InvestorPlace (2021)
InvestorPlace ranks R3 Printing among “The 7 Best Startups You Can Buy on StartEngine Right Now” (2021)
R3 Printing
Manufacturing is about to get personal.
Los Angeles, CA
Business to Business
Technology
At R3 Printing, we believe that the products in our lives should be personal. We’re bringing you R3 Printer, a high-performance 3D printer for manufacturing custom 3D-printed products at prices that can compete with mass production. Targeting the $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry, don’t miss out on this opportunity to join the 6,000+ investors that already have a stake in R3 Printing.
$1,225,781
raised
$2,162,584
previously crowdfunded
1,163
Investors
$35M
Valuation Cap
1.0%
Annual Interest Rate
$250.00
Min. Investment
15.0%
Discount Rate
Conv. Note
Offering Type
01/01/24
Maturity Date
15
Days Left
Rewards
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$250+
Investment
StartEngine Owner’s Bonus
This offering is eligible for the StartEngine Owner’s 10% Bonus program. For details on this program, please see the Offering Summary section below.
Reasons to Invest
- Back-to-back oversubscribed equity crowdfunding campaigns; named one of ‘The 7 Best Startups You Can Buy on StartEngine Right Now’ by InvestorPlace.
- Targeting the $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry, R3 Printing’s patented systems are the key to custom 3D-printed products at prices that can compete with mass production.
- Industry growth is projected at $47 billion by 2026 and $115 billion by 2030. Raised over $2M to date from strategic investors; venture-backed, and a recipient of federal grant funding from the United States Air Force.
R3 Printing: As featured by...
InvestorPlace featured R3 Printing as one of The 7 Best Startups You Can Buy On StartEngine Right Now!
According to Nasdaq.com, InvestorPlace is one of America’s largest, longest-standing independent financial research firms and provides millions of readers with investment advice from crypto to crowdfunding.
R3 Printing has also been featured by Pre-IPO Buzz and KingsCrowd, California-based equity crowdfunding research, ratings, and analytics providers that help investors discover early-stage investment opportunities with potential for growth, and R3 Printing is one of them!
Snapshot of Recent Growth and Innovations 📸
Growth is the name of the game, and things are heating up at R3 Printing! Here are some of the latest updates and innovations we’ve been working tirelessly on since launching our last campaign. We've been expanding our team, exploring new revenue streams, finalizing key components, and pushing new patents for approval, just to name a few things:
More Patents
R3 Printing has 7 granted patents and 9 pending patent applications, up by 6 and 5 respectively since launching our last campaign, and we have no plans to stop: 7-10 more patent applications are expected to be filed by EoY.
In a rapidly-expanding field like 3D printing, investing in patents is essential to protecting the valuable R&D that goes into innovation and increasing the value of the company.
Bigger Team
If you want to go far, go together - we’ve expanded our engineering team, and on top of that we now have the power of Kruze Consulting supporting us:
Kruze is the expert in helping startups build financial models that unlock maximum growth, achieving VC due diligence success, and saving $100,000s in tax refunds and credits. We’re incredibly excited for everything that’s now possible with Kruze on our team.
New Capability: Metal 3D Printing
The metal 3D printing industry is exploding, and this breakthrough alone expands our target market by an additional $3B+. Here is some never-before seen footage of R3 Printer printing a custom-designed copper heat sink:
Never-before-seen footage of R3 Printer printing a custom-designed copper heat sink.
R3 Printer is not currently on the market but is expected to be available for purchase by end-of-year 2022.
3D printers are too expensive to run
Manual labor is the silent killer that keeps custom 3D-printed products priced out-of-reach.
Manufacturers operating 3D printers find themselves in a bind: cheap 3D printers require a lot of setup, manual labor, and expertise to run while enterprise-grade 3D printers are expensive and locked into overpriced proprietary materials that destroy margins.
The end result, no matter which type of 3D printer is used, is that the cost of 3D printing is just too high, so custom 3D-printed products are expensive - and priced out of the mainstream market.
Custom 3D-printed products are priced out of reach
The solution seems so simple: with enough 3D printers, one could build a business offering customized products that capture market share away from their mass-produced counterparts. But a look at the custom 3D-printed products on the market today quickly reveals the issue:
While it’s clear that there’s a demand for products that are custom-made to fit the buyer, the unexpected outcome is that these are premium products available only to those who can afford them.
