Nachdem wiederum ein Investor in letzter Minute abgesprungen ist, sucht das Team von Desktop Factory weiter knapp 1 Mio. Dollar Kapital, um seinen Low Cost 3D Printer weiterzuentwickeln und doch noch auf den Markt zu bringen.

Das schreibt Geschäftsführerin Cathy Lewis im aktuellen Rundbrief ("The Cash Crunch Continues"):

"So in the last week of
April we felt like royalty — for at least a few minutes — as we had secured our C
Round funding partners and were ready to get back to our passion, developing
low cost 3D printing. Yes, along with Idealab, that pioneering incubator,
we had a French firm and an Irish firm with US representation who had committed
to finance Desktop Factory.

So to update you on our current situation, we have NOT been able to close our
C Round of fundraising. We still have committed investors in the US with Idealab, and in Ireland and the US with SOSventures.

Our objective is to determine the best funding alternative for the company within the next 30 to 60 days.
We will continue to guard our remaining cash carefully and delay
customer beta activities until we know our financial path forward."

Man kann gespannt sein, ob sich in letzter Minute doch noch neue Geldgeber finden. Leider sagt der Newsletter nichts über den aktuellen Stand des Projekts

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