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Hadrian funding, valuation and investors
Automated precision manufacturing factories for aerospace and defense parts.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series D / growth
$1.37B · August 2026
Latest known valuation
$7.87B
Series D / growth · August 2026
Total disclosed equity funding
$1.6B
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Los Angeles, California
Investors in latest funding
Lead: WCM Investment Management , Washington Harbour Partners , Valor Equity Partners , 137 Ventures , Baillie Gifford
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Founders Fund , Lux Capital , Altimeter Capital , CapitalG
Overview
Hadrian builds automated precision manufacturing factories that produce aerospace and defense components — using software-driven CNC machining, quality systems, and production scheduling to modernize defense supply chains. It sells factory throughput for parts programs already need, not new munitions.
Why Hadrian is interesting
Hadrian is factory-as-software for defense supply chains — not a weapons brand. The Aug 2026 $1.37B round at ~$7.87B valuation (from ~$1.6B in Jan 2026) shows capital re-rating automated CNC factories that ship submarine, aircraft, and vehicle parts.
Product & use cases
Hadrian builds automated precision manufacturing factories for aerospace and defense parts — software-driven CNC machining, quality systems, and production scheduling. Customers are programs that need parts throughput, not a new weapons platform.
- Aerospace CNC parts production at scale
- Submarine and naval parts manufacturing (Alabama facility)
- Defense supply chain reshoring
- Software-scheduled precision manufacturing
Key facts
- Growth round (Aug 2026): $1.37B at $7.87B valuation; leads include WCM, Washington Harbour, Valor Equity, 137 Ventures, Baillie Gifford; a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund), Lux (/fund/lux-capital), Altimeter (/fund/altimeter-capital), CapitalG participated (TechCrunch)
- Series C (Jul 2025): $260M led by Founders Fund (/fund/founders-fund) and Lux Capital (/fund/lux-capital); a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Altimeter (/fund/altimeter-capital), D1 (/fund/d1-capital) continued (Hadrian blog / TechCrunch)
- Expanded round (Jan 2026): $1.6B valuation led by T. Rowe Price; Founders Fund, Lux, a16z, Altimeter, D1 participated (PR Newswire)
- Alabama submarine-parts facility structured as $2.4B public/private partnership (company figure via TechCrunch Aug 2026)
Funding history (newest first)
Series D / growth
2026-08 $1.37B Valuation: $7.87B- WCM Investment Management (lead)
- Washington Harbour Partners (lead)
- Valor Equity Partners (lead)
- 137 Ventures (lead)
- Baillie Gifford (lead)
- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Founders Fund (participant)
- Lux Capital (participant)
- Altimeter Capital (participant)
- CapitalG (participant)
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/defense-tech-hadrian-raises-1-37b-at-8b-valuation/
Series C extension
2026-01 undisclosed Valuation: $1.6BSource: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hadrian-valuation
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Factory-as-software for American Dynamism — $1.37B raise at ~$7.87B (Aug 2026) and a $2.4B public/private Alabama facility signal contracted industrial demand, not prototype theater.
U.S. defense supply chains rely on aging shops. Hadrian bets software plus automation can reshore critical production — execution risk is factory uptime and customer contracts.
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Legacy machine shops incumbent
Aging defense supply chain; Hadrian modernizes with automation.
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Anduril (manufacturing) adjacent
Defense tech with manufacturing ambitions; different primary product.
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SpaceX in-house manufacturing adjacent
Vertically integrated; Hadrian sells to external primes.
Notable stories
- $1.37B at $7.87B (Aug 2026) — roughly 5× the Jan 2026 mark — with public-market and growth leads joining longtime VCs (TechCrunch).
- Alabama submarine-parts facility: fourth site; $2.4B public/private partnership structure (company via TechCrunch).
- $260M Series C (Jul 2025) led by Founders Fund and Lux — American Dynamism manufacturing thesis (Hadrian blog).
- Follow-on at $1.6B valuation led by T. Rowe Price (Jan 2026).
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