Who invested in Desktop Metal

6 rounds we have observed, with the 21 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Advanced ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Manufacturing

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$499Mraised across 6 rounds since 2015, from 6 sources

$14MSeries A$45MSeries C$115MSeries D$65MRound$160MSeries E$100MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $100MMay 2022
Biggest round: $160MSeries E · Jan 2019
Investors: 21

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016201720182019202020212022

$14MSeries A$45MSeries C$115MSeries D$65MRound$160MSeries E$100MDebt

First round: Series A, $14M
Biggest round: $160M
Usual gap between rounds: 10 months

The rounds

May 2022
Debt$100M2 new2 returning
Source recorded
Jan 2019
Series E$160M3 new
- Panasonic Kurashi Visionary Fund
- Koch Disruptive Technologies/ GV
- Techtronic
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $160M sold, first sale Jan 2019
Mar 2018
Round$65M1 new
- Ford Motor Company/ Future Fund
Reported by FinSMEs
Jul 2017
Series D$115M9 new5 returning
- New Enterprise Associates
- Google Ventures
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Lux Capital
- DCVC
- Aramco Ventures
- Vertex
- GE
- Future Fund
- Lowe's Ventures
- Tyche
- Techtronic Industries
- Moonrise
- Shenzhen
Reported by FinSMEs
Feb 2017
Series C$45M3 new
Reported by FinSMEs
Oct 2015
Series A$14M3 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Oct 2015

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

Ric FulopExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediAndy WheelerBilal ZuberiByron L. KnightDayna GraysonJeffrey ImmeltKen WashingtonSteve PapaWen Hsieh

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series A2015Series C2017Series D2017Round2018Series E2019Debt2022

New Enterprise Associates

Lux Capital

Google Ventures

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersLowe's Ventures

Shenzhen Capital Group Co.

DCVC

Kleiner Perkins

Aramco VenturesVertex

Everyone who backed them

New Enterprise AssociatesVC firm3rounds

Lux CapitalVC firm3rounds

Google VenturesCorporate VC2rounds

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm2rounds

Lowe's VenturesCorporate VC2rounds

Shenzhen Capital Group Co.Government1round

DCVCVC firm1round

Kleiner PerkinsVC firm1round

Aramco VenturesCorporate VC1round

VertexHedge fund1round

BMW i VenturesCorporate VC1round

GECorporate VC1round

Future FundGrowth equity1round

Panasonic Kurashi Visionary FundCorporate VC1round

TycheGrowth equity1round

Techtronic IndustriesCorporate VC1round

Ford Motor Company/ Future Fundno record of our own yet1round

Koch Disruptive Technologies/ GVno record of our own yet1round

Moonriseno record of our own yet1round

Shenzhenno record of our own yet1round

Techtronicno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list Desktop Metal as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

Tyche PartnersVC firmPer its own site

BaukunstVC firmPer its own site

West Fountain Global FundVC firmPer its own site

Orbit GroupFamily officePer its own site

Quick answers about Desktop Metal

Who invested in Desktop Metal?

Desktop Metal's investors include New Enterprise Associates, Lux Capital, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Lowe's Ventures, and 16 more on record.