Johnson’s Boston-area startup, Gelsight, aims to provide a more accurate but equally fast alternative with a handheld probe it’s developed. Now Gelsight has raised $10 million in a B round that takes its total funding to $11.8 million. “That’s what prompted me to start this company,” Johnson says. “Now rather than a single customer we’ve got the entire aerospace market, and that gives us a much better ability to grow the company,” Johnson says. Donaldson of Rolls-Royce says he could see hundreds of the $40,000 Gelsight handheld systems being used at his company.

Source: Forbes January 23, 2020 17:15 UTC