Cambium develops high-temperature biomaterials, including monomers and composites, for applications in defense, aerospace, and renewable energy. Their products provide protection against extreme heat and rapid thermal impacts, addressing the need for reliable materials in demanding environments.
Funding
$30.5M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Many defense, aerospace, and energy applications require materials that can withstand extreme temperatures, rapid thermal impacts, and directed energy threats, but current solutions often lack the necessary performance or are difficult to manufacture at scale. Existing high-temperature materials may also rely on foreign supply chains, creating vulnerabilities.
Solution
Cambium develops and manufactures high-temperature biomaterials, including monomers and composites, designed to protect against extreme heat, fire, and rapid-heating impacts. Utilizing computational methods, Cambium's rapid design, build, and test innovation platform facilitates the discovery and production of novel materials. These materials are suitable for applications such as thermal barrier systems, directed-energy protection, and hypersonic vehicle components. Cambium focuses on establishing domestic production and resilient supply chains for its materials.
Target Audience
Cambium's primary customers are in the defense, aerospace, and renewable energy sectors, specifically those requiring high-performance materials for extreme conditions.
Features
- Molecular Foundry: A rapid development platform involving computational discovery, chem-bio synthesis, and composite fabrication and testing.
- High-temperature composites and foams for extreme environments.
- Precursors for carbon-carbon composites.
- Materials designed for directed-energy protection.
- Scalable monomer and composite production.
- Application development: Fabricating prototypes and testing in real-world conditions with customers.