What a selected company receives is exhibition space at Formnext in Frankfurt without paying for it, plus marketing support from the organisers and a slot to pitch. The AM Ventures Impact Award is handed out at the same event. There is no prize money, and nothing is asked for on the cap table.
Additive manufacturing is the whole of the subject matter, so the room is made up of industrial and materials buyers rather than generalist investors.
No fixed annual deadline is on record. The call has historically opened around the middle of the year and closed roughly two months before the show.
What it actually costs you
Additive manufacturing is the focus of this challenge, staged at Formnext in Frankfurt. Selected companies receive free exhibition space, marketing support and a pitch slot, and the AM Ventures Impact Award is handed out alongside. No cash is awarded directly and no equity is taken, so the benefit is trade-fair presence in front of industrial and materials buyers.