Markforged to Go Public in $2.1 Billion Blank-Check Deal

  • 3D printer-maker merging with Kevin Hartz’s SPAC One
  • Transaction to include $210 million PIPE from investors

A Markforged 3D printer creates a face shield.

Photographer: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe/Getty Images

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3D printer-maker Markforged Inc. has agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check company started by Eventbrite Inc. co-founder Kevin Hartz.

The deal with Hartz’s special purpose acquisition company, One, values the combined equity at $2.1 billion, the companies said in a statement.