AM Ventures, one of the global leaders in venture capital for additive manufacturing, has announced the final closing of its oversubscribed venture capital fund focused on industrial 3D printing, closing at 100 million EUR hard cap.
Markforged is to expand into metal binder jetting after reaching a definitive agreement with Höganäs AB to acquire metal binder jetting firm Digital Metal.
HZG Group has raised €60 million for its HZG Additive Manufacturing Tech Fund, which will support early-stage start-ups across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Digital manufacturing firm Prototek has completed the acquisition of 3D printing service provider ProtoCAM, which will be merged into Midwest Prototyping.
Spanish additive manufacturing firm Triditive has closed a €5 million pre-series A funding round, with an ‘important Spanish industrial group’ leading the investment.
Altair is expanding its additive manufacturing design capabilities with the acquisition of Gen3D, whose generative design technology will be integrated into Altair Inspire.
Digital manufacturing firm Fictiv has closed a Series E funding round totalling $100m, with Activate Capital leading the investments and Bill Gates contributing once again.
Fortify has secured a strategic investment agreement with In-Q-Tel, Inc. (IQT), a not-for-profit strategic investor that aims to accelerate technology developments in support of US intelligence and defence agencies.
Divergent Technologies has announced the closing of a Series C funding totalling $160 million, which will help the company to industrialise its platform of generative design, additive manufacturing and automated assembly.
