MakerBot gets $10 million investment round

"Today, I’m excited to announce that MakerBot is taking $10 million in investment, with Foundry Group leading the round," blogs Makerbot founder Bre Pettis. "We are proud to be working with such great people and we are going to use this money do wonderful things."

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http://gun.io Rich Jones

Hooray, Bre! He just had a kid, too – needs the cash!
Michael Senkow

Now the question is, is Makerbot Hiring :0.
- MarcVader
  
  They is. Read the article. Helps sometimes you know.
  - dculberson
    
    With a user name like yours, I would have expected “I find your lack of RTFA disturbing.” (Or, y’know, better, since you’re a vader.)
Steve Conklin

Congrats Bre! I know you poured a lot into this.
http://twitter.com/AnarkyMarie Ann Marie Shillito

Great news, Makerbot. Another fantastic leap forward for personal 3D printing. Please use a big % of the investment to develop ‘bots for easy, straightforward use. That’s what we would do with $10m investment – usability, usabiity, usability. Our very warm congratulations.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001906538909 Virgil McGee

Congratulations! The whole 3D printing field is really exciting. I really think that the 3D printer could turn into a standard household appliance, if the reliability could go up and the price could come down. Yes, it’ll put the dollar store out of business, since you’ll be able to print your own piles of plastic crap, but think of the new businesses that would spring up; online shops to buy new designs, shops with exotic raw materials, etc.

Very exciting times.
http://twitter.com/richrama Richard Ramazinski

Super excited to watch Bre and Crew evolve over the years. Just like Google has it’s “Don’t Be Evil,” Let’s just hope the Three Laws of Robotics are obeyed during this development!