图标，，，，a总部位于德克萨斯州的建筑技术公司已通过使用“ 3D打印机，机器人技术和先进的材料”筹集了900万美元的种子资金来重塑负担得起的房屋。雷电竞app下载
Led byOakhouse Partners，，，，an early stage venture capital firm based in California, this financing is said to be one of the largest seed rounds for Texas startups in 2018.
“我们正处于全球住房危机的中间，使旧方法变得更好一点并没有解决问题。我们对支持图标的全球投资者团队感到非常高兴，因为我们认为房屋建筑行业需要完全范式转变。” Icon的联合创始人兼首席执行官Jason Ballard说。
德克萨斯州的第一个允许的3D印刷房屋
今年早些时候，Icon及其非营利合作伙伴New Story，，，，created the first permitted, 3D printed home in Austin, Texas using its Vulcan 3D printer, at a cost of around $10,000. A longer-term goal is to reach a price of $4,000 per home. According to Ballard, as a result of this350平方英尺的房子大约需要48小时，房屋的建设成为投资者的概念证明。
“What the ICON team has accomplished in such a short period of time is not only a transformational breakthrough in homebuilding, it is an inspiration for the entire world to think outside the box about how humanity will confront the global housing crisis,“ 说杰森·波特诺伊（Jason Portnoy），，，，Managing Partner at Oakhouse Partners.
Additional investors within the $9 million seed funding round included D.R. Horton,Emaar，，，，Capital Factory，，，，CAZ投资，，，，Cielo Property Group，，，，参与冒险，，，，MicroVentures，，，，Saturn Five，，，，阴影冒险，，，，Trust Ventures，，，，Verbena Road Holdings, and瓦肯资本。
图标will now use the funds to further the homebuilding process through the expansion of its team with several technical roles in robotics, software engineering, and advanced materials. This will ultimately create affordable and sustainable homes for citizens across the world. Furthermore, the second generation of ICON’s Vulcan 3D printer is also underway and will be unveiled in 2019.
雷电竞充值增材制造业开始成为建筑行业的有趣前景，因为它能够减少材料废物以及成本，同时提高建筑物的可持续性。这导致了该行业的投资以及建筑3D打印系统的新发展。今年早些时候，黄蜂，意大利制造商背后DeltaWASP 3D printers，，，，推出了起重机黄蜂建筑系统，该系统目前用于在意大利村庄打印可持续房屋。
Prior to this,Aectual，荷兰设计和建筑公司背后Schiphol机场的3D打印地板，，，，从三名投资者那里获得了180万美元的资本注入，用于绿色，可持续建筑项目。
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Featured image shows ICON’s first 3D printed home in Austin, Texas manufactured using the Vulcan 3D printer. Photo via ICON.
