On May 11, 2026, Makera announced the completion of a Series A financing round totaling several hundred million RMB (approximately $40 million USD).
The round was co-led by Huaying Capital and the Beijing AI Industry Investment Fund, with participation from Yuanhe Puhua, CASSTAR, and Qingkong Venture Capital. Existing shareholder Qiming Venture Partners also significantly over-subscribed. This marks the largest single financing round ever in the consumer CNC category.
Founder Zhang Qiuxi graduated from the Computer Science department of Beihang University. In 2014, he built his own CNC machine for making model aircraft parts and unexpectedly gained sales. In 2019, he officially founded the company, dedicated to creating a “desktop micro factory.”
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Makera Z1 desktop CNC machine launched on Kickstarter, raising over 72 million RMB (approximately $10 million USD) in 45 days and attracting nearly 7,000 global backers — setting a new crowdfunding record for the CNC category. More than 90% of the buyers were pure C-end consumers. The product has since entered labs at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and other top universities, as well as prototype R&D departments at companies like Apple, GM, and Volkswagen. Revenue in 2025 grew more than four times year-on-year, and in the first quarter of 2026, revenue grew nearly three times year-on-year, even before the mass release of the new Makera Z1.
CNC and 3D printing are not competitors but complements. 3D printing excels at complex geometries, while CNC excels at high-precision machining of hard materials like metal. Makera has developed its own CAM system and is building a maker community, forming a closed-loop ecosystem of “hardware + software + content.” For 3D printing users, CNC can handle post-processing, metal part fabrication, and other tasks.
This financing round was several times oversubscribed, with investors including industrial capital and state-backed funds. Following the emergence of a billion-dollar company in consumer 3D printing, consumer CNC is becoming a new focus for venture capital. Makera, with its dual-drive model of “subtractive + additive” manufacturing, is redefining the global landscape of personal manufacturing tools.
