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Manufacturing · Sunnyvale, California · Founded 2026 · Raised $30M · Early stage

Light Materials

Scaling up a process that directly grows complex parts of the highest-performing materials

Review noteForm D states incorporated 2026 and $30.0M equity sold to 5 investors ($3M minimum each), first sale May 27. Orca Sciences (Bill Gates-backed R&D incubator) lists Light Materials as its project launching in 2026; the three officers are co-inventors on Orca Sciences patents. Source ↗

Edge

16#114 · ▼16 in 7d

2 of 8 families

Why now

  1. Filed intent-to-use trademark LIGHT MATERIALS for goods related to missiles, its first trademark filing

    Regulatory · Jul 31

  2. Filed first Form D: $30.0M sold, the full offering, in equity from 5 investors

    Capital · Jul 14

People

  • Patrick Raam GallagherSearch ↗

    Executive Officer, Director

  • Menyoung LeeSearch ↗

    Executive Officer, Director

  • Dylan OwensSearch ↗

    Executive Officer, Director

Score

Momentum25

 

Capital, regulatory

Thesis fit86

× 0.90

Matched on additive manufacturing, aerospace, chip, manufacturing, missile

Earliness70

× 0.82

Already visible: funding stage, capital raised

Team–

× 0.85

3 named people, none from a top lab or company

25 × 0.90 × 0.82 × 0.85 = 16

Edge, 12 weeks

Signals

  1. Jul 31RegulatoryFiled intent-to-use trademark LIGHT MATERIALS for goods related to missiles, its first trademark filing↗
  2. Jul 28CapitalAmended Form D: $30.0M sold, unchanged, in equity from 5 investors↗
  3. Jul 14CapitalFiled first Form D: $30.0M sold, the full offering, in equity from 5 investors↗