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 "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": "markforged",
 "name": "Markforged",
 "status": "acquired",
 "status_label": "Acquired",
 "segment": "Desktop and professional printers",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/markforged/",
 "listing": null,
 "headquarters": "Watertown, Massachusetts",
 "founded": 2013,
 "ownership": "Nano Dimension, with a sale to Stratasys pending",
 "technologies": [
  "Continuous fibre composites",
  "Metal binder jetting"
 ],
 "description": "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.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-01",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2013",
   "title": "Founded by Gregory Mark and David Benhaim",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markforged"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jul 2021",
   "title": "Lists on the NYSE through a SPAC",
   "detail": "Began trading as MKFG on 15 July 2021 after merging with one, with about 361 million dollars in gross proceeds.",
   "source": "https://3dprint.com/283244/markforged-completes-spac-merger-and-begins-trading-on-nyse/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Dec 2021",
   "title": "Co-founder Greg Mark leaves",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://markforged.com/resources/news-events/markforged-announces-director-and-co-founder-greg-mark-to-depart"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2024",
   "title": "Jury awards Continuous Composites 17.34 million dollars",
   "detail": "The verdict on 11 April 2024 found Markforged printers infringed a continuous-fibre patent.",
   "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240415203160/en/Jury-Awards-Continuous-Composites-Over-%2417-Million-in-Past-Damages-For-Patent-Infringement-by-Markforged"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2024",
   "title": "Settles the patent case for 25 million dollars",
   "detail": "Signed a settlement and patent licence on 20 September 2024.",
   "source": "https://3dprint.com/313189/markforged-to-pay-25m-to-continuous-composites-in-lawsuit-settlement/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2024",
   "title": "Agrees to a Nano Dimension takeover",
   "detail": "Signed on 25 September 2024 at 5.00 dollars a share.",
   "source": "https://3dprint.com/314410/3d-printing-financials-markforged-q3-numbers-amid-nano-dimension-buyout/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2025",
   "title": "Nano Dimension closes the deal and Markforged leaves the NYSE",
   "detail": "Completed on 25 April 2025 at about 116 million dollars.",
   "source": "https://investors.nano-di.com/press-releases/news-details/2025/Nano-Dimension-Announces-Closing-of-Markforged-Acquisition/default.aspx"
  },
  {
   "date": "May 2026",
   "title": "Nano agrees to sell Markforged to Stratasys",
   "detail": "For 42.5 million dollars in cash, with Nano keeping the binder-jetting product line.",
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/stratasys-acquires-markforged-from-nano-dimension-for-42-5-million/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Sep 2026",
   "title": "Appoints Unotech as exclusive distributor in Hong Kong",
   "detail": "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.",
   "source": "https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/09/24/tmt-newswire/media-outreach-newswire/markforged-appoints-unotech-as-exclusive-distributor-in-hong-kong/2432072"
  }
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}