Mass production isn’t personal
Manufacturing techniques like injection molding are the reason we have access to so many affordable products that make our lives comfortable and convenient. By standardizing the size and shape of a product and manufacturing it by the millions, the price becomes sufficiently low that most people can afford to buy it. That’s a win, right?
Think about it: does it make sense that an insole that provides arch support has the same amount of arch for everyone? Of course not. But the only way around this is to manufacture using a different technology that introduces a whole new problem: cost.
Until now...
Say hello to R3 Printer
R3 Printer is not currently on the market but is expected to be available for purchase by end-of-year 2022.
R3 Printer is the manufacturing workhorse that businesses have been waiting for.
It’s designed from the inside-out to be the ultimate platform for running a more profitable on-demand manufacturing service.
Radically re-engineered for performance
Patented innovations on multiple key components make R3 Printer a purpose-built powerhouse for manufacturing.
On-demand manufacturers operate 3D printers for a living, so we made sure that R3 Printer not only stands up to 24x7 duty cycles, but also outperforms current market offerings:
Unrestricted long-term value
R3 Printer is an unlocked product that gives our customers a competitive advantage:
With R3 Printer, manufacturers can print with cutting-edge materials (including metals and high-performance thermoplastics like PEEK) to serve customers they would otherwise be forced to turn away if they were locked into a competitor’s restricted material ecosystem.
For government agencies and businesses with strict security and software requirements, R3 Printer is the solution. Our customers have the power to disable cloud connectivity yet still retain access to all operations and monitoring features over a local, private network.
With R3 Printer, businesses get both long-term value and out-of-the-box functionality.
Lighter printhead = faster print speeds
You can’t beat the laws of physics: a lighter printhead can accelerate and decelerate faster than a heavy one.
In the case of R3 Printer, by shedding over 80% of the weight off the printhead, along with other optimizations, R3 Printer can achieve print speeds that are 90% faster than competing extrusion-based 3D printers.
Smaller printhead = larger print sizes
R3 Printer has a 200% larger build area than competing extrusion-based 3D printers, even though it has the same exact footprint:
A smaller printhead can utilize the full length and width of a printer’s internal volume. Unlike the competition, whose relatively large printers have very limited print sizes, R3 Printer can print parts almost as big as itself.
Active Overheat Prevention™ virtually eliminates jams
Active Overheat Prevention™ uses an additional sensor in the printhead to monitor heat absorption and trigger a pause in printing if a critical threshold is reached:
By virtually eliminating the need to repair thermally-induced printer failures, Active Overheat Prevention™ allows businesses to operate more 3D printers with the same staff, eliminating a major cost driver of 3D-printed products.
R3 Printer manufacturing parts from carbon fiber-infused PETG.
R3 Printer is not currently on the market but is expected to be available for purchase by end-of-year 2022.
Multibillion-dollar market
R3 Printing is addressing the $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry, forecasted to surpass $115 billion in revenue by 2030:
Wohlers Associates, Wohlers Report “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing State of the Industry” 2021
“We believe the 3D printing industry is currently standing at the precipice of unprecedented growth and is transforming the way products are made,” said Deep Nishar, senior managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers.
As 3D printing proves itself as a viable solution to a whole range of global challenges, companies are rapidly transitioning to 3D printing technology, resulting in the rapid expansion seen above.
Strong Historical Growth
With historical double-digit growth rates, the 3D printing industry has also proved itself to be a stable force, continuing to grow during the pandemic even though many other industries crumbled.
Not many industries are set to grow by nearly 10x in 10 years, but the 3D printing industry is one of those unique growth industries that we’re excited to be a part of:
The value of early-stage investments surpasses $10 billion
The 3D printing industry is a breeding ground for growth. In the first half of 2021 alone, the value of 3D printing companies that went public surpassed $10 billion.
“I am fully-convinced that [3D printing] will remain a very exciting and successful investment category, with much higher growth potential than other manufacturing technologies for the coming decades.”
- Managing Partner at AM Ventures
References:
⤷ 3D Printing Industry, “Industry Analysts Identify Source of 3D Printing’s $11Bn SPAC Investment Boom” 2021
⤷ 3D Printing Industry, “2022 Trends in 3D Printing, Forecasts from Additive Manufacturing Experts and Leaders”
Patents
R3 Printing has 7 granted patents and 9 pending patent applications, up by 6 and 5 respectively since launching our last campaign, and we have no plans to stop: 7-10 more patent applications are expected to be filed by EoY.
