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Shapeways
Leading online community and marketplace for 3D printing
At a glance
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Listing
- Public via SPAC 2021
- Sector
- eCommerce & Marketplaces
- Power Law
- Colt$25–100M revenue
Latest news
Press, funding announcements and product moves mentioning Shapeways.
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A2 investors entered at this stage
Series B and later6 investors entered at this stage
- HPHewlett Packard
Andreessen Horowitz- INInkef
- PVPresidio Ventures
Lux Capital- PHPhilips
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Shapeways employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
GLGlobalComixEst. 2017
SOSOLSEst. 2013
Kegan FisherUnited States
Mariel DiazSpain
Steven CruzUnited StatesGlobal footprint
across markets
Investments and acquisitions
Disclosed deals where Shapeways was the backer or acquirer, 2022–2024. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
3 deals across Shapeways's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
Shapeways's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Shapeways on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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