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Local Motors’ Parent Firm Receives $15M Investment for Autonomous 3D Printed Shuttle, Olli
Founded in 2007, Local Motors is a ground mobility company that’s focused on developing methods of designing and building transportation. The company runs microfactories in its home state of Arizona,…
Azul 3D Raises $12.5 Million for Large, Fast HARP 3D Printing Technology
Azul 3D, known for its ongoing development of high area rapid printing (HARP) technology, is certainly not lacking in financial resources—or faith from investors. Having just raised another $12.5 million…
How Supply Chain Finance Companies Are Helping the 3D Printing Industry
According to recent statistics that Small Business Trends published, about 44 percent of new businesses fail before they reach their fifth anniversary. Lack of sufficient cash was the reason that…
Stratasys & DSM Venturing Lead $12 Million Round in Support of Inkbit
Stratasys and DSM Venturing (venture capital arm of Royal DSM) lead the way in yet more financing for startups, acting as the major sources of funding support of $12 million total,…
Desktop Metal Reports Total Investments Up to $277 Million Following Close of $65M Funding Round Led by Ford Motor Company
Metal 3D printing leader Desktop Metal, based out of Burlington, Massachusetts, first drew headlines back in 2015. The company was raking in millions of dollars in investments from some big-name companies,…
OxSyBio Raises £10 Million in Series A Financing for 3D Bioprinting Platform to Solve Donor Organ Shortage
In the field of 3D bioprinting, the major, overarching goal is to be able to fabricate functional 3D printed human organs. Many bioprinting companies, such as Organovo and Aether, are making…
Create it REAL Closes Successful €1.3M Investment Round, Focuses on 3D Printing Speed and Security
Danish R&D company Create it REAL specializes in additive manufacturing, and uses its unique development platform to create 3D printers on-demand for companies interested in disrupting and driving their industries…
3D Printing News Briefs: January 5, 2018
Welcome to 2018, and the new year’s first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs – the 3D printing industry doesn’t stop for anything, not even midnight celebrations. We’ll kick things…
3D Printing News Briefs: November 28, 2017
We’re starting out with some health and business news in today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to 3D modeling and some commercial 3D printed shoes. The…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 4, 2017
We’ve got a little bit of education, and all sorts of business news, to carry you into the weekend with this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs. As…
Aleph Objects Positioned for Continued 3D Printing Success with New Facility and Increased Access to Capital
Open source 3D printer and hardware manufacturer Aleph Objects, Inc., located in Colorado, makes the award-winning line of LulzBot 3D printers, plastics, and parts that we all know and love. The…
Unique Youbionic 3D Printed Robotic Prosthetic Hand Looking for Investors, Planning Next Phase
The last time we wrote about the Youbionic 3D printed robotic prosthetic hand, it was finally available for pre-order. It’s been quite a journey since Federico Ciccarese founded the company…
Polar 3D’s Cloud Platform Hits 100,000 3D Prints, Closes $2 Million Financing
When it comes to implementing 3D printing technology in the classroom, few have focused in on education like the Cincinnati-based company Polar 3D has. We’ve been keeping a watchful eye…
BigRep Closes on Seed Financing Round to Further Expand Their Large-scale 3D Printer Ecosystem
Within every emerging market there are a handful of startups which really stand out. Whether it’s because of their business model, a unique product, or the people behind the company,…
