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2 years ago

A 3D printing platform that helps business owners create 3D-printed products

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2 years ago

A startup that uses 3d printing to create custom constructed homes for people who need homes quickly

301
2 years ago

A startup that allows you to make a purchase using your fingerprint. The startup wants to make payments dead simple.

247
1 year ago

A startup focused on developing new materials and technologies for the 3D printing industry. The startup is building a 3D printing machine that prints metal, glass, ceramic and plastic materials.

228
2 years ago

A startup that sells 3D printing services to the medical industry

226
2 years ago

A startup that plans to disrupt the $20 billion handbag industry with a new line of handbags by using 3D printing. The startup is teaming with luxury fashion brand Michael Kors for the launch of the first products.

209
2 years ago

This is a startup that sells the parts needed to build a 3D printer.

182
2 years ago

A tool that helps companies in the green economy get a better understanding of their carbon footprint.

181
1 year ago

This startup wants to create a unique way to pay for items online that goes beyond a checkout. It allows payment to be made with a phone’s fingerprint, and will allow merchants to accept payment in-app. They have released a beta app which has been downloaded by 2,000 users. It plans to release a full app in the fourth quarter of 2019.

178
2 years ago

A startup for people in retirement who want to retire overseas. The startup helps people in their 50s and 60s with this goal, by building a financial blueprint for a person’s retirement and then matching them with an appropriate country.

166
1 year ago

A company that creates digital prints from the images of people, who upload their own images and the company’s prints are then rendered by using a computer vision. The prints can be sold as prints, clothing, or art.

165
2 years ago

The aim is to let consumers to pay for a 3D-printed object. One feature is that the 3D-printed object is scanned and then the user can print out an accurate digital version they can then use in their homes.

161
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a 3D printing platform for mixed-use buildings. The tech allows for 3D printing of 3D models to be used in building construction.

159
1 year ago

Mentioned in the "2017 YC Demo Day" video, where they discuss the concept of a "mobile printing program" for small businesses. They are now calling their service "Quick Print," and the company is no longer in YC.

159
2 years ago

A tool that allows people to create their own 3D models of objects and designs and have them printed on a 3D printer.

158
1 year ago

A company that sells 3D printed case covers for smart phones.

157
2 years ago

A B2B platform that allows restaurants to print their own takeout menus.

155
2 years ago

A company that is building a marketplace for 3D printers.

154
1 year ago

An ATM that lets people log in with a fingerprint to get their card.

150
2 years ago

A company that helps its customers build their own hardware. Once they have the specs for the product, they can create a 3D design, and get it printed at Shapeways at a fraction of the cost of other companies that do the same thing.

148
1 year ago

This startup is building a platform that lets users scan in their groceries, learn how much it costs, and then print the bill at home.

147
1 year ago

A 3D printable gun that allows you to modify the shape of your weapon. The idea behind the technology is that it can be used to make semi-automatic weapons capable of being fired more quickly.

146
2 years ago

A startup that makes a 3D printer that can print all of the components needed for a phone, including the glass and battery.

144
2 years ago

A 3D-printed eyewear company that’s looking to disrupt the eyewear industry with a direct-to-consumer approach.

144
2 years ago

This startup is building a “frictionless” digital sales platform for printers.

143
1 year ago

A tool that will take a photo of your face in the palm of your hand and then generate a 3D print of your face.

143
2 years ago

A maker space for startups that helps teach users how to do 3D printing, with an initial focus on 3D printing in the oil and gas industry.

142
2 years ago

A startup that helps quickly build custom web pages for brands, selling them to clients at a fixed price. The startup wants to replace the very expensive full-page print ad with a mobile-friendly digital display ad. Their potential clients include agencies, brands and ad tech companies.

140
1 year ago

A company that makes a machine that prints food without food, and then makes it into a gluten-free, vegan, and keto-friendly product.

139
1 year ago

 A 3D printing service for hardware engineers and product designers.

137
2 years ago

A company that makes a printable device for measuring the distance between two objects. The product is a small, inexpensive laser point that can be attached to things like cell phones, cameras, and other devices.

135
2 years ago

A startup that wants to make open-source software for 3D printers. The founders are tech veterans who have built digital fabrication tools before.

135
2 years ago

Established in 2015, the company is building a tool to help businesses manage their print marketing. It lets companies manage printing and marketing budgets, track print campaigns, and monitor print ROI.

135
1 year ago

A startup that allows people to print out a physical receipt for their purchase. The startup wants to build a digital receipt option for stores that doesn’t require a printer.

135
2 years ago

A software & hardware startup that makes a $100 credit card with a built-in fingerprint scanner

134
2 years ago

A startup that provides a set of tools for designers to create their own custom-designed clothes. The company uses a 3D printer to produce knit fabrics.

134
2 years ago

This startup aims to make it easier for artists to design, print, and ship their own physical, limited edition pieces.

