Max Windisch is a co-founder of Vention, the Montreal company that lets engineers design a machine in a browser and order standard parts within days. Etienne Lacroix is the co-founder and CEO.
Vention was founded in 2016. It launched the MachineBuilder design tool in beta in 2017, then added the MachineMotion controller in 2018 and the MachineLogic programming software in 2019.
The company raised about $3.5m in 2017, a Series A of about $13m in 2019, a $30m Series B in 2020 and a Series C of more than $95m in 2022. A $110m Series D followed in January 2026.
Vention says more than 28,000 machines are deployed at over 4,000 factories. It has offices in Berlin and Boston and is privately held.