In a rapidly-expanding field like 3D printing, investing in patents is essential to protecting the valuable R&D that goes into innovation and increasing the value of the company.
Obtaining a granted utility patent is a rigorous process and an incredible milestone - according to a US patent statistics chart, only about half of all patent applications received by the USPTO are granted, and R3 Printing is already beating the odds.
Our patents protect all of the core features and mechanisms that make our products the ultimate platform for additive manufacturing.
Other Intellectual Property
R3 Printing has 3 registered federal trademarks and 6 pending trademark applications to protect our products and our brand as the standard-bearer for on-demand manufacturing technology.
Branding is more than just a logo, it’s how people experience us and our business, and we know the importance of protecting it.
Testing Partners
R3 Printing is excited to be partnered with several companies that are eager to test the next generation of 3D printing technology.
In addition, we’ve expanded our portfolio to include larger institutions, recently securing partnerships with 3 major California universities, including two Top 10 schools for research and mechanical engineering, respectively. These universities are eager to give their students an edge with the most cutting-edge 3D printing technology.
With R3 Printer, universities will be able to innovate more than ever before.
Other testing partners in our pipeline include:
MineeForm | Irvine, CA | On-demand manufacturing
Modularity Space | Daytona Beach, FL | Satellites and spacecraft
Li-Leger Creative | Vancouver, BC | Product design and manufacturing
Forge Manufacturing | Jacksonville, FL | On-demand manufacturing
State & Federal Grant Funding
R3 Printing is a proud recipient of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) federal government grant, in partnership with AFWERX and the United States Air Force (USAF). We also secured MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) from six different US Air Force bases, which signals a strong demand for R3 Printer’s capabilities from the USAF.
Government interest in 3D printing is consistently strong, and trending upward. Funding for 3D printing-related SBIR and STTR grants averaged $65 million per year from 2018 to 2020 and is only expected to grow as more government agencies turn towards 3D printing:
Source: SBIR.gov | SBIR & STTR Award Data
This reflects the scale at which all government agencies, including the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, and NASA, are investing in cutting-edge 3D printing technology.
R3 Printing has also partnered with Defense Innovation Lab (DiLab) for a New York State-funded joint research and development initiative, funded by a Manufacturing Technology Assistance Grant (MTAG).
Note: The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
The partnership potential with the USAF and other public-sector entities represents part of a multibillion-dollar opportunity as governments around the world race to adopt additive manufacturing technology to save costs and increase operational readiness.
Oversubscribed Funding Rounds
With back-to-back overscribed equity crowdfunding campaigns, and over 6,000+ investors (and counting) from around the globe, R3 Printing is ready to disrupt a $18 billion-dollar industry and usher in a new era of customized products that are manufactured on-demand, just for you. Join us!
Incubators, Accelerators, and Venture Capital
R3 Printing is an OCEAN Accelerator portfolio company, a highly selective Cincinnati-based technology accelerator that only accepts up to 10 startups in its annual cohort and deploys seed-stage capital to each of its portfolio companies.
In addition, R3 Printing has had the pleasure to partner and grow with Futureworks - a hardware and advanced manufacturing incubator funded by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).
The R3 Printing Leadership Team are also alumni of Y Combinator’s Startup School program, of which less than 25% of participating companies graduated in 2019.
New Capability: Metal 3D Printing
When we say we designed a 3D printer for long-term value, we mean it. That’s why we’re very excited to announce that we’re implementing metal 3D printing capabilities into R3 Printer. Thanks to our most recent engineering innovations, we’re positioning ourselves to better serve the world of metal 3D printing, such as the automotive, aerospace, and defense industries that are leading the charge in adopting metal 3D printing applications.
Stainless steel and copper metal parts, printed on R3 Printer.
Many startups with metal 3D printing capabilities are fast becoming unicorns, with multi-billion dollar valuations. Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) and Markforged (NYSE: MKFG) not only both went public recently, they are also buying up other startups for hundreds of millions of dollars. The metal 3D printing industry is exploding, and is expected to quadruple by 2028. And this is just the beginning.