134
2 years ago

A startup that takes your photo and turns it into a 3D model. The app lets you print it into a model that you can then take on a journey.

133
2 years ago

A startup that allows people to take a selfie and instantly find the nearest photofinisher to have it printed.

131
2 years ago

A fingerprint-based unlock system for phones. The startup is trying to make fingerprint sensors more secure by having users open their phones in a certain way and secure them. This is a startup that has been around for a while, with a version known as SnapLock, but it is now rebranding itself as Fingerprint Lock.

131
2 years ago

Bringing the consumer’s head into the product design process by using 3D printing.

131
1 year ago

A 3-D printed toy that teaches kids about math and science.

131
2 years ago

 A tool for making 3D-printed furniture and other DIY items.

130
2 years ago

A place to go to get the latest news on emerging technologies, like drones, 3D printing, and robotics.

129
2 years ago

A hardware startup that builds medical devices. It’s the first company to make a 3D printer for producing pacemakers.

127
2 years ago

The startup has developed a tool that can print a custom home-pickup menu for nearby restaurants. The startup’s first customer is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the US.

127
1 year ago

The startup holds a patent on a new type of printing process that uses a liquid to transfer the ink to the paper, eliminating many of the problems with traditional printing. The startup now wants to take that technology and apply it to the production of everything from paper to fabric.

127
2 years ago

This is a tool for businesses that want to reduce their carbon footprint. The company is focused on helping companies reduce their energy consumption, and plans to launch a product that does this by helping them track energy usage and then offset the usage with cash.

126
2 years ago

An online service that wants to help companies manage their manufacturing process. Their first product is a $2,000 kit that comes with a 3D printer and 3D printer-compatible materials.

126
2 years ago

This startup is building a digital library of sorts for the music industry. It hopes to replace the print-only distribution models with a digital distribution platform that allows users to sell music with minimal friction and low overhead.

123
2 years ago

This is a startup that wants to make it easy for people to order and ship photos and prints. The company was created by an ex-Googler.

123
2 years ago

A company that makes a 2D-printable prosthetic for people who need one

121
2 years ago

A new way to create personalized cards, with a variety of materials printed on the front. It’s a way to create business cards that are more meaningful than traditional business cards.

120
2 years ago

A company that builds 3D-printed prosthetic hands and other medical devices that can be 3D-printed at home, with a focus on helping veterans.

120
2 years ago

A company that transforms raw materials into finished products. The company is looking to take on big manufacturers like Nike, using 3-D printing to prototype and scale production.

119
2 years ago

A micro-invention technology startup that lets anyone print 3D objects using simple DIY kits.

119
2 years ago

A product that tracks the digital footprints of their clients (by tracking device signals) and then uses machine learning algorithms to predict what they’re going to do next. They want to use this data to build a digital reputation system for brands.

118
2 years ago

The startup is working with partners to bootstrap the growth of a small-scale 3D printing community by providing the equipment and resources to move from a maker-model printer to a high-quality commercial printer.

118
2 years ago

An open source platform for people to share 3D models of their projects, including 3D printed items, furniture, and sculptures. This startup aims to create an open-source community with 3D models.

117
2 years ago

A startup that makes custom-made, 3D-printed female prosthetics that can be used to treat urinary incontinence in women.

117
11 months ago

A startup for people to make their own merchandise from 3D printed designs. The company is already selling ready-made items, and says it plans to collect 1 million designs by the end of 2018.

117
2 years ago

The company is pairing the digital technology used by banks to process payments to the physical elements of a cash machine, such as a keypad and a printer, to create an end-to-end solution.

116
2 years ago

A startup that lets people order a custom-designed paper or canvas print of their daily life.

115
1 year ago

A startup for “sprinting” through a project, allowing users to create a schedule and track progress

115
2 years ago

A company that takes digital photos off your computer and prints them on demand

113
2 years ago

A way to quickly create barcodes for products, allowing them to be printed and scanned.

113
2 years ago

A new modern camera made with 3D printing.

113
2 years ago

A company that wants to bring “3D printing to the masses” with a cloud-based platform.

111
7 months ago

A startup that designs and manufactures 3D printed electronics, working with companies like Google, LG and Samsung.

111
1 year ago

This company wants to help you “make your own damn cheese”, with a 3D printer that will create your own cheese.

110
2 years ago

The startup aims to make complicated environmental accounting and reporting for companies easier, with a platform that helps companies track their carbon footprint, water use, and other environmental data. It’s currently testing with a few companies in the energy and manufacturing verticals.

108
2 years ago

A startup that will take waste from 3D printers and turn it into bricks.

108
2 years ago

A high-speed and cheap way to create custom-made, high-resolution 3D printed parts.

106
2 years ago

A chatbot to help businesses grow their international footprint. The chatbot will serve as a way for businesses to quickly and easily find markets in other countries and sell there.

105
2 years ago

A startup that worked with a university to develop new materials for 3D printing that are conductive and conductive-free.

