Can These 3D-Printing Startups Disrupt the Industry?
Nanalyze April 26, 2023
Last month, we did an autopsy on metal 3D-printing stocks. Before that, we ditched our investment thesis around distributed manufacturing as the best strategy for betting on 3D printing. Extreme volatility in the 3D-bioprinting stock still in our Nanalyze Disruptive Tech Portfolio has left us underwater. Overall, 3D-printing stocks have performed pretty poorly, aside from an early 2021 spike that was the result of the bull market run that boosted the price of any tech stock with a pulse. You would have earned more money checking the slots of coin-operated lockers at your local museum once a week than if you had invested in 3D-printing stocks over the last five years. The promise of a 3D printer on every corner...