This breakthrough alone expands our target market by an additional $3B+, and by offering manufacturers the ability to print metal parts in addition to all of our advanced polymer capabilities, R3 Printing is positioning itself to become the ultimate platform for advanced manufacturing.
Never-before-seen footage of R3 Printer printing a custom-designed copper heat sink.
R3 Printer is not currently on the market but is expected to be available for purchase by end-of-year 2022.
With R3 Printer, customers get both metal and polymer capabilities in the same machine - unlocking power and value that customers can only get elsewhere by buying separate, five-figure machines.
We know the importance of having a clearly-defined target market and a focused approach to capturing it. While our total addressable market includes all businesses and entities that use 3D printers as a key part of their operations, we’ve segmented our market capture strategy into three phases in order to maximize our market penetration:
By systematically entering and saturating a market segment before progressing to the next one, we operate efficiently and avoid wasting valuable resources pursuing high-lift relationships prematurely.
Government & Public Sector
In addition to the private sector, government agencies are also quickly ramping up their 3D printing capabilities to stay relevant, and represent a multi-billion dollar market in their own right. According to a recent research report, as re-shared by Yahoo Finance:
Just like our private-sector market capture strategy, we’ve segmented the public sector by treating each government agency as a separate market that can be systematically entered and captured before progressing to the next one.
With MOUs from 6 different US Air Force bases, R3 Printing already has its foot in the door:
Note: The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
This approach maximizes our effectiveness and allows us to efficiently win contracts and expand our footprint in this fast-growing market.
North American Market
North America leads the world in the adoption of 3D printing technology - over $3 billion dollars’ worth of 3D printers were sold globally in 2020, with over $1 billion sold in North America alone:
This opportunity, combined with minimized shipping costs and logistical overhead, makes North America the ideal initial target market prior to global expansion.
Our roadmap goes far beyond R3 Printer. We didn’t just design a better 3D printer, we developed a future-focused platform for the ultimate additive manufacturing ecosystem:
Future Products
R3 PrintGrid™ is the solution for customers with extreme manufacturing capacity needs. By stacking R3 Printer units vertically and connecting them to a shared liquid cooling and power delivery system, these customers can operate even more efficiently by manufacturing more parts per square foot in their factories than ever before.
Additional Revenue Streams
As we progress through the stages of our market capture strategy and pursue contracts with larger enterprises, we anticipate a need for features that go beyond what we would offer as a default level of functionality.
By structuring ourselves as a manufacturing platform, we’re creating a whole ecosystem of recurring revenue possibilities including advanced cloud features offered on a subscription basis, a materials ecosystem, and service plans.
These are just a few examples of the additional revenue streams available to a company that positions itself as the backbone of an entire industry.
We’re not the first to introduce a 3D printer to the market, but we are the first to introduce a 3D printer that’s purpose-built to maximize profitability.
R3 Printer is the only product that checks all the boxes for our target market:
Manufacturing businesses currently have three tiers of 3D printers to choose from, none of which are optimized for running a profitable business. With R3 Printer, businesses will no longer have to choose between functionality and profitability.
R3 Printing puts its customers first
Many of our competitors lock their customers into a proprietary material supply. This has major ramifications for the businesses that operate their 3D printers. Not only are the proprietary materials priced far above market rate, this limitation also prevents them from using experimental and cutting-edge materials from other suppliers, further hurting their businesses by limiting their addressable market.
References:
⤷ Generic ABS 3D Printer Filament, 1kg Spool, $20.47 on Amazon as of February 2022
⤷ Proprietary 3D Printer Filament, 1kg Spool, $210.00 on GoEngineer as of February 2022
R3 Printing pledges to never lock its products to a particular material or software ecosystem. Instead, we plan on building additional streams of revenue by allowing our customers to opt-in to additional services and features that add value to their businesses, but they will never be forced to do so.
Market research shows that this is a key part of long-term customer retention, and we’re making it a big part of our strategy for capturing market share.
The future is 3D-printed.
Things are heating up at R3 Printing: we’ve been expanding our team, tapping into new revenue streams, finalizing key components, and pushing new patents for approval, and pushing the limit with what’s possible by integrating metal and plastic 3D printing into the same machine.
With back-to-back oversubscribed equity crowdfunding campaigns, and over 6,000+ investors (and counting) from around the globe, R3 Printing is ready to disrupt a $18 billion-dollar industry and usher in a new era of customized products that are manufactured on-demand, just for you.
