Matrix

Matrix is a San Francisco based venture capital firm founded in 1977 that backs early-stage companies across AI, B2B, consumer, fintech, health tech, and infrastructure. It works with product teams from idea through Series A, offering hands-on support and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies reach scale. The team comprises former founders and operators who bring practical insight to building startups. Matrix operates globally, including Matrix Partners China, which builds long-term relationships with entrepreneurs in China and abroad and invests across sectors and stages. Over its history, Matrix has backed companies that progressed to IPOs or acquisitions, reflecting a focus on durable growth and long-term value creation through close founder collaboration and a global network.

Ben Altshuler

Partner

Timothy Barrows

General Partner

Diana Kimball Berlin

Partner

Phyllis Doherty

Administrative Partner

Paul Ferri

Investor

Past deals in 3D Printing

Luma AI

Series B in 2024
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

Luma AI

Series B in 2024
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

LightForce Orthodontics

Series D in 2023
LightForce Orthodontics designs and manufactures customized, 3D-printed orthodontic solutions. Its product family includes Cloud Brackets, a white ceramic polycrystalline alumina bracket system; LightTray, a 3D-printed indirect bonding jig; and TurboTrays, 3D-printed guides for bite correction. The company’s technology enables precise slot dimensions and contoured edges with mass customization based on patient anatomy, and it operates a digital platform that connects orthodontists and technicians to co-create treatment plans. On-demand manufacturing supports patient-specific treatment, aiming to improve clinical outcomes and treatment efficiency.

Luma AI

Series A in 2023
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

CommonGround-AI

Series A in 2022
CommonGround-AI provides a new 3D video platform.

Qidi Technology

Angel Round in 2022
Qidi Technology is a high-tech enterprise that is early in researching, developing, and marketing 3D printers.

RightHand Robotics

Series C in 2022
RightHand Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotic order-picking systems that streamline supply chain logistics for various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company specializes in robotic solutions that automatically grasp a wide variety of items from bins and cases. Its flagship products include the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor designed to enhance the robots' ability to handle items gently and correct errors. RightHand Robotics focuses on providing end-to-end solutions that simplify integration and adaptation to diverse customer workflows, ultimately reducing the costs associated with order fulfillment across sectors such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals.

Radium Technology

Series A in 2021
Radium Technology focuses on deep application of metal 3D printing technology in the field of mold manufacturing and application.

Triastek

Series B in 2021
Triastek Co. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Nanjing, China, specializes in the manufacturing of 3D printed pharmaceuticals and related medical equipment. The company offers a range of drugs, including blockbuster and orphan drugs, along with complex drug delivery technologies. Triastek's portfolio includes 3D drug printing services, such as formulation design, equipment, and development methods, with patents secured in key global markets like China, the US, Europe, and Japan. Notably, the company owns Melt Extrusion Deposition (MED), a universally applicable 3D printing technology for solid formulations. Triastek's mission is to revolutionize drug delivery, development, and manufacturing through its proprietary 3D printing technology.

LightForce Orthodontics

Series C in 2021
LightForce Orthodontics designs and manufactures customized, 3D-printed orthodontic solutions. Its product family includes Cloud Brackets, a white ceramic polycrystalline alumina bracket system; LightTray, a 3D-printed indirect bonding jig; and TurboTrays, 3D-printed guides for bite correction. The company’s technology enables precise slot dimensions and contoured edges with mass customization based on patient anatomy, and it operates a digital platform that connects orthodontists and technicians to co-create treatment plans. On-demand manufacturing supports patient-specific treatment, aiming to improve clinical outcomes and treatment efficiency.

Luma AI

Seed Round in 2021
Luma AI is a generative AI startup that enables the transformation of text descriptions into 3D models and photorealistic representations from casually captured smartphone photos. The company aims to enhance how people capture, share, and experience scenes by bringing photos and videos into mixed reality, facilitating immersive demonstrations of products, memories, and online spaces. Its platform employs neural capture and rendering technology to convert ordinary images into photorealistic 3D assets suitable for e-commerce, real estate, and three-dimensional games, advancing access to a three-dimensional, mixed-reality future.

Triastek

Series B in 2021
Triastek Co. Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Nanjing, China, specializes in the manufacturing of 3D printed pharmaceuticals and related medical equipment. The company offers a range of drugs, including blockbuster and orphan drugs, along with complex drug delivery technologies. Triastek's portfolio includes 3D drug printing services, such as formulation design, equipment, and development methods, with patents secured in key global markets like China, the US, Europe, and Japan. Notably, the company owns Melt Extrusion Deposition (MED), a universally applicable 3D printing technology for solid formulations. Triastek's mission is to revolutionize drug delivery, development, and manufacturing through its proprietary 3D printing technology.

Snapmaker

Series A in 2021
Snapmaker is a China-based hardware company that develops an integrated platform for rapid prototyping and fabrication, combining 3D printing, laser engraving, and CNC carving in modular, all-metal machines. Founded in 2016, the company designs modular 3D printers that can be converted into CNC machines or laser cutters and engravers, aiming to turn desktops into small-scale workshops. The printers are described as easy to use for beginners and expandable for makers, offering affordable, convenient capabilities for creating objects and prototypes.

CommonGround-AI

Seed Round in 2020
CommonGround-AI provides a new 3D video platform.

