Autodesk

Autodesk is a California-based software company that specializes in making products for various industries such as architecture, engineering, construction, and media.

Product

The company offers products for those seeking to create or build technology or goods. The categories in which products that are offered on Autodesk's website include 3D CAD software, civil engineering, drafting, manufacturing, product design, and more. The products can be bought online and there are also some products with free trials. Students can gain open access to specific programs including 3D and CAD software, which is available for both Mac and PC.

One specific product from Autodesk is AutoCAD 3D Map software, which allows access to data for infrastructure planning and design. Another product is Autodesk Moldflow, which is injection molding simulation software.

To expand its software offerings, Autodesk has acquired more than sixty organizations. It is estimated that the annual revenue of the company is over $2.6 billion.

Timeline

November 20, 2018

Autodesk announces plans to acquire PlanGrid for $875 million.

Funding rounds

Funding round

Funding type

Funding round amount (USD)

Funding round date

Investment

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Autodesk Series A round

Series A round

6,000,000

July 23, 2007

CommonAngels

Commonwealth Capital Ventures

GrandBanks Capital

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Autodesk Series B round, September 2010

Series B round

6,000,000

September 2, 2010

Autodesk

Commonwealth Capital Ventures

GrandBanks Capital

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Autodesk Series B round, January 2006

Series B round

3,000,000

January 3, 2006

Innovacom

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Autodesk funding round, May 2006

May 1, 2006

800,000

August 1, 2008

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People

Name

Role

Andrew Anagnost

CEO

Dan Drake

Co-Founder

John Walker

Co-Founder

Documentaries, videos and podcasts

Title

Date

Link

Autodesk Official Show Reel 2019

April 2, 2019

https://youtu.be/KWvPfmjwjOM

Companies

Company

CEO

Location

Products/Services

News

Title

Author

Date

Publisher

Description

Hear Cloudflare and PlanGrid's amazing journey from founding to exit at Disrupt 2020

Mike Butcher

August 5, 2020

TechCrunch

How and when should startup founders think about the "exit"? It's the perennial question in tech entrepreneurialism, but the how's and when's are questions to which there are a multitude of answers. For one thing, new founders often forget that the terms of the exit may not eventually be entirely in their control. There's the [...]

Autodesk and Virgin Hyperloop One Announce Joint Effort to Explore Advanced Route Optimization, Transportation Design, and Construction Technology

November 21, 2019

WebWire

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK ) and Virgin Hyperloop One, a leader of hyperloop technology and the evolution of how the world moves people and goods, announced an alliance to explore new opportunities to extend the value of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for transportation route optimization and improved digital engineering and construction workflows. "Virgin Hyperloop One is pushing the boundaries of transportation efficiency," said Josh Giegel, Co- Founder and Chief Technol...

Autodesk's CIO on why he uses Amazon's 'working backwards' approach - Business Insider

Joe Williams

October 9, 2019

Business Insider

Amazon makes employees write a press release on a final product before starting development. That process forces engineers to think like the customer.

Fieldwire just raised $33.5 million more to give PlanGrid and its new owner Autodesk a run for their money

Connie Loizos

September 17, 2019

TechCrunch

Fieldwire, which makes task management software for construction teams that helps organize everyone involved in a project so things don't fall through the figurative (or literal) cracks, has raised $33.5 million in Series C funding led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Brick & Mortar Ventures, Hilti Group, and Formation 8. It isn't a huge [...]

Autodesk brings automation to its IT help desk

Peter Sayer

August 21, 2019

CIO

To handle demand for support from a growing workforce without adding helpdesk staff, CIO Prakash Kota has brought in a bot take over some of the busy-work.

Autodesk, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2020 Second Quarter Results

Autodesk, Inc.

August 27, 2019

www.prnewswire.com:443

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2020. All...

Arris Composites Raises $10 Million to Mass Produce High-Performance Composites at the Cost and Speed of Molded Plastics

May 20, 2019

WebWire

Arris Composites, the pioneer of next-gen composites for mass market applications, today announced it closed $10 million in Series A funding, led by NEA. Arris has spent the past two years in stealth developing the ultimate metal replacement -- continuous carbon fiber composites -- that can be combined with metals, plastics, wires, and other materials for aerospace, automotive, and consumer products. High-volume manufacturing today has largely remained unchanged throughout the past several...

DLT Named Master Government Aggregator by 3D Design, Engineering, and Entertainment Software Leader Autodesk

DLT Solutions

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www.prnewswire.com:443

HERNDON, Va., Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- DLT Solutions, the premier government solutions aggregator, announced today its new position as Autodesk's Master...

Construction management software developer Procore raises $75 million at a $3 billion valuation

Jonathan Shieber

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TechCrunch

Procore Technologies, a provider of software to manage construction projects, is now worth $3 billion thanks to a new $75 million round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. The new funding shows just how completely software has eaten the world. Once considered an industry that was too analog ...

Autodesk agrees to buy PlanGrid for $875 million

Ron Miller

November 20, 2018

TechCrunch

Autodesk announced plans to acquire PlanGrid for $875 million today. The San Francisco startup helped move blueprints from paper to the iPad when it launched in 2011. This digitization of construction fits with Autodesk's vision of digitizing design in general, and CEO Andrew Anagnost certain...