What Axial3D does

Axial3D (legal entity Axial Medical Printing Limited) is a Belfast-headquartered, venture-backed medical 3D imaging company founded in 2015 by Daniel Crawford. The company has built an AI-powered cloud platform — Axial3D INSIGHT — that converts 2D DICOM medical images (CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound) into patient-specific 3D digital models and segmentation outputs, reporting 99%+ accuracy from 215+ proprietary ML models trained on millions of clinically validated images. Building on INSIGHT, the more recent Axial3D AXCEL platform packages segmentation together with device-specific landmarking, automated measurement, surgical planning and templating, trauma planning, PSI design, and surgeon sign-off into a configurable enterprise workflow for medtech OEMs, robotics and imaging companies. The platform carries FDA 510(k) clearances (K231607, K250369), ISO 13485 and ISO 27001 certifications, and HIPAA/GDPR compliance, and was the first image segmentation company globally to obtain an FDA Predetermined Change Control Plan (PCCP) clearance in October 2025.

The company serves three primary verticals: medical device companies (including GE HealthCare via a December 2024 formal collaboration and Onkos Surgical), hospitals and healthcare institutions (NHS trusts such as University Hospital Southampton, Cedars-Sinai, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Hospital for Special Surgery, and the National Heart Centre in the Sultanate of Oman), and imaging companies. Its commercial model combines subscription/enterprise platform licensing (multi-year contracts, quote-based) with per-case managed service revenue for hospitals ordering physical or digital 3D models through the orders.axial3d.com self-serve portal. GTM is partner/channel-led post a deliberate pivot from direct-to-hospital sales, leveraging integrations with Stratasys 3D printers, GE HealthCare MR scanners, PACS systems, and surgical planning and robotics tools to reach customers globally with a lean team of 11–50 employees across Belfast and a North America regional office in Newark, Delaware.

Axial3D has raised approximately $33.2 million in disclosed venture funding ($15M in November 2022; $18.2M in December 2024, with US-based 57 Stars investing $10M to become largest shareholder). The company holds 17 granted global patents covering ML models built on a proprietary anatomical ground-truth database and automated patient-specific workflow technologies. Recent strategic signals include consecutive Innovate UK 'Outstanding' ratings for its Ulster University KTP partnership (2025), AWS Partner Network Award (2024), and expansion of clinical evidence across paediatric cardiac, orthopaedic, oncology, and neurosurgical use cases.

Name

Axial3D

Legal name

Axial Medical Printing Limited

Website

https://axial3d.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Axial3D is an AI-powered medical 3D imaging company that converts 2D DICOM scans (CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound) into patient-specific 3D models and surgical plans for medical device companies, hospitals, and imaging providers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Imaging Software

NAICS

Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing (339112), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiology AI, CAD & Advanced Visualization Software (HLAHABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical & Dental Prototyping (Models, Guides, Pre-Op Planning) (IMAAAFAI), Surgical Navigation, Robotics & Patient-Matched Instrumentation (Ortho/Spine) (HLAHAEAL)

Keywords

• Medical imaging AI
• 3D surgical planning
• Patient-specific anatomy
• Medical image segmentation
• Anatomical 3D printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Belfast

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. AI-Powered Software Platform (Axial3D INSIGHT): SaaS platform providing AI-driven medical image segmentation as a service to medical device companies, imaging providers, and hospitals. Revenue generated from platform subscriptions and per-case processing fees. AWS cloud-based with scalable transaction processing.
2. Patient-Specific 3D Model Services: End-to-end managed service converting medical imaging into patient-specific 3D digital files and physical printed anatomical models. Provides full DICOM-to-3D workflow from segmentation through delivery. Revenue per model or case basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Axial3D sells an AI-powered, cloud-based medical imaging platform (Axial3D INSIGHT and the configurable Axial3D AXCEL) that automatically converts 2D DICOM medical scans (CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound) into patient-specific 3D digital models and segmentation outputs for surgical planning, device design, and 3D-printed anatomical models. The company licenses the platform to global medical device companies and hospitals on a SaaS/subscription basis, and also delivers end-to-end managed DICOM-to-3D services with physical anatomical models on a per-case basis.

