Trinckle
Trinckle is a Berlin-based software company that provides design automation tools for additive manufacturing, serving industrial customers in automotive, manufacturing, and medical sectors through its paramate cloud platform, fixturemate design software, and Additive App Suite, distributed via direct sales and a Stratasys OEM partnership.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2013
- HeadquartersHennigsdorf, Germany
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Trinckle does
Trinckle (trinckle 3D GmbH) is a Berlin-based software company founded in 2013 that develops design automation tools for additive manufacturing. Its core platform, paramate, is a cloud-based engine that combines algorithm-driven CAD with interactive configuration interfaces to generate production-ready 3D geometries in real time, supported by a proprietary scripting language (trCAD) with its own CAD kernel. On top of paramate, Trinckle ships fixturemate (web-based fixture design software aimed at non-CAD users), the Additive App Suite (a marketplace of ready-made industrial 3D printing applications), and a Custom Solutions service for bespoke parametric configurators.
The company serves industrial customers in automotive, manufacturing, medical, rail, aerospace, and industrial equipment, with named users including Audi Sport, Ford, Airbus, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bahn, PROTIQ, AGCO, and Jydsk Aluminium. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales for custom solutions, product-led self-serve for the Additive App Suite, and OEM embedding via an exclusive partnership with Stratasys, under which fixturemate and the Additive App Suite are integrated into GrabCAD Print and GrabCAD Print Pro. Revenue is generated through subscription licensing, quote-based custom solutions, and freemium access for non-commercial use of paramate and trCAD.
Trinckle is privately held, has raised approximately €3.7M across seed and Series A rounds (the last being a €3M Series A led by HGZ Group in October 2022), and employs between 11 and 50 people. The company also participates in research collaborations such as ProAStra Dental (with TU Berlin and Charité) and SmartFit (orthopedic device automation), indicating ongoing investment in adjacent verticals and academic partnerships.
Trinckle firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Trinckle
- Legal name
- trinckle 3D GmbH
- Website
- https://trinckle.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2013
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Trinckle is a Berlin-based software company that provides design automation tools for additive manufacturing, serving industrial customers in automotive, manufacturing, and medical sectors through its paramate cloud platform, fixturemate design software, and Additive App Suite, distributed via direct sales and a Stratasys OEM partnership.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Trinckle industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Additive Manufacturing Design Automation Software
- NAICS
- Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)
- akta.pro primary industry
- 3D Design & CAD for Additive Manufacturing (IMAAACAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Prototype Jigs, Fixtures & Assembly Aids (Additive) (IMAAAFAE), Generative Design & Topology Optimization for AM (IMAAACAI)
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Where Trinckle is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Hennigsdorf
- HQ country
- Germany
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Trinckle business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Software Licensing: Revenue generated through licensing of paramate platform and related software products including fixturemate and custom solutions. Pricing appears quote-based for enterprise customers.
- Free Tier (paramate/trCAD): Free tier for paramate and trCAD available for private, non-commercial purposes. Commercial usage requires different license terms negotiated directly with trinckle.
- Custom Solutions: Revenue from bespoke design automation solutions tailored precisely to customer use cases. These involve collaborative development of custom parametric configurators and workflow integrations.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Others | Free tier for paramate and trCAD |
| Subscription | Annual | Enterprise/Custom Solutions |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Trinckle product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Trinckle develops and sells design automation software for industrial 3D printing (additive manufacturing). Its core offering is the paramate cloud platform, which uses algorithm-driven CAD to convert manual design tasks into automated, configurable workflows that output production-ready STL, 3MF, and STEP files. The platform is delivered through flagship products fixturemate (web-based fixture design), the Additive App Suite (a library of ready-made design apps for jigs, fixtures, end effectors, and tooling), trCAD (a proprietary scripting CAD system), and Custom Solutions (bespoke parametric configurators).
Product overview
Trinckle offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on its paramate cloud platform for design automation. The core paramate engine enables algorithm-driven CAD and parametric 3D configuration, powering flagship products including fixturemate (fixture design software), the Additive App Suite (ready-made apps marketplace), Custom Solutions (tailored implementations), and trCAD (the native scripting-based CAD system). All products aim to democratize 3D printing design by enabling users without CAD expertise to create production-ready designs through guided workflows and automated algorithms.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- paramate: A modular, high-performance cloud platform for repetitive design processes and advanced product customization. Provides algorithm-driven CAD with intuitive configuration interfaces.
- trCAD
- fixturemate
- Additive App Suite
- Custom Solutions
Products and services
- paramate paramate is a modular, high-performance cloud platform for repetitive design processes and advanced product customization. Model geometries are generated in real time using algorithm-driven CAD combined with intuitive, interactive configuration interfaces, and the platform outputs production-ready STL, 3MF, and STEP files. It powers all Trinckle applications including fixturemate and Custom Solutions and exposes a REST API for ERP/MES integration.
- fixturemate fixturemate is a web-based fixture design software that enables users to design custom fixtures in under 20 minutes without CAD skills, with features including negative generation, geometry subtraction, undercut avoidance, tolerance definition, and optimized 3D printing data export. It is now exclusively available inside Stratasys GrabCAD Print Pro and reduces fixture design costs by up to 90%.
- Additive App Suite The Additive App Suite is a platform for discovering, designing, and adopting industrial 3D printing applications, containing ready-made apps for various manufacturing use cases including fixtures, orthopedic devices, industrial parts, and manufacturing aids. It is integrated into Stratasys GrabCAD Print and GrabCAD Print Pro, enabling users to create customized jigs, fixtures, end effectors, and tool inserts without specialized CAD skills.
- Custom Solutions Custom Solutions are custom design automation workflows tailored precisely to a customer's use case. Trinckle collaborates with clients to develop parametric configurators for their specific products or use cases, built on the paramate platform and integrated with customer ERP/MES systems as required.
