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ManCTL

ManCTL

ManCTL was a French 3D-scanning software startup best known for its Skanect desktop app.

: Acquired by Twindo
: 2011
: Techstars: Microsoft Accelerator for Kinect, powered by Techstars 2012

ManCTL was a French startup best known for the Skanect desktop app, which turned 3D-sensor captures into full-color models in minutes. The company was a 3D-scanning software company whose desktop software turned captures from consumer depth cameras into full-color 3D models, and its technology captured images from a Microsoft Kinect or Asus Xtion camera and turned them into full-color 3D models. ManCTL participated in the TechStar Kinect accelerator in Seattle.

ManCTL targeted people without computer-aided-design expertise or the budget for an expensive laser scanner. The combined technology let someone without computer-aided-design expertise or an expensive laser scanner easily create 3D models, offering fast, low-cost 3D model creation from inexpensive consumer sensors in place of expensive laser scanners and computer-aided-design expertise. Occipital closed its acquisition of French startup ManCTL.

M & A Snapshot

Twindo
Acquired ManCTL Jun 18, 2013

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Quick Facts

Who are ManCTL's competitors?

Companies similar to ManCTL include Twindo, SoundFit, Scandy and Mani.Me.

When was ManCTL founded?

ManCTL was founded in 2011.

How much disclosed funding has ManCTL raised?

As of Jun 18, 2013, ManCTL has disclosed funding of $20k (USD). Undisclosed round amounts are excluded.

Classification

Industry: 3D Technology
Ownership: Private
Geographic Exposure: Europe

Customer: B2C

Tags: Software

TECHSTAR-INDUSTRY: —Gaming, Media and Entertainment