# BESTGRAPHENE

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/bestgraphene

- Industry: Materials
- Headquarters: Yeoju-si, South Korea
- Website: www.best-graphene.com
- Total disclosed funding: $6.3M
- Latest round: Series A (Jul 11, 2023)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and founded in 2017, Bestgraphene Co., Ltd. operates as a material company specializing in carbon and graphene-related materials. In July 2023, the firm raised KRW 8 billion in series A funding led by a consortium of investors KDB Capital and L&S Venture Capital, with participation from other investors Solon Investment, Solon Investment, SL investment, etc. The firm as of July 2023, is led by its CEO, Sungmin Jin.

The company focuses on the production and supply of functionalized graphene and graphene composite materials. The company also has expertise in graphene synthesis, functionalization, and intermediate material production. The products offered by Bestgraphene are graphene colloids such as UCMG functionalized graphene, BGO graphene oxide colloid, graphene inks and pastes such as  BGI-SCG, BGI-ESD-Series, graphene for additives such as BGS series including BRGO, BGF, etc, and customized graphene solutions in user customized graphene series (UGS). The company’s product application is conductivity and multifunction. Conductivity includes heat dissipation in a horizontal direction within the systems like IT/Mobile, micro LED, flexible display, etc, and the anti-static nature of graphene-containing ink or sol-type coating solution Multifunction includes lubricity, light weight, anti-bacteria, etc.

The company plans to utilize its July 2023 funding to accelerate its technology advancement, hire more resources, and establish a specialized center for battery material analysis and development. The company also plans to increase the production scale of functionalized graphene for secondary battery active materials, graphene raw materials, and composite materials.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Jul 11, 2023, $6.3M — Seoul Investment Partners, SL Investment, KDB Capital, L&S Venture Capital, NAU IB Capital, YMT, Hana Securities, Solon Investment

## Investors

- Seoul Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/seoul-investment-partners) — Series A
- SL Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sl-investment) — Series A
- KDB Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kdb-capital) — Series A
- L&S Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/l-s-venture-capital) — Series A
- NAU IB Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nau-ib-capital) — Series A
- YMT — Series A
- Hana Securities (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hana-securities) — Series A
- Solon Investment — Series A