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Big milestone for manufacturing automation: Q5D<\/a>, a graduate of our HAX hard tech startup development program has raised $13.5M, which includes a $10.9M Series A co-led by Lockheed Martin Ventures, Chrysalix and Maven SWIF, with other investment from SOSV, UKI2S, UntroD and CPI Enterprises as well as a $2.6M grant from Innovate UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q5D is tackling one of the most persistent bottlenecks in modern manufacturing: the manual assembly of wiring harnesses. Still done by hand in industries like automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronics, this labor-intensive process is costly, error-prone, and often offshored to low-wage countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To solve this, Q5D has built a 5-axis manufacturing robot that produces parts on demand and automates embedding wiring directly into the structure of a product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83c\udf0d The impact:
\u25aa\ufe0f Reduces wiring cost by up to $200 per compact vehicle
\u25aa\ufe0f Eliminates harness inventory & simplifies logistics
\u25aa\ufe0f Improves reliability, reduces weight & reshapes supply chain risk

This funding will support commercial pilots, team growth, and the build-out of additional manufacturing capacity as Q5D moves toward full-scale deployment with leading industrial partners. Q5D expects to raise a further corporate investment round later this year.

Congrats to CEO <\/a>Steve Bennington<\/a> and the entire Q5D team on one more step toward reshoring advanced manufacturing and electrification!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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