APAC’s 3D Printing Capital Wave Is Bigger Than Venture Funding

• By the usual measure, a tally of funding rounds, APAC’s additive manufacturing market had a quiet second quarter. The capital that has actually closed across the region comes to about...

By the usual measure, a tally of funding rounds, APAC’s additive manufacturing market had a quiet second quarter. The capital that has actually closed across the region comes to about $556M in financing and IPO proceeds. The full set of disclosed commitments runs far higher, close to $2.02B, once planned share placements, announced acquisition consideration, factory capex, and program funding are added to the closed deals. The two numbers describe very different quarters, and the gap between them is the subject of this report. The AMPulse data shows a split between attention and money. Product launches were the quarter’s busiest news category in APAC, with 94, well ahead of the 53 funding items. The dollars, though, did not follow the headlines. When a commitment came with a real figure a