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Graphene Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

VC firmQuiet

Pre-seedSeedSeries AAg-techProductivity ToolsPrivacy

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 7 on record
Since the last cheque387days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$6.0MCheque size, as they say$500K – $2.0MRounds led0 of 7Mostly inUnited States, 50%
Pitch Graphene Ventures

Graphene Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    7 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 80% of its rounds

What they do

Venture capital firm focused on early-stage tech companies in enterprise software and consumer technology.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $2.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Ag-techProductivity ToolsPrivacy
Based in
Palo Alto, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first7 appearances

  1. 2025

    2 rounds

  2. Oct
    SmartlensUS · TechStartups$5.2MWith 5 others
  3. May
    WakeCapSeries A · SA · TechStartups$28MWith 2 others
  4. 2019

    2 rounds

  5. Sept
    EverledgerSeries A · GB · VentureBeat$20MWith 5 others
  6. Apr
    SimudyneSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$6.0MWith 2 others
  7. 2018

    2 rounds

  8. Nov
    WakeCapSeed · Wakecap$1.6MWith 6 others
  9. Jun
    b8taSeries B · US · TechCrunch$19MWith 5 others
  10. 2017

    1 round

  11. Jan
    JiobitUS · FinSMEs$3.0MWith 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration1 named

NANabil Alnoor BorhanuManaging Director of Graphene Ventures LLCiForm ADV

We also hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$194Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Graphene Ventures LLC
SEC number
CRD 281412

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Graphene Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Graphene Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Graphene Ventures

What does Graphene Ventures invest in?

Graphene Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ag-tech, Productivity Tools and Privacy.

How active is Graphene Ventures?

7 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2025.

What has Graphene Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Smartlens (Undisclosed round, Oct 2025), WakeCap (Series A, May 2025) and Everledger (Series A, Sept 2019).

How big are Graphene Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.0M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

Does Graphene Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 7 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Graphene Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), the United Kingdom (33%) and Saudi Arabia (17%).

Is Graphene Ventures investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2025.

Who does Graphene Ventures invest alongside?

Most often SOSV (2 rounds together).

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