105
1 year ago

A “sticker printer” that prints QR codes to open apps on phones.

105
2 years ago

America’s digital magazine is a digital magazine that is central to its mission is to cover the changing landscape of the media industry, and how technology is affecting it. Since February 2014, it has published a new issue every other Thursday and has a print-on-demand model, so subscribers receive their copy directly.

103
2 years ago

A company that lets people borrow a single printer that can print out 100,000 copies of a document. This smart printer will print at an incredibly high resolution — the company claims it will print at “40 times the resolution of a typical home printer”.

102
1 year ago

A company that makes custom, 3D-printed eyewear.

101
2 years ago

A platform that tracks the geographic footprint of your customers and your products, helping your team manage it as one connected ecosystem.

100
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for model makers, aiming to compete with others in the 3D printing space such as Shapeways, Sculpteo, and more.

99
2 years ago

“The first on-demand, unlimited sticker printing service,” with a few hundred beta users.

99
1 year ago

A platform for printing 3D objects on demand.

99
2 years ago

This company is building a software platform that connects manufacturers with small and medium-sized businesses that need digital printing solutions, including direct mail, invitations, catalogs, posters, and more.

97
1 year ago

A mobile app for people who want to live a more sustainable lifestyle. The company is building a tool for people to track their carbon footprints and reduce the impact they have on the environment.

97
2 years ago

An online marketplace for making and selling custom-made products using 3D printing. The startup is building a one-stop shop for all 3D design, 3D printing, and 3D scanning needs.

96
2 years ago

A company that designs and manufactures 3D printed medical devices. The startup wants to build a device that helps the blind navigate and helps the visually impaired to see better. It’s working with an area hospital and hopes to have a product out this year.

96
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help users build their own phone cases. Its mobile app lets customers customize the case, and a 3D printer can then print it out.

96
2 years ago

A wearable device that uses a sensor to measure how much CO2 each person is emitting. The startup is looking to reinvent the carbon footprint game by working with employers to offer discounts to employees who can reduce their emissions.

94
2 years ago

 A platform for creating 3D models on top of a 3D model. The startup is building a way to create 3D models of buildings and other structures, and create 3D printable models of them.

94
2 years ago

A startup with a mobile, blockchain-based identification system that allows a person to prove their identity and access their finances using a smartphone app and biometric data such as a fingerprint or iris scan.

93
10 months ago

This company is building a way to monitor the carbon footprint of various items, with a focus on helping consumers become more environmentally conscious. They have a contract with The Nature Conservancy.

92
2 years ago

Spacebound is a startup that wants to use 3D printing to build a new breed of space-bound drones that can deliver goods and services to space.

90
10 months ago

An online platform that helps users design and print their own customised T-shirts and sells them at a discount.

90
2 years ago

A startup developing a new type of LED lamp that uses less power, lasts longer and has a smaller carbon footprint.

88
2 years ago

A software company that helps companies build biometric scanners for access control. The startup is using machine learning to build a system that can quickly identify someone by comparing their fingerprint with a database of millions of prints.

88
2 years ago

An analytics tool for companies to track a person’s digital footprint and help them make smarter decisions based on that data.

87
2 years ago

The first public hardware offering from Spin, a company that makes a 3D printer, will be a small plastic ball that you can use to make jewelry.

86
1 year ago

A social network for all of the robot hobbies out there including 3D printing, futurism, robotics, and more.

86
1 year ago

This is a company that makes a screen printed t-shirt with a unique, personal message on it.

86
2 years ago

A company selling custom t-shirts that can be printed with QR codes that then link to other apps on select platforms.

85
2 years ago

A 3D-printing service for custom-sized parts like eyeglasses and prosthetics.

83
4 months ago

A 3D-printing startup with a focus on the cannabis industry.

83
2 years ago

A startup that makes a 3D printer designed for makers that’s affordable for schools and other startups. It also offers a crowdfunding platform for projects that need a 3D printer.

82
2 years ago

VentureBeat is an American technology news and media company based in New York City. It was founded in 2009 as a print publication, and has since expanded to include a website and mobile apps, and became a venture-backed startup.

82
2 years ago

A B2B company that provides customers with a toner printer that prints directly onto their paper

81
1 year ago

A new way of building products that uses 3D printing to make them faster.

81
2 years ago

 A free 3D printer for students and educators. The company is also launching a subscription service to provide access to more advanced models and features.

80
4 months ago

Building a digital service that supports local community centers and government agencies to create and share printable, searchable digital maps.

80
1 year ago

company that creates and sells 3D printed furniture.

79
2 months ago

Calligraphy is a startup that wants to bring the art of lettering to the digital age. They’re building an app that lets you take images and input text, and then transform them into beautiful printed works of art.

79
1 year ago

This startup is building an online marketplace for building and selling custom-designed 3D printed products. The company has raised over $1m so far, and has its own 3D printer.

78
1 year ago

A way for people to build their own low-cost homes using 3D printing, with a focus on the poor.

