IPO
China’s AM Investment Dropped 50% in 2024. What’s in Store for 2025?
China’s 3D printing sector saw a striking shift in 2024. According to data from Nanjixiong, total additive manufacturing (AM) funding in China dropped nearly 50% from the previous year, settling…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 12, 2024: IPO, Laser Path Optimization, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, WOL3D India recently celebrated its IPO, while BLT signed a distribution agreement with Sicnova and SPEE3D announced a funding partnership with dual-use security investment…
Interview: Rethinking 3D Printing for High-Volume Production with Exentis
As the 3D printing market hits its bottom, leaving SPAC-merged firms grasping for cash, we may soon witness a new wave of additive manufacturing (AM) IPOs, with other companies able…
Solize Debuts on the Tokyo Stock Exchange: A Milestone for Japan’s 3D Printing Industry
In the dynamic landscape of Japan’s engineering and manufacturing sectors, Solize Corporation has emerged as a beacon of innovation, particularly in the realm of 3D printing technologies. On February 7,…
Is Lithoz Prepping for an IPO?
Growth numbers in the startup world can often be indicators of major developments. A recent update from German ceramic 3D printing expert Lithoz has us wondering if it is gearing…
BigRep’s 2024 SPAC Deal: Set for Q1 Completion with €157M Valuation
Kicking off 2024 with a major move, German large-scale 3D printer manufacturer BigRep plans to become a publicly listed company by merging with Luxembourg-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) SMG…
BigRep Announces SPAC Deal for 3D Printing IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
BigRep is on its way to becoming a publicly traded company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. A manufacturer of large-format fused filament fabrication (FFF), BigRep has signed a deal with…
Funding for China’s 3D Printing Sector Grows Amid Global Uncertainty
As things return to a state of semi-normalcy from COVID-19, we are experiencing a contraction in market liquidity. We witnessed excessive currency issuance during the pandemic and several SPAC mergers…
XJet Sets Sights on Metal 3D Printing IPO
XJet, a 3D printing manufacturer based in Rehovot, Israel, plans to raise up to $10 million through an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq. According to a registration statement…
2023 3D Printing Predictions: The Financial Landscape
All the speculation about a potential recession in the volatile market of 2022 led many investors to preserve their wealth against heightened inflation, rising interest rates, and receding economic growth….
VELO3D Goes Public: We Speak to CEO Benny Buller
VELO3D (NYSE: VLD) went public today with the company listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “VLD”. The company merged with JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corporation…
AM Investment Strategies Profile: Formlabs
Formlabs CEO Max Lobovsky will be taking part in the SmarTech – Stifel AM Investment Strategies 2021 summit on September 9, 2021. Formlabs began when MIT students Lobovsky and David…
Virgin Orbit to Go Public via SPAC with $3.2B Valuation
Richard Branson announced plans to take Virgin Galactic spinoff company Virgin Orbit public through a merger deal with blank check firm NextGen Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: NGCA). Announced on August…
Metal 3D Printing Firm Freemelt to List on Swedish Stock Exchange
As we learned recently from the folks at Stifel, when one company lists on the stock market, it gives other businesses the initiative and confidence to follow suit. After a…
Dream 3D Printing IPOs We’d Like to See: Ultimaker, Carbon & More
Given the great deal of activity related to mergers, acquisitions and IPOs in 3D printing, we’ve started brainstorming about what other IPOs we’d like to see in the industry. Ultimaker…
Dream 3D Printing IPOs We’d Like to See: GE Additive and EOS
Given that the response to my Dream M&A posts was so positive, our Editor in Chief, Michael Molitch-Hou, asked me to look at some 3D printing IPOs we’d like to…
Xometry to Go Public via $100M IPO
On June 6, 2021, custom on-demand manufacturing marketplace Xometry filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list on the NASDAQ market under the ticker symbol XMTR. The…
Norsk Titanium Launches IPO for DED Metal 3D Printing on Euronext Growth Stock Market
Another day, another announcement for an initial public offering. This time, the company with plans to go public is Norwegian firm Norsk Titanium, which listed on the Euronext Growth Oslo…
Shapeways CEO Greg Kress Discusses the Upcoming SPAC Merger
On April 28, 2021, 3D printing service bureau Shapeways announced that it was going public via merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Galileo Acquisition Corp. I had a chance…
Made in SPACs: Redwire to Take Space 3D Printing to NYSE via SPAC
You might be growing tired of the neologism “SPACtacular” by now, but it’s hard to avoid when there are new merger deals with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) occurring in…
Shapeways to List Via SPAC, Desktop Metal as Investor
Desktop Metal, Velo3D, Rocket Lab, and Markforged are going the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) route, while Rokit and Massivit are launching their own IPOs. Now Shapeways is to list…
Benny Buller on VELO3D’s SPACtacular Rise in Metal 3D Printing
2021 has already been a SPACtacular year for the 3D printing industry, with several companies already announcing mergers with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). This includes Markforged, Rocket Lab, and…
Bioprinter Maker Rokit Prepares for Korean IPO
Leading bioprinter manufacturer Rokit Healthcare is gearing up for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) as early as July 2021. In March 2021, the South Korean company announced it is preparing…
Markforged SPAC: Metal 3D Printing Enters New Era
The changes in the additive manufacturing market that have been brought about largely by the impacts of COVID-19 have been, in a word, staggering. It has shifted from an industry…
