licensing, and software tools.