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| 28.03.2026 | How to Choose the Right Laser Engraver for Beginners and Pros Alike | Share
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While laser engravers can transform a simple concept into a tangible object in minutes, choosing the right one can quickly become overwhelming. For a beginner, they usually want it to be something as safe, simp... |
| 13.01.2026 | Why Modern Brands Are Embracing Laser Engraving Machines | Share
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Small businesses today operate in an environment where differentiation is no longer optional. Customers expect products to feel intentional, personal, and well-made, even when they are buying from emerging or l... |
| 03.06.2025 | How Trump's Tariffs Are Reshaping Startups and Venture Capital Trump's 2025 tariffs have disrupted startups and VC markets, forcing founders to adapt through supply chain pivots, sector shifts, and al... | President Donald Trump's 2025 tariff policies — a 25% levy on goods from Canada and Mexico and a 10% duty on Chinese imports — sent shockwaves through the global economy. While framed as a strategy to bolster domestic manufacturing and curb... |
| 25.07.2023 | Glowforge releases new $1,200 laser printer to make home crafting a more accessible hobby | Glowforge co-founder and CEO Dan Shapiro with the company’s new Aura laser printer/engraver at the startup’s office in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)
Glowforge, the Seattle-based maker of 3D laser printers/en... |
| 25.07.2023 | Glowforge launches the Aura, a more accessible laser cutter | Laser cutters are nothing new, but Glowforge has a long history of adding something that the category has sorely been lacking: Ease of use. Today, the company announces the Aura. Smaller, cheaper and even easier to use than its bigger broth... |
| 18.05.2023 | Glowforge Raises $20M Series E Financing |
SEATTLE, WA, Glowforge, creator of the award-winning 3D laser printer, announced it has raised an additional $20 million in Series E funds, bringing its total financing to $135 million.
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| 17.05.2023 | 3D laser printer startup Glowforge lands $20M following release of AI image generator feature | Glowforge raised $20 million in an extension to its Series E funding round. (Glowforge Photo)
The news: 3D laser printer startup Glowforge raised $20 million as part of an extended Series E round to help add new product features and grow it... |
| 17.05.2023 | Glowforge Raises Additional $20M In Series E Funding | Glowforge, a Seattle, WA-based creator of a 3D laser printer, raised additional $20M in Series E funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $135M, was led by DFJ Growth and Foundry Group, with participation from Revolution Growth... |
| 07.02.2023 | Laser-focused on creativity, Glowforge adds AI image generation | We’ve all had a lot of fun with creating game assets, odd selfies, custom stock images and dubious nudes, and it was only a question of time before one of the big hardware-makers jumped on the AI image generation band wagon. Today, laser cu... |
| 23.06.2022 | Glowforge Raises $43M in Series E Funding | Glowforge, a Seattle, WA-based creator of a 3D laser printer, raised $43M in Series E funding.
The round was led by DFJ Growth, with participation from existing investors Foundry Group, True Ventures, and Revolution Growth.
The company inte... |
| 23.06.2022 | Glowforge Announces $43M Series E Round |
SEATTLE, WA, Glowforge, a company that created the iconic 3D laser printer, announced $43 million in funding.
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| 22.06.2022 | Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro on raising in uncertain economic times as laser printer startup lands $43M | (Glowforge Image)
Glowforge, the 3D laser printer maker based in Seattle, announced a $43 million Series E investment led by DFJ Growth, with participation from all existing investors. Founded in 2014, the 180-person startup reported more t... |
| 22.06.2022 | As the crypto winter sets in, some VCs are taking the long view | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 22.06.2022 | Glowforge raises another $43M | Seattle-based laser-cutting hardware startup Glowforge announced this morning that it has raised another healthy round. The $43 million Series E joins the roughly $70 million the company has raised since its 2015 founding.
It’s been a few y... |
| 18.04.2022 | Commentary: Why this Seattle startup had to mess with Texas over healthcare | Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. (Glowforge Photo)
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. Other companies such as Yelp, Salesforce, and Citigroup are also covering similar expenses in response to new abortion law... |
| 20.01.2022 | Startups to watch: 13 venture capitalists offer their picks for the next Pacific Northwest unicorns | CEOs of Pacific Northwest startups, clockwise from top left: Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht; Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio; Flyhomes CEO Tushar Garg; OctoML CEO Luis Ceze; Dooly CEO Kris Hartvigsen; Fabric CEO Faisal Masud; Glowforge CEO Dan Shapir... |
| 21.09.2021 | Glowforge cuts deal with Michaels to expand retail reach of its 3D laser printers | (Glowforge Photo)
Glowforge has signed on with a new retail partner in a bid to get its 3D laser printers and other products in front of more customers who are already thinking about making and creating.
