Autodesk

Autodesk is a software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Rafael, California, specializing in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools for various industries, including architecture, engineering, construction, product design, and media. Notable offerings include AutoCAD, a leading computer-aided design application, and Autodesk Revit, which supports model-based design and documentation. The company also offers specialized software such as AutoCAD Civil 3D for civil engineering, Autodesk Inventor for digital prototyping, and Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max for 3D modeling and animation. With over 4 million paid subscribers across 180 countries, Autodesk is a significant player in helping professionals streamline their design, modeling, and rendering processes.

Theo Agelopoulos

Vice President of the AEC division

Andrew Anagnost

President and CEO

Leslie Cariani

Senior Director and Head of Global Executive Search

Debbie Clifford

CFO

Ken Foo

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships

Andrew Friendly

Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy

Jim Lynch

Senior Vice President of Autodesk Construction

Bill O'Connor

Founder, Autodesk Innovation Genome

Jean Shia

Managing Director, Autodesk Foundation

Ryan Macpherson

Director, Climate Innovation and Investment

Past deals in 3D Printing

Golaem

Acquisition in 2024
Golaem is a french company developing software solutions for autonomous human-like characters able, in real time, to perform realistic and complex actions. They offer 3D business users an range of building blocks, as well as complete solutions, for simulations of individual and collective human behaviors in digital mock-ups. Golaem is spinned off by BUNRAKU, a research team which is a part of the INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control), jointed with INSA of Rennes, ENS Cachan, CNRS and University of Rennes 1.

Sloyd

Seed Round in 2024
Sloyd is a developer of software that simplifies the creation of custom 3D digital assets for game developers. Its platform leverages artificial intelligence to enable rapid customization of 3D models through a user-friendly web application, featuring templates and intuitive controls such as sliders and toggles. Sloyd's technology includes advanced UV-unwrapping and optimized mesh generation, ensuring that all assets are ready for immediate use in games. The company's solution facilitates in-game creation and user-generated content on an unprecedented scale, with capabilities for real-time model generation and significant storage savings. By combining parametric modeling with AI, Sloyd empowers creators to efficiently develop and modify large-scale environments and assets, significantly enhancing the game development process.

FlexSim

Acquisition in 2023
FlexSim is a 3D simulation modeling and analysis software.

3D Robotics

Series D in 2017
3D Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of drones that specializes in providing advanced drone technology for industries such as construction, mining, insurance, surveying, agriculture, utilities, telecom, and public safety. The company offers a range of products, including the Solo motion control drone and Site Scan, a cloud-connected application designed for autonomous inspections, scans, and surveys that generates 2D maps and 3D models. Furthermore, 3D Robotics provides Pixhawk, an autopilot system for building unmanned aerial vehicles, along with various parts and accessories. The company focuses on enabling users to collect accurate aerial data and transform drone images into actionable insights, supporting clients in making informed decisions related to their projects. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, 3D Robotics distributes its products globally through resellers and its online store.

Formlabs

Series B in 2016
Formlabs Inc. is a company that designs and manufactures advanced 3D printing systems targeted at engineers, designers, and artists. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, Formlabs offers a diverse range of products, including the Form 3, Form 3B, and Form 3L printers, all utilizing Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) technology. The company also provides post-processing solutions such as Form Wash and Form Cure, as well as the Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer and the Form Cell manufacturing solution. Formlabs develops high-performance materials for various applications in industries like dental, healthcare, jewelry, and education. Its PreForm software facilitates the preparation of models for printing, making it a preferred choice among professionals worldwide. With additional offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs continues to innovate in the field of 3D printing, enhancing the capabilities of digital fabrication.

3D Robotics

Venture Round in 2016
3D Robotics, Inc. is a manufacturer of drones that specializes in providing advanced drone technology for industries such as construction, mining, insurance, surveying, agriculture, utilities, telecom, and public safety. The company offers a range of products, including the Solo motion control drone and Site Scan, a cloud-connected application designed for autonomous inspections, scans, and surveys that generates 2D maps and 3D models. Furthermore, 3D Robotics provides Pixhawk, an autopilot system for building unmanned aerial vehicles, along with various parts and accessories. The company focuses on enabling users to collect accurate aerial data and transform drone images into actionable insights, supporting clients in making informed decisions related to their projects. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, 3D Robotics distributes its products globally through resellers and its online store.

