MakerBot Industries creates open source 3D printers.
MakerBot, a subsidiary of Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS), is a desktop 3D printer maker and was one of the first companies to make 3D printing accessible and affordable. MakerBot now has one of the largest install bases and market shares of the desktop 3D printing industry, with more than80,000 MakerBot Desktop 3D Printers in the world and a robust MakerBot 3D Ecosystem that combines hardware, software, apps like MakerBot PrintShop™and MakerBot Mobile, materials, training, support, consulting, retail stores, partnerships and Thingiverse, the world’s largest online community for 3D printing. MakerBot has been honored with many accolades, includingPopular Mechanics’“Overall Winner” for best 3D printer,Popular Mechanics’ “Editor’s Choice Award,”Popular Science’s“Product of the Year,”Fast Company’s “One of the World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics,” and many more.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Aug 23, 2011 | Series Unknown | $10M | 2 | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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500 Global | — | Series Unknown |
Foundry Group | — | Series Unknown |