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We congratulate our portfolio company, MICSI, on receiving FDA clearance for MICSI-PET, its second FDA-approved technology since 2024. It uses MRI to sharpen brain PET scans and scores them automatically for the proteins linked to Alzheimer's, capitalizing on that in brain imaging, the value shifts from the image to the measurement. #MedTech #Alzheimers #MRI

In the last 12 years, Graphene has evaluated thousands of companies, and 8 out of 10 of our investments have come through referrals. That does not mean cold outreach does not work. It means founders raising in six months should spend less time polishing the deck and more time building the relationships that can lead to the right introduction. Five things our partners recommend founders do before fundraising: 1. Start early. 2. Map your network. 3. Give before you ask. 4. Be selective about which VCs you approach. 5. Stay in touch with meaningful updates. #VentureCapital #Startups #Fundraising #Networking #VC

RT @NabilAlnoor: For the past years, being close to @Wake_Cap , @GrapheneVCF Ventures kept backing it up with a strong conviction that its…

Sequoia's @JulienBek wrote one of the sharpest pieces we've read on where AI value is heading: companies will sell the work, not the tool. 🎯 We've been underwriting this for years. Three things we'd add 👇 1️⃣ The moat is the workflow. 🔒 AI commoditizes features; it can't commoditize the integrations + domain depth that compound with every client. 2️⃣ It's a growth-stage bet. 📈 By Series A/B, PMF is proven but the winner isn't crowned. You underwrite who is already doing the work profitably, not guess who might. 3️⃣ It's not just a US story. 🌎 Services are ~70% of GDP in most economies. We back this across the US, Brazil 🇧🇷 & Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, where most funds can't follow. Software addresses ~12% of US professional services. The other 88% is the opportunity. Read the original story 👉 sequoiacap.com/article/servi… #AI #VentureCapital #GrapheneVentures #FutureOfWork

Congratulations to @Wake_Cap on the acquisition of Frontline and its expansion into AI-powered planning and optimization. By combining real-time site intelligence with advanced scheduling and resource optimization, WakeCap is creating a continuous intelligence loop from planning to execution across construction, industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. We are proud to support the team as they continue building the future of intelligent construction. Congrats to @hassan_albalawi and the entire WakeCap team. #ConstructionTech #AI #ConTech #DigitalTransformation #Infrastructure #GrapheneVentures

Our Partner Gabriel Farme just spoke at @WebSummit Rio. Here are his key takeaways from "Spotting Brazil's AI Moment" 🧵 1/ AI has 3 layers: infrastructure, foundational, and application. Foundational = big labs. Brazil's lane is infra and application, and it's a strong one. 2/ Brazil's talent gap is closing. AI is new enough that the global talent pool is still being built. World-class universities + exceptional people = Brazil catches up sooner than you think. 3/ Services is the real AI frontier. Companies can now sell work, not just software. With services at 70% of Brazil's GDP, the TAM here is massive. 4/ Enterprise AI impact hasn't hit yet, but it's coming. Founders live in the future. They'll keep pulling it forward. Full session 👉 youtube.com/live/dgx_mXgYhtI… #WebSummitRio #lAI #GrapheneVentures

We're excited to welcome two new team members to our São Paulo office 🇧🇷 Gabriel Farme joins Graphene Ventures as Partner, bringing 15+ years of experience across venture capital, investment banking, corporate finance, and business development. Most recently, he served as Partner at Verve Capital, supporting high-growth companies and founders. Gabriela Felix joins as Investment Analyst, bringing experience in strategy, M&A and investment analysis from roles at Inter, LocPay, and Banco Mercantil. Together, they strengthen Graphene's presence in Brazil and our ability to support exceptional founders across Latin America and beyond. Welcome to the team! #GrapheneVentures #VentureCapital #Brazil #LATAM #Startups #Innovation a partner

Graphene is coming to Brazil 🇧🇷: Gabriel Farme, @GrapheneVCF Partner, is speaking at @WebSummit Rio (June 8–11) alongside @KaszekVentures and Norte Ventures. Join the session: "Spotting Brazil's AI Moment" The story used to go one way: Brazilian founders pitch, foreign capital decides. This panel unpacks what changes when conviction and capital are both homegrown, and what that unlocks for the next wave of Brazilian AI companies. See you in Rio. #WebSummitRio #BrazilianStartups #Startups #AI #conversation

Congratulations to @contraline on its oversubscribed $92.5M Series B financing. 👏 Contraline now holds global rights to NES/T, a reversible male contraceptive gel that has completed Phase 2B studies and is advancing toward an end-of-Phase 2 FDA meeting and Phase 3 development. Great achievement by @kfrats and the whole Contraline team. Graphene Ventures has been following the company’s journey since 2020 as an early investor and has backed it in this round. #Biotech #VC #HealthTech #GrapheneVentures #Funding #SeriesB

Exciting update from our portfolio company @ridezum and its founder @ritun! It just raised $100M from @TPG, $430M total funding; $1.7B valuation 🚀. And the 2025 numbers show why: • $333M revenue (+35% YoY) • EBITDA breakeven • $2B+ TCV • 4,500+ schools, 17 states Student mobility is being rebuilt from the ground up. Proud to back this team. #GrapheneVentures #Startups #Mobility #AI #ClimateTech #VentureCapital

Big news from our portfolio company 🚀 @contraline has executed a global exclusive license with @Pop_Council for the NES/T male contraceptive gel, the most advanced investigational male contraceptive to date. Next up: planning what could be the first Phase 3 trial of a hormonal male contraceptive in history. Congrats to Kevin Eisenfrats (@kfrats) and the Contraline team 👏 #GrapheneVentures #Biotech #ReproductiveHealth #StartupNews #Innovation

Graphene Ventures records its second exit in AgTech 🌱 following the acquisition of Bear Flag Robotics 🚜 by John Deere in 2021. In December 2025, @aquabyteai 🐟 (Fund II & Fund III) sells a majority stake to Vitruvian Partners. The deal reflects a fast-moving AgTech market, validates our thesis, and underpins expectations of strong returns for LPs. We congratulate the Aquabyte team and its CEO, Steve Tucker, on this achievement! #AgTech #VentureCapital #Exits #FundIII #GrapheneVentures

Big milestone for our portfolio company @segura_security 🎉 It has secured a $25M growth round led by Riverwood Capital to accelerate global expansion and advance its AI-powered identity security platform 🔐 Trusted by 1,000+ organizations in 70 countries, and just getting started 🚀 #Cybersecurity #IdentitySecurity #PAM #VentureCapital #GrowthInvestment

Congratulations to our friends @marssgroup . Graphene has been the only investor in the company since 2022 and today we handover the flag to @aussie_eos to continue the mission to MARSS.

🇸🇦 Saudi startups are going global! Join us on Oct 8, 2025 at CODE, Riyadh for “Internationalization – Expanding Globally from Saudi Arabia”, hosted by Graphene Ventures. Learn from founders & investors about global readiness, market timing, and scaling strategies. Keynote Speakers: @NabilAlnoor, @hassan_albalawi Register at luma.com/g2rto0h9

Congratulations to @WadaieSA for closing a seed round. We’re excited to back an exceptional team led by the CEO @afalandas and the cofounders of Wadaie.