78
4 months ago

A startup that builds and makes furniture using 3D printing.

78
1 year ago

A company that takes your design, draws it on a screen, and then 3D prints it.

76
8 months ago

A platform for measuring and managing the carbon footprint of buildings, powering the buildings at individual campuses with an SaaS platform

76
2 years ago

A company that wants to help people make their own cocktails, and add them to the bar menu at their local businesses. The company is selling bottles with the name of their cocktail already printed on them.

75
1 year ago

“A desktop-based tool for managing and reporting on commercial printing jobs”, this startup is developing a software tool for printing and printing services firms that are based on solid data science.

74
1 year ago

A platform that lets you create event tickets without having to deal with printing, mailing, or shipping.

74
1 year ago

This startup has developed a new type of phone case with a 3D printed flexible OLED screen that gives users a heads-up display of important information at a glance.

74
5 months ago

A digital file that can be printed in minutes. The startup was funded in September.

72
2 years ago

A 3D printing solution for printing custom parts on demand, or as a service for companies with regular customers.

71
3 months ago

A 3D printing company that wants to use its technology to build medical devices, with 3D printing helping to streamline the surgery process.

71
2 years ago

A 3D printing service for home renovation projects, with custom-built walls and other materials.

70
1 year ago

A startup that wants to bring a model airplane shop to 3D printing.

70
1 year ago

A startup that wants to build the next generation of bookstores for the digital age. Using technology like artificial intelligence, sensors, and 3D printing, Bookuality is building the next generation of bookstores.

69
1 year ago

A startup that wants to deliver service-oriented photo printing. Instead of printing, they are printing 3D models or scans of objects you’ve shot with your phone.

69
1 year ago

This company claims to have a 3D laser printer for just $10. The startup's first product is a 3D laser printer for $10.

69
1 year ago

A company that makes 3D printed parts for industrial machinery, including industrial robots.

69
1 year ago

A 3D printer aimed at small businesses.

69
4 months ago

A startup that helps companies rent or sell their excess equipment like routers, printers and computers

69
1 year ago

A platform to allow companies to easily create and manage complex workflows in the cloud, with a focus on businesses with a heavy digital footprint.

68
4 months ago

The startup sells a 3D-printed “smart” kitchen that helps you control your home appliances from a smartphone.

68
4 months ago

A digital platform to help people create and distribute 3D models of products, which they can then print at home. The startup wants to introduce manufacturing to the masses.

68
1 year ago

A credit card-like card that uses biometric data (like fingerprints or palm prints) to authenticate users. It is a way to make mobile payments easier, as the card can be linked to the user’s mobile phone numbers.

67
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a tool for creating interactive 3D models of objects, which are then easier to ship. The company wants to help them more efficiently use their 3D printers.

67
1 year ago

A new way to make custom 3D printable accessories. The startup makes parts for consumer electronics and is looking to make a new business out of selling them to users of its existing apps.

67
1 year ago

Computes a person’s carbon footprint, and shows how to reduce it through a series of actions. The company wants to enable people to see what they’re doing to benefit the planet and how they can do more.

67
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to build a large collection of books, comics, art prints and other collectibles. It helps people build up a private collection without paying high storage fees.

67
10 months ago

A software that helps companies create a blueprint for their products — a.k.a. “how-to-build-it” guide.

67
1 year ago

A startup that makes a 3D-printed prosthetic hand to replace a lost or damaged hand.

66
1 year ago

For designers, this is an all-in-one program that allows you to create and screen print shirts, mugs and more.

66
4 months ago

A company that’s building a tool to help the fashion industry cut down on their carbon footprint.

66
1 year ago

A startup that builds 3D printers that can build custom iPhone cases.

64
1 year ago

A startup that sells beautiful, custom-made earrings constructed using 3D printers.

64
1 year ago

This startup is building a consumer-facing tool that helps people track their carbon footprint and make their own personal plan to reduce their impact.

64
1 year ago

A new way to use 3D printers, allowing people to use the printers to create simple objects in the same way they would use a 3D printer to create more detailed objects.

64
1 year ago

A startup that uses a 3D printing process to create new components for electronic devices.

64
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a platform to allow users to create their own custom-engineered blocks on a 3D printer. Those blocks can be used to construct robot arms, medical devices, and other tools.

63
1 year ago

A 3D printing service that uses a laser to cut and engrave images, with a focus on customizing products.

63
1 year ago

An iOS app that allows users to make “3D-printed” earrings and pendants.

62
1 year ago

Security for Android phones that could include that much-coveted fingerprint recognition feature.

62
1 year ago

A 3D printing service for businesses, which promises to bundle all the 3D printing services together so customers can find everything they might need under one roof. The 3D printing startup, which was founded in September 2018, is based in Silicon Valley.

62
1 year ago

A biometric authentication system that uses your face, fingerprints, or voice to log into a service.

