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Glowforge Delays Shipment of 3D Laser Printers After Successfully Securing $28M

Just four months after securing $28 million through its self-running crowdfunding campaign, Glowforge has delayed shipments of its highly anticipated 3D laser printer. CEO of Glowforge, Dan Shapiro, has reportedly confirmed that while the shipments have been postponed, the company will deliver printers by June… Read More

Kickstarter Alum castAR Closes $15M Series A Round Led By Playground Global

castAR, formerly known as Technical Illusions, an augmented reality gaming startup, announced this week that it has closed Series A funding of $15 million from Playground Global and the company’s seed investors. castAR previously completed a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013, meeting its target in… Read More

Creators of Kickstarter Alum Yooka-Laylee Joins Forces With Publisher Team17; Doesn’t Receive Anymore Funding

On Thursday, Playtonic Games, the creators of the Kickstarter success Yooka-Laylee, announced it has teamed up with Team17 to publish the highly anticipated video game. Yooka-Laylee is an all-new 3D platforming adventure for consoles and PC. During its run on the crowdfunding giant’s platform, the video game successfully… Read More

Video Game “Yooka-Laylee” Nears $3M During the Finals Hours on Kickstarter

During the final hours of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Playtonic Games’ 3D platformer Yooka-Laylee successfully raised nearly $3 million thanks to over 66,000 backers. As previously reported, Yooka-Laylee is an all-new 3D platforming adventure for consoles and PC. Revealing the backstory of the games, the Playtonic Games crew… Read More

Glowforge Raises $9 Million During Series A Funding Round to Bring 3D Laser Printer to Consumers

Glowforge announced a $9 million Series A funding round to bring their 3D Laser Printer to market this year. The round was led by Foundry Group and True Ventures, with participation from Bre Pettis, cofounder and former CEO of MakerBot, and Jenny Lawton, former CEO… Read More

Kickstarter Alum Fuel3D Secures Investment From IQT For 3D Scanning Technology Development

Fuel3D, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, today announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). The investment will allow Fuel3D to further… Read More

Montreal Startup Mosaic Manufacturing Hits Kickstarter With New 3D Printer Technology The Palette

This morning, Montreal-based Mosaic Manufacturing launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000  for its new product,The Palette. The Palette is a technology that transforms virtually every 3D printer on the market into a multi-color printer, and allows existing machines to create functional electronic parts. Mosaic designed the device… Read More

Pittsburgh’s 3D 2.0 Inc. Launches Kickstarter For Heated 3D Print Finishing Tool Retouch3D

3D 2.0 Inc. today announced the start of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring a revolutionary new product to the 3D printing world: Retouch3D. Retouch3D is a hand-held heated tool with variable heat settings and interchangeable tips designed specifically for finishing 3D prints. Founder of 3D 2.0, Phil… Read More

KitRex Creator Lisa Glover Discusses the Paper Dinosaur Process With Kickstarter

With her second crowdfunding campaign, KitRex Pterodactyl, now seeking funds on Kickstarter, Lisa Glover is ready to share the process of creating the fun 3D paper dinosaurs. During a recent interview with Kickstarter, Glover revealed why she decided to return to the crowdfunding giant with her… Read More

Creator of Kickstarter-Success KitRex Turns to Crowdfunding Again For New 3D Dino Project

Last spring, Lehigh Valley, PA artist, Lisa Glover, hit Kickstarter for her project, KitRex. She used custom-made steel die to cut the complex dinosaur shapes out of Bristol board to make the kits. Originally setting out to raise $8,000, Glover and her dinos took home over $100,000 thanks… Read More

Update: 3Doodler 2.0 Scores Over $400,000 in Four Days; Announces New Accessory

Earlier this week, WobbleWorks, the creators of famous 3D pen 3Doodler, debuted its second generation during a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Seeking to raise only $30,000 for the new device, the startup has already received $410,000 thanks to nearly 3,100 backers. Now the WobbleWorks team has… Read More

NVBOT Announces New Version of Its Self-Titled 3D Printing Solution

Boston-based NVBOT, a 3D printing startup founded by MIT students, announced on Thursday (September 11th) it will be releasing the latest version of its self-titled 3D printing solution. Already proven to play a role in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) innovation, as well… Read More

On Indiegogo: Atheer 3D Glasses Promise Features To Surpass Google Glass

With 40 days left in their Indiegogo campaign, wearable device technology startup Atheer has raised over $70,000 of a stated $100,000 goal for their innovative spin on 3D glasses. The consumer-level variant is called the Atheer One, and the feature set promised by the team… Read More

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