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The invest\u00adment will support plas\u00admo\u00adti\u00adon\u2019s next phase of indus\u00adtrial growth, inclu\u00adding the contin\u00adued commer\u00adcia\u00adliza\u00adtion of its proprie\u00adtary plasma poli\u00adshing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, the scaling of its stan\u00addard machine plat\u00adforms, and the expan\u00adsion of its busi\u00adness with indus\u00adtrial custo\u00admers in Europe and around the&nbsp;world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>plas\u00admo\u00adtion is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in the Chem\u00adnitz region, one of Germany\u2019s tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal centers for advan\u00adced manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring and mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring. The company is a spin-off of the TU Berg\u00adaka\u00adde\u00admie Frei\u00adberg and deve\u00adlops a new gene\u00adra\u00adtion of auto\u00adma\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for the surface treat\u00adment of metal components.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Its tech\u00adno\u00adlogy combi\u00adnes elec\u00adtro\u00adche\u00admis\u00adtry and plasma physics to polish, deburr, clean, and modify metal surfaces\u2014without conven\u00adtio\u00adnal mecha\u00adni\u00adcal poli\u00adshing or aggres\u00adsive chemi\u00adcal proces\u00adses. A key diffe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adtor is the JETPEP tech\u00adno\u00adlogy deve\u00adlo\u00adped by plas\u00admo\u00adtion, which makes it possi\u00adble to apply plasma-elec\u00adtro\u00adly\u00adtic poli\u00adshing selec\u00adtively to speci\u00adfic areas of a compo\u00adnent. Using a control\u00adled elec\u00adtro\u00adlyte jet, this process allows for the treat\u00adment of complex geome\u00adtries and indi\u00advi\u00addual surfaces without having to immerse and polish the entire compo\u00adnent. This opens up appli\u00adca\u00adtion possi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties for large and complex compon\u00adents, as well as for manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring envi\u00adron\u00adments where diffe\u00adrent parts have diffe\u00adrent surface requirements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>plas\u00admo\u00adtion combi\u00adnes proprie\u00adtary elec\u00adtro\u00adlyte formu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons, process exper\u00adtise, in-house mecha\u00adni\u00adcal engi\u00adnee\u00adring, and auto\u00adma\u00adtion into an inte\u00adgra\u00adted solu\u00adtion. The water- and salt-based elec\u00adtro\u00adlytes are desi\u00adgned for a wide range of metals and alloys, inclu\u00adding stain\u00adless steels, tita\u00adnium, alumi\u00adnum, copper, and specialty alloys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The tech\u00adno\u00adlogy enables surface rough\u00adness levels of up to appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately Ra 0.02 \u00b5m while simul\u00adta\u00adneously combi\u00adning poli\u00adshing, debur\u00adring, and clea\u00adning. Exis\u00adting and vali\u00adda\u00adted appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons range from medi\u00adcal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and precis\u00adion engi\u00adnee\u00adring to jewelry and tool\u00adma\u00adking, as well as semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor equip\u00adment and other state-of-the-art manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring industries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indus\u00adtria\u00adliza\u00adtion of a New Approach to Surface Finishing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many high-quality metal compon\u00adents still require labor-inten\u00adsive mecha\u00adni\u00adcal poli\u00adshing or conven\u00adtio\u00adnal elec\u00adtro\u00adche\u00admi\u00adcal proces\u00adses that involve multi\u00adple produc\u00adtion steps. Plasmotion\u2019s goal is to replace these complex process chains with highly auto\u00adma\u00adted and repro\u00addu\u00adci\u00adble finis\u00adhing proces\u00adses that can be directly inte\u00adgra\u00adted into indus\u00adtrial manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring. The unique combi\u00adna\u00adtion of plasma physics, elec\u00adtro\u00adche\u00admis\u00adtry, and fluid dyna\u00admics makes this possi\u00adble through unmat\u00adched geome\u00adtric accuracy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes the dive.pro systems for dive-based plasma poli\u00adshing, as well as the jet.pro systems for spot proces\u00adsing, which are based on plasmotion\u2019s JETPEP plat\u00adform. Both systems operate enti\u00adrely without the use of hazar\u00addous subs\u00adtances and can ther\u00ade\u00adfore be easily inte\u00adgra\u00adted into a CNC manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring environment\u2014without the need for special floo\u00adring or protec\u00adtive equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vincent Step\u00adpu\u00adtat, co-foun\u00adder and CEO<\/strong> of plas\u00admo\u00adtion, said: \u201cWe never inten\u00added to build labo\u00adra\u00adtory equip\u00adment. Every plas\u00admo\u00adtion machine is desi\u00adgned from the very first sketch for high-quality manufacturing\u2014as a stan\u00addard machine that a custo\u00admer quali\u00adfies once and then deploys shift after shift on the produc\u00adtion floor. Our dive.pro systems are alre\u00adady doing exactly that in our custo\u00admers\u2019 manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring faci\u00adli\u00adties. With Cotton\u00adwood and the EIC Fund by our side, we will now bring JETPEP to the same level of indus\u00adtrial matu\u00adrity and expand