62
4 months ago

A company that makes the process of creating and managing bulk orders of microchips much easier. It’s building software that allows manufacturers to print out microchips, rather than cutting them up, and has customers like Micron, Broadcom, and Renesas.

62
1 year ago

Automates the process of getting a fingerprint scanner to work on a device you already own. The startup is focusing first on Android devices and then extending to other platforms.

61
1 year ago

3D printers designed specifically to work with medical devices.

60
1 year ago

A platform for 3D printing and prototyping tools. The company’s software platform helps users create and sell 3D-printed products online.

60
1 year ago

A startup that builds printers that are designed to look like plants, with wood grain and other organic details.

59
1 year ago

A chatbot designed to answer all of your questions about how to reduce your carbon footprint, which they want to do by partnering with your utility company.

59
1 year ago

A ticketing software that allows you to pick up tickets from local venues and print them out at home (or by mobile app)

59
1 year ago

A 3D printing service that uses robots to build parts in high-volume using different materials. The company has a partnership with 3D Systems, which gives it access to a large pool of customers and materials.

59
11 months ago

A startup that wants to bridge the gap between technology and the manufacturing industry, with a focus on 3D printing and the industrial IoT.

59
1 year ago

A patent-pending technology for making 3D-printed objects from photos.

58
1 year ago

A company that wants to help companies reduce their carbon footprint by using solar power for their offices. The startup has raised $20 million in funding.

58
1 year ago

A platform that helps organizations to lower their energy costs, while also lowering their carbon footprint.

58
1 year ago

A startup that is building an automated, sensor-based process for generating custom 3D stereolithography printouts. It’s a printing process that takes digital models and converts them into a physical object with a three-dimensional form.

58
1 year ago

A startup that’s creating an “of-the-moment coupon” marketplace. The startup wants to build a marketplace that allows users to buy and sell coupons that are valid for events happening that day, and then print them out at home.

58
11 months ago

A 3D printing service that uses 3D scanners to scan items and then prints them.

58
1 year ago

The startup offers a tool for companies to make their own custom, branded products, using a 3D printer and a factory in China. The company has partnered with Unilever, United Parcel Service, and Chipotle among others.

57
1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easy to make furniture with 3D printing. A woodworker or designer can go to their website and select a model, upload their CAD files, and in just a few hours they’ll get a 3D-printed version of their design.

57
6 months ago

A startup that makes it easy for users to print individual pages from their personal websites.

57
1 year ago

A company that makes 3D printing filament for 3D printers. According to the company, “no one else makes what we make”, which is particularly important for companies that are new to 3D printing.

56
1 year ago

A company that helps manufacturers print their own labels that include QR codes.

56
1 year ago

 A company providing an API-based tool for architects and engineers that let them draw blueprints and share digitally. The startup’s clients include Comcast and Google.

56
9 months ago

 A company that has created a large, affordable 3D printer for the masses.

56
6 months ago

A startup that has built a 3D printer for taking 3D scans of your body and building it directly into a 3D printed prosthetic.

56
1 month ago

Build, share and sell your own 3D printer. The product is based on the open source RepRap technology.

56
1 year ago

This startup is building a 3-D printing service for dentists, targeting the $2.5 billion that dentists spend on dental materials.

55
10 months ago

A company that makes dog toys through 3D printing.

55
3 months ago

A software/hardware startup that is building an industrial-grade 3D printer for deposition of materials at industrial scales.

55
1 year ago

A startup that enables the design of 3D printed prosthetics. The company wants to provide 3D printing for prosthetics as a service, by offering it as a service, and partnering with 3D printing machines to print them.

54
10 months ago

A startup that is building a platform that allows users to draw on their phones, and then have a digital version of the drawing printed on paper.

54
1 year ago

The startup has developed a way to bring the flexibility, speed, and cost-efficiency of digital printing to the printing industry. The company is building a digital printing platform for professional print jobs, with the goal of replacing traditional printing services. They’re currently in the YC Winter 2019 batch.

53
1 year ago

 A CNC milling machine for 3D printing that has a heated build plate, a 3D printer kit, and a software program for designing and controlling the machine directly from your computer.

53
1 year ago

Home stores that use 3D printing and holograms to show off products in neat environments.

53
1 year ago

A 3D printer that prints out 3D printed parts for people to build and customize their own cars.

53
1 year ago

This company is building a platform where small businesses can design custom retail experiences for their customers. The startup lets you design a retail experience from scratch and have it printed on a piece of paper.

52
1 year ago

A company that develops software that lets people track their carbon footprint and offset it with payments made according to the size of their emissions.

52
1 year ago

Realeyes is an AI that can read printed text and translate it into a form of sign language. The startup wants to use it to help the blind and hearing-impaired interact with TVs, smartphones, and other devices.

52
9 months ago

The 3D-printing startup is teaming up with a health care company to make it easier for surgeons to practice.

52
1 year ago

A 3D-printed gadget that looks like a baseball cap that can be used to store and carry your phone in your pocket. The company calls it the “Portable Pocket”.

