Category Archives for Investing
Stratasys and MakerBot Merger
Stratasys will purchase MakerBot for a $403 million stock deal. MakerBot was exploring another round of financing to fund expansion, but recent industry suspicions pointed toward a merger deal. MakerBot will continue to independently produce products after the merger. By … Continue reading
3d Systems Teams with Creaform
3d Systems is following the path we predicted when they acquired Geomagic and announced a new design tool created in cooperation with Creaform called Go!Model. The design tool fills a gap in the market for entry level scanning software. Go!Model is … Continue reading
List of 3d Printing Stocks
If on January 1st you made a portfolio of the pure play 3d printing stocks, you would have had a 22% gain by now. In comparison, the S&P500 returned 4%. What qualifies as a 3d printing stock? Stocks with most … Continue reading
ExOne IPO Analysis
Industrial 3d printer maker ExOne will IPO in the coming months and list as XONE on the Nasdaq market. They hope to make about $75 million through the IPO. The prospectus they recently released to potential investors contains gems on … Continue reading
3d Systems Buys Geomagic
3d printing giant 3d Systems is getting a little bigger. They announced today they will buy Geomagic, Inc. Geomagic provides high quality tools for converting 3d scans to printable content. Their Geomagic Studio is the top product for reverse engineering … Continue reading