3D Hubs raises $18M to invest in its automation capabilities

3D Hubs, one of the world’s largest network of manufacturing services has just raised $18 million in series C funding. The investment round was led by the Dutch growth capital investment firm Ended Capital and will focus on developing the company’s automation capabilities for manufacturing. The investment round featured the contribution of five other parties including Erik de Bruijn, co-founder of Ultimaker.

The idea behind developing 3D Hubs’ automation capabilities is to make the ordering process smoother for customers. As Bram de Zwart, Co-Founder and CEO of 3D Hubs explains, “Thanks to our algorithms, 93% of manufacturing orders are fully automated, allowing us to get parts into our customers’ hands twice as fast on average. This latest funding round will give us the power to make manufacturing outsourcing even smarter and simpler, and we couldn’t be more excited”.

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For example, through automated features such as quoting and manufacturability feedback, the on-demand manufacturing procedure could be made more efficient. Talking about this last point, IIan Goudsmit, Investment Manager at Endeit Capital said, “The combination of 3D Hubs’ proprietary software, high-quality network of vetted suppliers spread across four continents and most visited website among engineers makes it a unique company with tremendous global potential”.