51
1 year ago

A startup that develops 3D-printed prosthetics,

51
1 year ago

A platform that provides the source code and instructions necessary to build physical products using 3D printing.

51
10 months ago

A startup that has developed an app that allows you to take a photo of any object, and have it printed to an object (like a mug or t-shirt).

51
1 year ago

A 3D design tool for printable circuit boards.

50
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies track the environmental impacts of their products and services. The startup is looking to create a single platform for tracking a company’s environmental footprint.

50
11 months ago

Building a community of creators to help build 3D models and 3D printables.

50
9 months ago

A platform that lets you upload and sell your own book. Williams has sold 30,000 copies of his book, which is currently in its second printing.

50
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easy for designers to create products that are printed and shipped to the customer’s home.

49
1 year ago

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center have created a 3-D printed, low-cost, wearable camera that can “see” in the infrared spectrum and uses a thermal-sensing camera to detect objects.

49
1 year ago

A tool that will allow non-profits to raise money for their causes by pre-selling branded merchandise, starting with a fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Customers purchase pieces of a t-shirt or hoody and design their own text and images, which they can then have printed and shipped. The proceeds of their sale will go directly to the American Red Cross.

49
9 months ago

A startup that builds smart, flexible and collapsible furniture. The startup says it has built a $5.5 million SaaS platform that uses automated 3D printing to create furniture in a factory and ships it directly to customers.

49
9 months ago

A startup that offers a way for small businesses to customize print products online to create special-edition products without the high upfront costs associated with traditional custom products.

49
1 year ago

A platform that helps businesses with a global reach, from small companies to multinationals, to grow their brand in a country where they have no footprint. It charges a small monthly subscription fee and allows you to add your business to a pool of companies to bid on.

48
11 months ago

A decentralized network of micro-distribution hubs that works with existing delivery apps to help those apps grow beyond their current geographic footprint. It’s meant to be a “one-stop shop” for delivery companies to start using.

48
4 months ago

A startup that lets small businesses take a picture of an invoice and have it automatically sent to the debtor’s email inbox, or printed out if they’re unable to copy and paste the email.

48
11 months ago

A $1-per-month app that helps users track their carbon footprint. Love.co is focused on helping users understand the environmental impacts of their daily habits, such as their food purchases, travel choices, and their energy usage.

47
9 months ago

A new technology that enables a 3D printed object to be “printed” onto a different object without the need for assembly.

47
1 year ago

A 3D-printing startup that makes it easier to create custom parts for expensive machines.

46
1 year ago

A startup that helps people take a picture of a ticket and automatically uploads it to their app, so they don’t have to worry about printing it out.

46
1 year ago

A platform that allows consumers to design and sell their own products through the use of 3D printing, and allows retailers to create custom made-to-order products.

45
1 year ago

Another company that tracks and offsets a person’s carbon footprint by helping them track their daily activities, and then offsets those carbon emissions with payments to offset both the person’s carbon footprint and their daily activities.

45
1 year ago

The company is building a low-cost, lightweight, and highly efficient way to make 3D printed prosthetics.

45
1 year ago

A company that uses robots to make 3D printed products. It’s first product is a 3D printed mug that you can drink coffee out of.

45
1 year ago

A Nubo is building a tool that lets you create and build digital objects from scratch. The startup wants to be the most powerful 3D digital studio for the web; it’s currently in private beta. It’s working with a few clients to provide a 3D modeling tool for 3D printing and more.

45
11 months ago

A platform that helps create custom-printed clothing

45
11 months ago

This healthcare startup is working on a new way for patients to store and manage their medical records, using a 3D printer.

45
11 months ago

This startup is building a technology for finding spare parts for manufacturing machines, including 3D printing parts.

45
10 months ago

A company that teaches people how to make their own clothes, and prints the patterns over 3D printing software. The startup is building a new system for independent fashion designers to sell their designs via the internet without the need for a sewing machine.

44
10 months ago

A machine that prints out your designs, like a 3-D printer, but for essentially any object, meaning you could print out a phone case, mug, or shirt. The machines, which look like a 3-D printer, are rolling out in the US and will be in the UK by the end of the year.

44
7 months ago

A company that makes a software platform to help customers make their own custom clothing, with designs that can be 3D printed.

44
3 months ago

A three-dimensional printing startup, printing out plastic and metal objects and selling those physical objects. The company wants to make it so people can print out their own custom-fit parts.

44
1 year ago

This company, together with the MIT Media Lab, is developing a 3D printer that can print any object with a human face.

43
9 months ago

The startup is building a 3D printer for small scale production. The founders met at Techstars, where they were early on a Y Combinator batch.

43
1 year ago

A startup that helps people manage their medical records digitally, allowing them to print out paperwork and keep them in one place, eliminating the need for paper.

42
10 months ago

A community of people who are building and selling 3D printers.

