Layer By Layer
Acquired by MakerBot in February 2014. A marketplace for 3D…
Founders
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Same space
Competitors
Closest in what they build, same category.
Adjacent
Overlapping tags, a different niche.
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MadeSolidW14Functional 3D printing materials.Shared: 3d printingInactive
AON3DW17Additive Manufacturing with advanced materialsShared: 3d printingActive
Mighty BuildingsW183D printing beautiful, high-quality, and sustainable homes.Shared: 3d printingInactive
Atum WorksX25Gigascale NanomanufacturingShared: 3d printingActive
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About Layer By Layer
Layer By Layer is an online marketplace for the buying, selling, and sharing of printable 3D designs. We're going to make it possible to get the things you need and want by printing them yourself, from your own home. We want to allow anyone, technologist or amateur, to be able to use a personal 3D printer - so we decided to create an easy way for people to find and print great products.
San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA
Layer By Layer: questions
Which YC batch was Layer By Layer in?
Layer By Layer was in Y Combinator's Summer 2013 batch (S13).
Is Layer By Layer still active?
Y Combinator lists Layer By Layer as acquired.
Where is Layer By Layer based?
Layer By Layer lists San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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