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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-030980"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001784851"
company_name: "Shapeways Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:32:47.430136+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shapeways files Chapter 7 bankruptcy, ceases all operations; executives and board resign

## Summary
- Filed voluntary Chapter 7 petition on July 2, 2024 in Delaware Bankruptcy Court; company ceased operations.
- All subsidiaries also filed Chapter 7; a trustee will liquidate assets.
- Bankruptcy triggered default on $669,500 secured promissory note with 3DP Custom Manufacture, LLC.
- CEO Greg Kress, CFO Alberto Recchi, COO Andy Nied resigned as executive officers.
- Entire board of directors resigned; no officers or employees remain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-030980
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001784851
- company_name: Shapeways Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 2.04, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/shpw-20240702.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-030980
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-030980.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-030980.txt

## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  Shapeways Holdings, Inc. entered chapter 7 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (petition 2024-07-02).
  - Proceeding: chapter 7
  - Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  - Petition: 2024-07-02
  source text: On July 2, 2024, after considering all strategic alternatives, Shapeways Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) ceased operations and filed a voluntary petition for relief (the “Bankruptcy Filing”) under the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §101 et seq. (the “Bankruptcy Code”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Josh Wolfe resigned as Director at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors Leslie C.G. Campbell, Raj Batra, Ryan Kearny, Greg Kress, Christine Gorjanc, Alberto Recchi and Josh Wolfe tendered their resignations as members of the Company’s board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alberto Recchi resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, Greg Kress, the Company’s chief executive officer, Alberto Recchi, the Company’s chief financial officer, and Andy Nied, the Company’s chief operating officer, resigned as executive officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Raj Batra resigned as Director at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors Leslie C.G. Campbell, Raj Batra, Ryan Kearny, Greg Kress, Christine Gorjanc, Alberto Recchi and Josh Wolfe tendered their resignations as members of the Company’s board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christine Gorjanc resigned as Director at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors Leslie C.G. Campbell, Raj Batra, Ryan Kearny, Greg Kress, Christine Gorjanc, Alberto Recchi and Josh Wolfe tendered their resignations as members of the Company’s board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ryan Kearny resigned as Director at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors Leslie C.G. Campbell, Raj Batra, Ryan Kearny, Greg Kress, Christine Gorjanc, Alberto Recchi and Josh Wolfe tendered their resignations as members of the Company’s board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Leslie C.G. Campbell resigned as Director at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, directors Leslie C.G. Campbell, Raj Batra, Ryan Kearny, Greg Kress, Christine Gorjanc, Alberto Recchi and Josh Wolfe tendered their resignations as members of the Company’s board of directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Greg Kress resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, Greg Kress, the Company’s chief executive officer, Alberto Recchi, the Company’s chief financial officer, and Andy Nied, the Company’s chief operating officer, resigned as executive officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andy Nied resigned as Chief Operating Officer at Shapeways Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Concurrent with the Bankruptcy Filing, Greg Kress, the Company’s chief executive officer, Alberto Recchi, the Company’s chief financial officer, and Andy Nied, the Company’s chief operating officer, resigned as executive officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784851/000162828024030980/0001628280-24-030980-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.