- trCAD trCAD is a scripting language and CAD software for automating 3D construction. It provides a C-style syntax interface for programming parametric 3D customizers using its own underlying CAD kernel, optimized for algorithm-driven design automation. Free usage is available for private, non-commercial purposes.
Quantifiable outcome
- Design time reduced from 2-4 hours to 10 minutes (95% effort reduction) at Ford
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Trinckle
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Trinckle technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
AI capability2 records
Feature6 records
Trinckle partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and minor.
- StratasysflagshipStrategic partnership embeds trinckle's Additive App Suite and fixturemate into Stratasys GrabCAD Print and GrabCAD Print Pro. The integration enables Stratasys customers to create customized jigs, fixtures, end effectors, and tool inserts without specialized CAD skills. fixturemate became exclusive to GrabCAD Print Pro.
- TU Berlin (IWF)minorResearch collaboration on the ProAStra Dental project (2023-2025) developing automated process chains for patient-specific dental implants using AI for CT scan segmentation and digital workflows.
- Charité (IZMK)minorResearch partner in the ProAStra Dental project focused on clinical studies and medical device development for patient-specific dental implants.
- International Orthopedic Device Market LeaderminorCollaboration on SmartFit project (2020-2024) developing automated 3D design of orthoses including wrist braces and corsets, using morphing master designs and personalized medical devices.
- RWTH Aachen UniversityminorResearch partner in the 3DiH project (2022-2025) focused on enabling craftsmen to apply additive manufacturing in the food sector, developing sustainable technological education.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Trinckle competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- nTopology: nTopology provides engineering design automation and optimization software for additive manufacturing. Both companies specialize in algorithm-driven CAD that generates production-ready 3D models directly, competing for the same engineering and manufacturing design-engineer seat.
- Materialise: Materialise offers Magics and Streamics—dedicated AM software for build preparation, part nesting, and design workflows—and operates the Materialise Manufacturing cloud platform. Most direct commercial peer to Trinckle in AM-specific software.
Broad incumbents
- Stratasys: Stratasys is both Trinckle's flagship OEM distribution partner (GrabCAD Print/Print Pro) and a broader incumbent in industrial AM hardware and software. The GrabCAD Print ecosystem competes with and complements Trinckle's software stack.
- Autodesk (Fusion 360): Autodesk ships generative design, simulation, and AM workflows in Fusion 360 and Inventor. It targets the same manufacturing engineer with bundled design automation, raising the bar for standalone AM design tools like Trinckle's.
- Dassault Systèmes (3DEXPERIENCE): 3DEXPERIENCE provides CAD, PLM, and AM modules. As a broad CAD/PLM incumbent, it competes for the design-engineer budget that Trinckle targets with paramate, especially inside large enterprise accounts.
- Altair: Altair Inspire includes generative design and lattice/optimization tools aligned with AM. Overlaps with Trinckle's algorithm-driven, topology-aware design automation for industrial 3D printing.
- ANSYS: ANSYS Additive Suite and Additive Print/Additive Science simulate the AM process and inform design choices for 3D-printed parts. Adjacent in the AM design automation value chain that Trinckle also serves via paramate.
- Aras: Aras Innovator is a PLM platform with AM-specific modules for managing 3D-printed parts, digital twins, and BOMs. Competes for the back-office systems layer where Trinckle integrates via REST API.
Others
- Sculpteo: Sculpteo operates an online 3D printing service bureau and proprietary tooling for online part quoting. Adjacent ecosystem participant; not a direct CAD competitor but competes for AM-related software and service budgets.
- Xometry: Xometry runs an AI-driven manufacturing marketplace with a large AM services offering and instant-quoting workflow. Overlaps at the buyer interface where Trinckle's PROTIQ-style AM e-commerce use cases compete for the same budget.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Trinckle social profiles
Digital presenceTrinckle financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Trinckle leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Trinckle funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds3 records
Investors5 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Trinckle M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Trinckle
What does Trinckle do?
Trinckle develops and sells design automation software for industrial 3D printing (additive manufacturing). Its core offering is the paramate cloud platform, which uses algorithm-driven CAD to convert manual design tasks into automated, configurable workflows that output production-ready STL, 3MF, and STEP files. The platform is delivered through flagship products fixturemate (web-based fixture design), the Additive App Suite (a library of ready-made design apps for jigs, fixtures, end effectors, and tooling), trCAD (a proprietary scripting CAD system), and Custom Solutions (bespoke parametric configurators).
Is Trinckle a public or private company?
Trinckle is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was Trinckle founded?
Trinckle was founded in 2013. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Trinckle based?
Trinckle is headquartered in Hennigsdorf, Germany, in the Europe region.
How does Trinckle make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Software Licensing is the primary driver. The others are free Tier (paramate/trCAD) and custom Solutions.
Who are Trinckle's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are nTopology and Materialise. Broad incumbents are Stratasys, Autodesk (Fusion 360), Dassault Systèmes (3DEXPERIENCE), Altair, ANSYS and Aras. Others are Sculpteo and Xometry.
Does Trinckle have an API?
Yes. REST API for integration with external environments like simulation software, ERP, or MES. The API enables mobile application development, custom-made controls, and fully automated workflow integrations. paramate provides an API-interface for controlling the processing of CAD configurator files and generates output for configurator applications. Developer documentation is at docs.paramate.trinckle.com/rest.
What industry is Trinckle in?
Trinckle's product category is Additive Manufacturing Design Automation Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAAACAA, 3D Design & CAD for Additive Manufacturing, with a secondary code of IMAAAFAE, Prototype Jigs, Fixtures & Assembly Aids (Additive). Its NAICS code is 541511 and its SIC code is 7372.