The Leadership Team
Paul and Petra are passionate entrepreneurs with track records in engineering, technology, media and marketing.
Paul grew up with a passion for invention and automation. At Morgan Stanley, he was instrumental in developing macros that cross-checked his entire team’s work in an otherwise manual and error-prone environment. He was then recruited to work in the technology division of the world’s largest hedge fund, where he was the architect behind a firm-wide overhaul of automated alerting capabilities.
Paul is the inventor behind the patented features that make R3 Printer the manufacturing platform of the future.
With a track record in digital marketing and the media industry, Petra’s global background includes growing up in Switzerland, a year abroad in Spain and Australia, as well as a year abroad in China while pursuing her degree at New York University, from which she graduated with honors.
Petra’s drive led her to globally-recognized Fortune 500 companies including Walt Disney ABC Television, and Amnet Group - the programmatic digital marketing subsidiary of Dentsu Aegis Network.
Petra comes from an entrepreneurial family with a history of running small businesses. Her entrepreneurial spirit was further fostered by growing up with a father who designed and taught leadership, organizational behavior, and business psychology programs at top business schools around the world. She now leads R3 Printing’s growth strategy.
Join Us.
Together, let's disrupt a $18 billion-dollar industry and usher in a new era of customized products that are manufactured on-demand, just for you.
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In the Press
Pre-IPO Buzz
Pre-IPO Buzz gives R3 Printing an ‘Invest Today!’ recommendation.
CrowdWise
Interview with Founder/CEO Paul Sieradzki (via YouTube)
KingsCrowd
Founder Profile: Paul Sieradzki (R3 Printing)
The Silicon Review
The Silicon Review ranks R3 Printing among the “50 Smartest Companies of the Year” (2020)
Wohlers Report (2021)
Wohlers Associates includes R3 Printing in its list of New AM Companies that “could play a role in shaping the future of the AM industry.” (Page 305 - 306)
InvestorPlace (2020)
InvestorPlace ranks R3 Printing among the “7 Best Startups To Invest In On StartEngine” (2020)
StartUp City
StartUp City ranks R3 Printing among the “15 Most Promising 3D Tech Startups” (2019)
StartUs Insights
R3 Printing featured in StartUs Insights’ “Innovator’s Guide to Additive Manufacturing”
3D Printing Industry
“Defense Innovation Lab to Aid Development of R3 3D Printer”
TCT Magazine
“Defense Innovation Lab to Support 3D Printing Technology Development at R3 Printing”
Offering Summary
Company | : | R3 Printing, Inc. |
Corporate Address | : | 145 South Fairfax Avenue, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90036 |
Offering Minimum | : | $10,000.00 |
Offering Maximum | : | $3,940,000.00 |
Minimum Investment Amount(per investor) | : | $250.00 |
Terms
Offering Type | : | Convertible Promissory Notes |
Type of Equity Converted Into | : | Non-Voting Common Stock |
Conversion Trigger | : | $1,000,000.00 |
Maturity Date | : | January 01, 2024 |
Valuation Cap | : | $35,000,000.00 |
Discount Rate | : | 15.0% |
Annual Interest Rate | : | 1.0% |
What is a Convertible Note?
A convertible note offers you the right to receive Non-Voting Common Stock in R3 Printing, Inc.. The amount of Non-Voting Common Stock you will receive in the future will be determined at the next equity round in which the Company raises at least $1,000,000.00 in a qualified equity financing. The highest conversion price per security is set based on a $35,000,000.00 Valuation Cap or if less, then you will receive a 15.0% discount on the price the new investors are paying. You also receive 1.0% interest per year added to your investment. When the maturity date is reached, if the note has not converted then you are entitled to receive Non-Voting Common Stock equal to your investment and interest back at a price per security determined by dividing the Valuation Cap by the aggregate number of outstanding equity securities of the Company as of immediately prior (on a fully diluted basis).
*Annual Interest Rate subject to adjustment of 10% bonus for StartEngine shareholders. See below:
The 10% Bonus for StartEngine Owners' Bonus
R3 Printing, Inc. will offer a 10% additional bonus for all investments that are committed by investors that are eligible for the StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. OWNer's bonus.
