Cambium, an advanced materials company focused on defense, aerospace, and other high-performance markets, announced it raised a $100 million in Series B financing to accelerate product development and expand manufacturing across the U.S. and Europe.
The round was led by 8VC and included participation from MVP Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, GSBackers, Veteran Ventures Capital, J17 Ventures, Vanderbilt University, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Inevitable Ventures, JACS Capital, Jackson Moses, and other individuals and family offices.
Cambium said the new capital will support its pipeline and scale-up efforts for materials used in aerospace, defense, energy, marine, motorsport, and other demanding applications. The company uses a development approach that combines AI, chemical informatics, and high-performance computing to design new monomers and polymers, then manufactures, tests, and scales materials in-house to shorten iteration cycles.
The financing also follows Cambium’s acquisition of SHD, which the company said expanded its qualified production capacity for prepregs, films, and adhesives across sites in the U.S., the U.K., and Europe. Cambium said the footprint enables rapid prototyping and small-batch production on timelines measured in days, along with the ability to scale across identical manufacturing sites to improve supply-chain security.
Cambium said its platform supports multiple material verticals, ranging from advanced composites to optical protection systems. Recent commercial launches include ultra-high-temperature polymers and carbon-carbon thermal protection systems, including ApexShield 1000, which the company said speeds carbon-carbon part fabrication for applications such as solid rocket motors and hypersonic glide bodies. Cambium also cited late-stage testing programs for machining-ready composite billets and metal-to-composite adhesives intended for air and space vehicle structures.
The company said it is already executing contracts with defense partners tied to key programs of record, and is positioning itself as a scaled advanced-materials supplier for both defense and dual-use markets.
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“Our Series B round is a huge validation of Cambium’s model for reindustrializing critical materials manufacturing for our defense and industrial bases. With this capital, we’re scaling a distributed, secure manufacturing network across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe—creating a Western advanced-materials platform designed for the speed, scale, and resilience our partners demand.”
Simon Waddington, Co-Founder and CEO, Cambium
“Frontier technologies require frontier materials. Cambium was built in the USA to design and manufacture advanced materials for the future. Their array of product lines is powering many top aerospace and defense innovators and driving fast, profitable growth. We’re privileged to renew our support for this critically important company.”
Joe Lonsdale, Managing Partner, 8VC
