{
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "desktop-metal",
 "name": "Desktop Metal",
 "status": "acquired",
 "status_label": "Acquired",
 "segment": "Metal printer makers",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/desktop-metal/",
 "listing": null,
 "headquarters": "Burlington, Massachusetts",
 "founded": 2015,
 "ownership": "Bought out of bankruptcy by Arc in 2025",
 "technologies": [
  "Metal and sand binder jetting"
 ],
 "description": "Binder-jetting printer maker founded in 2015. Went public by SPAC in 2020, bought ExOne for 575 million dollars in 2021, was acquired by Nano Dimension in April 2025, filed for Chapter 11 in July 2025 and was bought out of bankruptcy by Arc.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-20",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "Oct 2015",
   "title": "Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts",
   "detail": "Ric Fulop was among its seven founders.",
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_Metal"
  },
  {
   "date": "Dec 2020",
   "title": "Lists on the NYSE through the Trine SPAC",
   "detail": "Completed the combination on 9 December 2020, funded by Trine’s 305 million dollar trust and a 275 million dollar private placement, and traded as DM from the next day.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/desktop-metal-completes-trine-business-combination-becomes-publicly-listed/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Aug 2021",
   "title": "Agrees to buy ExOne for 575 million dollars",
   "detail": "Offered 8.50 dollars in cash plus 17.00 dollars in stock for each ExOne share.",
   "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/desktop-metal-to-acquire-exone-in-575-million-deal/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Nov 2021",
   "title": "Closes the ExOne deal",
   "detail": "The final value came to about 561.3 million dollars at Desktop Metal’s share price.",
   "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754820/000110465921138222/tm2132753d1_ex99-1.htm"
  },
  {
   "date": "May 2023",
   "title": "Agrees to merge with Stratasys",
   "detail": "An all-stock deal signed on 25 May 2023.",
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2023",
   "title": "Stratasys shareholders vote the merger down",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-shareholders-vote-against-desktop-metal-merger/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2024",
   "title": "Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover",
   "detail": "All cash at 5.50 dollars a share, adjustable down toward 4.07.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240703252122/en/Nano-Dimension-to-Acquire-Desktop-Metal-Creating-a-Leader-in-Additive-Manufacturing"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2025",
   "title": "Nano Dimension completes the acquisition",
   "detail": "Closed on 2 April 2025.",
   "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Completes-Acquisition-of-Desktop-Metal/default.aspx"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2025",
   "title": "Files for Chapter 11",
   "detail": "Its independent board filed on 28 July 2025, citing liabilities and liquidity needs.",
   "source": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/nano-dimensions-desktop-metal-subsidiary-files-for-chapter-11-93CH-4156193"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2025",
   "title": "Arc buys Desktop Metal out of bankruptcy",
   "detail": "Longtime chief operating officer Thomas Nogueira became chief executive.",
   "source": "https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/additive/news/55317262/desktop-metal-comes-back-nano-dimension-may-be-going"
  },
  {
   "date": "2025",
   "title": "Arc completes 7 million dollar purchase of key Desktop Metal and ExOne assets",
   "detail": "Arc Impact Acquisition Corp, trading as Autonomous Resource Corporation, acquired key assets of Desktop Metal and ExOne out of bankruptcy for 7 million dollars, taking the business private.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/arc-impact-to-acquire-key-desktop-metal-and-exone-assets-in-7m-bankruptcy-sale/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2026",
   "title": "ARC and Oak Ridge launch Exascale Foundry with seven production nodes",
   "detail": "Autonomous Resource Corporation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory form a public-private partnership deploying a network of seven autonomous manufacturing production nodes connected via ARCNet for AI-accelerated defense production.",
   "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/autonomous-resource-corporation-ornl-defence-parts/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2026",
   "title": "No new events reported since bankruptcy sale to Arc Impact",
   "detail": "No funding rounds, acquisitions, listings, insolvencies, financial results, factory openings or chief executive changes have been published for Desktop Metal after April 2026.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/"
  }
 ]
}