With Its Latest $200M Round, ICON May Be Running Away With the 3D Printed Construction Market

I used to view ICON, the Austin-based additive construction (AC) firm, as one of a handful of companies that could realistically consider itself the leader of the 3D printed construction market. Then almost all of those other companies failed, and eventually it was difficult to view ICON as anything but the leader of what is still a very niche, albeit tenacious, market segment.

Now, I’m wondering if anyone else can truly compete with ICON, and I must note that I’m intentionally phrasing the thought that way to be provocative. If you do think you can compete with ICON, by all means, prove it! We can only benefit from having more viable options for construction.

But, provocation aside, it still seems like a reasonable thing to consider, as ICON just announced a $200 million Series D. This