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3D Printing News Briefs, June 22, 2024: Depowdering, Helicopter Cockpit, & More
We’ll take care of business first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as one of CORE Industrial Partners’ portfolio companies has made an acquisition. Aectual won an innovation award for…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 16, 2024
In this week’s roundup, we’ve got plenty of in-person 3D printing events, including PowderMet2024, Manufacturing World Tokyo, and a few Demo Days and tours. Stratasys continues its advanced training courses,…
Quantica Keeps Raking It In: Inkjet 3D Printing OEM Extends Series A to Nearly €20M
Quantica, the Berlin-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of multi-material inkjet 3D printers, has announced that the company’s Series A funding has increased to nearly €20 million after an extension of…
Boring Company Alum Score $9M for Advanced Composites Manufacturing
Layup Parts, a Huntington Beach, CA-based startup specializing in on-demand manufacturing of parts made from composites, has received $9 million in its latest financing round. Founders Fund, the VC firm…
EPSON and Development Bank of Japan Bet on 3DEO’s Metal 3D Printing Tech
Japanese investment into the additive manufacturing (AM) sector is increasing and it’s bringing new, powerful players to the table. Los Angeles-based 3DEO announced a substantial investment from the Development Bank…
How My Childhood Fascination with Planes Led to Investing in 3D Printing
My fascination with aerospace started young, and I started studying planes–identifying them in the sky and learning everything I could about how they work. Fast forward to my first week…
Venture Capital in Additive Manufacturing
What Will Happen with Venture Capital in 2024? 2023 will likely be remembered as a less rosy AM year marked by venture capital (VC) downturn, widespread valuation readjustments in private…
$230M Series D Fuels Divergent’s Automated 3D Printing and Assembly Technology
In a significant development for the world of additive manufacturing (AM), Divergent Technologies, known for its comprehensive digital industrial production system, announced the successful completion of a $230 million Series…
Nikon Backs Ai Build’s Smart 3D Printing Software in $8.5 Million Series A
When there’s a gold rush, the best bet is to invest in picks and shovels. When it comes to the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, that means backing the software that’s…
Move Methodically and Fix Things: Seurat CEO James DeMuth Shows How Metal 3D Printing is Remaking US Tech Landscape
A man stood with one leg on an e-scooter, the other on the pavement, as we both waited for the crosswalk light to change to the walk symbol. I glanced…
More than the Sum of Its Parts: Replique Co-founder and COO Henrike Wonneberger Discusses Company Spin-out
One theme that highlights the additive manufacturing (AM) sector’s overall transition from startup to scale-up is the sheer proliferation of AM-centric software platforms over the last couple of years. It…
Azul 3D’s CEO Churn Sees 3D Printing Vet John Hartner Takeover
After spinning a promising technology out of a Northwestern University lab, Azul 3D, Inc was poised to conquer the world of vat photopolymerization (VP). Its high area rapid printing (HARP)…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 17, 2023: Startup Accelerator, 3D Printed Violins, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with business, as Tritone’s new partnership brings it into the French market and Hexagon’s manufacturing startup accelerator has named three new…
Workforce Development: Overcoming People Challenges for 3D Printing Start-up Founders
In the dynamic landscape of 3D printing start-ups, founders face numerous people-related challenges that can significantly impact their growth and success. In a recent post by Alexander Daniels Global, they…
Relativity Space Co-founder Jordan Noone on What it Takes to Run a VC Firm
What does it take to build a space company from the ground up? Jordan Noone, co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO) of Relativity Space, has some idea. At 22,…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 20, 2023: 4D Printing, Sustainability, Inclusivity, & More
Starting with space news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, a Kansas City startup is building 3D printed re-entry capsules for on-demand cargo return from space. In research, a 3D…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 17, 2023: Stress-Resistant Alloy, 3D Printed Trophies, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting off with a little research, as materials scientists developed a 3D printing process that produces an extremely stress-resistant alloy. Moving on to…
AM Funding Has Fallen to Pre-pandemic Levels
Is the heyday of funding for the 3D printing industry ending? Recent drops in financing during the first four months of 2023 suggest a leaner future for many companies in…
Inkjet 3D Printing Company Quantica Closes €14M Series A
Quantica, a Berlin-based additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in multi-material applications, announced that it has closed a €14 million Series A financing round. €10 million has been guaranteed upfront, with…
Online 3D Printing Hub MakerVerse Brings in $10M in Series A
MakerVerse, the on-demand additive manufacturing (AM) startup founded in 2022 with backing from companies like Siemens Energy and ZEISS, announced that it received €9.4 million (about $10 million) in its…
What 20 Years of Funding Data Tells Us about the 3D Printing Investment Race
To understand where we’re going, let’s look at where we’ve been. 3DPrint.com has compiled investment data from the past two decades of fundraising in 3D printing, which can help us…
printpal.io Joins Other 9,000+ AI startups in Nvidia Program
printpal.io has been accepted to the NVIDIA Inception program, which introduces artificial intelligence (AI) startups to its advancements in data chips and hardware products. As one of the most recognized…
Construction 3D Printing Company ICON Enters Hospitality Market with Signature Boldness
ICON, an additive construction (AC) company based in Austin, TX, announced that it has partnered with hotelier Liz Lambert in a project that will relocate and expand the El Cosmico…
Large Format 3D Printing Company Caracol Closes Over €10M Series A Round
Caracol, an Italian additive manufacturing (AM) company specializing in large format platforms, announced that it has closed its Series A financing round, in which it attracted €10.6 million (about $11.34…