Impossible Objects has raised $40 million in Series B funding to accelerate the industrialisation of its Composite-Based Additive Manufacturing (CBAM) technology and meet growing demand from aerospace, defence and advanced manufacturing customers. Announced on 11 September, the financing was led by Inflection Equity with participation from Aaron Wealth Management, OCA Ventures, Impact Capital and Excell Partners.
The US company aims to overcome one of the main barriers that has historically limited much of additive manufacturing to prototyping: combining speed, material performance and costs suitable for series production.
CBAM takes a different approach from conventional filament deposition. The process combines sheets of long-fibre carbon or glass fabric with high-performance polymer powders, including PEEK, before consolidating the layers to produce the final component.
Its industrial CBAM 25 system has been developed specifically to increase throughput. Impossible Objects claims it can operate at speeds up to 15 times faster than competing production additive technologies, enabling strong, lightweight composite parts to be manufactured at higher volumes.
The company is consequently targeting applications currently served by processes such as CNC machining and injection moulding, while taking advantage of additive manufacturing’s ability to eliminate expensive dedicated tooling in many applications.
The new funding will be used to increase CBAM 25 system production, accelerate customer deployments and expand service and support capabilities. The investment follows approximately $20 million in US government contracts and awards secured by the company.
The goal is therefore to move composite 3D printing beyond prototyping and establish it as a viable technology for the industrial production of end-use parts.
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16 September 2026