Product overview

Axial3D is an AI-powered medical 3D imaging company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on two core products: Axial3D INSIGHT (FDA-cleared cloud-based AI segmentation platform) and Axial3D AXCEL (configurable enterprise platform). The AXCEL platform builds on INSIGHT's segmentation capabilities and offers modular components including Segmentation, Landmarking, Surgical Planning, Trauma Planning, PSI Design, and Surgeon Sign-Off. The company also provides end-to-end managed services through the Axial3D Cloud Segmentation Service for teams requiring turnkey DICOM-to-3D workflows with expert quality review.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Axial3D INSIGHT: FDA-cleared AI-powered cloud-based segmentation platform for automated conversion of medical imaging to 3D outputs
• Axial3D AXCEL

Products and services

• Axial3D INSIGHT FDA-cleared, cloud-based AI-driven segmentation platform that automatically converts 2D medical images (CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound) into patient-specific 3D digital files or anatomical models, sold to medical device companies, imaging providers, and hospitals.
• Axial3D AXCEL Configurable enterprise platform that enables medical device companies to deploy customized software for imaging-based preoperative planning, device selection, robotics planning, and patient-specific implant/PSI design workflows at global scale, integrating image acquisition, automated segmentation, landmarking, measurement, planning, templating, and surgeon sign-off.
• Axial3D Cloud Segmentation Service FDA 510(k) cleared managed service that creates digital 3D files or fabricates physical anatomical replicas using additive manufacturing from uploaded medical imaging, validated for clinical use in orthopaedic, orthopaedic trauma, cardiovascular, and maxillofacial applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93% of surgeons found 3D printed models a better method for diagnosis and planning than using only 2D images
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• The Odyssey Trust (Friendship Four)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 October 2025Axial3D became partner of 2025 Friendship Four ice hockey tournament in Belfast. Produced 3D-printed replicas of the Belpot Trophy for the 10th anniversary of the cross-Atlantic tournament. Highlights Axial3D's role in sports medicine and community engagement in Belfast.
• GE HealthCarecoreTechnology or Integration · 2 December 2024Formal collaboration announced December 2024 enabling GE HealthCare's MR customers to access Axial3D's AI-powered 3D modeling services. Combines GE's oZTEo bone imaging MRI sequence with Axial3D's segmentation platform to create radiation-free 3D patient-specific models, reducing need for additional CT scans. Available to GE's global MR customer network.
• StratasyscoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic partnership combining Axial3D's advanced medical imaging solutions with Stratasys' state-of-the-art 3D printers. Enables healthcare professionals to transform medical imaging data into accurate, patient-specific 3D models. Joint webinars and customer engagement highlighting integrated workflow for hospitals.
• Ulster UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme between Axial3D and Ulster University focused on automating patient-specific surgical planning workflows. KTP Associate Nathan Brennan brought product design expertise into the company. Partnership accelerated product development timelines and brought new capabilities in-house. Second KTP programme is already underway.
• Wessex HeartbeatminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity funding patient-specific 3D heart models for children at University Hospital Southampton, enabling access to cutting-edge 3D technology for paediatric cardiac surgery patients.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Materialise: Materialise provides medical 3D printing services and patient-specific surgical planning software (Mimics). It is the closest direct competitor to Axial3D's end-to-end DICOM-to-3D model workflow for hospitals and medtech.
• Stratasys: Stratasys is both an Axial3D partner and a leading medical 3D printer maker with its own healthcare solutions. It competes in the same patient-specific anatomical model space and offers competing print + segmentation stacks.
• Formlabs: Formlabs sells healthcare-targeted 3D printers and increasingly bundles software and services for point-of-care 3D printing in hospitals, overlapping with Axial3D's segmentation-and-print value proposition.
• 3D Systems: 3D Systems offers patient-specific 3D printing solutions for surgical planning, including VSP (Virtual Surgical Planning) orthognathic and reconstructive workflows. Directly comparable to Axial3D's hospital-facing 3D model services.
• Brainlab: Brainlab provides AI-driven surgical planning, imaging, and navigation software. Its Elements platform overlaps with Axial3D's automated planning/templating and robotics data preparation capabilities for medtech partners.

Emerging players

• Arterys: Arterys (now Tempus Labs) offers cloud-native AI imaging analytics across multiple modalities. It is comparable as an emerging AI imaging platform with a SaaS model overlapping with Axial3D INSIGHT.
• HeartFlow: HeartFlow commercializes AI-driven 3D cardiac reconstruction from CT imaging. It overlaps with Axial3D's cardiovascular segmentation use cases and exemplifies an AI imaging SaaS business model.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers sells AI-powered imaging and visualization tools (e.g., syngo.via) alongside its imaging hardware. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping radiology AI/segmentation capabilities.
• Philips (IntelliSpace Portal): Philips offers broad radiology AI and advanced visualization suites inside its imaging business. As an incumbent imaging OEM, it is a competitor to Axial3D's segmentation layer and a potential channel partner.
• Stryker (Mako / Ortho): Stryker operates Mako robotic surgery and orthopedic implant lines that increasingly consume patient-specific 3D planning data. Comparable as an incumbent whose robotic platforms need exactly the segmentation layer Axial3D provides.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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