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01.02.2025 | Tariff Tensions: The Economic Storm Brewing Between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico | A tempest brews on the North American trade horizon. Former President Trump is poised to unleash a wave of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico. The stakes are high, and the consequences could ripple through the economy like a stone to... |
31.01.2025 | National Politics | From avocados to autos, Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico could hit close to home | The president says the 25% levies are designed to pressure America’s two neighbors to do more to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants and fentanyl into the United States.
Michael Robinet of S&P Global Mobility and many other analyst... |
29.05.2024 | Fictiv's 2024 State of Manufacturing Report Reveals Industry at Critical Inflection Point Amid Economic Pressures and AI Integration | Following four years of unprecedented global disruptions, insights indicate manufacturing leaders are working to balance innovation, profitability, and AI implementation with many shifting regionalization strategies.
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06.02.2024 | Fictiv Launches ChatGPT-Powered Materials.AI | Industry-first AI assistant helps engineers choose the right manufacturing material for their projects.
Fictiv, a global manufacturing company, announced the release of Materials.AI, an industry-first AI assistant powered by ChatGPT that he... |
10.11.2023 | Innovations in Medical Component Manufacturing: A Comprehensive Exploration | Share
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The production of medical components is vital to the healthcare sector since it supplies the parts needed to assemble medical instruments, equipment, and gadgets. Significant advancements in the field have enha... |
22.06.2023 | AI could solve the engineering brain drain, a new study says | Manufacturers are losing highly-skilled mechanical engineers, a Fictiv study found.
Execs are turning to AI-tools like virtual reality to make up for it and boost productivity.
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02.02.2023 | How Fictiv is making hardware manufacturing more like building software | Over the past few years, we’ve spoken with hundreds of hardware startups, and there’s one phrase that has been showing up in almost every interview: “supply chains.”
They were always important for people shipping physical products, of cours... |
20.12.2022 | Powered by Nexa 3D technology Quickparts introduces Express CNC, Injection Molding, and 3D printing service | Prototyping company Quickparts, has announced a new service offering as fast as same-day shipping.
This is made possible by the company’s use of novel manufacturing technologies such as the Lubricant Sublayer Photo-curing (LSPc) 3D printing... |
06.12.2022 | Top 3 Predictions For The Manufacturing Industry In 2023 | It’s an understatement to say our world has faced (and continues to face) significant challenges recently, and I’ve been thinking a lot about those challenges and what they may mean for the future of the manufacturing industry. Here are my ... |
11.11.2022 | Why digital sourcing platform Fictiv stays in China when others are leaving | As many businesses shift supply chains out of China in response to the uncertainties of geopolitical tensions and Beijing’s “zero COVID” policy, Fictiv is solidifying its outpost in the country.
San Francisco-based Fictiv runs a platform th... |
25.10.2022 | Fictiv adds 3D Visualization to Injection Molding DFM System | Adding 3D Visualization to its Injection Molding DFM System is the latest example of the company’s innovation and expansion in the market.
Fictiv, a San Francisco-based manufacturing bureau, has added 3D visualization to its injection moldi... |
26.09.2022 | Fictiv raised $100 million in funding backed by Bill Gates for on-demand manufacturing. See the 15-slide pitch deck that persuaded investors. | Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates backed the firm. John Lamparski/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Supply-chain startup Fictiv recently raised $100 million in a... |
08.08.2022 | 3D Printing Industry News Sliced: Velo3D, Xerox, Weta Workshop, MyMiniFactory and more | In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments, partnerships, and acquisitions in the additive manufacturing sector.
Today’s edition features financial updates, a host of medical 3... |
06.05.2022 | Fictiv picks up $100M | Fictiv has raised a $100 million Series E led by Activate Capital. Based in the Bay Area, the company is the developer of a digital manufacturing platform designed to help businesses manage supply chain risks and automate workflows.
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06.05.2022 | Fictiv secures $100M in Series E funding to push on-demand 3D printing technology | Fictiv, a San Francisco-based on-demand manufacturing service provider, has secured $100 million in Series E funding.
Since its founding in 2013, Fictiv has produced and delivered over 19 million custom mechanical parts via 3D printing, CNC... |
05.05.2022 | Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, a Saudi prince, and other investors have agreed to pour $7.1B into Elon Musk’s deal for Twitter | 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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05.05.2022 | As supply chain issues mount, Fictiv helps companies get from prototype to manufacturing | It used to be getting from prototyping to manufacturing meant long, expensive trips to places like Shenzhen and a whole lot of trial and error. Fictiv was founded back in 2013 to address some of the biggest pain points of bringing products ... |
05.05.2022 | Manufacturing matchmaker Fictiv raises $100M for supply chain push | Fictiv co-founder and CEO Dave Evans [Photo courtesy of Fictiv]Fictiv has closed a $100 million Series E funding round, the on-demand manufacturing technology company said today.
