Markforged

Acquired

Watertown maker of composite and metal printers, the first to print continuous carbon fibre reinforcement. Went public by SPAC in 2021, was bought by Nano Dimension in 2025 and is being sold to Stratasys in 2026.

Announced its merger with one in Feb 2021 at 2.1 billion dollars of equity value. The 3D printing SPAC scoreboard sets that against what came next.

Status: Acquired
Headquarters: Watertown, Massachusetts
Founded: 2013
Ownership: Nano Dimension, with a sale to Stratasys pending
Technologies: Continuous fibre composites, Metal binder jetting

Timeline

8 entries, oldest first

2013
2013
Founded by Gregory Mark and David Benhaim
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2021
Jul 2021
Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC
Began trading as MKFG on 15 July 2021 after merging with one, with about 361 million dollars in gross proceeds.
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Dec 2021
Co-founder Greg Mark leaves
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2024
Apr 2024
Jury awards Continuous Composites 17.34 million dollars
The verdict on 11 April 2024 found Markforged printers infringed a continuous-fibre patent.
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Sep 2024
Settles the patent case for 25 million dollars
Signed a settlement and patent licence on 20 September 2024.
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Sep 2024
Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover
Signed on 25 September 2024 at 5.00 dollars a share.
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2025
Apr 2025
Nano Dimension closes the deal and Markforged leaves the NYSE
Completed on 25 April 2025 at about 116 million dollars.
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2026
May 2026
Nano agrees to sell Markforged to Stratasys
For 42.5 million dollars in cash, with Nano keeping the binder-jetting product line.
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