Xometry Secures Investments from BMW i Ventures, GE Ventures and Highland Capital Partners

PRESS RELEASE: $ 15 million Investment to fuel Xometry’s on-demand manufacturing platform GAITHERSBURG, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 2017– Xometry, the leading on-demand manufacturing platform, announced $ 15MM in funding led by BMW i Ventures, with participation from existing investors including GE Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. Further fueling Xometry’s rapid market expansion, the latest round of […]

Silk Ventures launches $500 million inaugural fund for U.S and EU companies expanding to China

Silk Ventures, a venture capital firm headquartered in London, with additional hubs in Menlo Park, Beijing, and Shenzen, has closed its inaugural investment fund at $ 500 million, targeting later-stage technology companies looking to expand into China. With a specific focus on so-called “scale-up” firms from the U.S. and Europe, Silk Ventures announced the fund at […]

Sansoro Health raises $5.2 million led by Bain Capital Ventures

Sansoro Health, which provides software for moving data between digital health applications and electronic medical records (EMRs), announced $ 5.2 million in funding today. Bain Capital Ventures led the round. Customers integrate their apps to Sansoro’s Emissary application programming interfaces (APIs) to hook them up to health providers’ EMRs, which include Cerner, Epic, MEDITECH, and […]

Storm Ventures nabs Orange startup accelerator creator as new principal investor

Storm Ventures’ investment team is growing by one — the firm has hired Pascale Diaine as a principal. The founder of Orange’s startup accelerator starts her job as a venture capitalist on February 13 and plans to focus on artificial intelligence and augmented reality solutions targeting the enterprise. A long-time veteran of the French telecommunication […]

BMW i Ventures invests in 3D printing startup Desktop Metal

Since its launch in 2011, BMW i Ventures has been making strategic investments in startups that it sees as shaping future mobility. The most recent addition to its portfolio, announced Monday, is a metal 3D printing company called Desktop Metal. According to Fortune, the Massachusetts-based company is preparing to bring its first product to market, […]

AT&T, Microsoft Ventures back networking startup SnapRoute in $25 million round

SnapRoute, a startup that offers software organizations can use to centrally manage and deploy applications on top of “white-box” data center switches that aren’t made by incumbents, is announcing that it has closed $ 25 million in new funding. Strategic investors AT&T and Microsoft Ventures have come in on the deal; Norwest Venture Partners led […]

Xometry Secures Investment from GE Ventures

PRESS RELEASE: Xometry’s software platform has transformed American Manufacturing by orchestrating a network of Small and Medium Size manufacturers across the USA GAITHERSBURG, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–February 1, 2017– Xometry, the leading on-demand manufacturing marketplace, has secured new funding from GE Ventures and existing investors, including Highland Capital Partners, to reach a total of $ 23 million […]