Prusa Research bootstrapped open-source 3D printing to ~3.6B CZK revenue, no investors
A Czech student's open-source printer kits grew into a no-VC hardware empire shipping 100,000+ machines a year and €160M+ in revenue.
사례 읽기startups.centerCASESTUDIES.CHAT 아카이브
모든 기업에는
시작이 있습니다.
기업이 시작하고 자리를 잡으며 이후의 과제에 맞선 과정을 살펴보세요.
전체 아카이브는 앱에서기사는 영어와 중국어 간체로 제공됩니다. 아래 제목과 본문은 게시된 언어 그대로 표시됩니다.
게시된 사례
2,000 게시된 사례 · 정기 업데이트Waterlily bets AI predictions can get families to plan long-term care early
Founded after an aunt's illness financially devastated her family, Waterlily sells AI long-term-care forecasts to advisors and insurers; $9.2M raised by 2026.
사례 읽기GetASAP bets software-led distribution beats legacy wholesalers; teens raise $3.45M
A teen founder's candy-arbitrage hustle became a YC-backed 8-hour SEA distributor, then pivoted to AI-native US produce logistics.
사례 읽기Rerun bets physical AI needs its own data stack; $17M seed from Point Nine
Stockholm startup open-sourced the logging/visualization layer for robots and sensors, adopted by Meta/Google/Unitree, then raised $17M to build the database.
사례 읽기ComfyUI: node-based open-source AI engine backed to a $500M valuation
ComfyUI's bet that node workflows beat prompt boxes grew from a solo repo to 4M users and a $500M valuation.
사례 읽기Memphis Meats serves first lab-grown chicken strips as cost halves to $9,000/lb
Memphis Meats served the first chicken strips grown from cells in a lab in March 2017, its cost per pound halving to $9,000 in under a year.
사례 읽기Amber bets Australia's 5-minute market lets households win the grid; $45M Series D
Amber passes wholesale prices to households and automates batteries and EVs, riding Australia's five-minute settlement reform to its largest VPP.
사례 읽기Envato: bootstrapped 18 years, then sold to Shutterstock for $245M
Sydney garage marketplace for digital assets grew to $50M+ turnover and 650k subscribers with zero VC, then sold for $245M cash.
사례 읽기iROKOtv's 'Netflix of Africa' bet: $100M spent, Nollywood streaming shut down in 2025
Lagos-born iROKOtv bet Nollywood fans would pay for legal streaming; Tiger Global, Kinnevik and Canal+ backed it, and $100M later the service was shut down.
사례 읽기YoLearn.ai bets Indian students will talk to AI tutors hidden inside textbooks
Noida startup YoLearn.ai embeds voice AI tutors in school textbooks across 22 languages; ABP Education's seed gives it a 25,000-school distribution route.
사례 읽기Quidax's regulation bet: first SEC-licensed Nigerian exchange
A homegrown Nigerian exchange, founded after its CEO was scammed, bet that licensing would beat the gray market — and won the SEC's first approval.
사례 읽기Blue Origin's New Glenn bet reaches orbit, then loses its first customer payload
New Glenn reached orbit on flight one (Jan 2025), landed its booster on flight two — then flight three stranded a customer's satellite.
사례 읽기Pebble's 2025 comeback: open-source PebbleOS, $149 Core 2 Duo sells out
Eric Migicovsky relaunched Pebble via Core Devices after Google open-sourced PebbleOS; preorders sold out and 2,960 units shipped by Oct 2025.
사례 읽기Salva Health bets portable AI screening can close LatAm's mammogram gap; wins Disrupt 2024
Colombian startup Salva Health built Julieta, a portable breast-screening device, won TechCrunch Disrupt's Startup Battlefield, and is charging payors per test.
사례 읽기GO bets Japan's 2024 ride-share law locks its taxi-app dominance; 25M downloads
Japan's #1 taxi app starts matching private-driver ride-share vehicles right after the April 2024 law, keeping Uber at bay; record 10M monthly rides.
사례 읽기Qdrant bets dedicated vector search wins AI retrieval; $50M Series B
Berlin's open-source Rust vector database: 250M+ downloads, 29k stars, used by Canva, HubSpot and xAI; $50M Series B in 2026.
사례 읽기Stability AI's open-model bet: $1B unicorn, 2024 rescue, $76M entertainment Series B
Stable Diffusion's creator went from a $1B seed valuation to a cash crisis and 2024 rescue, then a $76M Series B backed by music labels and EA.
사례 읽기Intellia's in-vivo CRISPR bet passes first human test: infused editor cuts disease protein
Intellia's first systemic CRISPR infusion data (2021): disease protein plunged in six patients, validating gene editing inside the body
사례 읽기Battery Smart's pay-per-swap bet: 95M swaps, 1,600 stations, EBITDA positive
Battery Smart bet e-rickshaw drivers would rent batteries, not own them; a $350K seed became 1,600+ swap stations, 90,000 drivers and EBITDA positivity.
사례 읽기Swappie bets refurbished iPhones go mainstream; first full-year EBITDA profit
Swappie rebuilds used iPhones in its own centers and sells them with warranty; 2025 revenue EUR 249M (+20%), first full-year EBITDA profit of EUR 2.5M.
사례 읽기