Eligible StartEngine shareholders will receive a 10% increase in the annual interest rate on Convertible Promissory Notes in this Offering. This means your annual interest rate will be 1.1% instead of 1%.
This 10% Bonus is only valid during the investors' eligibility period. Investors eligible for this bonus will also have priority if they are on a waitlist to invest and the Company surpasses its maximum funding goal. They will have the first opportunity to invest should room in the Offering become available if prior investments are canceled or fail.
Investors will only receive a single bonus, which will be the highest bonus rate they are eligible for.
Irregular Use of Proceeds
Example - The Company might incur Irregular Use of Proceeds that may include but are not limited to the following over $10,000: Vendor payments and salary made to one's self, a friend or relative; Any expense labeled "Administration Expenses" that is not strictly for administrative purposes; Any expense labeled "Travel and Entertainment"; Any expense that is for the purposes of inter-company debt or back payments.
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Most recent fiscal year-end:
Prior fiscal year-end:
Total Assets
$865,169.00
USD
$949,490.00
USD
Cash And Cash Equivalents
$658,633.00
USD
$753,657.00
USD
Accounts Receivable
$0.00
USD
$0.00
USD
Short Term Debt
$12,294.00
USD
$8,422.00
USD
Long Term Debt
$1,737,758.00
USD
$1,112,351.00
USD
Revenues And Sales
$0.00
USD
$0.00
USD
Costs Of Goods Sold
$0.00
USD
$0.00
USD
Taxes Paid
$0.00
USD
$0.00
USD
Net Income
-$674,770.00
USD
-$332,240.00
USD
Risks
A crowdfunding investment involves risk. You should not invest any funds in this offering unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the issuer and the terms of the offering, including the merits and risks involved. These securities have not been recommended or approved by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority. Furthermore, these authorities have not passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this document. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering document or literature. These securities are offered under an exemption from registration; however, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not made an independent determination that these securities are exempt from registration.
Updates
🟣 Industry News Series: PepsiCo Turns To 3D Printing
4 days ago
We don't want our community to miss out on exciting news surrounding the ever-growing 3D printing industry! After all, it's no fun being left in the dark. So we've decided to save you time by creating an exclusive R3 Printing 'Industry News Series' to share the most interesting developments surrounding this hot topic. Stay tuned, because this summer is going to be a scorcher! 🔥
With technology like ours, 3D printing is evolving from an experimental technology to a full-blown manufacturing method that's now modernizing the way all things are made. Even the world's largest corporations like PepsiCo are now turning towards 3D printing: molds for Pepsi bottles are now being 3D-printed, resulting in a 96% reduction in cost compared to traditionally-manufactured tooling, slashing 4 weeks to 48 hours, and $10,000 to $350.
Read more here: https://all3dp.com/4/pepsico-saves-by-3d-printing-bottle-molds/
These incredible results can only be achieved through the power of 3D printing, a technology that here at R3 Printing we're making faster and more accessible to businesses than ever before.
As even the largest corporations turn towards 3D printing, now's the time to capture this opportunity:
The future's looking bright! Stay tuned, and until next time…
🟣 Playing to Win: R3 Printing Partners with DLA Piper 💥
17 days agoIn business, real winners don't just grow their assets: they know how to monetize them. At R3 Printing, we've been hard at work building up an arsenal of intellectual property through our aggressive pursuit of patents and trademarks, but as any great team will tell you: you can't win the game by just playing defense…
Playing to Win 🏀
We're excited to announce that we have some brand new firepower on our team: the intellectual property division of the world-renowned law firm DLA Piper.
This is huge. In 2021, DLA Piper ranked Tier 1 in nine national areas of law, including patent licensing.
The market for intellectual property licensing in the US alone is valued at a whopping $56.3 billion dollars, and is only expected to grow as demand surges.
Packing a Punch 👊
DLA Piper takes on cases - and wins them. In fact, they're the go-to firm behind Apple's impressive patent victories and we're proud to bring this caliber of expertise to R3's growing team.
With DLA Piper on our team, our intellectual property initiatives are under the guidance of the best experts in the industry, helping to ensure the best possible ROI for R3's well-positioned (and ever-growing) portfolio of patents - and for all of us on this journey together!
Prepare for Takeoff 🚀
At R3 Printing, we're building a team that's playing to win - and we'd love for you to join us.
There's more to come. Until next time...