42
9 months ago

A hardware startup that sells a low-cost, low-energy, laser-based 3D printer that can print out objects from a 3D file. The team at PRINT.AI is led by a serial entrepreneur who has participated in Y Combinator, including projects such as Exakte and Foundry.

42
1 year ago

The startup is working on a platform that allows customers to design, produce, and print custom cards with 3D printers. The cards can be used as gift cards, business cards, or personal cards. The company is working with a few customers like Shopify and Microsoft, for whom the cards are used for employee rewards.

41
1 year ago

A 3D printing service for the travel industry, with a focus on “bringing the benefits of manufacturing to the global travel industry”, with a focus on the hospitality and tourism sector.

41
1 year ago

A 3D printing service for businesses, customized for every business, with hundreds of products and designs in inventory, and a 3D printer in every office. It’s a “solution for businesses that have a need for customized, high-quality products.”

41
8 months ago

A computer-aided design program that engineers can use to build 3D-printed devices.

41
6 months ago

A company that aims to eliminate the need to print invoices. The company’s platform handles e-invoicing, and sends out a PDF invoice to the customer automatically. They’re currently operating in California and New York.

41
1 year ago

The creators of this startup are known for creating the first climate change website in the world, with a few other companies in their portfolio. Their new startup is a smart platform that helps companies track and measure their climate footprint, and also a tool for nonprofits to fundraise.

40
10 months ago

A 3D printer that can print organic materials

40
6 months ago

A distributed supply chain platform that tries to bridge the gap between e-commerce and the physical world. They’re a B2B company that builds things like industrial robots and 3D printers, and help them connect securely to the e-commerce infrastructure of Amazon and Alibaba.

40
10 months ago

This startup is working on a service that promises to create a digitized version of your personal library, which you can then share with friends to read, sync with Dropbox, or print.

39
2 months ago

This startup is building a consumer-grade 3D printer, the first in the consumer space to use stereolithography. The company is using its own designs to make the first consumer-grade 3D printer to use stereolithography, a process that builds one object from multiple smaller ones.

39
9 months ago

This startup, based in the Netherlands, builds a method of 3D printing that they claim is “environmentally, economically and socially sustainable.”

38
7 months ago

A startup that helps users reduce the cost of their energy consumption, building “solar-powered” homes that can be used as a blueprint for other buildings.

38
2 months ago

A software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider that helps companies and organizations track and monitor their “digital footprints”, or the internet presence they have.

38
11 months ago

A company that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of cities by using drones to deliver people small packages of fruit and vegetables.

37
8 months ago

A startup that wants to add “biometric security” to inexpensive smartphone cameras, so the camera can be opened and the phone stolen by an attacker. The startup is working on the technology, which relies on an in-built fingerprint scanner using a touchscreen to unlock the phone.

37
7 months ago

A startup that helps companies reduce their physical footprint in the office by offlineizing their data. It’s currently in a pilot with 3 companies.

37
6 months ago

Invented a way to make a 3D printer truly 3D by using mirrors, which allows the printer to create objects that can be seen from all sides, without losing the computer-generated image being printed.

37
4 months ago

The startup is initially selling its product to businesses, but is also selling it to individuals in order to help them track their carbon footprint.

37
3 months ago

A platform for building and sharing 3D printed objects. The company has a patent for the 3D printing process and has a few products in the works.

37
2 months ago

This is an app for creating and selling print on demand books. It's currently selling over $200,000 a month and has $200,000 in monthly recurring revenue

37
1 year ago

A team of students who want to turn their passion into a business. They’re looking to build a product that allows users to take an image with them on the go and have it instantly printed on a variety of different products, like t-shirts, posters, and even phone cases.

36
11 months ago

A tiny personal computer for a few dollars with a 3D printer for $4,000.

36
6 months ago

an online tool that helps companies build, test, and export designs to be printed. The startup has been around since 2016 and has been used by over 75 companies.

35
5 months ago

A book delivery service that sends you books as soon as they’re printed. Books are delivered in real time, priced at $5.

35
10 months ago

A startup that wants to design and manufacture open source 3D printers for schools and home workshops.

34
8 months ago

A startup that helps you check if your car insurance covers you for car repairs, and lets you print out a claim form.

34
7 months ago

A hardware company that wants to build a hardware-based receipt printer that can produce receipts on demand. The company wants to use the same materials as the paper industry, which is more sustainable than inkjet.

34
5 months ago

This startup wants to help users track the environmental impact of their food choices. The company says it can help people cut their food waste by 20% and their carbon footprint by 30%.

34
5 months ago

A utility that helps companies reliably track and mitigate their carbon footprints. They currently have a pilot running with a number of large companies in the UK and Asia.

33
5 months ago

A platform that allows small businesses to make their own custom branded objects in a 3D printer

33
5 months ago

A startup that helps people reduce their carbon footprint by taking into account their location and habits. It’s a spin-off from the company Method, which has been called one of the most innovative startups of the past year.

