The recent 3DEXPERIENCE® World 2024 in Dallas, Texas, brought together a vast community of engineers, entrepreneurs, startups, manufacturers, industry leaders, and vendors to learn, establish new friendships, share knowledge, and facilitate innovation faster with SOLIDWORKS® and 3DEXPERIENCE Works. 3DEXPERIENCE World is always a fun and engaging venue for forging productive business relationships while discovering more about the power of integrated and cloud-based product development tools.
SOLIDWORKS cares deeply about supporting entrepreneurship and early-stage hardware startups with its startup program called SOLIDWORKS for Startups. Being part of the program provides countless possibilities to shine at 3DEXPERIENCE World: Main stage presentations, panel discussions, innovation awards, and connecting and networking with the SOLIDWORKS worldwide community of users. If you’re working on bringing a new hardware product to market, start planning now for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2025 in Houston, Texas, already a hotbed of entrepreneurship and startup activity.
You will get the opportunity to share best practices for startup pitches, strategies to gain funding, and much more by rubbing elbows with other startups just like you who are working hard to get their product to market.
Is SOLIDWORKS for Startups Program right for you?
SOLIDWORKS for Startups helps early-stage tech and hardware startups by providing a range of free resources, including SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software, training, and co-marketing opportunities. The program is designed to assist startups in bringing products to market faster and more efficiently by leveraging the power of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform for design, simulation, and data management.
The typical startup package includes a host of tools for product designers including a set number of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and 3DEXPERIENCE platform licenses, along with access to the SOLIDWORKS community and numerous training resources. It is an excellent way for your tech startup to access high-end design software at a reduced cost.
To qualify for free SOLIDWORKS CAD software, a startup needs to be designing and building a physical product with an aim to sell it in the market. The eligibility criteria also include the age and revenue of the startup. Visit our SOLIDWORKS for Startups application page to learn more.
SOLIDWORKS aims to foster innovation by making it easier for startups to affordably access SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and 3DEXPERIENCE Works top-tier product design and engineering tools.
Why is SOLIDWORKS Passionate about Supporting Startups?
In the 1990s, the mechanical CAD software industry began to transition from purely 2D to incorporating 3D capabilities. SOLIDWORKS, “the little tech startup that could,” arrived on the scene in 1995 at a significantly lower price than other CAD systems and ran on the well-known, less expensive, and easy-to-use Windows® operating system. The bigger, more established CAD companies laughed and believed the young upstart would soon be filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
The laughing eventually stopped as SOLIDWORKS grew to over 6 million users worldwide.
“The SOLIDWORKS for Startups Program does a couple of truly remarkable things to support the rapid growth of emerging firms,” observes Abhishek Bali, the Director of the SOLIDWORKS for Startups Program. “Firstly, the program eliminates hurdles by offering access to top-notch product design and collaboration software that easily scales up as startups grow. Secondly, it creates opportunities for networking and exchanging resources with fellow entrepreneurs who grasp the distinctive challenges of bringing hardware products to market.”
Our passion is helping you overcome typical startup struggles in a way that fits your budget by providing affordable access to industry-leading product design and development software and helping you get connected to a larger community of designers, engineers, and manufacturers.
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