🟣 We're on 'Most Popular' on StartEngine! Big Things Ahead! 🌠
20 days ago
R3 Printing is full steam ahead! As we cross milestone after milestone and share exciting updates with the early investing community, we've been continuing to pick up steam - and it's not going unnoticed: R3 Printing is now on the StartEngine homepage in the Most Popular category!
A BIG 'thank you' to those who have joined us so far... we're thrilled to have you on this journey with us! For those of you who haven't joined us yet, or for those of you who wish to double down: we hope to see you in this round! Together, we have a bright future ahead, and we look forward to sharing R3's successes with each and every one of you!
Big things ahead! 🪐
You can expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks - stay subscribed to our updates, because we love sharing with you all the ways we're building R3 Printing into a future 3D printing industry powerhouse.
In fact, we'll be announcing an exciting new partnership in the near future. So stay tuned!
Onwards, upwards, and until next time!
🟣 Meet Sarah: Our Full-Stack Mechanical Engineer! 👋
23 days ago
About Sarah Pavis: Our Full-Stack Mechanical Engineer! 👋
R3 Printing is growing rapidly alongside the ever-expanding $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry that's expected to reach a whopping $115 billion in revenue (!!!) by 2030. As part of our strategy to capture this incredible opportunity, we've made sure to build a team of talented engineers. Here's a little bit more about Sarah! 👩🔬👋
As a seasoned mechanical engineer with over a decade of product engineering experience in both the US and China, Sarah previously developed both industrial and consumer hardware products at startups and large companies alike and is capable of working end-to-end across the product development pipeline.
Sarah's engineering background includes a degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), located in Massachusetts which has been named #1 for Most Popular Schools for Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Major & Degree Programs and #9 among the 30 Best STEM Colleges in the USA. Needless to say, we're proud to have her on our team!
A Bigger, Stronger R3 🤝💪
At R3 Printing, we're excited to not only take on the challenge of bringing groundbreaking new products to market, but also to dedicate ourselves to finding the absolute best talent for our team in order to bring you the 3D-printed future we deserve. Our team members use their incredible talent, technical skills, ambition, and creativity to make meaningful contributions to R3 from day one, and we're honored to have each of them on board as we shape the future of manufacturing.
Invest in the Future of Manufacturing
At R3 Printing, we're shaping the future of manufacturing. Let's build the future together.
More to come!
🟣 8th Patent Granted and More to Come! 💡🏅
about 1 month ago
We're incredibly proud to share that R3 Printing has been granted its 8th patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)! 🎉
In a rapidly-expanding field like the $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry, investing in intellectual property is not only essential to protecting the valuable R&D that goes into innovations like ours, but also to creating a barrier between us and any future competitors, and of course increasing the value of the company. The patent application process is a rigorous one, and greatly separates companies that have granted patents from those that don't.
In addition to our 8 granted patents, we have many more pending, and we're planning to file 7-10 additional applications by the end of this year.
Intellectual Property is Key 🔑
The future of manufacturing is agile, and 3D printers are the only agile manufacturing technology. As the world shifts towards agility, market observers are taking an ever-closer interest in the 3D printing industry - especially its patents. As an example, this article on Bloomberg notes the industry's fast growth and 3D printing's place as the future of manufacturing:
Invest in the Future of Manufacturing
At R3 Printing, we're shaping the future of manufacturing. Let’s build the future together.
More to come,
🟣 Most Momentum + Over $1M Raised! 🚀
about 1 month ago
We're excited to announce that R3 Printing crossed the $1M+ Milestone on StartEngine!
Get In on the Action: Invest in R3 Printing or Increase your Stake!
R3 Printing is uniquely positioned to capture the $18 billion-dollar 3D printing industry that's on track to grow to $115B by 2030, and we would love to be able to share that kind of growth and our successes with you.
If you've already invested, we hope to see you in this round as well! If you're not an R3 Printing Early Investor yet, this is your chance to join our community of over 6,000+ R3 Printing Early Investors that share in our vision! Either way, we look forward to continuing to build together the 3D-printed future we all deserve.
Together, we can do anything. 💪
This overwhelming wave of support and tremendous accomplishment comes from each and every one of our R3 Printing Early Investors, and we have every single one of you to thank for it.
At R3 Printing, we're building the ultimate platform for on-demand manufacturing. The strong investor interest we're seeing so far is extremely exciting, and we're glad to see that the StartEngine community is sharing our vision for a customized, 3D-printed future.
