Another month, another episode of Printing Money. For Episode 20, Danny is joined by Rajeev Kulkarni. Rajeev worked at 3D Systems for more than twenty-five years, the last number of which saw him at the forefront of a plethora of asset sales and acquisitions. Now, Rajeev is on his own and works with three 3D printing startups: Axtra3D, Caracol, and Ackuretta.  We are thankful to have Rajeev for this episode and we are sure you the listener will appreciate it too.



The previous episode featured Cantor’s Troy Jensen and therefore centered on quarterly earnings reports. The episode prior to that, we had Mark Burnham from the Additive Manufacturing Coalition to discuss their DC fly-in.  So, it’s been some time since we’ve focused on deals and market activity, and this episode had plenty to cover.



In Episode 20 of Printing Money Danny and Rajeev discuss: Nano Dimension’s (NNDM) announced acquisition of Desktop Metal (DM) BASF’s spin out of Forward AM,  Formlabs buying a company mid-Kickstarter campaign, VC raises including  Mantle, Rapid Liquid Print, and Inkbit, financial doings from Divergent, the death of Shapeways, and plenty more. Please enjoy Episode 20!

Timestamps:

00:22 – Welcome to our guest, Rajeev Kulkarni



01:15 – Rajeev’s career history: From 25 years at 3D Systems



03:55 – A company of many platforms



06:40 – M&A at 3D Systems



09:02 – Is consolidation the answer?



12:56 – The composites industry as analog for the 3DP/AM industry



16:03 – Scalability, market penetration, and (ensuing) profitability



18:43 – Nano Dimension (NNDM) to acquire Desktop Metal (DM)



25:48 – More consolidation shoes to drop?  Or collaboration? Or closure?



28:27 – Twenty-seven 3D printing startups in eight countries



31:54 – BASF spins out Forward AM



37:07 – Formlabs acquires Micronics mid-Kickstarter campaign



39:07 – Sinterit raises $1.85M bridge round



40:00 – Tech Soft 3D acquires Actify



41:45 – NSL Analytical acquired by PE firm Levine Leichtman



41:58 – Indurate Alloys acquired by Wall Colmonoy



42:22 – Materialise acquires FEops



43:42 – Mantle raises $20M Series C



45:59 – Inkbit raises $19M round including strategic Ingersoll Rand



48:14 – Rapid Liquid Print raises $7M led by HZG and BMW Ventures



49:30 – Quantica raises EUR 20M



50:57 – Scrona raises $5M round



52:13 – Divergent3D receives $47M term loan from Bridge Bank



54:32 – Stratasys invests in AM Craft



56:42 – Solideon raises $5M



57:22 – Craft Health raises $1M bridge round



57:42 – Sanofi invests in CTIBiotech



57:55 – RIP Shapeways



1:01:22 – AM Research publishes Q1 2024 3DP/AM market data; 8% year over year growth



1:03:01 – Thank you to Rajeev, and closing remarks



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