Orbital Industries — Startup Profile

Using AI to discover materials for climate solutions.

HQ: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom | Founded: 2022 | Employees: Not publicly disclosed | Stage: Series A / private | Website: https://www.orbitalindustries.com

About

Orbital Materials combines software with laboratory experiments to design and test new materials. The company has focused on materials that could help capture carbon and improve clean technologies. Its goal is to shorten the time between an idea for a material and a working sample.

The Take

Orbital Materials is tackling a difficult but valuable problem: finding better materials is often the slowest part of building climate hardware. Its promise depends on whether computer-designed materials can be made cheaply and reliably outside the lab.

Key Metrics

• Founded: 2022
• Latest funding: $16M
• Status: Series A / private

Funding Rounds

• Round: $50M (2026-05) — Plural
• Round: $16M (2024-02) — Fly Ventures and Compound

Key People

• Jonathan Godwin

Key Competitors

• Citrine Informatics —
• Materials Project —
• Zeo Energy —

Timeline Highlights

• 2024-02: Series A: $16M

Recent News

• Orbital Materials receives NVentures investment (2024-10-21)

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