The Seattle-based startup announced ... |
| 12.05.2020 | Why these tech startups turned down millions of dollars in PPP loans from the federal government | Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. (Glowforge Photo)
It’s not easy to turn down financial help from the government, especially during an economic crisis. But that’s exactly what two venture capital-backed Pacific Northwest tech startups did recentl... |
| 20.04.2020 | Startup survival: PPP loans provide lifeline for some, leave others frustrated and ‘helpless’ | The Onboard Dynamics team. The Bend, Ore.-based startup got its Paycheck Protection Program application accepted — a “lifeline,” according to CEO Rita Hansen. (Onboard Photo)
Rita Hansen was losing sleep and grappling with anxiety. Like man... |
| 12.03.2020 | Glowforge makes push to bring 3D laser printer to more students, hires head of educational sales | Students at Cornish College of the Arts use a Glowforge in a class at the Seattle school. (Glowforge Photo)
Glowforge, the Seattle-based startup that makes a 3D laser cutter/engraver, is making a move into education to bring its technology ... |
| 20.06.2019 | Glowforge partners with WeWork to install 3D printers at co-working locations | (Glowforge Photo)
Seattle startup Glowforge today announced a partnership with WeWork to place its 3D laser printer at co-working spaces across the world.
WeWork will provide access to printers from Glowforge and Formlabs for its members at... |
| 20.06.2019 | WeWork selects Houston as one of its markets for a 3D printing pilot program | WeWork has teamed up with two leading 3D printing companies to bring their technology into five WeWork Labs markets — including Houston's downtown location. The other locations tapped for the pilot program are London, San Francisco, New Yor... |
| 20.12.2018 | Craft retailer JOANN invests in Glowforge, will let customers use 3D laser printer at stores | JOANN will place Glowforge 3D laser printers at select retail locations across the country, including this in-mall kiosk just outside of Boston. (Business Wire Photo)
Glowforge is making its brick-and-mortar debut thanks to a new investment... |
| 20.12.2018 | JOANN invests in 3D printing startup Glowforge to enable customers to perform 3D laser cutting and engraving | Back in April, we wrote about Glowforge when the 3D printing startup launched its 3D laser printer to the public. Glowforge first made crowdfunding history in 2015, raising nearly $28 million in 30 days. The startup has grown since then and... |
| 23.04.2018 | Glowforge can print on wood, leather, and fabric objects | Glowforge today formally launched its line of 3D laser printers, allowing creators to print objects made from materials such as leather, wood, acrylic, paper, fabric, cardboard, metal, glass, ceramic, stone, laptops, and even chocolate.
It ... |
| 23.04.2018 | 3D printing startup Glowforge launches the much anticipated 3D laser printer that made crowdfunding history | In 2015, the Seattle-based Glowforge made a staggering introduction when it set a 30-day crowdfunding record of more than $27.9 million. Now that pre-orders have been completed, Glowforge is launching its long-awaited product to the general... |
| 23.04.2018 | Glowforge can print on wood, leather, and fabric objects | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Glowforge today formally launched its line of 3D ... |
| 23.04.2018 | Glowforge raises another $10M, launches long-awaited 3D laser printer to the public | Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro. (Glowforge photo)
Glowforge has raised more investment dollars as the Seattle startup starts selling its 3D laser printer to the general public and continues to fulfill delayed orders from its crowdfunding campaig... |
| 23.04.2018 | Glowforge opens public orders for its desktop 3D laser cutter | Hardware startup Glowforge, which makes a desktop laser cutter and engraver for home or office use, has finally opened up sales to the general public.
The maker-targeted device, which can ‘print’ (read: engrave/laser cut) a variety of mater... |
| 08.01.2018 | Glowforge does 3D printing with wood, veneer, acrylic, and leather | Glowforge has been selling 3D laser printers since 2015, with more than $70 million in orders. Now it is adding the ability to print with different kinds of materials, dubbed Proofgrade. These materials include custom hardwoods, plywoods, v... |
| 08.01.2018 | Glowforge does 3D printing with wood, veneer, acrylic, and leather | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Glowforge has been selling 3D laser printers sinc... |
| 08.01.2018 | Glowforge debuts materials line for 3D laser printer, announces $70M in total sales | Via Glowforge.
Glowforge is touting a new sales milestone as it debuts a materials line and works to fulfill delayed orders from its record-breaking crowdfunding campaign more than two years ago.
The Seattle startup, which is at CES in Las ... |
| 23.11.2016 | Glowforge reveals U.S.-based manufacturer of 3D laser printer, provides update on shipping plan | Via Glowforge.
Glowforge is starting to ship some versions of its 3D laser printer, but it’s still unclear if the company will meet its previously-promised delivery date for all customers. Dan Shapiro.
