3D Printing
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup research and scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology research areas. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Notable 3D Printing Startups and nTopology Profile
As you may know, Venture Scanner provides emerging technology research services to support corporate innovation and startup scouting. To give you a view into our client-only research, here is an excerpt focused on notable startups.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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3D Printing 2019 Funding Achieved Banner Year
The below chart shows 3D printing funding over time and calls out the largest funding rounds in recent years. As you can see, 3D printing funding increased significantly from 2018 to 2019, closing the year at $1B raised.
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Manufacturers Lead 3D Printing Funding
The 3D printing industry has seen $3B in all-time funding through Q3 2019. Let's examine the graphic below and analyze which of the 9 3D printing categories are leading the sector in total funding amounts.
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Manufacturers Lead 3D Printing Exit Activity
How do the different 3D printing categories compare in terms of exit activity? Let’s find out in the graph below, which shows the number of all-time 3D printing acquisitions and IPOs by category through Q3 2019.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants act as a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes categories into four states of innovation by plotting the sector categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction. Knowing which quadrant each category sits will help in developing your scouting strategy.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and how many startups are within each category. We also present a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category.
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