Fictiv focuses on “helping companies produce better products,... |
05.05.2022 | Fictiv raises $100M to deliver ‘hardware at the speed of software’
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Ama... | Fictiv Inc., a high-availability on-demand manufacturing ecosystem for supply chains, today announced it has raised $100 million in a late-stage funding round led by Activate Capital as part of its mission to expand its focus on reducing su... |
05.05.2022 | Fictiv Completes $100M Series E Financing |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Fictiv, a leader in high-quality, on-demand manufacturing, today announced the closing of a $100 million Series E funding round.
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05.05.2022 | Fictiv Secures $100M in Series E Funding | Co-founders Dave Evans and Nate Evans (from left to right) founded Fictiv in 2013.
Fictiv, a San Francisco, CA-based leader in high-quality, on-demand manufacturing, closed a $100m Series E funding round.
The round, which brings total fundi... |
05.05.2022 | Fictiv lands $100M to grow Uber for manufacturing | 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!
Fictiv has raised an additional $100 million to b... |
01.04.2022 | From Series A To Salesforce, 50 Perspectives On Hiring Tech Talent | "The Great Resignation" has shaken up the tech talent landscape. I spoke with 50+ recruiters, hiring ... [+] managers, founders, VCs, and more folks on the hiring side about the current dynamic difficulties of hiring. David Lobbin... |
31.03.2022 | 3D printing industry news sliced: The AMUG Conference, Stratasys, 3D Systems, Peugeot, Sinterit, Wurth, COBOD and more | In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments, partnerships, and acquisitions in the additive manufacturing sector.
Today’s edition features upcoming launches at the 2022 AMUG Con... |
30.03.2022 | From digital to continuous transformation | Phil Lewis, Infor’s VP of Solution Consulting EMEA.
Digital transformation has dominated boardroom agendas in recent years, driving modern ways of working, new business models and enhanced customer value. The pandemic in particular has acce... |
21.02.2022 | Fictiv to solve manufacturing supply chain challenges with Enterprise Business Solutions launch | On-demand manufacturing platform Fictiv has launched its Enterprise Business Solutions portfolio aimed at solving many of the supply chain challenges facing manufacturers.
Accessible through the firm’s base Enterprise platform, the portfoli... |
10.01.2022 | Types of Injection Molding Technologies to Bring Your Prototype to Production | David Thompson, Tech Times 10 January 2022, 10:01 am
(Photo : Raghavendra V. Konkathi via Unsplash)
The global plastic injection molding market size was recently estimated to be 360.6 billion USD in 2019 and is projected to swell to 498.9... |
16.12.2021 | Smart and Secure: AT&T's Focus on Manufacturing | The manufacturing industry is ripe for digital transformation. Over the past 18 months, manufacturers have had to assess and reassess their operating models, processes and more-just to maintain productivity. These challenges have evolved in... |
04.06.2021 | What is 3D printing? Understanding the technology that's changing the way we manufacture everyday objects | 3D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wood, synthetic fibers, and more.
You can 3D-print your own designs using a digital program or download ready-made plans from the internet.
3D-printing... |
03.06.2021 | What is 3D printing? Understanding the technology that’s changing the way we manufacture everyday objects | Unlike traditional paper printing, 3D printing creates three-dimensional objects by using code to print thousands of layers. kovaciclea/Getty Images 3D printing creates solid objects from the additive process of layering plastics, metal, wo... |
18.02.2021 | Fictiv Raises $35M in Series D |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Fictiv announced a new $35M round of Series D funding led by 40 North Ventures.
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17.02.2021 | Fictiv Raises $35M in Series D Funding | Fictiv, a San Francisco, CA-based digital manufacturing ecosystem solution, raised $35M in Series D funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $92M, was led by 40 North Ventures with participation from Honeywell, Sumitomo Mitsui Ban... |
17.02.2021 | Fictiv nabs $35M to build out the ‘AWS of hardware manufacturing’ | - |
17.02.2021 | Fictiv nabs $35M to build out the ‘AWS of hardware manufacturing’ | Hardware may indeed be hard, but a startup that’s built a platform that might help buck that idea by making hardware a little easier to produce has announced some more funding to continue building out its platform.
