B9Creations
Develops high-precision DLP 3D printers and resins for medical and industrial production, emphasizing speed and out-of-the-box productivity.
- CEO / Founder
- Shon Anderson
- Team Size
- 51-200
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $1.45M
- Latest Round
- Strategic Investment
- Key Investors
- Mitsui Chemicals; Paycheck Protection Program
Technology & Products
Key Products
B9 Core Series 3D printers, B9Creator, B9Scan, B9Clean, B9Cure, and proprietary resins.
Technological Advantage
Proprietary fleet management features including printer fingerprinting and QA/QC standardization for distributed manufacturing.
Patent position
B9Creations filed 12 patent families across all years, compared with 27 for EnvisionTEC and 48 for SprintRay. AMPulse analysis
- Filing momentum
- 1 families filed 2022–2024, 2 in 2019–2021
- Filed in
- US 75%CN 8%EP 8%WO 8%
- Named competitors, AM patent families
- EnvisionTEC 27SprintRay 48
12 AM patent families in total. Recent years are still being published, so read a filing change against the same-office figure.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Provides production-ready DLP platforms that offer the fastest print speeds for high-resolution parts, enabling rapid prototyping and scaled manufacturing with biocompatible materials.
How They Differentiate
Focuses on out-of-the-box productivity and speed for medical/industrial sectors compared to general-purpose DLP systems.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Medical device manufacturers, Fortune 500 companies, jewelry designers, and industrial manufacturers.
Industry Verticals
Medical; Dental; Jewelry; Industrial; Research
Competitors
EnvisionTEC (ETEC); Asiga; SprintRay
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Annual revenue ~$22M (2025 estimate); serves thousands of customers in 66+ countries.
Major Milestones
2011 Kickstarter launch; 2016 CEO transition; North Texas office opening; B9[x] largest-format printer unveil; Würth partnership for distributed AM
Notable Customers
Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Procter & Gamble, and over 100 educational customers including K-12, Higher Education, and Research Labs.
Recent coverage of B9Creations
AM patents
AM-relevant patents linked to this company.
- Patents
- 15
- Granted
- 11
- Families
- 12
Leading domains: process (15), equipment (12), software (3)
Filings by year: 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4
- System and method for reducing three-dimensional additive manufacturing production time10150257 · US
- SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION TIME109311225 · CN
- Domain-based variable exposure for additive manufacturing devices10081130 · US
- Domain-based variable exposure for additive manufacturing devices11440243 · US
- SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INCREASE ACCURACY OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM WITHIN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE20220219400 · US
Funding rounds
- Strategic Investment