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On Jan. 5, Cambium (El Segundo, Calif., U.S.) announced a $100 million Series B financing led by 8VC, with 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.

This funding will accelerate Cambium’s product pipeline and materials manufacturing in the U.S. and Europe, supporting customers across aerospace, defense, energy, marine, motorsport and other high-performance sectors.

With its acquisition of SHD Composites in December 2025, Cambium has large aerospace and industrial qualified prepreg, film and adhesives material production capacities globally, with sites in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe supported by resilient supply chains in each location. Cambium offers its customers: (a) rapid turnaround of prototype and small-batch runs —measured in days, not months — and (b) the ability to scale instantly across identical manufacturing sites in multiple locations for true supply chain security.

Cambium’s development platform delivers multiple material verticals, from advanced composites to optical protection systems. Its recent commercial launches include ultra-high temperature polymers and carbon-carbon (C/C) thermal protection systems (TPS).

For example, ApexShield 1000 resin targets increased speed of C/C composite part fabrication — for uses ranging from solid rocket motors (SRMs) to hypersonic glide bodies. Other products in late-stage testing include machining-ready composite billets for SRMs and metal-to-composite adhesives for air and space vehicle structures designed to excel in both routine and extreme conditions. Behind this is a pipeline of additional products, from optical and directed energy protection to high-temperature foams, each building off a common platform of polymer innovation and standard manufacturing processes.

With contracts underway with defense partners across key Programs of Record — each with dual-use applications — Cambium is rapidly emerging as a go-to advanced-materials partner for innovators across land, sea, air and space (read “U.S. Navy contract to advance Cambium C/C composites for hypersonics”).

“We’re scaling a distributed, secure manufacturing network across the U.S., the U.K. and Europe,” says Waddington, “creating a Western advance materials platform designed for the speed, scale and resilience our partners demand.”