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Formlabs筹集了1.5亿美元,价值为2亿美元,但在IPO上“花时间”

3D打印机制造商formlabshas raised $150 million in a Series E funding round led by Tokyo-based VC firm SoftBank Investment Advisers’视觉基金2.

根据Formlabs的说法,额外的资金有效地将其估值翻了一番,达到20亿美元,并使其能够扩大其劳动力,建立在SLA和SLS投资组合上,并加快其产品研发。然而,尽管该公司的价值增加,但其首席执行官Max Lobovsky已与之交谈BizJournalsmaking it clear that he’s in no rush to follow3D printing’s $13 billion trendtowards merging with SPACs and going public.

“We’re larger in revenue than all those SPAC 3D printing companies combined, so we’re certainly large enough and mature enough to do something like that,” said Lobovsky. “That being said, when I look at the real big, successful, long-term sustainable public tech companies that we want to be, they are in entirely another tier in terms of being much more predictable and profitable.”

他补充说:“我们宁愿花时间,真正准备成为一家出色的上市公司,足够大,成为一家成功的上市公司,然后在那时公开。”

AMRC's printfarm of 12 Formlabs Form 2 3D printers. Photo via AMRC.
FormLabs计划利用其额外资金来投资扩大其团队和产品组合。通过AMRC的照片。

FormLabs资助未来的扩展

在其旗舰SLA 3D打印机的带领下,Formlabs拥有广泛的桌面系统和材料组合,可满足从医疗部门到珠宝行业的客户需求。采用者利用公司的机器创建了超过8500万个组件,该公司继续推出新产品以改善用户的体验并扩大其客户群。

仅在去年,FormLabs就发布了多种不同的材料迭代,以更好地支持其核心牙科和工程客户。最初推出了六种新材料8月,该公司继续引入僵硬的10k和草皮树脂十月,在发布之前Permanent Crown Resin and Soft Tissue Starter Packat the end of the year.

formlabshas also invested heavily in its system portfolio recently, launching its3L and 3BL 3D printers2020年9月,为客户提供更大的形式和生物牙齿兼容的选项,以及今年早些时候的第一台SLS机器保险丝1, and its accompanying Fuse Sift powder removal system.

在SoftBank的1.5亿美元投资之后,Formlabs现在旨在继续以“实现更大的大规模生产和定制”方式建立产品,并最终使其客户能够削减成本,同时按大规模生产最终用途的质量零件。

Formlabs联合创始人Natan Linder说:“我们很高兴能与软银愿景基金2合作,以帮助建立FormLabs的下一章,并继续提供该行业最易于访问的3D打印技术。”“这一轮有助于我们继续建立该行业最可持续的业务,并保持我们的创新步伐,同时为公司做准备下一阶段的增长阶段。”

Formlabs的新树脂产品可以使其客户为患者生产更准确和耐用的植入物。图像通过formlabs。
formlabshas added a number of new dental products to its range over the last year. Image via Formlabs.

软银的1.5亿美元投资

Formlabs打算使用软银投资(将其总资金筹集到2.5亿美元)不仅在其产品组合上建立,而且还发展其团队以满足Lobovsky所描述的3D印刷“文艺复兴”的要求。该公司预计该行业到2026年将达到517亿美元的价值,因此它正在寻求扩大其发行和制造能力。

The funding round marks the first time that SoftBank has invested in Formlabs, but having previously backed优步技术Nvidia,该公司在帮助规模技术公司方面有悠久的历史。作为交易的一部分,软银高级管理合伙人Deep Nishar和投资合作伙伴Kirthiga Reddy也将加入Formlabs董事会,后者扮演观察角色。

“Through its high-performance printers, materials and software, Formlabs is pushing the development of 3D printing technology forward and enabling the era of mass production and mass customization,” said Nishar. “We are excited to partner with Max and the Formlabs team to support their ambition to enable anyone to make anything.”

“We believe the 3D printing industry is currently standing at the precipice of unprecedented growth and is transforming the way products are made.”

转向避开SPAC IPO

到今年年底,3D印刷公司通过与SPAC的合并将筹集约24亿美元的资金。虽然桌面金属与三分之一的收购结合is the only one of these deals to have been finalized,velo3d,Rocket Lab,标记,Bright MachinesRedwire每个都有类似的协议公开。

Despite this emerging trend, and the potential investment Formlabs stands to raise by becoming publicly listed, Lobovsky has reportedly ruled out going public in this way. The company is said to have discussed a SPAC merger at board level, with the involvement of its current investors, but concluded that it needs to further diversify its portfolio before any IPO as a means of making its business more predictable.

Labovsky added that the type of move, whether it be a SPAC merger, direct listing or traditional IPO, is a “secondary kind of tactical consideration” when it comes to raising capital, saying that “being a good public company” is more important, and quipping “What’s the right timing for that? We’ve decided, not today.”

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Featured image shows AMRC’s printfarm of 12 Formlabs Form 2 3D printers. Photo via AMRC.