当3D印刷行业首次涵盖botfactory in April of this year, the 3 year old start-up had already won theBest Technical Development Manufacturing Award at IDTechEx，为了开发其全包PCB打印技术Squink。保持势头，该团队现在已经从纽约天使, a group of angel investors. The added cash injection sees Angels director Larry Richenstein joining the board at BotFactory who, incidentally, is also chairman on The CEA Foundation; an affiliate of the Consumer Electronics Association which seeks to use technology to enhance the lives of those in need.
So far it seems that BotFactory intend to use the cash injection to contribute to product development, and the already lucrative sales and marketing efforts first launched via theirKickstarter运动，于2014年资助。3D印刷行业2016年4月，Botfactory的销售和营销副总裁, he commented on the broad range of customers involved with the Squink, mentioning personal projects such as “one lady who bought one specifically to make light-up Lego blocks,” and projects also targeting the industrial user such as “一个在美国国家航空航天局（NASA）工作的人，他说我们的机器能够做他们需要的事情。”Botfactory的副总裁JF Brandon随后说：
“尽管这条路漫长而艰难，但我们认为从根本上讲，最终正在改变人们以相同方式看待电子设备的方式3D打印正在改变人们看待物理物体的方式。”
With this latest funding announcement one of the more active market segments this year, 3D printed electronics, receives a further boost. The ability to prototype circuit boards in house is a attractive option for companies looking to quickly iterate design and respond to market events. For BotFactory, this additional funding will leave them well placed to harness the growing sector.
