2D Fab has raised $645,000 USD (6 Million SEK) in an oversubscribed issue, which was not offered to the public but only to investors who received the offer directly from the executive management.

Among the larger investors are E14 Invest and ALMI Invest Mitt. Through the issue, the company has 16 new owners. The largest owner is Sven Forsberg, the company's CEO and founder.

Versarien has announced that it is the first graphene company in the world to successfully complete the Graphene Council's "Verified Graphene Producer" program.

The US-based Graphene Council's Program is an independent, third party verification system that involves a physical inspection of the production facilities, a review of the entire production process, a random sampling of product material and rigorous characterization and testing by a leading, international materials laboratory. The Program is based on the most recent developments in globally recognized graphene standards, surveys of graphene producers, researchers and users, as well as analysis of commercially available graphene products.

The EU Graphene Flagship has published its graphene application roadmap, showing when the flagship expects different graphene applications to mature and enter the market.

As can be seen in the roadmap above (click here for a larger image), the first applications that are being commercialized now are applications such as composite functional coatings, graphene batteries, low-cost printable electronics (based on graphene inks), photodetectors and biosensors.

Researchers at the University of Delaware have invented a technology that is meant to improve the communication between photonics devices. This new innovation could benefit smartphones, laptops, and various other consumer electronics.

silicon-graphene devices capable of transmitting radio-frequency waves at less than a picosecond at a sub-terahertz bandwidth have been successfully created. Silicon has long been a popular material for use in semiconductors found in many electronic devices. Unfortunately, there is a limit to what silicon can do in a semiconductor, due to its carrier mobility. This means that the speed a charge moves through the material, and its indirect bandgap, can dramatically limit the material’s ability to absorb and release light. But scientists believe they’ve found a solution to this problem, in the form of graphene.

First Graphene has announced the completion of a placement to raise $3.5 million AUD (around $2.5 Million USD).

The raised funds will be used for general working capital purposes and to advance the Company’s facility at the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre at the University of Manchester. Additionally, an increasing effort will be made to expand the sales and marketing functions of the Company.