blender development fund

Renderer developer's €30,000/year contribution to the open-source 3D app follows the release of the new official edition of V-Ray for Blender.

Friday, July 11th, 2025

OctaneRender developer becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron, contributing at least €240,000/year to the open-source 3D software.

Friday, February 9th, 2024

First automotive firm to back Blender to give at least €120k/year to the open-source 3D software.

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

New tools to improve workflow between Blender and iClone and Character Creator due this year.

Thursday, January 6th, 2022

Software giant's Gold sponsorship provides €30,000/year to help develop the open-source 3D app.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

GPU firm's €120,000/year Patron level support will fund two more devs for the open-source 3D app.

Monday, October 7th, 2019

Ubisoft donates €30,000/year to fund development; will adopt Blender in its TV animation studio.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.

Sunday, August 23rd, 2020

Game developer donates €10,000 to Blender dev fund in order to improve FBX export to Unreal Engine 4.

Monday, July 7th, 2014

Long-awaited update integrates the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools directly into Edit Mode. See the other changes.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Original Blender creator to hand over role as CEO of the Blender Foundation to COO Francesco Siddi at the start of next year.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2025

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Wacom ups its funding for Blender by €210,000/year in partnership to develop 'next-gen" Blender experience on Android tablets.

Monday, August 25th, 2025

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