Sketchfab raises $2m

Co-investment was provided by Partech Ventures, TechStars founder David Cohen and previous angel backers. 

The company will use the funding to scale its platform, expand its team and improve its product. 

Sketchfab had raised $2.5m in angel investment prior to the latest funding round. 

Company
Founded in Paris in 2012, Sketchfab is a web service for 3D content makers. Designers, architects, engineers and artists use the firm's platform, which allows them to publish and embed interactive 3D models in real time, sidestepping the need for plugins. The platform can be integrated with most 3D software.

The firm counts almost 100,000 users to date and generates more than three million page views a month. Sketchfab employs 10 staff in its Paris and New York offices. 

People
Bernard Liautaud is a partner at Balderton Capital and worked on the deal.  

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