Replique spun off as Chemovator opens up

Replique, a digital manufacturing start-up, has closed a late seed round led by digital technology investor STS Ventures and supported by ‘angel’ investors Chameleon and R3. The company claims to offer “the first fully encrypted 3D printing platform that makes spare part management and the production of small series more sustainable”.

Replique has become the fifth company to be spun out of Chemovator, BASF’s business incubator, since this was launched in 2018 “to develop scalable and investable business models” from ideas originating within BASF. It will continue to work with BASF as a customer and BASF 3D Printing Solutions as a material supplier.

In May, Chemovator opened itself up to external early-stage start-ups. It particularly supports business models in the areas of sustainability and process, research and service optimisation, and next-generation materials in fields such as fire protection, stabilisers for plastics, sustainable packaging and crop protection.