Arno Held, Managing Partner of AM Ventures, joins Alex and Danny for an episode heavily focused on recent VC deals, from series A to C+ across the globe, including ARRIS Composites, Quantica, Boston Micro Fabrication, and stealth-mode start-up Fluent Metal. IPOs from Farsoon and XJET are discussed; with some commentary on the latest quarterly results from the public markets showing a soft capital equipment market, but a more optimistic outlook for service providers. The trio also comment on the CFO resignation and NYSE non-compliance notice of Markforged (NYSE: MKFG). Time stamps of the episode below!
0.00: Introductions - Arno’s background and AM Ventures
9.40: Farsoon IPO
14.58: XJET IPO
21.05: Arris Composites Series C-1
25.45: Caracol AM Series A
31.43: Quantica Series A
38.25: Zellerfeld 3rd seed round
33.38: Wayland Additive new funding
47.05: Boston Micro Fabrication Series C+
49.57: Lynxter Series A
51.40: Fluent Metal seed funding
54.00: 3D Systems acquires Wematter
57.40: Public markets Q1 results, including departure of Markforged CFO Mark Schwartz
