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OnScale is a technology company.
OnScale has raised $13.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at OnScale.
OnScale has raised $13.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
OnScale provides a cloud-native engineering simulation platform, enabling users to perform complex computer-aided engineering (CAE) tasks leveraging the scalable compute power of the cloud. The company’s core offering centers on powerful multiphysics solver technology delivered through a web-based interface, which allows for robust design analysis and optimization without the constraints of traditional on-premises hardware. This approach significantly enhances the accessibility and efficiency of high-fidelity simulation for diverse engineering challenges.
The company was founded around 2017 by Ian Campbell, Andrew Tweedie, Gerry Harvey, and Robbie Banks. These founders identified a critical bottleneck in product development: the limitations of conventional, on-premise simulation tools. Their insight was to harness the virtually limitless processing capabilities of cloud computing to make sophisticated engineering simulation more accessible and scalable, moving beyond desktop-bound constraints to accelerate innovation.
Engineers across various industries utilize OnScale’s platform for designing and analyzing intricate systems and components. As part of Ansys, the company's long-term vision aims to democratize access to advanced simulation capabilities, integrating its cloud-native architecture to extend Ansys’s extensive simulation portfolio. This enables a broader range of users to leverage high-performance simulation earlier in the design cycle, fostering greater insight and accelerating product development.
OnScale has raised $13.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $10.0M Series A in March 2019.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2019 | $10M Series A | Intel Capital, Zachary Bratun Glennon | Cultivation Capital, Gradient Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Streamlined Ventures, Campbellklein, Stage 2 Capital, Thornton Tomasetti | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2018 | $3M Seed | Grant Mccullagh | WestWave Capital, Michael Lehman, Campbellklein | Announced |
Key people at OnScale.
OnScale has raised $13.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
OnScale's investors include Intel Capital, Zachary Bratun-Glennon, Cultivation Capital, Gradient Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, Streamlined Ventures, CampbellKlein, Stage 2 Capital, Thornton Tomasetti, Grant McCullagh, WestWave Capital, Michael Lehman.
OnScale is a cloud-based engineering simulation platform that enables engineers to run massive parallel 3D multiphysics simulations, creating digital prototypes of physical devices to accelerate R&D and reduce design cycles from months to days.[1][2][4] It serves engineers in sectors like MEMS, sensors, semiconductors, and high-tech hardware design, solving the high costs, long timelines, and risks of physical prototyping by leveraging cloud HPC from providers like AWS and Google Cloud.[2][3] The platform, known as OnScale Solve, offers CAD tools, automated meshing, parametric analysis, and visualization features, with strong user feedback on ease of integration, 3D imaging, and design optimization.[3][7]
OnScale demonstrates growth through partnerships like with Silicon Catalyst in 2020, providing free access to early-stage startups, and UI/UX enhancements via tech stacks including Angular, Three.JS, and Figma.[1][2] Emerging from stealth in 2018 with $3 million seed funding, it positions itself as the first scalable cloud CAE solution, breaking legacy hardware constraints.[1][4]
OnScale emerged from stealth in 2018 with $3 million in seed funding to launch the first cloud simulation platform, addressing longstanding barriers in cost and performance for engineering simulations.[1][4] CEO Ian Campbell, drawing from his experience at his prior MEMS startup NextInput—where he learned the pitfalls of costly physical prototyping—pioneered the shift to digital prototyping.[2] The company built on over 30 years of validated proprietary multiphysics solvers, adapting them for cloud scalability to handle full 3D simulations in parallel.[1][2]
Early traction included rapid adoption by engineers worldwide, with pivotal UI/UX overhauls in collaboration with partners like Bytex Technologies, introducing advanced 3D modelers via Three.JS on Angular 9 and modular restructuring for better developer experience.[1] By 2020, partnerships such as with Silicon Catalyst expanded access to MEMS and sensor startups, minimizing tape-out risks and accelerating silicon innovation.[2]
OnScale rides the simulation revolution and cloud HPC boom, enabling digital twins amid rising complexity in MEMS, sensors, semiconductors, and multiphysics devices critical for AI hardware, 5G, autonomous systems, and IoT.[2][5] Timing aligns with post-2018 cloud maturity (AWS/Google expansions) and pre-tapeout optimization needs, as physical prototyping grows untenable amid chip shortages and supply chain pressures.[1][2] Market forces like exploding CAE demand—fueled by hardware innovation races—favor OnScale's cost reductions and speed, influencing the ecosystem by empowering startups via incubators like Silicon Catalyst and democratizing high-fidelity sims beyond big firms.[2][5]
OnScale is poised to dominate cloud CAE as simulation becomes table stakes for next-gen hardware, with expansions into AI-driven automation and broader multiphysics apps likely via solver enhancements and deeper cloud integrations.[3][6] Trends like edge AI, advanced semiconductors, and sustainable design will amplify demand, potentially evolving OnScale into a full R&D platform influencing standards in digital prototyping. This builds on its 2018 breakout promise: transforming engineering from constraint-bound to limitless, much like cloud reshaped software dev.
