Graphenea

graphenea.com ↗ ·San Sebastián ·Seed

Graphenea is a graphene manufacturer and dedicated graphene foundry that produces CVD graphene films, graphene oxide, graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) chips and offers GFAB foundry services for graphene-based chip design and production. Founded in 2010 in San Sebastián as a joint venture between private investors and the nanoscience research centre CIC nanoGUNE, it now serves customers in more than 60 countries with a team of roughly 30-40 people and a second site in the Boston/Cambridge, MA area. It is a partner in the EU Graphene Flagship, took a €1M investment from Repsol and CDTI's INNVIERTE programme in 2013, and its CEO was named by Forbes among Spain's 100 most creative business people in 2017.

Founded

2010

Founders

Total funds raised

€1M

SectorsDeeptech & Hardware, Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Energy & Climate Start-up MapDeeptech & Hardware › Advanced materials, photonics & sensors

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Founders

Jesús de la Fuente

Founder & CEO

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