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American industrial resilience is more than an economic opportunity—it’s a strategic imperative. And Re:Build Manufacturing is bringing that to life. The Re:Build story started decades ago when the developing degradation of the U.S. industrial base inspired Jeff Wilke and Miles Arnone to enroll in MIT’s “Leaders for Manufacturing” graduate program. Their paths diverged when Jeff built the consumer business at Amazon, effectively reinventing direct-to-consumer distribution. Meanwhile, Miles became the president of many emerging U.S.-based machine tool companies and managed manufacturing-focused private equity firms. In 2020, their paths converged once again, and Re:Build was founded to bring back high-quality, cost-competitive manufacturing to U.S. soil. Re:Build offers a renewed vision of American industry in the image of a Japanese keiretsu — an alliance of generationally-run advanced engineering businesses that collaborate to provide customers with the capabilities to design, manufacture and produce their products in the U.S. Re:Build works locally with aerospace & defense, automotive, healthcare and cleantech customers, deploying their wide-range of capabilities and engineering acumen. Today, Re:Build comprises 13 businesses across multiple engineering disciplines. We’re proud to invest $120M in Re:Build and welcome Jeff, Miles, and the entire team to the GC family. GC’s Teresa Carlson will serve as a Catalyst Advisor. Why we invested by Hemant, Teresa, Paul, Alexa, and the Global Resilience team & The Wall Street Journal exclusive in the comments ↓

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Congrats to the Re:Build team on taking the next big step toward your vision!

Ken Eisner

Global Leader in Education and Workforce | ex Global Director @AWS @Amazon | Builder | Business and Tech Lead | Business Development and Marketing

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Very excited to see the phenomenal Jeff Wilke co-lead this company — great to see him deep in the game, and driving such a huge initiative! Maybe it’s big enough that JAW actually gets a LinkedIn so we can tag him? Congrats Jeff, Miles Arnone , Teresa Carlson , Hemant , and the General Catalyst team! #AmazonStrong

I think if anyone can rebuild American manufacturing it would be a team led by Jeff Wilke. Best of luck. Jeff. We need you.

Congrats to Jeff Wilke and team! What an important and fantastic mission!

Congratulations Jeff and the RE:BUILD team! You continue to inspire us from afar!

Love it. Jeff hired me into Amazon some years ago. I have since retired. I still remember the questions he asked me at my interview.

Watching from the sidelines and rooting for you.

Fantastic vision and congrats on the fund raise Jeff!

Congrats to Miles Arnone and the Rebuild Team! Great to see this investment in US manufacturing

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