The Seattle startup issued a press rel... |
| 12.09.2016 | Wazer brings water jet cutting from heavy industry to mass market | On the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield stage today, Wazer showed off its $6,000 desktop water cutter for the first time. Entering a market where it competes against huge industrial units costing upwards of $100,000, the company is launching ... |
| 09.09.2016 | Seattle Week in Review: A Unicorn Spotted in the Wild | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Not that it matters, but we have the first privately held Seattle-area company in a long time to claim a valuation north of $1 billion. OfferUp is that rare, mythical beast, t... |
| 03.08.2016 | Glowforge Grabs $22M Series B Round |
SEATTLE, WA, Seattle-based 3D laser printer company Glowforge today announced a $22 million Series B funding round led by Foundry Group and True Ventures.
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| 02.08.2016 | 3D Laser Printer Company Glowforge Raises $22M in Series B Funding | Glowforge, a Seattle, WA-based 3D laser printer company, raised $22m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Foundry Group and True Ventures.
Led by CEO Dan Shapiro, Glowforge is a desktop laser that uses subtractive technology to allow d... |
| 01.08.2016 | Glowforge Announces $22 Million Series B Investment from Foundry Group and True Ventures to Bring 3D Laser Printers to Mass Production | SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 1, 2016–
Seattle-based 3D laser printer company Glowforge today announced a $22 million Series B funding round led by Foundry Group and True Ventures. This investment round follows the largest 30-day crowdfund... |
| 01.08.2016 | Glowforge raises $22M in new funding from Foundry Group and True Ventures to scale up production of 3D laser printers | Glowforge co-founders Mark Gosselin, Dan Shapiro, and Tony Wright. Photo via Glowforge.
Glowforge, the Seattle-based startup which makes 3D laser printers, today announced a $22 million investment round.
Previous investors Foundry Group and... |
| 01.08.2016 | Glowforge raises $22 million to popularize its 3-D laser printers, catalog of materials | Of all the ways to make a 3-dimensional object, 3D printing is still the freshest, whether what’s involved is plastic extrusion, milling away wood or metal, or the spinning of cells into functional living tissues.
Now, a company that makes ... |
| 14.07.2016 | Forget 3D-Printed Knick-Knacks: The Maker Movement Is Entering a New Phase | Even while working as a software engineer at Microsoft, Dan Shapiro felt the need to do something with his hands. He had gone to school intending to be a physicist but switched to engineering, he says, because he found that he liked fixing ... |
| 26.06.2016 | A quick look at the state of hardware technologies in China and beyond | In the past few years hardware investment has come into its own as a major force in the tech world beyond the walls of medical devices (where it had been relegated for years).
A recent report from HAX, the hardware accelerator backed by SOS... |
| 19.04.2016 | Glowforge delays shipments again after $28M crowdfunding campaign for 3D laser printer | Dan Shapiro of Glowforge speaks at the 2015 GeekWire Summit.
Glowforge is delaying initial shipments of its 3D laser printer again.
The Seattle startup, which set a crowdfunding record by raising nearly $28 million from thousands of backers... |
| 11.03.2016 | Startup gets stuck in an elevator — and lives to tweet selfies of the ordeal | Is it getting hot in here? Most of the people who work at Glowforge got stuck in an elevator on Thursday, and, thankfully for us, maintained Internet connectivity. (Via Twitter)
Life at a startup can certainly have its ups and downs. For th... |
| 12.02.2016 | How Glowforge Made Crowdfunding History | When I think about what is likely to break future crowdfunding records, I think of products with mass-market consumer appeal: Smartwatches, cocktail coolers, revivals of popular 80’s TV shows.
So when Glowforge launched a next-generation l... |
| 11.02.2016 | After raising $28M in record crowdfunding campaign, Glowforge delays initial shipments | At the 2015 GeekWire Summit, Glowforge CEO Dan Shapiro showed off a bag he made with the Glowforge 3D laser printer.
Glowforge is delaying initial shipments of its innovative 3D laser printer.
The Seattle startup set a crowdfunding record t... |
| 30.10.2015 | 20 Seattle Startups You Need to Pay Attention to | Today officially marks the final day of Seattle Startup Week, but that doesn't mean entrepreneurship and innovation will be taking any pause as we wait for next year's event. If anything, Seattle's tech ecosystem will continue to grow to ne... |
| 28.10.2015 | Glowforge Ends Crowdfunding Campaign with $27.9M in Preorders | Glowforge, a Seattle, WA-based maker of a 3D laser printer, ended its 30day crowdfunding campaign on Saturday, October 24th with a total of $27,907,995 in preorders.
