Printing Money Episode 13: Recent 3D Printing Transactions with Arno Held, AM Ventures
Happy holidays to our esteemed Printing Money listeners. Alex re-joins for this episode, and we also welcome back Arno Held from AM Ventures. There have been a number of thought provoking 3DP/AM transactions and impressive venture rounds since we last covered these topics in Episode 11. Danny, Alex and Arno have you covered with a wealth of knowledge about all of it. We begin with some ruminations and reminiscence on Formnext 2023, then we cover M&A and VC, and dive a bit into the private financing environment. Along the way you’ll notice some interesting themes including corporate streamlining, and an educational and entertaining ode to tungsten!
0:13 Introductions
0:51 Formnext 2023 impressions
4:35 Cumberland Additive acquires Stratasys Direct division
9:43 3D Systems likely selling Oqton?
10:47 Nexa acquires Essentium
13:05 BigRep buys HAGE3D, and pursues German SPAC
17:05 Desktop Metal sells Aerosint to Schaeffler
22:00 Sandvik acquires Buffalo Tungsten
23:48 6K Additive purchases Global Metal Powders
26:27 Vectoflow closes €4M Series A
31:15 Divergent closes $230M Series D, and buys Sigma Additive’s IP
33:41 Immensa lands $20M Series B
37:07 Precipart takes growth equity from KKR
39:12 Cognitive Designs raises €2M
41:15 Lithoz invests in Amarea
43:00 Multi-material printing
45:45 Norsk Titanium secures €2M bridge loan
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