San Sebastian, Spain – November 6, 2014: Graphenea, a producer of high-quality graphene, today announced it was named in the 2014 Global Cleantech 100’s Ones to Watch list, produced by Cleantech Group, whose mission is to connect corporates to sustainable innovation through the i3 market intelligence platform, expert consulting services, and global events.

The inaugural Ones to Watch list seeks to highlight a group of upcoming companies that are catching the eye of leading players in the market. They are companies who did not quite have enough market support to make the 2014 Global Cleantech 100 list itself, who have never been on a previous Global Cleantech 100 list, but who clearly carry pockets of strong support among key corporations, investors, and Cleantech Group analysts within the Cleantech Group’s Expert Panel. The Expert Panel consists of an influential group of 84 panelists who help determine the annual Global Cleantech 100 list. The diversity of panelists results in a list of companies that command an expansive base of respect and support from many important players within the global cleantech innovation ecosystem.

“We are thrilled to be selected for the “ones to watch” list,” said Graphenea CEO Jesus de la Fuente. “This selection adds to our growing momentum and is a clear result of the hard work that everyone has put in over the past years. I would like to extend my congratulations and thanks to the entire Graphenea team. We will continue to innovate and contribute to this sector as well as others."

"We are excited to release a second list under the Global Cleantech 100 program, to recognise 60 other rising stars that, from the process we ran, we can see are catching the attention of some important players in the market,” said Richard Youngman, Cleantech Group’s Managing Director, Europe & Asia and creator of the Global Cleantech 100 program. “We look forward to following their progress, and hopefully seeing some of them graduate to future editions of the Global Cleantech 100.”

This year, a record number of nominations for the annual Global Cleantech 100 list were received: 5,995 distinct companies from 60 countries. These companies were weighted and scored to create a short list of 327 companies. Short-listed nominees were reviewed by Cleantech Group’s Expert Panel, resulting in the inaugural Ones to Watch list in addition to annual the Global Cleanteh 100 list. To qualify for the both lists, companies must be independent, for-profit, cleantech companies that are not listed on any major stock exchange.

• The complete list of the Global Cleantech 100’s Ones to Watch list was revealed on November 6th. See the full list at http://www.cleantech.com/indexes/global-cleantech-100/global-cleantech-100-ones-to-watch-3/

• For complete information on Graphenea’s leadership within the cleantech space, access i3 by visiting i3connect.com — Cleantech Group’s leading market intelligence platform — and search for Graphenea

• The complete list of Global Cleantech expert panel members is available at http://www.cleantech.com/indexes/global-cleantech-100/2014-panelists/

About Cleantech Group

Founded in 2002, Cleantech Group’s mission is to accelerate sustainable innovation. Core to this mission is i3, an online platform that connects corporates with innovation, at scale, by allowing them to find, vet, and connect with start-ups—efficiently building an innovation pipeline. In conjunction with i3, we offer premium Advisory Services for corporates in need of expertise designing and executing strategies for sustainable innovation, and managing the pipeline created in i3. The i3 platform comes to life at our global Events, which convene corporates and start-ups, along with other players shaping the future of sustainable innovation.

Cleantech Group is headquartered in San Francisco, and has offices in London and New York.

For more information, visit: www.cleantech.com

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Yvette Shirinian

Cleantech Group
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About Graphenea

Graphenea, headquartered at the nanotechnology cluster CIC nanoGune in San Sebastian, Spain, was established in 2010, and has since grown to be one of the world's largest providers of graphene. Graphenea employs 12 people and exports graphene materials to 52 countries. The company has focused on developing the CVD growth and transfer method, reaching a consistently high quality of its graphene films that researchers can rely on. Graphenea employs a team of skilled laboratory staff who have brought graphene transfer techniques to a new level, offering the same high quality films on any substrate. Following the trends in cutting-edge research, Graphenea also produces chemically exfoliated graphene. Graphenea partners with large multinationals to develop custom graphene materials for their applications.

Its research agility and ability to keep pace with the progress of graphene science and technology has allowed Graphenea to become the largest graphene supplier in the Graphene Flagship, a ten year project of the European Commission worth a billion euros. The company keeps a close relation with the world's leading scientists, regularly publishing scientific articles of the highest level. In 2014, the company opened Graphenea Inc, a branch on the East Coast of USA near the Massachussets Institute of Technology and Harvard.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Marko Spasenović

Graphenea

m.spasenovic@graphenea.com

Webpage: www.graphenea.com