Voltera

What Voltera does

Voltera Inc. is a privately held Canadian hardware company founded in 2013 and headquartered at 180 Northfield Dr W, Waterloo, Ontario, where all products are designed, assembled, and shipped. The company develops and sells desktop additive electronics prototyping systems based on direct ink writing (DIW) technology, with two core platforms. V-One, launched via Kickstarter in 2015, is a 4-in-1 benchtop PCB printer that drills through-holes, prints conductive traces, dispenses solder paste, and reflow-solders in a single unit starting at $3,499.99 USD, reducing PCB prototype turnaround from days to under one hour. NOVA, launched in 2022, is a precision materials dispensing system with closed-loop pressure control, integrated computer vision (17 µm/pixel), a porous titanium vacuum table, and a wide viscosity range (1,000-1,000,000 cps) for printing flexible, stretchable, conformable, and biocompatible electronics on PET, TPU, polyimide, and other substrates; it is sold via demo and quote rather than at a list price.

The company's revenue model combines one-time hardware sales (V-One and NOVA capital equipment), recurring consumables revenue (conductive, dielectric, and stretchable inks; substrates; solder pastes; dispensing tips), a no-MOQ Printing Service that issues credit toward future NOVA purchases, and bundled software/support services (V-One desktop app, NOVA browser-based web app, support documentation, warranty). Go-to-market is hybrid: product-led growth via the company e-commerce store in Canada and the U.S. for V-One, enterprise field sales with demos for NOVA, and regional distributor partnerships for international markets; the Printing Service functions as a feeder channel into NOVA.

Customers span academic and government research institutions (Princeton, Stanford, MIT, NASA, Western University, York University, Polytechnique Montréal, NextFlex, USC, Duke, University of Hawai'i), hardware startups and makerspaces (Circuit Launch), and enterprise engineering teams (Dyson, ACI Materials, Living Architecture Systems Group) across 92 countries. Voltera's products have been referenced in 300+ research publications and the company has won multiple design and innovation awards (2021 Globe and Mail Top Growing Companies; 2023 GOOD DESIGN, European Product Design Award, CPES Most Innovative New Product; 2026 SEMI FlexTech FLEXI Award for Product Innovation).

Name

Voltera

Legal name

Voltera Inc.

Website

https://voltera.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Voltera Inc. is a Canadian hardware manufacturer that designs desktop additive electronics prototyping systems — the V-One PCB printer and NOVA materials dispensing system — serving academic researchers, R&D engineers, and hardware developers across 92 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Additive Electronics Prototyping Equipment

NAICS

Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (334412), Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418), Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)

SIC

Printed Circuit Boards (3672), Printing Trades Machinery & Equipment (3555)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronics/Additive Electronics Printers (Printed Circuit & Functional Materials) (IMAAAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

PCB Fabrication (Rigid PCBs) (HDAHAOAG), PCB Fabrication (Flex & Rigid-Flex PCBs) (HDAHAOAH), PCB & Electronics Manufacturing Chemicals (Desmear, micro-etch, plating, fluxes) (IMAEAKAL)

Keywords

• Additive electronics
• PCB prototyping
• Flexible hybrid electronics
• Direct ink writing
• Materials dispensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Waterloo

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (Printers): Sale of V-One PCB printer and NOVA materials dispensing system as capital equipment. V-One priced from $3,499.99 USD; NOVA requires quote for configuration.
2. Consumables and Materials: Sale of conductive inks, dielectric inks, stretchable inks, solder pastes, substrates (PET, TPU, polyimide, FR1, FR4), and dispensing tips/nozzles. Customers can also ship custom materials for printing service.
3. Printing Service: Voltera prints customer designs on flexible circuits using NOVA. No minimum order quantities. Customers receive credit up to $2,300 towards future NOVA purchase.
4. Software and Support Services: V-One uses desktop application software; NOVA uses browser-based web application. Support articles, user manuals, safety data sheets, and warranty services provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Voltera designs, assembles, and ships benchtop additive electronics prototyping systems from Waterloo, Canada. The V-One desktop PCB printer combines drilling, conductive trace printing, solder paste dispensing, and reflow soldering to produce functional rigid circuit boards in under one hour, while the NOVA materials dispensing system uses direct ink writing to print flexible, stretchable, conformable, and biocompatible electronics on diverse substrates. A consumables catalog (conductive, dielectric, and stretchable inks, solder, substrates, nozzles) and a no-MOQ Printing Service round out the offering.

