Avi Reichental
Avi Reichental is an Israeli‑American businessman known for his work in 3D printing. He founded XponentialWorks and serves as its executive chairman. He is also the CEO and co‑founder of Nexa3D and the co‑founder and executive chairman of NXT Factory, Centaur Analytics, and ParaMatters.
Born in Israel on January 7, 1957, Reichental studied at the Israeli Air Force high school in Haifa and trained in aerospace engineering. He served as a helicopter mechanic and later led maintenance and overhaul teams for Sikorsky CH-53 helicopters in the Israeli Air Force in the mid‑1970s. He moved to the United States in 1977 to pursue his career.
In 2003, Reichental became president and CEO of 3D Systems. Under his leadership, the company acquired several subsidiaries, including Quickparts, Z Corp, and Geomagic. In 2014, Popular Mechanics named him one of the Top 25 Makers Who Are Reinventing the American Dream, and he gave a TED Talk titled “What’s Next in 3D Printing.” He stepped down as CEO of 3D Systems in 2015 and started XponentialWorks, a Ventura, California–based firm focused on early and mature stage companies in 3D printing, robotics, artificial intelligence, and deep learning.
In 2016, Reichental co‑founded Centaur Analytics, which makes wireless grain sensors and an IoT platform for monitoring and adjusting postharvest crop storage. That same year, he co‑founded ParaMatters, which develops production‑ready 3D printable designs. From 2017 to 2019, he served as vice chairman of the board of Techniplas and as CEO of Techniplas Digital, a unit working on cognitive products and services. He was a general partner at OurCrowd First, an Israel‑based early‑stage venture fund, from January 2018 to November 2019.
In October 2018, Reichental led XponentialWorks in a collaboration with EverZinc to launch EverZinc Digital, a unit focused on innovation and expanding applications for zinc materials.
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