Fictiv, which positions i... |
11.02.2021 | Buy American's Fatal Flaw Is Ignoring Digital Investment | Can Buy American really work?Image by Michael Bubmann from Pixabay |
09.02.2021 | AI & Machine Learning in the CNC Machining Industry | Like many industries, the manufacturing industry experienced a significant impact from COVID-19 over the past year. Perhaps the biggest impact is that manufacturers have accelerated their adoption of IoT and various sensors in an adapt to f... |
06.01.2021 | Post-Pandemic Manufacturing Innovation: Full Speed Ahead | Industrial technology concept. Factory automation. Smart factory. INDUSTRY 4.0getty |
21.07.2020 | 89% of manufacturing companies have reported business impacts due to COVID-19 | Getty Images/iStockphoto
A survey of business leaders in the manufacturing sector found that 89% report business impacts from COVID-19, with a large portion of that impact coming from supply chain problems.
On-demand manufacturing company F... |
12.02.2020 | How The IoT Is Changing Mass Manufacturing | The Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer a new phenomenon. But it’s certainly one that’s still growing and branching out. To that point, we have written in the past about the near future of the IoT, specifically citing forecasts of some 42... |
06.03.2019 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 6 | BAD MEDICINE
Medicine and money can be a dangerous combination. The rapid rise of health system venture capital funding is surfacing some thorny ethical dilemmas, according to a Healthcare Dive investigation.
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05.03.2019 | Fictiv raises $33M to be the “AWS of hardware manufacturing” | - |
05.03.2019 | Fictiv gets $33M in Series C to scale its platform for fast, on-demand parts manufacturing | The startup's CEO says he wants to to help build hardware at the speed of software development
As the idea of product customization and flexible production has gained ground in recent years, propelled by 3D printing technologies, one startu... |
05.03.2019 | Fictiv Secures $33M in Series C Funding | Fictiv, a San Francisco, Calif.-based cloud contract manufacturing platform, closed a $33m Series C funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $58m, was led by G2VP, with new investor Mitsui & Co. joining return partners Accel, ... |
05.03.2019 | Fictiv raises $33M to be the ‘AWS of hardware manufacturing’ | Hardware, as the saying goes, is hard, but today a startup has raised some money for a manufacturing platform that it believes can make the prospect of starting and running hardware businesses a little easier. Fictiv, which positions itself... |
05.03.2019 | Daily funding roundup - March 5th, 2019 | Zabo raised $1.15M; Tagomi raised $12M; RackTop raised $15M; Mocana raised $15M
Zabo: Zabo combines your bank with your cryptocurrency. Zabo has raised $1.15 million in funding from Blockchange Ventures. Read more
Tagomi: Tagomi combines in... |
31.01.2019 | Foxconn is killing a second $9B factory | Foxconn is even more aggressively cutting back its growth ambitions around the world than we previously thought. In addition to the news yesterday that Foxconn intends to scale back its plans for a $10 billion factory in Wisconsin, leaving ... |
17.07.2018 | This $20 DIY kit makes your NES, SNES or Mega Drive controller wireless | I have to hand it to 8BitDo. At first I thought they were just opportunistically hawking cheap hunks of plastic in an era of unparalleled nostalgia for retro games, but… well, who am I kidding? That’s exactly what they’re doing. But they’re... |
09.05.2018 | Fictiv Closes $15M Series B Funding | Fictiv, a San Francisco, CA-based virtual manufacturing platform, closed a $15m Series B funding.
The round was led by Sinovation Ventures with participation from Accel, Intel Capital, Bill Gates, FJ Labs, Tandon Group and the Stanford-Star... |
09.05.2018 | Intel Capital Showcases 12 Startups, Shift to Data-Centric Strategy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The temperature in California’s Palm Desert hit 107 degrees Tuesday, but indoors at Intel Capital’s Global Summit meeting, the corporate venture arm said it has invested a coo... |
09.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, May 9 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
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08.05.2018 | Intel Capital announces $72 million of new investments in 12 technology startups | Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization, announced today at the Intel Capital Global Summit new investments totaling $72 million in 12 technology startups. With this new funding, Intel Capital’s year-to-date invest... |
08.05.2018 | Fictiv Raises $15M To Connect Tech Innovators & Parts Manufacturers | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Fictiv, a San Francisco software startup that links hardware developers with parts manufacturers in China, announced Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in a Series B fundi... |
08.05.2018 | Intel Capital pumps $72M into AI, IoT, cloud and silicon startups, $115M invested so far in 2018 | Intel Capital, the investment arm of the computer processor giant, is today announcing $72 million in funding for the 12 newest startups to enter its portfolio, bringing the total invested so far this year to $115 million. Announced at the ... |
24.11.2016 | Sous-vide startup wants to take the tech-industry’s kitchen darling mainstream | The new Nomiku is circulating chilled water to cool down the bubbly. Temperature is listed in Celsius.
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20.06.2016 | If Fictiv helps build it, hardware startups will come | Building things is hard. It’s so hard that early stage capital deployed to hardware startups consistently makes up less than 3% of venture capital investments according to the WSJ.
With Fictiv, Dave and Nathan Evans want to combine engineer... |