MakeTime

Series A in 2016
MakeTime is an online platform that enables companies to produce machined components quickly and more efficiently than ever before. MakeTime does this by collecting unused CNC machine time from qualified machine shops across the United States and placing each order with the right shop for the job. MakeTime’s software helps customers streamline time-wasting processes, gives insight and transparency to a confusing process, overcomes capacity shortages, and takes the mystery out of pricing. Its goal is to make CNC machining production straightforward and simple. MakeTime is located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the heart of American manufacturing.

Xjet

Venture Round in 2016
XJet Ltd. is a manufacturer of advanced additive manufacturing solutions specializing in inkjet-based 3D printing systems for metal and ceramic parts. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Rehovot, Israel, the company initially focused on the solar industry before transitioning to metal additive manufacturing in 2013. XJet has developed a patented technology known as NanoParticle Jetting™ (NPJ), which utilizes solid metal nanoparticles suspended in liquid ink to produce high-quality, geometrically complex parts. This innovative approach allows for the ease of metal manufacturing akin to traditional inkjet printing without sacrificing production efficiency. The company serves various markets, including aerospace, automotive, medical, and tooling, and generates revenue through the sale of its 3D printing systems and consumables. With a strong emphasis on research and development, XJet boasts a team of 50 specialists and has filed numerous patents to protect its technological advancements.

NetFabb

Acquisition in 2015
netfabb GmbH develops software solutions for industrial additive design and manufacturing, focusing on 3D printing. Founded in 2009 and based in Lupburg, Germany, the company offers a range of products including netfabb Professional and netfabb Enterprise for advanced 3D printing, netfabb Private for home editing of 3D printing data, and netfabb Engines for machine-specific applications. Additionally, netfabb provides services such as cloud solutions, training, and support. As a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc., netfabb is recognized for its comprehensive portfolio that includes tools like Selective Space Structures, CAD Import, and Automatic Packing, available across various operating systems including Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Source3

Seed Round in 2015
Source3 is a pioneering platform that specializes in the end-to-end management of intellectual property related to user-generated content. It offers services such as IP recognition, licensing, and rights administration, facilitating connections between creators, marketplaces, and brands. This platform enables the monetization of user content across both physical and digital products. Source3 addresses the complexities of global licensing challenges by providing scalable, turn-key solutions that empower brands to effectively manage their intellectual property rights, measure their market presence, and take necessary actions against copyright and trademark infringements. The company's expertise extends to various digital mediums, including music, videos, and 3D printing.

MatterFab

Series A in 2015
MatterFab specializes in 3D metal printing services aimed at overcoming the limitations of traditional industrial fabrication. The company offers a comprehensive production solution that includes advanced printers, material supply, traceable powder cartridges, and various support services such as training, education, maintenance, and application engineering. By providing these resources, MatterFab enables clients to accelerate their adoption of additive manufacturing, thereby reshaping their manufacturing processes and enhancing production capabilities. Through its innovative approach, MatterFab plays a significant role in advancing the integration of 3D printing technology within organizations.

Modio

Acquisition in 2015
Modio Inc. is a corporation at the forefront of 3D printing and play. With the Modio app it is easy to design fully pose-able creatures and characters digitally using the built-in part library, modify them with fun surface textures and shapes and then make them real with a desktop 3D printer. You can modify the built-in parts with all kinds of fun textures and shapes to really create a design that is uniquely yours. And then you can make them real and hold them in your hand. Modio currently runs on the iPad and is now live on the iOS app store. We'd love to know what you think of Modio so we've made all the content available for free for a limited time.

Lagoa

Acquisition in 2014
Lagoa was founded by Thiago Costa (creator of Lagoa Multiphysics), Arno Zinke and Dov Amihod to make digital creation available to everyone, everywhere. Lagoa is the 3D cloud platform for creatives working in engineering, architecture and media & entertainment to visualize 3D content. Lagoa MultiOptics® is a cloud back end rendering technology built for collaboration. The platform enables creators to compose, layout and interactively render high-quality 3D in the browser, eliminating hardware and software costs.

Within Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Within Technologies designs and develops 3D printing software for its clients. The company’s range of software include Autodesk wihthin and Autodesk within medical. Autodesk within enables its users to verify and optimize lattice and skin elements. Autodesk within medical allows implant designers to create coatings for their implants to aid osseointegration. Within Technologies was founded in 2008 by Siavash Mahdevi.

Topolabs

Acquisition in 2014
Topolabs Technology LLC was founded in late 2013 by James Page and Mark Sears. It was acquired by Autodesk in July 2014. Topolabs created software and other technology to significantly increase quality and strength from low-cost additive manufacturing machines. This technology became a cornerstone of Autodesk's manufacturing platform Forge: https://forge.autodesk.com/ Topolabs team also deveolped http://projectescher.com/ which uses IP from Topolabs.

