NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shapeways, Inc. (“Shapeways”) a leader in the large and fast-growing digital manufacturing industry, today announced the completion of its business combination with Galileo Acquisition Corp. (“Galileo”), a special purpose acquisition company.
The combined company has been renamed Shapeways Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”). Its common stock and public warrants are expected to begin trading on the NYSE on September 30 under the new tickers “SHPW” and “SHPW.WS”, respectively. The business combination was unanimously approved by Galileo’s board of directors and approved by a vote of Galileo’s shareholders on September 28, 2021 with more than 99% of the votes cast in favor of the transaction.
Greg Kress, Chief Executive Officer, stated: “We are proud of what our team has achieved and excited to start our journey as a public company. Since we announced this transaction earlier this year, we have delivered strong year-over-year revenue growth and robust margins as we continue to scale and extend our footprint across key industries. With our best-in-class proprietary software, which digitizes the end-to-end manufacturing process, we believe Shapeways is uniquely positioned to capture a tremendous opportunity in the global manufacturing market. The opportunities ahead of us are exciting as we continue to scale across materials, markets, and technologies, and as we introduce our software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering. The completion of this transaction will provide us with the platform to execute on our growth strategy and drive shareholder value.”
Transaction Overview
Following the business combination and related PIPE investment, Shapeways will receive $103 million of gross proceeds, including a $75 million fully-committed common stock PIPE anchored by top-tier investors including Miller Value, XN, and Desktop Metal. The PIPE also includes investments from existing Shapeways investors Lux Capital, Union Square Ventures, INKEF Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Proceeds will be used primarily to accelerate the Company’s additive manufacturing capabilities, accelerate the rollout of its SaaS offering, expand its material and technology offerings to extend market reach and grow customer share of wallet, as well as to provide additional working capital.
Shapeways’ existing management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Greg Kress, will continue to operate the business.
A more detailed description of the transaction terms will be provided in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at sec.gov.
Advisors
In connection with the business combination, Stifel is serving as the exclusive financial and capital markets advisor to Shapeways and as sole placement agent to Galileo for the PIPE. EarlyBirdCapital is serving as financial and capital markets advisor to Galileo. Needham & Company and Craig-Hallum are acting as capital markets advisors to Galileo. Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP is serving as legal advisor to Shapeways, and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is serving as legal advisor to Galileo. ICR is serving as investor relations and communications advisor to Shapeways.
About Shapeways
Shapeways is a leader in the large and fast-growing digital manufacturing industry combining high quality, flexible on-demand manufacturing powered by purpose-built proprietary software which enables customers to rapidly transform digital designs into physical products, globally. Shapeways makes industrial-grade additive manufacturing accessible by fully digitizing the end-to-end manufacturing process, and by providing a broad range of solutions utilizing 11 additive manufacturing technologies and more than 90 materials and finishes, with the ability to easily scale new innovation. To date, Shapeways has delivered over 21 million parts to 1 million customers in over 160 countries.
About Galileo
Galileo Acquisition Corp. raised $138 million in October 2019. Galileo, a blank check company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Galileo is led by a serial SPAC sponsor team that has successfully completed four business combinations prior to the business combination with Shapeways. Its team is composed by seasoned dealmakers with diverse nationalities, and M&A, principal investing and public company operating experience in both the North American and Western European markets.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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