Paragraf hopes to manufacture ultra-thin graphene by using thin film production and aiming to process the materials in their final form.

Paragraf, a UK-based materials spinout from University of Cambridge, today secured £2.64m ($3.6m) in seed funding from University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund V, a private-sector vehicle affiliated with Cambridge, and Parkwalk Opportunities Fund.

Both vehicles are managed by commercialisation firm Parkwalk Advisors. Parkwalk Opportunities Fund backs UK-based technology businesses with tax reliefs under the government’s Enterprise Investment Scheme.

Paragraf is working on technology to manufacture graphene, a material so thin it is considered two-dimensional. The process would use thin film…