OTOY

Series D in 2014
[OTOY](http://www.otoy.com) is developing technology for delivering real-time "cinematic quality" 3D rendering through the browser. The technology has the potential to be used for online games, 3D virtual communities, instant messaging and social networking applets among other things. OTOY has partnered with AMD to work on several of their promotional events.

Carbon

Series A in 2013
Carbon, Inc. designs and manufactures advanced printing solutions that enhance product performance and accelerate market delivery. The company utilizes its proprietary Digital Light Synthesis technology, which combines digital light projection, oxygen-permeable optics, and programmable liquid resins to create parts with superior mechanical properties and surface finishes. Its SpeedCell system integrates various manufacturing processes for consistent production of end-use parts across different scales. Carbon's offerings include a range of printers and the automated Smart Part Washer, enabling streamlined workflows for industries such as automotive, consumer products, dental, industrial, and life sciences. Additionally, Carbon produces various polyurethane materials, including rigid and flexible options, as well as other advanced resins. Founded in 2013 and based in Redwood City, California, Carbon supports its clients with consulting services, helping them leverage its technologies for mass customization, on-demand inventory, and innovative product development.

Tinkercad

Acquisition in 2013
Tinkercad is a new and faster way of creating designs for your 3D printer. With the help of the latest web technology you can now use a solid modeling CAD directly in your browser.

Firehole Composites

Acquisition in 2013
Autodesk's vision is to help people imagine, design, and create a better world.

AllPoint Systems

Acquisition in 2013
Allpoint helps surveyors and engineers complete 3D projects at unprecedented scale, speed (by an order of magnitude over manual methods) and efficiency. Scanning professionals may be able to use existing visualization tools for smaller projects (e.g., 1,000 feet of pipe, 10 bridges). However, it is much more difficult to effectively and economically meet the rising demands of asset owners when the increasing capabilities of High Definition Scanning (HDS) and Terrestrial Mobile LiDAR Scanning (TMLS) hardware are rapidly raising expectations.

Meshmixer

Acquisition in 2011
Meshmixer is a prototype design tool based on high-resolution dynamic triangle meshes.

Numenus

Acquisition in 2011
Numenus, founded in 2009 and based in Koblenz, Germany, specializes in 3D visualization software that enhances computer-aided design processes. The company focuses on interactive rendering directly from NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) data, enabling designers, engineers, and marketing professionals to create instant, photorealistic design renderings. Numenus is dedicated to optimizing both the calculation speed and graphic display quality of 3D visualizations, making it a valuable resource for professionals in the design and engineering sectors.

Wild Pockets

Acquisition in 2010
Is an end to end solution that supports creators throughout the life cycle of 3D game development. Currently in open beta, Wild Pockets was spun off from the Carnegie Mellon Universityâ€:tm:s Entertainment Technology Center (it was originally named Sim Ops Studio). The service, which is free, describes itself as an "easier way to make 3D games and media for the web-browser." Wild Pockets features a browser-based 3D game engine, file hosting, library of game assets.

SoftImage

Acquisition in 2008
Autodesk's vision is to help people imagine, design, and create a better world. SOFTIMAGE is a leading developer of 3D animation, video production, 2D cel animation and compositing software solutions for creative professionals. Located in Montreal, Quebec and employing approximately 300 people worldwide, SOFTIMAGE was founded in 1986 and purchased by Microsoft in 1994.

3D Geo

Acquisition in 2008
3D Geo specializes in the development of 3D urban modeling software that focuses on real-time visualization, management, and distribution of geographic information. The company's innovative software solutions enable users to create detailed three-dimensional representations of urban environments, enhancing the ability to analyze and manage spatial data effectively. By providing tools that facilitate the integration of geographic information, 3D Geo supports a variety of applications across urban planning, environmental analysis, and infrastructure management.

Skymatter

Acquisition in 2007
Skymatter’s Mudbox software offers a new paradigm of 3D brush-based modeling, allowing users to sculpt organic shapes in 3D space with brush-like tools. Appealing to both traditional sculptors and digital artists, Mudbox provides a simple and fast toolset for creative modeling, prototyping and detailing. 3D assets created in Mudbox are often imported into Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya software for texturing, rigging, animation and final rendering.

NavisWorks

Acquisition in 2007
NavisWorks, Ltd. develops and markets software to enable the exploitation of the benefits of 3D digital.
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