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Nano-C

33 Southwest Park, Westwood, MA, 02090, United States

Overview

Nano-C develops nanostructured carbon materials — including fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and chemical derivatives — for use in energy and electronics applications. The company was founded in 2001 by Viktor Vejins, who serves as President and CEO, and is based in Westwood, Massachusetts. Customers have already incorporated Nano-C’s materials and are preparing to launch new products based on them. Nano-C completed an $11.5M funding round, receiving a final $3M tranche as an equity investment. The company says it will use the new capital to expand support to existing and future customers and to implement an initial increase in production and staffing at its Westwood factory. The funding is intended to support scale-up of production and customer support efforts. Nano-C develops and manufactures carbon fullerenes, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and their chemical derivatives. Its materials are used in technologies such as transparent conducting films for displays, photo-resists, flash memory, transistors, photo-detectors, sensors, solar panels, batteries, ultra-capacitors, fuel cells, and composite materials. The company is based in Westwood, Massachusetts and was founded in 2001. It is led by President and CEO Viktor Vejins. Nano-C received a growth financing of undisclosed amount led by Fontinalis Partners. In conjunction with the funding, Chris Cheever of Fontinalis Partners joined Nano-C’s Board of Directors.

Total raised
$12M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Apr 2018

Industries

  • Advanced Materials
  • Chemical
  • Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Nanotechnology
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Apr 2018

    $12M

Team

  • Viktor Vejins

    President and CEO

  • Jack B. Howard

    Founder

  • Henning Richter

    Vice President, Research and Development

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  • Ramesh Sivarajan

    Vice President, Applications Development

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