Cambium Secures $100 Million Series B Funding to Accelerate Advanced Materials Production

Cambium, a leader in advanced materials for defense and aerospace, has announced a successful $100 million Series B financing round led by 8VC, with funding from MVP Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, GSBackers, Veteran Ventures Capital, J17 Ventures, and others. This capital injection will propel Cambium's product pipeline and materials manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe, benefiting sectors like aerospace, defense, energy, marine, and motorsport.

The company's innovative approach integrates AI, chemical informatics, and high-performance computing to expedite the design and scaling of new monomers and polymers. Additionally, following its acquisition of SHD, Cambium now possesses one of the largest aerospace and industrial qualified prepreg, film, and adhesives material production capacities globally.

The company aims to offer rapid prototype turnaround and instant scaling across multiple manufacturing sites, delivering true supply-chain security. Cambium's development platform covers various material verticals, such as advanced composites and optical protection systems. Its recent commercial launches include ultra-high-temperature polymers and carbon-carbon Thermal Protection Systems for defense, aerospace, and energy applications.

With contracts underway with defense partners and a growing pipeline of innovative products, Cambium is positioning itself as a leading advanced-materials partner for sectors across land, sea, air, and space. Simon Waddington, Cambium's Co-founder and CEO, expressed the significance of the Series B round in reindustrializing critical materials manufacturing, emphasizing the company's commitment to creating a Western advanced-materials platform designed for speed, scale, and resilience.

Cambium's pioneering efforts are focused on enhancing performance and survivability across defense dual-use applications, with a strong emphasis on speeding up the transition from prototype to full-scale production. For further details, please visit cambium-usa.com.