33
7 months ago

A product that allows consumers to learn about their carbon footprint and offset it through air travel and energy purchases.

32
6 months ago

A startup that helps people track the carbon footprint of all their purchases and help them find ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

32
1 month ago

A company that makes 3D printing and 3D scanning affordable for home users.

32
9 months ago

A platform to help metal-fabrication and 3D printing startups scale and reach a global market. The startup is currently in stealth mode.

31
7 months ago

A company that’s trying to make money work better in the US by “printing” prepaid debit cards.

31
6 months ago

A platform for in-store sales, letting stores automate the process of printing digital signage ads, and putting those ads on their own marketing platforms.

31
25 days ago

A startup that offers an API for 3D printing of parts.

31
7 months ago

The startup aims to help brands make better use of their digital footprint by helping them determine what content is reaching their audience, and track changes. That’s the job of a social media analytics company, and Current uses data points from social media to help companies alert them when people in their audience are jumping from Facebook to Twitter for example.

30
2 months ago

A company that helps companies reduce their carbon footprint. The company is either a carbon offset provider or a software provider that helps companies calculate their carbon footprint.

30
1 month ago

A company that aims to improve the design of the physical world by creating a digital blueprint of the world that enables anyone to 3D print anything.

30
11 months ago

A tool to help companies reduce their carbon footprint and work with them to reduce it further. The company says it’s a “carbon reduction platform”, with a free version, a basic version, and a premium version.

29
8 months ago

De-carbonize is a startup that allows online merchants to offset their carbon footprint and reduce their carbon footprint.

29
1 month ago

A software platform to make it easier for manufacturers to create 3D printed parts.

29
6 months ago

A new way for mobile wallets to interact with payments at the point of sale. Coop’s solution is designed to help merchants securely accept mobile wallet payments while reducing the fraud they might face through the use of fingerprints to authenticate users.

27
6 months ago

A platform for users to discover, share, and print photos from their smartphones.

27
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can go to a special location and a professional photographer will take a photo of them and their family and then print it out

26
13 days ago

This startup aims to make it easier to ship products by making it easier to build something on a 3D printer, selling kit tools designed to make assembly and fabrication of complex products simple and easy.

26
2 years ago

Idea: Use browser fingerprinting to combat fraud

25
1 month ago

A facial recognition app for iPhone that’s meant to be used in the background and is touted as a replacement for mobile fingerprint readers. The startup is still in stealth mode, and a company rep says that it’s just a few months away from launch.

24
1 month ago

A customizable origami robot. The startup’s first product is a 3D printed robot that folds origami to create the shape. The startup’s second product is an app that allows users to play around with the robots.

24
1 month ago

Sealed Air is a startup that wants to use 3D printing to make food packaging from food-grade materials. The startup is backed by $7.5 million from a raft of food industry types, including Tyson Foods and the Hershey Company.

24
2 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace for buying and selling 3D-printed objects. The startup aims to be a marketplace for a new generation of makers, with a platform to bring together designers, engineers, and 3D-printers. They currently have 500 open-ended jobs, and a $1k average order size.

23
2 years ago

A startup that sells physical gifts that you can print out on a 3D printer (IE: A keychain, a tissue box, a phone case)

22
2 months ago

A software that can be used to create a map of a business's physical assets, creating a digital footprint.

22
1 month ago

A company that helps retailers develop color palettes that are easier to pull off on the web. Their color wheel tool helps designers and merchandisers design color schemes that don’t clash with one another but still look good on screen and in print.

21
2 years ago

Idea: A platform that makes it easy for marketers to generate print-ready campaign collateral.

20
1 month ago

A platform for creating personalized photos for clients and consumers, which it calls “Snapshots.” Snapshots lets users create custom prints of photos, which it then sells to clients.

17
1 month ago

A startup that lets you pay for a meal with your phone. A new feature of the app lets you use your phone’s fingerprint as a form of payment, currently without requiring you to pay a monthly subscription fee.

16
5 days ago

A platform that helps companies reduce their energy usage by up to 40 percent and cut their carbon footprint by 20 percent. The startup does this by pushing out energy monitoring and usage data to home appliances, which will then adjust their operation and usage to reduce energy consumption.

16
1 month ago

A company that uses AI and machine learning to provide people with the tools that help them design their own 3D printed prosthetic limbs.

14
1 month ago

Homegrown is an authentication app that provides a “simplified” form of biometrics (like fingerprints) to ensure you’re you when logging in to a service.

12
2 years ago

Idea: A company that helps brands manage their “influencers”, a new media channel that has emerged alongside more traditional ones like print, TV, and radio. There aren’t many tools for brands to use to manage this new channel, and the team wants to solve that problem.

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2 years ago

Idea: A business that sells plastic tubes with powder that you can use to print your own 3D objects.

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2 years ago

Generate a “voiceprint” of a voice and use it to train a remote worker to sound like someone else

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2 years ago

 A startup that makes a custom-designed and usable 3D printer

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