Diamond Foundry
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Diamonds |
| Founded | 2012[1] |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
| Products | Manmade diamonds |
Number of employees | 120[1] |
| Website | www |
Diamond Foundry is a producer of manmade diamonds in San Francisco, California.[2]
Investors[]
Diamond Foundry was founded in 2012 by Martin Roscheisen and Jeremy Scholz.[1] The company has raised approximately $315 million in funding from various investors, including $200 million from Fidelity, Sun Microsystems and Google founding investor Andy Bechtolsheim, iPod co-creator Tony Fadell, eBay founding president Jeff Skoll, Twitter founder Evan Williams, Facebook co-founder Andrew McCollum, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, and businessman Jean Pigozzi.[3][4]
Technology[]
The company used software simulations of plasma physics to develop its technology for managing a high-density plasma for diamond growth at extremely high temperatures.[5]
In contrast to diamond simulants and mined diamonds, synthetic diamonds are diamonds which have been produced through a manufacturing process. The company grows these diamonds using the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method, a vacuum deposition process in which a small piece of natural diamond is placed in a plasma reactor for a period of about two weeks.[6] The resulting man-made diamond is essentially identical to naturally occurring diamonds (atomically, molecularly, chemically, visually, in terms of hardness, optical brilliance, crystalline structure, etc.) but without the resource intensiveness, hazards, and environmental concerns that occur with diamond mining.[citation needed]
Jewelry Brand[]
In November 2016, the company purchased Vrai and Oro, a jewelry brand founded by entrepreneur Vanessa Stofenmacher.[7] In 2020, they rebranded as VRAI, and in 2021, opened a showroom in Los Angeles, California.[8]
Awards and Recognition[]
- #45 of "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies"[9] and #2 in the Style category in 2018, by Fast Company[10]
- #33 of "Disruptor 50 Companies" in 2016, by CNBC[11]
- "Disruptive 25" in 2016, by Inc. Magazine[12]
- "25 hottest startups that launched in 2015", by Business Insider[13]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Diamond Foundry". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Company". Diamond Foundry. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ Shontell, Alyson (November 11, 2015). "10 billionaires and Leonardo DiCaprio invested in a startup that claims it can grow hundreds of real diamonds in two weeks". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ Pettitt, Jeniece (December 15, 2015). "Diamond Foundry makes high-end diamonds in a lab". CNBC. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ "Borrowing From Solar and Chip Tech to Make Diamonds". The New York Times. November 12, 2015. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ^ "Company claims it can 'grow' diamonds in a lab". Fox News. November 11, 2015. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Diamond Foundry-Owned Brand to Open First Retail Location". nationaljeweler.com.
- ^ "Vrai Goes High Art and High Touch for New Los Angeles Showroom". jckonline.com.
- ^ "The World's Most Innovative Companies 2018". Fast Company. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "The World's Most Innovative Companies 2018: Honorees by Sector: Style". Fast Company. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "Meet the 2016 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies". CNBC. June 7, 2016. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ "The 25 Most Disruptive Companies of the Year". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
- ^ Carson, Biz; Kosoff, Maya (December 10, 2015). "The 25 hottest startups that launched in 2015". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-11-20.
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