A technology provider of sustainable EMI shielding solutions for the automotive, electronics, and aerospace markets.
Big Idea
Graphenest is a technology provider of sustainable EMI shielding solutions for the automotive, electronics, and aerospace markets. Current shielding products are based on metals that are heavy, rigid, and energy & resource-intensive. Graphenest offers conductive plastics and coatings products that provide 220% more RF/EMI/EMC Shielding performance while reducing production costs by more than 15% and weight by up to 75%. We aim to be the industry leader in EMI Shielding for high-frequency electronics and our customers are Tier 2 and 1 component or systems manufacturers for batteries (package and electronics control), electronics (housing, IC, printable electronics, antennas), electronics/telecom (Radar, LiDAR, 5G/6G, etc), cables & wires (power and data), among other critical components.
Activity Highlights
- EDP Innovation Award and Dow Chemical Business Idea Award (2014);
- Industry class of at Forbes 30 under 30 (2017);
- Henkel start-up award at AdMaCom (2017);
- Participation in the Techstars Acceleration program sponsored by US Air Force (2018);
Team
Vítor Abrantes – CEO; Bruno Figueiredo – Co-Founder; Rui Silva – CTO.
Portugal Ventures Investment Manager
