Thursday, June 20, 2013

Bezos Gets Giant Exit At MakerBot

Bezos Expeditions, the venture investing arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, scored big win Wednesday, when MakerBot, which makes 3D printers, was acquired by Stratasys for $403M in stock plus up to $201M in earnout. Bezos Expeditions had invested in Makerbot back in 2011, along with Foundry Group, True Ventures, and others. MakerBot's products had allowed people to create real, 3D objects from computer designs.