Monday, December 30, 2013

How Do I Invest in a 3D Printing Ventures Portfolio Company?

Our network of accredited angel investors are offered the latest deal flow in the 3D printing venture space. Once on board, you’ll be able to join financing rounds alongside our portfolio company’s lead investors in venture capital and private equity. Our portfolio companies are currently raising capital and several are backed by the following institutional investors:

http://3dprintingventures.com/investors/

3D Printing Podcast – Valuing 3D Printing Websites - 3D Printing Podcast

Valuing 3D Printing Websites is quite a challenge. In this podcast we argue whether you can accurately value a 3d printing site, or whether it is simply worth what the buyer will pay.

http://3dprintingpodcast.com/3d-printing-podcast-valuing-3d-printing-websites/

3D Printing Endorsed by Meg Whitman of Hewlett Packard - Association of 3D Printing

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman gave the 3D printing market a big endorsement today on the company’s quarterly financial analyst conference call. Meg Whitman, the new ceo of HP “We intend to play in the 3D printing market because it is [adjacent] to HP’s own multibillion-dollar printing business,” Whitman said in response to a question from an analyst. “What we are focusing on is what is value proposition by market segment,” Whitman said.

http://associationof3dprinting.com/3d-printing-endorsed-by-meg-whitman-of-hewlett-packard/

3D Printing Theft – Is it Time For a 3D Printing Law Firm? Association of 3D Printing

At last weeks’ Gartner Symposium/ITxpo conference in Florida, the company released their “Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2014 and Beyond.” The report contained this ugly, probably inevitable prediction: By 2018, 3D printing will result in the loss of at least $100 billion per year in intellectual property globally. At least one major western manufacturer will claim to have had intellectual property (IP) stolen for a mainstream product by thieves using 3D printers who will likely reside in those same western markets rather than in Asia by 2015.

http://associationof3dprinting.com/3d-printing-theft-is-it-time-for-a-3d-printing-law-firm/

3D Printing A Coffee Cup - When Will We 3D Print Coffee? 3D Printing Channel

A quick fun 3D Printing video which shows a 3D Printed Coffee Cup, being made before your eyes. Enjoy this 3D Printing demonstration and maybe your next cup of coffee will be 3D Printed? Maybe you want to invest in a 3D Printed Startup which makes these?

http://3dprintingchannel.com/3d-printing-a-coffee-cup-when-will-we-3d-print-coffee/

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

3D Printing Predictions- What Will Happen in 2014 to the 3D Printing Industry? 3D Printing Ventures

What will happen to 3D Printing in 2014? With Stratasys hitting $6 billion in market cap, the future is growth, says Stratasys co-founder Scott Crump, The world’s second largest 3d printing company and builder of MakerBot – netted $8.5 million on revenue of $215 million last year and is trading up over 60% on the year, hitting a $6 billion market cap. No matter what happens in the 3D printing tech game in the coming years, Stratasys is all in.

http://3dprintingventures.com/3d-printing-predictions-what-will-happen-in-2014-to-the-3d-printing-industry/