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Funding and backers

Latest round
Venture round
May 2026 · 5 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Grants
$2.6M
3 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Future Planet Capital, Fuel Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
5 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
45/100
a new city, in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 22 Won a grant $1.4M · CORDIS May 18 Raised a round Venture round Sep 29, 2025 Raised a round Venture round Jul 1, 2025 Won a grant $298k · CORDIS Dec 3, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Apr 12, 2024 Launched Productive Machines Introduces SenseNC Finesse · engineering.com Sep 25, 2023 Launched Productive Machines Launches Web App for Cutting Force Optimization · Metrology and Quality News - Online Magazine Apr 12, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Feb 1, 2023 Won a grant $888k · CORDIS Mar 10, 2021 Raised a round Venture round Sep 26, 2019 Founded per the company register
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant May 2026 $1.4M — CORDIS
Venture round May 2026 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Sep 2025 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jul 2025 $298k — CORDIS
Venture round Dec 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Apr 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Feb 2023 $888k — CORDIS
Venture round Mar 2021 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity PRODUCTIVE MACHINES LTD Companies House
Registered 26 Sep 2019
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Visa sponsorship

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Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
1
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Productive Machines Limited, Rotherham
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Overview

Productive Machines Chatter-free Milling Software Optimization Service for every Machine Shop. Apply our recommended spindle speeds and feed rates to your specific machine settings and make the best part, faster, right first time.

Connections

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Shared investors2
Fuel VenturesVia a fund
184 portfolio companies: WealthAi, Woven Advice, Alphard and 181 more
197 portfolio companies: Kubos Acquired, Microbial Solutions Seed, JustWye and 194 more

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Productive Machines over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
43/100
Cloud & platforms
Bitbucket
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
33/100
Slowing
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~7 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Rotherham Nov 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Rotherham
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Rotherham United Kingdom
HQ
Productive Machines Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Centre Rotherham, S60 5WG United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product
Rotherham, S60 5WG
seen since Aug 2026 company site
Sheffield United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product
opened 2026 seen since Aug 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $63k – $143k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Sheffield · Rotherham
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Financials

Total raised
$2.6M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
8
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2026 $1.4M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 — Details
Grant 2025 $298k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Grant 2023 $888k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 — Details