A new $8.15 million funding for GrabCAD puts it ahead in the funding race to develop the “GitHub of 3D.” Engineering collaboration community GrabCAD announced it has received a third round of venture capital funding. The Series B round for $8.15 million was led by Charles River Ventures and included new investor David Sacks, co-founder … Read more
WebGL and HTLM5 opened the door to using 3D CAD models in a browser; these start-ups are now delivering a browser-based challenge to the established order. Until recently, if you wanted to create and interact with a three-dimensional model of a physical object, you had to either buy or download a CAD product. From the … Read more
More than 150,000 mechanical engineers and designers are now using GrabCAD regularly to share, collaborate, and seek work. Engineering design community GrabCAD has released a new iPad app for its users, giving the 150,000 members a new way to share models, participate in joint projects, and seek new work. The app is free to download … Read more
The same investors who participated in the 2011 seed round are back. Downloads have topped 1 million. Engineering collaboration community GrabCAD has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round. This comes six months after an initial angel funding round of $1.1 million. (See the GraphicSpeak article,“GrabCAD lands $1.1 million investment,” June 9, 2011.) … Read more
The group of venture capitalists and angel investors includes several with CAD industry experience. GrabCAD, the CAD services marketplace, this week closed a $1.1 million investment round. The investment group includes several venture capital partners or angels with previous CAD industry experience. The new funding is led by Matrix Partners, an early investor in Apple. … Read more
The Estonian start-up celebrates its first 100,000 downloads by giving us a peek into its user base. Solid Edge is second only to SolidWorks as the MCAD of choice. Estonian start-up GrabCAD, busy building a services marketplace to connect engineers with product development companies, recently passed 100,000 downloads of user-provided product models. To celebrate, the … Read more
This is the second such honor for the Estonian start-up, which previously participated in a similar program based in London. Estonian start-up GrabCAD today was accepted into Techstars Boston, a venture funding program that pairs young software companies with industry mentors and venture funding. This is the second such honor for GrabCAD, which has also … Read more
Support for 3MF with GrabCAD in the middle; industrial designers turn out prototypes with multiple colors and textures in a day In July 2020, Stratasys added the J55 compact to its line of J series multijet printers, which can now print multiple colors, textures, and materials, all in the same run. Stratasys has been actively … Read more
The design and engineering community steps up to supply needed medical equipment. Ford, GE, GM, HP, Stratasys all find ways to pitch in with expertise and equipment. The United States has endured a maddening and frustrating logjam in getting enough medical supplies and getting them to where they’re needed. US automakers have announced plans to … Read more
When other companies are moving to all-browser or mobile apps as a primary platform, CADfaster goes retro with a desktop application as the centerpiece. CadFaster came to market in 2010 as the first third-party developer of CAD viewing tools for iPad. The startup took advantage of the strong architectural research infrastructure in its home base … Read more
