Compared to the continued growth of recent years, 2024 can be described as a “momentous winter”. For the first time, funding for the 3D printing industry has fallen sharply, almost “cut in half”.
This is to be expected. Due to the gradual tightening of IPOs, no 3D printing companies will go public this year. In comparison, Farsoon Hi-Tech’s IPO last year raised 1.105 billion yuan. Blit achieved a fixed increase of 3.007 billion yuan, contributing nearly half of last year’s total financing. Even though the overall volume of financing will decrease by almost half in 2024, the current situation is not pessimistic. As the IPO market gradually recovers, Sikan Technology is expected to be successfully listed in January 2025, and at least five companies are currently undergoing IPO coaching.
Then, coming back to this year’s financing report, what requires special explanation is that among themTwo companies each received 500 million yuan in financingbut specific details have not yet been made public. Due to the large amount of reliable information, we are still including it in this year’s funding statistics. The following is a summary of 3D printing industry funding data in 2024 from the Resource Library. At the end of the article, a statistical table of fundraising events throughout the year is attached for reference.
Note: For the convenience of statistics, we calculate the amount according to the rules of taking the average value – for tens of millions of financing we use 30 million to calculate and for almost 10 million financing we use 8 million to calculate. calculate; calculate, and tens of millions refers to 10 million; above One hundred million yuan refers to 120 million yuan, and several hundred million yuan refers to 300 million yuan. Funding time is calculated based on media disclosure time.
According to public information statistics, the 3D printing industry will total31 companies32 fundraising events were held, among which Yuding Additive received funding twice. Excluding the undisclosed amount, the total funding amounts to3.142 billion yuancovering several segments. Among them, the financing amount is disclosedMore than 100 million yuantotal eventsFrom 7companies involved include Hanbang Technology, Veraly, Shilin 3D, Yijia 3D, Beifeng Intelligent, Dingyi Technology and Resai Intelligent. For detailed funding data, see the statistical table at the end of the article.
01 Funding round
Statistics show that there have been 11 and 10 rounds of Series A and B financing respectively, accounting for approximately 65.62% in total, once again indicating that most 3D printing companies are still in the development stage. growth. Pre-A round funding occurred 4 times, ranking third, while angel funding and strategic funding both occurred 2 times. It’s worth noting that there are three C-round financings and one F-round financing, indicating that a company in the industry is about to move towards an IPO.
Among them, many companies such as Yijia 3D, Veraly, Rongsu Technology, Resai Intelligent and Chenglian Technology received financing for two consecutive years, and most of them were large-scale financing of more than 100 million yuan , fully demonstrating their strength in the industry. . Strong development dynamic.
02 Duration of financing
From the perspective of financing time, the number of financing events in the four quarters of 2024 are 6, 6, 9 and 11 respectively, and the total financing for each quarter is 670 million yuan, 808 million of yuan, 818 million yuan and 846 million yuan. yuan respectively, little fluctuation compared to last year. It is worth mentioning that Aniso 3D and Shangcai 3D each received nearly 100 million yuan in financing at the end of the year, successfully concluding industry financing in 2024.
03 segments
Among the 3D printing industry segments in 2024, equipment-related financing activities are the most frequent, with a total of 17 financing events, accounting for 53.12%. 3D printing materials and services tied for second, both with 6 incidents, while 3D printing applications only had 3 funding incidents. In addition, there has been no funding in the software component for two consecutive years, and the last funding came from Mange Technology in 2022. Among the equipment, in addition to 3D printers, there is also funding from the scanner manufacturer 3D Xilin 3D.
From an industry perspective, equipment remains an important direction for obtaining financing in the field of 3D printing, reflecting its central position as the technological foundation of the industry. However, according to our observations, in many cases of foreign financing this year, more than 100 million yuan of funds have been concentrated on the application side. This shows that as the application side is gradually implemented, its commercial potential is widely recognized by the capital market. In the future, more companies will be favored by capital for their breakthroughs in the application field.
04 Geographic distribution
From the perspective of geographic distribution, a total of 32 fundraising events were held in 11 regions in 2024, which is essentially the same as last year. Among them, Jiangsu and Zhejiang performed particularly well, with a total of 13 fundraising events, accounting for 40.62%. Jiangsu ranked first with 9 fundraising events, accounting for 28.12%; Shanghai and Zhejiang tied for second, with 4 fundraising events each. The number of fundraising events in Guangdong has decreased significantly, from 6 last year to 3.
Conclusion
Overall, although the financial performance of the 3D printing industry has seen a short-term decline, this is only a temporary phenomenon. With the arrival of 2025, more and more companies apply 3D printing technology in their production, and the industry is expected to usher in a warm “spring” and move towards a new growth cycle.
Attached is the summary of 2024 financing