We're absolutely thrilled to share our journey and our successes with you, and we'll keep them coming!
You can expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks - we have a LOT to share and we look forward to sharing it all with you!
Onwards, upwards, and until next time!
🟣 Supply Chain Update: Manufactured in the US! 🇺🇸🗽
about 2 months ago
We're excited to announce that several key components of R3 Printer, including precision-machined linear motion and power transmission components, are now going to be manufactured in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in the US!
Partnering with local companies not only helps foster American innovation, but also consolidates our supply chain and brings it closer to us, ensuring a stable production process for R3.
Located in Dayton, OH this new 55,000 sq ft automated facility is a big step forward in getting R3 Printer ready for mass production and reducing supply chain risks and overhead, so our customers can get their hands on R3 Printer and grow their businesses faster and more efficiently than ever before.
We're incredibly proud of this new development, and hope you are too!
Invest in the Future of Manufacturing
At R3 Printing, we're shaping the future of manufacturing. Let's build the future together.
Until next time,
🟣 Most Momentum! Building the Future of 3D Printing Together 🤝
about 2 months ago
R3 Printing is full steam ahead! As we cross milestone after milestone and share exciting updates with the early investing community, we've been gaining incredible momentum - and it's not going unnoticed: R3 Printing is on the StartEngine homepage in the Most Momentum category!
Building the future together 🤝
Without the support of our community of early investors, we wouldn't be making such incredible strides towards building R3 Printing into the future of manufacturing! So a BIG 'thank you' to those who have joined us so far...we're thrilled to have you on this journey with us! For those of you who haven't joined us yet, or for those of you who wish to double down: we hope to see you in this round! Together, we have a bright future ahead, and we look forward to sharing R3's successes with each and every one of you.
Big things ahead! 🪐
You can expect quite a few updates in the coming weeks - we have a LOT to share and we look forward to sharing it all with you and our community of R3 Printing Early Investors!
This level of passion and enthusiasm in the equity crowdfunding community is really exciting to see, and we're honored to have such strong support!
Onwards, upwards, and until next time!
Notice of Material Change in Offering
about 2 months ago[The following is an automated notice from the StartEngine team].
Hello! Recently, a change was made to the R3 Printing offering. Here's an excerpt describing the specifics of the change:
Issuer is extending the campaign and updating their financials per the most recent fiscal year.
When live offerings undergo changes like these on StartEngine, the SEC requires that certain investments be reconfirmed. If your investment requires reconfirmation, you will be contacted by StartEngine via email with further instructions.
🟣 Capturing an industry forecasted to surpass $115 BILLION in revenue by 2030 😲💰
about 2 months agoAt R3 Printing, we're targeting a multi-billion dollar industry that's growing at double-digit rates each year and forecasted to surpass $115 billion in revenue by 2030. Our plan of attack? Start small. 🧠
Early-stage tech companies have finite resources at their disposal, so they need to choose their customer acquisition "battles" wisely. At R3 Printing, our leadership team knows the importance of this, and as such, we've segmented our market capture strategy into phases:
☝ Our choice to specifically start with on-demand manufacturing businesses was no accident. On-demand manufacturers offer 3D printing services as a sole or primary source of revenue. Therefore, these customers are domain experts and are themselves intimately familiar with the pain points we're addressing. Eager to lower their overhead labor costs, and combined with the relative lack of bureaucracy in these types of businesses, we can close sales and capture market share while staying lean and keeping our customer acquisition costs low.
To address concerns about an initial target market that's too narrowly-defined, our market research shows just how broad it actually is:
Over $3 billion dollars' worth of 3D printers were sold globally in 2020, of which $1.14 billion were sold in North America alone. The data speaks for itself - even our initial target market represents a massive opportunity.
The Result: By starting with a narrow target of on-demand manufacturing businesses and saturating that (and every subsequent) market category before progressing to the next one, R3 Printing gains and maintains a secure foothold in the market before pursuing bigger, but more complex and higher-lift customer acquisitions. With this focused, systematic approach, we'll grow R3 Printing into an industry powerhouse and unlock value for our customers and investors, both current and future.
Join us!
The 3D printing industry is a breeding ground for growth, and we would love to be able to share it with you!
Until next time,
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