Product overview

Voltera offers a portfolio of desktop additive electronics prototyping platforms centered on two core products: the V-One PCB printer for traditional rigid circuit boards (drill, trace print, solder paste dispense, reflow) and the NOVA materials dispensing system for flexible hybrid electronics on stretchable, conformable, and biocompatible substrates. Both are complemented by a prototype Printing Service (no MOQ, with credit toward NOVA) and a full line of compatible consumables including conductive inks, dielectrics, solder, and substrates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• V-One: Desktop PCB printer for rapid prototyping of traditional electronics - drills, prints conductive traces, dispenses solder paste, and reflows.
• NOVA

Products and services

• V-One Desktop PCB printer combining drilling, conductive trace printing, solder paste dispensing, and reflow soldering in a single compact unit with a 4.5" x 5" print area and 550W heater up to 240°C. Accepts Gerber files from any ECAD tool and produces functional circuit board prototypes in under one hour for PCB prototyping, hands-on learning, PCB assembly, and makerspaces.
• NOVA Precision materials dispensing system using direct ink writing to print flexible, stretchable, conformable, and biocompatible electronics, with closed-loop pressure control, integrated computer vision (8 MP, 17 µm/pixel), AR overlay alignment, multilayer printing up to four layers, a porous titanium vacuum table, and compatibility with materials from 1,000 to 1,000,000 cps viscosity. Targets printed electronics R&D, flexible and stretchable electronics, microdispensing, and functional materials research.
• Printing Service

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% faster iteration time with NOVA compared to traditional screen printing methods
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stratasys: As a major 3D printing hardware incumbent (including its acquisition of Other Dimension's PCB/electronics 3D printing assets), Stratasys competes with Voltera across additive manufacturing channels and R&D customers.
• Heraeus Printed Electronics: Heraeus supplies conductive inks and materials for printed electronics, addressing the same customer base as Voltera's consumables and offering an alternative supply path for users of NOVA-class equipment.
• Fuji Corporation (Fujipoly / SMT): Fuji manufactures SMT and PCB production equipment at industrial scale, representing the traditional manufacturing paradigm that Voltera's desktop additive platforms seek to displace in prototyping.
• 3D Systems: 3D Systems is a broad additive manufacturing incumbent with a portfolio of printers and materials that overlaps with Voltera's desktop additive approach, particularly for industrial and academic customers.
• Markforged: Markforged offers industrial 3D printing systems with a focus on engineering materials and connected software, broadly adjacent to Voltera's additive electronics platform and overlapping in industrial customers.

Direct peers

• nScrypt: nScrypt manufactures direct digital manufacturing and micro-dispensing equipment for printed electronics, antennas, and biomedical devices, overlapping with NOVA's precision dispensing value proposition.
• Nano Dimension: Nano Dimension's DragonFly system is a multi-material additive manufacturing platform for printed electronics and PCB prototyping, directly overlapping with Voltera's V-One and NOVA offerings in target customers and use cases.
• Optomec: Optomec's Aerosol Jet and direct-write systems are used for printed electronics and functional prototypes on flexible substrates, directly comparable to NOVA in R&D and flexible hybrid electronics applications.
• BotFactory: BotFactory produces benchtop PCB printers with conductive ink printing, solder paste dispensing, and pick-and-place, closely paralleling Voltera's V-One in functionality and target customer (engineers, educators, startups).

Emerging players

• Copprint: Copprint develops copper-based conductive inks for printed electronics, an emerging materials player whose products can be dispensed on direct-write systems like NOVA, making it a complementary and partially competing ecosystem participant.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors12 records

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M&A

Investments

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