Bloom Raises $3.6M to Scale AI Manufacturing Marketplace

Detroit-based Bloom has raised a $3.6 million seed round to expand an AI-powered marketplace that connects hardware companies with manufacturers, engineering firms, logistics providers and other supply chain partners.

SNAK Venture Partners led the round, with participation from Flyover Capital, Mana Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Invest Detroit Ventures and the Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund. Bloom says its platform has made more than 2,000 matches for over 140 companies.

Bloom pivoted from services to a marketplace

CEO and co-founder Justin Kosmides started Bloom in 2023 to help mobility companies outsource difficult operational work such as manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain management. As demand for domestic hardware production grew, the company shifted to a marketplace model.

Bloom now uses AI-driven tools to help customers find suppliers, parts, contract manufacturers and engineering services. Companies can post opportunities, bid on work, receive quotes, book services, and make payments through the platform.

The marketplace covers contract manufacturing, assembly, design and engineering, freight, warehousing, repairs, and hazardous-materials shipping. Kosmides has compared the company’s ambition to building an AI-driven version of Alibaba for American manufacturing.

Investor interest followed stronger traction

SNAK Venture Partners first met Bloom while the startup was still early in its transition and passed on an earlier investment opportunity. The firm continued tracking the company as it became more software-focused and later led the seed round.

Bloom says it generated as much revenue in the first five months of this year as it did during all of 2025. SNAK also said platform memberships had increased fivefold while customer churn remained low.

Supplier data is central to Bloom’s model

Bloom’s matching system relies on detailed information about the providers on its platform. Some of that comes from public sources such as company websites, while Kosmides said roughly 30% to 40% comes directly from the businesses themselves.

That data is combined with information generated as companies join the marketplace, bid on contracts and complete transactions. Bloom argues that this gives its system a more detailed view of supplier capabilities than basic directories or part-specific marketplaces.

The company is targeting industries including mobility, robotics and drones, where finding a supplier often involves more than sourcing a single component. Bloom also sees the marketplace as a way for smaller manufacturers without large sales teams to compete for contracts they might otherwise never discover.

Detroit-based Bloom has raised a $3.6 million seed round to expand an AI-powered marketplace that connects hardware companies with manufacturers, engineering firms, logistics providers and other supply chain partners.SNAK Venture Partners led the round, with participation from Flyover Capital, Mana Ventures, Detroit Venture Partners, Invest Detroit Ventures and the Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund. Bloom says its platform has made more than 2,000 matches for over 140 companies.

Bloom pivoted from services to a marketplace

CEO and co-founder Justin Kosmides started Bloom in 2023 to help mobility companies outsource difficult operational work such as manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain management. As demand for domestic hardware production grew, the company shifted to a marketplace model.

Bloom now uses AI-driven tools to help customers find suppliers, contract manufacturers and engineering services. Companies can post opportunities, compare bids, receive quotes, book services, and make payments through the platform.

Bloom wants to solve more complex supplier searches

The company’s main distinction is that it is not limited to helping buyers source a single manufactured part. Bloom is designed for broader projects in which a hardware company may need a supplier that can meet several requirements at once, such as assembly, engineering, freight, warehousing, repairs or hazardous-materials shipping.

Kosmides contrasted that approach with marketplaces such as Fictiv, Xometry and MacroFab, which are often used to source specific parts or manufacturing processes. Bloom instead wants to match companies with providers capable of handling a larger portion of a product or supply chain requirement, then manage the bidding and transaction process in the same system.

Supplier data is part of the advantage

Bloom’s matching system relies on detailed provider information on the platform. Some comes from public sources such as company websites, while Kosmides said roughly 30% to 40% comes directly from businesses.

That first-party information is combined with data generated as suppliers join the marketplace, bid on contracts and complete transactions. Bloom believes this gives its software a more accurate view of what each provider can actually do than a directory built largely from public web data.

The company says that deeper supplier profiles can help hardware startups find partners that would otherwise be difficult to discover. It can also expose smaller manufacturers without large sales teams to contracts in sectors such as mobility, robotics and drones.

Investor interest followed stronger traction

SNAK Venture Partners first met Bloom while the startup was still early in its transition and passed on an earlier investment opportunity. The firm continued tracking the company as it became more software-focused and later led the seed round.

Bloom says it generated as much revenue in the first five months of this year as it did during all of 2025. SNAK also said platform memberships had increased fivefold while customer churn remained low.

Bloom bets that better discovery and better supplier data can make fragmented U.S. manufacturing capacity easier to find and buy, especially for hardware companies that need more than a single component from a supplier.