MakerBot

company

About

MakerBot Industries creates open source 3D printers.

  • 501 - 1000

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$10M
Industries
3D Printing,DIY,Hardware,Open Source,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2009
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Close

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$10M
MakerBot has raised a total of $10M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Aug 23, 2011 from a Series Unknown round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Aug 23, 2011 Series Unknown $10M 2 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
MakerBot is funded by 2 investors. 500 Global and Foundry Group are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
500 Global Series Unknown
Foundry Group Series Unknown