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Funding and backers

Total raised
$43.9M
31 rounds on record
Latest round
Venture round
Aug 2026 · 1 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Grants
$4.7M
13 grants · CORDIS
Backers
6
Cambridge Enterprise, Amadeus Capital Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
1 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 26 Raised a round Venture round Jun 1 Won a grant $609k · CORDIS Apr 7 Raised a round Venture round Jul 14, 2025 Raised a round Venture round Jan 1, 2025 Won a grant $533k · CORDIS Nov 29, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Nov 1, 2024 Won a grant $633k · CORDIS Aug 8, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Jun 1, 2024 Won a grant $982k · CORDIS Feb 26, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Aug 23, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Aug 1, 2023 Won a grant $114k · CORDIS May 3, 2023 Acquisition Paragraf Acquires CRISPR-Chip Developer Cardea Bio, Accelerating CRISPR QC's Business Opportunity · businesswire.com Apr 21, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Sep 27, 2022 Raised a round Venture round Jun 27, 2022 Raised a round Venture round Jun 1, 2022 Won a grant $406k · CORDIS Feb 25, 2022 Raised a round Venture round Jun 1, 2021 Won a grant CORDIS May 20, 2021 Raised a round Venture round Jul 1, 2020 Won a grant $348k · CORDIS Jan 1, 2020 Won a grant $572k · CORDIS Oct 18, 2019 Raised a round Venture round Oct 1, 2019 Won a grant $41k · CORDIS Aug 1, 2019 Won a grant $106k · CORDIS May 29, 2019 Raised a round Venture round Jan 1, 2019 Won a grant $306k · CORDIS Oct 1, 2018 Won a grant $89k · CORDIS May 1, 2018 Raised a round Seed $3.9M · TechCrunch Apr 10, 2018 Raised a round Venture round Oct 10, 2017 Raised a round Venture round 2015 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Aug 2026 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jun 2026 $609k — CORDIS
Venture round Apr 2026 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Jul 2025 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jan 2025 $533k — CORDIS
Venture round Nov 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Nov 2024 $633k — CORDIS
Venture round Aug 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jun 2024 $982k — CORDIS
Venture round Feb 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Aug 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Aug 2023 $114k — CORDIS
Venture round Apr 2023 $40M — SEC Form D
Venture round Apr 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Sep 2022 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Jun 2022 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jun 2022 $406k — CORDIS
Venture round Feb 2022 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jun 2021 — — CORDIS
Venture round May 2021 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jul 2020 $348k — CORDIS
Grant Jan 2020 $572k — CORDIS
Venture round Oct 2019 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Oct 2019 $41k — CORDIS
Grant Aug 2019 $106k — CORDIS
Venture round May 2019 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Jan 2019 $306k — CORDIS
Grant Oct 2018 $89k — CORDIS
Seed May 2018 $3.9M — TechCrunch
Venture round Apr 2018 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Oct 2017 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Paragraf Limited its site
Registered 25 Nov 2015
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Simon ThomasExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Paragraf is a Cambridge company founded in 2015 that manufactures graphene electronic devices at wafer scale. Its contamination free process produces graphene sensors including Hall effect devices with far greater sensitivity than silicon equivalents. The company supplies scientific, automotive and quantum computing customers.

News

Press release Frost & Sullivan 9 months ago
Paragraf Receives the 2025 European Graphene-Based Electronics Manufacturing Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for Excellence in Semiconductor Innovation
The company's direct, contaminant-free graphene deposition method is a manufacturing breakthrough
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Press release PRNewswire 9 months ago
Frost & Sullivan: Paragraf Receives the 2025 European Graphene-Based Electronics Manufacturing Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for Excellence in Semiconductor Innovation
/PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Paragraf has earned the 2025 European Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition in the...
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News Cambridge Independent 9 months ago
Paragraf's direct-growth 6-inch wafer in production
Pioneering graphene-based electronics using semiconductor processes.
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News spectrum.ieee.org 1 year ago
Paragraf Is Building a "Blank Canvas" Graphene Foundry
The company wants to make graphene sensors more accessible to industries
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News Haberler 2 years ago
Paragraf soruları ve çözümleri Örnek ve çıkmış paragraf soruları! Paragraf soruları çözme teknikleri! Uzun paragraf soru örnekleri ve cevapları
Türkçe derslerinde en zorlanılan soru tiplerinden birisi paragraflardır. Özellikle uzun paragraf soruları öğrencileri zorlayabiliyor. Fakat paragraf sözlerini çözme taktiklerinden birisi de çok sayıda paragraf sorusu çözmektir. Sürekli farklı paragraf sor
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People

Simon Thomas
Executive Officer, Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
100% ▼

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
2
Busiest office
Shanghai
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Cambridge United Kingdom
HQ
Shanghai China
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Jan 2026 job postings

Financials

Total raised
$48.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
31
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 — Details
Grant 2026 $609k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2026 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 — Details
Grant 2025 $533k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Grant 2024 $633k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Grant 2024 $982k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Grant 2023 $114k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $40M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 — Details
Grant 2022 $406k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 — Details
Grant 2021 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 — Details
Grant 2020 $348k Details
Grant 2020 $572k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 — Details
Grant 2019 $41k Details
Grant 2019 $106k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 — Details
Grant 2019 $306k Details
Grant 2018 $89k Details
Seed 2018 $3.9M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2018 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 — Details