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

9 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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Sep 2026
Appoints Unotech as exclusive distributor in Hong Kong
Announced on 24 September 2026. Unotech Limited takes sales, technical support and application development for the continuous fibre range, aimed at aviation maintenance, electronics and medical devices; the launch was held at the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
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Posts about Markforged

Industry news

Stratasys and Nano Dimension terminate $42.5 million Markforged acquisition

Nov 12, 2026 Materials data

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Oct 27, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks, Q4 2025 and Q1 2026: the 2025 numbers split the sector

Sep 27, 2026 AI and 3D

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Sep 22, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks now: where the survivors stand in late 2026

Sep 12, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks, Q2 2025: the deals close and Markforged leaves the market

Sep 12, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks, Q1 2025: Nano's new board inherits two deals and a fight

Sep 12, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks, Q4 2024: Nano Dimension removes the people who ran the deals

Sep 11, 2026 Market history

3D printing stocks, Q3 2024: Nano goes shopping while another name falls off the board

Sep 10, 2026 Market history

How 2023 became a 3D printing takeover war that nobody won

Sep 7, 2026 Market history

How the 3D printing SPAC bubble burst in 2022

Sep 6, 2026

Last checked 1 Oct 2026. Informational only, not investment advice. Timeline entries are compiled by hand from public sources and can lag real events. Figures come from company reports and news, not from us. Private companies rarely publish financials; where a figure is not disclosed we say so instead of estimating it. This page as JSON, free to use with a credit: open data.