plas\u00admo\u00adtion internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patrick Claes\u00adsen, a part\u00adner at Cotton\u00adwood Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Fund<\/strong>, said: \u201cplas\u00admo\u00adtion is exactly the kind of indus\u00adtrial deep-tech company Cotton\u00adwood likes to invest in: complex science trans\u00adla\u00adted into a tech\u00adno\u00adlogy that solves a very speci\u00adfic manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring problem. Surface finis\u00adhing may seem like a rela\u00adtively simple step in manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, but for high-precis\u00adion compon\u00adents, it can be one of the most labor-inten\u00adsive, costly, and diffi\u00adcult proces\u00adses to auto\u00admate. We see signi\u00adfi\u00adcant oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to scale this tech\u00adno\u00adlogy globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new funding will be used to bring the jet.pro and jet.pro 3D systems into series produc\u00adtion, expand the manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring of plasmotion\u2019s stan\u00addard machi\u00adnes and elec\u00adtro\u00adlytes, and grow sales and appli\u00adca\u00adtion deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in Europe and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally. This funding comes at a time when Euro\u00adpean indus\u00adtry is incre\u00adasingly focu\u00adsing on advan\u00adced manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, auto\u00adma\u00adtion, resource effi\u00adci\u00adency, and redu\u00adcing depen\u00addence on labor-inten\u00adsive produc\u00adtion processes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>About Plas\u00admo\u00adtion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>plas\u00admo\u00adtion GmbH deve\u00adlops and manu\u00adfac\u00adtures indus\u00adtrial machi\u00adnes as well as proprie\u00adtary elec\u00adtro\u00adlytes for the plasma-elec\u00adtro\u00adly\u00adtic surface treat\u00adment of metals. Its solu\u00adti\u00adons enable indus\u00adtrial custo\u00admers to polish, deburr, clean, and modify metal compon\u00adents in highly auto\u00adma\u00adted proces\u00adses. The company\u2019s port\u00adfo\u00adlio compri\u00adses three pillars: the \u201cdive.pro\u201d stan\u00addard machi\u00adnes for immersion-based plasma poli\u00adshing, which are alre\u00adady in use by indus\u00adtrial custo\u00admers in series produc\u00adtion; \u201cjet.pro\u201d and \u201cjet.pro 3D,\u201d based on JETPEP, the company\u2019s proprie\u00adtary tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for selec\u00adtive, loca\u00adli\u00adzed plasma-elec\u00adtro\u00adly\u00adtic proces\u00adsing; and proprie\u00adtary elec\u00adtro\u00adlyte solutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a spin-off of the TU Berg\u00adaka\u00adde\u00admie Frei\u00adberg, plas\u00admo\u00adtion is based in the Chemnitz\/Freiberg tech\u00adno\u00adlogy region in Saxony and serves appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in various sectors of the advan\u00adced manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring indus\u00adtry. \u2014 www.plasmotion.com <\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Cotton\u00adwood Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy&nbsp;Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Cotton\u00adwood Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Fund is an early-stage venture capi\u00adtal fund that ranks among the top 10 percent in its indus\u00adtry. It focu\u00adses on the \u201chard science\u201d and \u201cdeep tech\u201d sectors, provi\u00adding finan\u00adcial support to IP-driven compa\u00adnies in the (pre-)seed and early stages. Cotton\u00adwood makes impact invest\u00adments in key tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies such as photo\u00adnics, micro- and nanoelec\u00adtro\u00adnics, quan\u00adtum physics, advan\u00adced mate\u00adri\u00adals, nano\u00adtech\u00adno\u00adlogy, medi\u00adcal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, climate tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, advan\u00adced manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, and robo\u00adtics. Cotton\u00adwood focu\u00adses on start\u00adups from the Nether\u00adlands, Germany, and the southwes\u00adtern United States\u2014regions home to nume\u00adrous natio\u00adnal labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries, rese\u00adarch univer\u00adsi\u00adties, and rese\u00adarch centers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Current and past invest\u00adments include Skor\u00adpios Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Sarcos Robo\u00adtics (NASDAQ: PDYN), Bayo\u00adTech, Sencure, Infi\u00adni\u00adtum Elec\u00adtric, Flexi\u00adra\u00admics, Daisy Geno\u00admics, Sound\u00adEnergy, Circu\u00adlar Geno\u00admics, Matrix Wild\u00adfire, Green Theme Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Reyedar, Smart\u00adna\u00adno\u00adtu\u00adbes Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Keiron Prin\u00adting Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Orange Quan\u00adtum Systems, Falqon Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Bril\u00adli\u00adance RGB, QT Sense, inPho\u00adcal, Casmir, Applied Impact Robo\u00adtics, and Plas\u00admo\u00adtion. \u2014 www.cottonwood.vc <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>About the Euro\u00adpean Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Coun\u00adcil (EIC)&nbsp;Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Euro\u00adpean Commission\u2019s Euro\u00adpean Inno\u00adva\u00adtion Coun\u00adcil Fund is a deep-tech inves\u00adtor that invests across all tech\u00adno\u00adlogy sectors. 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