On-demand manufacturing marketplaceXometryhas gained $75 million in equity funding, taking its total raised since 2013 to $193 million.
投资回合由资金和账户领导T. Rowe Price Associates，参与Durable Capital PartnersandArrowMark Partners. Return investors such as宝马我冒险,绿色同事,戴尔技术资本and罗伯特·博世（Robert Bosch）风险资本也为这笔资金做出了贡献。
据该公司称，在过去五年中的每一年中，其收入增加了一倍，并计划使用额外的资金继续扩展其订购功能，服务和客户群。
“Xometry is focused on helping manufacturers navigate the current disruption associated with supply chain flexibility, reshoring and shift to digital manufacturing,” said Randy Altschuler, CEO of Xometry. “We’re thrilled to be working with T. Rowe Price, Durable Capital Partners and ArrowMark Partners as we build on our strong growth.”
“这笔资金将使我们能够通过在我们的软件平台，新产品和其他计划中的投资来加速我们的业务。”
Xometry’s growing online marketplace
Founded in 2013, and based in Maryland, USA, Xometry provides a range of CNC machining, 3D printing, injection molding, and design services via its network of production partners. The company is known for its proprietary AI algorithms that connect customers, varying from start-ups to fortune 100 firms, with optimal manufacturing solutions.
Thanks toa series of substantial investments, which now total $193 million, Xometry has been able to rapidly expand its online marketplace in recent years.
AnBMW I Ventures和GE Ventures的初步投资in June 2017 was followed by afurther $25 million of funding, committed by the铸造集团. Since securing另外5000万美元的投资from绿色同事, Xometry has sought to reinvest its newly-acquired capital in building on its portfolio of services.
In August 2018, the companyintroduced an SLA 3D printing service也推出新的高清版本of its proprietary instant quoting engine. The firm’s new proprietary software platform allowed its users to see their designs in clear and precise detail, which provided them with improved manufacturability feedback.
Later, in December 2019, Xometrybegan its European expansionwith the acquisition of fellow service provider Shift. The takeover enabled Xometry to expand on its CNC machining, sheet metal processing, and post-processing services on the continent. More recently, the company has continued to grow its marketplace via theaddition of ExOne’s binder jetting services, and evenlaunched its own credit card.
在T. Rowe Price Associates领导的最新一轮资金之后，Xometry表示其目的是进一步扩展其产品产品和开发其服务套件。
Xometry的7500万美元资金回合
Although Xometry is not publicly-listed and it doesn’t publish its full financials, the company says that it has consistently doubled its revenue since 2015. As a result, the newly-raised funding can be seen as a sign of confidence from investors in the firm’s market-based business model.
的digital nature of the firm’s manufacturing business has somewhat mitigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on what we know of the firm’s financials, Xometry has been able to take advantage of supply chain instability, and use it as an opportunity to expand its customer base. Leveraging the additional funding, the company now intends to add to its product portfolio, in order to maintain and build on its growing number of clients.
此外，作为投资协议的一部分，吉姆·拉洛（Jim Rallo）已加入该公司担任首席财务官（CFO）。Rallo以前曾担任首席财务官和总裁Liquidity Services, leading the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 2006. In his new role, Rallo will be tasked with maintaining the firms’ reportedly strong revenue growth into the future.
在上个月宣布桌面金属will be going public，Rallo的约会也可能为Xoterry的类似IPO铺平道路。新闻传来后，与3D印刷行业交谈，Arno Held，CVO的CVOAM Ventures, said that after the pandemic, the industry would see a “强大的增强工业AM的广泛使用.”
因此，现在可能是公开公开的理想时机，因为3D打印作为传统供应链的有效替代品的声誉可以说从来没有更高。耐用资本合作伙伴的执行合伙人兼CIO Henry Ellenbogen表示，Xometry的独特商业模式使其具有良好的位置，以利用未来的市场增长。
“ XMEMETER已成为在北美提供快速，具有成本效益的按需制造解决方案方面的领导者。”“他们的业务模式使他们能够继续增加制造能力并在全球范围内扩展，以捕捉全球260B美元的越来越多的部分。”
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Featured image shows a range of SLA 3D printed parts produced by one of Xometry’s manufacturing partners. Image via Xometry.