LightForce Orthodontics

Series B in 2020
LightForce Orthodontics designs and manufactures customized, 3D-printed orthodontic solutions. Its product family includes Cloud Brackets, a white ceramic polycrystalline alumina bracket system; LightTray, a 3D-printed indirect bonding jig; and TurboTrays, 3D-printed guides for bite correction. The company’s technology enables precise slot dimensions and contoured edges with mass customization based on patient anatomy, and it operates a digital platform that connects orthodontists and technicians to co-create treatment plans. On-demand manufacturing supports patient-specific treatment, aiming to improve clinical outcomes and treatment efficiency.

Markforged

Series D in 2019
Founded in 2013, Markforged specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. Its product portfolio includes metal, carbon fiber, nylon, and PLA filament printers, capable of producing functional parts, tooling, and fixtures for various industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. The company's offerings also include EIGER, a proprietary 3D printing software.

RightHand Robotics

Series B in 2018
RightHand Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotic order-picking systems that streamline supply chain logistics for various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company specializes in robotic solutions that automatically grasp a wide variety of items from bins and cases. Its flagship products include the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor designed to enhance the robots' ability to handle items gently and correct errors. RightHand Robotics focuses on providing end-to-end solutions that simplify integration and adaptation to diverse customer workflows, ultimately reducing the costs associated with order fulfillment across sectors such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals.

LightForce Orthodontics

Venture Round in 2018
LightForce Orthodontics designs and manufactures customized, 3D-printed orthodontic solutions. Its product family includes Cloud Brackets, a white ceramic polycrystalline alumina bracket system; LightTray, a 3D-printed indirect bonding jig; and TurboTrays, 3D-printed guides for bite correction. The company’s technology enables precise slot dimensions and contoured edges with mass customization based on patient anatomy, and it operates a digital platform that connects orthodontists and technicians to co-create treatment plans. On-demand manufacturing supports patient-specific treatment, aiming to improve clinical outcomes and treatment efficiency.

Markforged

Series C in 2017
Founded in 2013, Markforged specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. Its product portfolio includes metal, carbon fiber, nylon, and PLA filament printers, capable of producing functional parts, tooling, and fixtures for various industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. The company's offerings also include EIGER, a proprietary 3D printing software.

RightHand Robotics

Series A in 2017
RightHand Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of robotic order-picking systems that streamline supply chain logistics for various industries, including e-commerce, food handling, and flexible manufacturing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company specializes in robotic solutions that automatically grasp a wide variety of items from bins and cases. Its flagship products include the ReFlex SF, which features a 3D-printed palm equipped with servos and compliant fingers, and the ReFlex TakkTile, a tactile sensor designed to enhance the robots' ability to handle items gently and correct errors. RightHand Robotics focuses on providing end-to-end solutions that simplify integration and adaptation to diverse customer workflows, ultimately reducing the costs associated with order fulfillment across sectors such as electronics, apparel, grocery, and pharmaceuticals.

Markforged

Series B in 2016
Founded in 2013, Markforged specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. Its product portfolio includes metal, carbon fiber, nylon, and PLA filament printers, capable of producing functional parts, tooling, and fixtures for various industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. The company's offerings also include EIGER, a proprietary 3D printing software.

Markforged

Series A in 2014
Founded in 2013, Markforged specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. Its product portfolio includes metal, carbon fiber, nylon, and PLA filament printers, capable of producing functional parts, tooling, and fixtures for various industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. The company's offerings also include EIGER, a proprietary 3D printing software.

Markforged

Seed Round in 2013
Founded in 2013, Markforged specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. Its product portfolio includes metal, carbon fiber, nylon, and PLA filament printers, capable of producing functional parts, tooling, and fixtures for various industries such as aerospace, automotive, and medical. The company's offerings also include EIGER, a proprietary 3D printing software.

GrabCAD

Series B in 2012
GrabCAD is a mechanical engineering community and platform that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to a free CAD model library. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, with a development team in Estonia, the company provides an open platform designed to streamline additive manufacturing workflows. It offers tools for asset management, planning, programming, and quality control to connect people, parts, and printers, helping businesses scale 3D printing operations and accelerate industrial initiatives. The platform also supports collaboration through its community features and engineering competitions, serving engineers and manufacturers seeking to leverage 3D printing and CAD resources.

GrabCAD

Series A in 2012
GrabCAD is a mechanical engineering community and platform that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to a free CAD model library. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, with a development team in Estonia, the company provides an open platform designed to streamline additive manufacturing workflows. It offers tools for asset management, planning, programming, and quality control to connect people, parts, and printers, helping businesses scale 3D printing operations and accelerate industrial initiatives. The platform also supports collaboration through its community features and engineering competitions, serving engineers and manufacturers seeking to leverage 3D printing and CAD resources.

GrabCAD

Seed Round in 2011
GrabCAD is a mechanical engineering community and platform that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to a free CAD model library. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, with a development team in Estonia, the company provides an open platform designed to streamline additive manufacturing workflows. It offers tools for asset management, planning, programming, and quality control to connect people, parts, and printers, helping businesses scale 3D printing operations and accelerate industrial initiatives. The platform also supports collaboration through its community features and engineering competitions, serving engineers and manufacturers seeking to leverage 3D printing and CAD resources.

GrabCAD

Seed Round in 2011
GrabCAD is a mechanical engineering community and platform that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to a free CAD model library. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, with a development team in Estonia, the company provides an open platform designed to streamline additive manufacturing workflows. It offers tools for asset management, planning, programming, and quality control to connect people, parts, and printers, helping businesses scale 3D printing operations and accelerate industrial initiatives. The platform also supports collaboration through its community features and engineering competitions, serving engineers and manufacturers seeking to leverage 3D printing and CAD resources.
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