With this, Glowforge became the biggest fixed-length crowdfunding campa... |
| 21.10.2015 | We use a $2,000 Glowforge to make stuff out of frickin’ lasers | reader comments 63 with 46 posters participating
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| 09.10.2015 | Seattle 2035: Agenda Posted for the Future of Our Innovation Economy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I had a vivid dream last night. I hopped a rocket—it seemed routine—to an orbiting laboratory where I interviewed a youthful Oren Etzioni and a team of action heroes working o... |
| 24.09.2015 | Glowforge’s 3D Maker Machine Now Available On Pre-Order | Glowforge has flipped the switch to on for pre-orders of its 3D laser printer. Makers can now purchase the machine in advance on the Seattle-based startup’s website starting today.
The Glowforge 3D printer isn’t really a 3D printer, but a l... |
| 22.05.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 5/22/15 | Oradian, WePay, MuleSoft, Videopixie, OnboardIQ, Mobcrush, Taboola, Lookup, Metabiota, Centro, Fuze
Seed stage
Oradian, a developer of technology platforms for microfinance institutions, raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Cre... |
| 20.05.2015 | Seattle’s Glowforge Is Building A Maker Machine To Challenge Amazon Prime | The hype and buzz that surrounds the nascent consumer 3D printing space can seem drastically out of step with the striated plastic trinketry being outputted by 3D printers. There’s only so many plastic replicas of the Eiffel Tower a person’... |
| 20.05.2015 | Glowforge raises $9M from Foundry Group, True Ventures, MakerBot founder to build 3D laser printers | This wallet, complete with a detailed map of Seattle, was built with a Glowforge printer. All pictures courtesy of Glowforge.
Dan Shapiro needed to replace his wallet a few months ago. His new company, Glowforge, just built a newly-develope... |
| 20.05.2015 | Glowforge Raises $9M in Series A Funding | Glowforge, a Seattle-based maker of a 3D Laser Printer, raised $9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Foundry Group and True Ventures, with participation from Bre Pettis—cofounder and former CEO of MakerBot—and Jenny Lawton—former CE... |
| 15.05.2015 | You don’t need a business plan | [This post is based on an excerpt from Dan Shapiro’s new book Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook, just released as an ebook and due out in hard copy June 1 from O’Reilly Media.]
You’re ready to meet with VCs. You’ve created a slide deck, h... |
| 15.05.2015 | You don’t need a business plan | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[This post is based on an excerpt from Dan Shapir... |
| 28.03.2015 | Dear VCs: Clean up your websites | Danielle Morrill recently wrote an open letter to VCs, telling you how to find deals. But you have an even more basic problem than that: what to do when deals find you.
At Glowforge, we’re building the first 3D laser printer. It’s an incred... |
| 28.03.2015 | Dear VCs: Clean up your websites | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Danielle Morrill recently wrote an open letter to... |
| 27.02.2015 | Seattle 3D laser printer startup Glowforge raises $1.3M in funding | Various laser cut projects (Image: Glowforge)
Glowforge, a once secretive hardware-and-software company founded by startup veteran Dan Shapiro, has raised $1.265 million to build what it calls “the first 3D laser printer.”
In a new filing w... |
| 16.01.2015 | Dan Shapiro Needs Help Building a Replicator at Seattle Startup Glowforge | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Dan Shapiro and his team of serial entrepreneurs are making something to help other people make things. It might be a Star Trek-like replicator—or at least a very early protot... |
| - | Механико-цифровые часы из стальных шариков | Перевод с сайта про самоделки instructables.com
Как работают часы
Решил я, наконец, разобраться с Arduino, в результате чего сделал свой первый проект: полностью механические цифровые часы.
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(1) Arduino Nano.
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| - | Glowforge | “Meet Glowforge, the 3D laser printer that makes magical things at the push of a button.” |
| - | 2021 True Holiday Gift Guide | Year to year, the creativity of the True Founder community continues to astound us. This creativity is apparent across a cornucopia of markets, but it’s always just a little more tangible with consumer brands launching new products that can... |
| - | Welcoming Glowforge |
True portfolio company Glowforge announced their funding last week, and we are incredibly excited to welcome this awesome, beautiful 3D laser printer into the True Ventures hardware lineup.
As previous investors in Makerbot (acquired by ... |
| - | True Holiday Gift Guide | While our team has a history of investing in software, hardware, media, and more, we’ve become increasingly interested in consumer companies that have merged several of those categories to create ubiquitous brands that are now mainstays in ... |
| - | The $27.9 million Crowdfunding Campaign: Q&A with Glowforge | The Glowforge 3D printer is one of the most magical hardware products in the True Ventures portfolio. Since our investment in May 2015, we have eagerly awaited the release of the printer that lets you create nearly anything from a dazzling ... |
