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Mayku
Desktop and additive manufacturing
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Retail
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Manufacturing
- Hardware
- Sharing Economy
- Design
- eCommerce
- Consumer Appliances
- Bermondsey, London, UK
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Company mission
Mayku is on a mission to make desktop manufacturing local, simple, and accessible to all.
32% female employees
Our take
Millions of creative individuals run global businesses from their computers, but manufacturing their products poses a massive barrier to entry for most. Traditional manufacturing has large set up costs, lead times and a high minimum order value. 3D Printing was heralded as a solution to this problem, but it never quite happened.
Mayku is taking a different approach to the craft economy. They are building a simple set of machines that anyone can use - a personal factory to make the art of creating products as simple as baking a cake. Its first product was the FormBox - a simple desktop vacuum former, able to make anything from lampshades to jello molds.
2022 saw the launch of the company’s second machine - the Multiplier. Mayku has its sights set on small to mid-sized businesses and creatives. Now, these customers can quickly and cheaply develop highly-detailed molds through pressure forming for the first time. The startup is hoping that by helping these small businesses save money on out-sourcing to larger facilities, it will save consumers a lot of cash and revolutionise batch production in the process.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- An opportunity to work with a world-leading tech start-up in the desktop manufacturing space
- 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Private healthcare with 24/7 GP helpline and counseling
- Generous parental leave allowances
- A happy and transparent culture where we take our work/life balance very seriously
- Regular cultural team days, off-sites, and socials
- A creative design studio in the heart of Bermondsey/London Bridge
Company values
- We aren't afraid to take a leap
- We rally together around powerful ideas
- We bend, flex, mold and pivot when required
- We see big potential in the small things
- We prioritize the person before the process
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2022
$1.9m
SEED
Apr 2020
$1.3m
SEED
Total funding: $5.7m
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Leadership
Benjamin Redford
(Cofounder and CPO)Launched Stickygram (acquired by PhotoBox), built the world's first 35mm film instagram projector - Projecteo - and drew the world's first crowdsourced drawing of the web - Internetopia.
Alex Smilansky
(Cofounder and CEO)Before starting Mayku Alex worked on a series of design and engineering projects before going on to lead the strategy team at Mint Digital - an award-winning creative design studio in London.
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