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MakerBot Industries is a Brooklyn, New York-based company founded in January 2009 by Bre Pettis, Adam Mayer, and Zach "Hoeken" Smith producing 3D printers. MakerBot builds on the early progress of the RepRap Project with the goal of bringing desktop 3D printing into the home at an affordable price.
Smith had previously been one of the founding members of the RepRap Research Foundation, a non-profit group created to help advance early research in the area of open-source 3D printers.
The company started shipping kits in April 2009 and has sold approximately 3,500 units as of March 2011. Demand for the kits was so great in 2009 that the company solicited MakerBot owners to provide parts for future MakerBots from their own MakerBots. Seed funding of $75000 was provided by Jake Lodwick ($50000) and Adrian Bowyer and his wife Christine ($25000).
In August 2011, venture capital firm The Foundry Group invested $10 million in the company and joined its board.
Source: Wikipedia
Smith had previously been one of the founding members of the RepRap Research Foundation, a non-profit group created to help advance early research in the area of open-source 3D printers.
The company started shipping kits in April 2009 and has sold approximately 3,500 units as of March 2011. Demand for the kits was so great in 2009 that the company solicited MakerBot owners to provide parts for future MakerBots from their own MakerBots. Seed funding of $75000 was provided by Jake Lodwick ($50000) and Adrian Bowyer and his wife Christine ($25000).
In August 2011, venture capital firm The Foundry Group invested $10 million in the company and joined its board.
Source: Wikipedia