Glowforge

Glowforge is a laser cutting machine that uses a laser the width of a human hair to cut, engrave, and shape designs from a variety of materials.^[1]

History

Dan Shapiro decided to crowdfund his project for a laser cutting machine, Glowforge, using its own crowdfunding platform based on WordPress, Elevato and other plug-ins because the company wanted to have direct communication with the community.^[2]

The campaign started On September 24, 2015 in which supporters were able to make pre-orders, they raised $22 million in Series B rounding fund from Foundry Group and True Ventures, in 30 days they received pre-orders of 27.9 million dollars.

The campaign ended on October 24, 2015, the funding raised $27.9 million.

Models

Glowforge is sold in 6 models:

• Spark: It is the economic model uses normal speed and diode laser.
• Aura
• Plus
• Plus HD
• Pro: It is 12 times faster and uses CO2 laser.
• Pro HD^[3]

Materials

Glowforge can cut many materials, included: Cardboard, wood, fabric, leather among others.

See also

• Growth capital
• Laser
• Laser cutting
• List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects
• Venture capital
• Venture round