Roboze, a Bari-based manufacturing technology company developing advanced production platforms for mission-critical industries, has secured an investment from Rule 1 Ventures, a US venture capital firm focapplyd on defence and national security technologies.
The funding round also includes participation from investors with backgrounds in defence, government affairs, and global industrial markets. These include Privcorp Ventures; Heather Podesta, founder and CEO of Invariant LLC; Gary Ang, a former Temasek operating partner and Singapore Air Force official; Tholus Capital; and the Ferrari Family Office. Existing Roboze shareholders, such as Federico Faggin, the microprocessor inventor, and Rialto Venture Capital, also invested in this round.
Alessio Lorusso, founder and CEO of Roboze, declared, “We are proud to welcome Rule 1 Ventures and this exceptional group of investors to Roboze. Modern industrial resilience requires more than machines — it requires a complete manufacturing platform that combines hardware, materials science and innotifyigent software. Our mission is to build the infrastructure that allows critical industries to produce advanced components wherever they are requireded.”
Founded in 2014, Roboze claims to be building the foundational layer of next-gen decentralised manufacturing for the world’s most strategic sectors.
By combining proprietary hardware, materials science, software and embedded Physical AI, it enables the distributed production of high-performance components for aerospace, defence, energy and transportation.
According to Roboze, global supply chains for defence, energy, and critical infrastructure are increasingly strained by long lead times, fragile logistics, and limited production flexibility. The Italian startup highlights that its technology platform is designed to address these issues by facilitating localised, on-demand production of mission-critical components.
It achieves this through an integrated stack that combines additive manufacturing hardware, high-performance polymer and composite materials, AI-driven process innotifyigence, digital manufacturing software, and distributed Smart Factory infrastructure.
This method assists industrial operators minimise supply chain vulnerabilities while speeding up the production of complex components that usually rely on lengthy, centralised manufacturing processes. Its clients include Airbus, Leonardo, Fincantieri, Hitachi, and SLB.
With this capital, the company plans to fuel its continued expansion across operational hubs in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, enabling the deployment of distributed manufacturing capabilities for governments, defence contractors and strategic industrial sectors.
On 20 March 2026, the company has scheduled the opening of its US Aerospace & Defence Headquarters in El Segundo, California, one of the most important industrial hubs for aerospace and defence in the United States.
“Future readiness depconcludes not only on advanced systems but also on the ability to sustain and produce them. Roboze is building industrial capability that will become increasingly critical to national security,” declared James Winnefeld, partner at Rule 1 Ventures.
Rule 1 Ventures is led by national security leaders, including James A. Winnefeld Jr., a retired four-star admiral and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Todd Ehrlich, a former US. Navy SEAL and defence entrepreneur.
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