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Maksim GudkovCEO and co-founder

www.graphox.ru

Graphene Technology

Cheap mass production of Graphene Oxide,Graphene and Functionalized Graphene Materials.

Development of new graphene-based materials

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Market Product Competitors Business Model Marketing Current stage Team FinancesProblem

The main problem is complicated technology of graphene synthesis high cost of the product, low availability, limited application

Commercial graphene products

Graphene nanoflakes

CVD graphene films

Reduced graphene oxide

Epitaxial graphene on SiC

➢ Graphene nanoflakes – low yield, 2-5 of layers, complexity of functionalization, limited number of applications

➢ CVD graphene, Epitaxial graphene on SiC – difficult to scale, limited number of applications, high cost, impossibility of functionalization

Plenty of disadvantages

Problems

➢ The high cost limits the possibility of using agraphene in many fields, and the ability of large-scale production is available only for graphene nanoflakes and reduced graphene oxide

➢ Despite the low price and ease of production of2-5 layer graphene nanoflakes, the properties are critically worse in comparison with monolayer graphene, the number of applications of this product is limited

➢ The complexity of graphene nanoflakes functionalization does not allow to expand the number of application

➢ The properties of nanomaterials are largely determined by its purity, reproducibility of the functional and fractional composition, as well as the ability to control and change the functional composition, but the mass production of graphene nanoflakes practically cannot guarantee such opportunities

Solution

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Market Product Competitors Business Model Marketing Current stage Team FinancesProblem Solution

Our solution: cheap and simple production technology of a singleprecursor for graphene and all graphene derivatives - Graphene Oxide

< 1 kg per month $ 1010 kg per month $ 41000 kg per month $ 0.450 tons per month $ 0.1

The technological process of the consumer will not change

dramatically

- Same equipment- Same methods- Better purity and quality of final product- Opportunities for new products with next generation properties

One precursor for theentire product line

Cheap mass production ofhigh quality Graphene Oxide

➢ A wide variety of possible form of product: dispersion, film, powder, aerogel, paper, etc.➢ Wide range of applications due to the available set of functionalized forms➢ Cheap precursor synthesis method ensures a cheapness of the entire product line

+Price will drop sharply with

increasing a production

Productioncapacity

Price per 1gof GO

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The global graphene market size was valued at USD 78.7 million in 2019 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 38.7% from 2020 to 2027 up to USD 1B

Grand View Research, Inc. Rise.Graphene Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Application (Electronics, Composites, Energy), By Product (Graphene Nanoplatelets, Graphene Oxide), By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2020 – 2027. Mar, 2020, Report ID: 978-1-68038-788-9

Market drivers

Increasing demand for renewable, lightweight, and flexible materials that offer durability is expected to drive the product demand. Rising product penetration in various applications including energy storage, semiconductors, and sensors is anticipated to further fuel the market.

By 2027

PAMSAMSOM

$ 1B$ 350M$ 150M

Consumers

$ 78.7 M

$ 1.08 BGraphene Market Size Worth $1.08 Billion

By 2027, CAGR: 38.7%

36 %

34 %

13 %

17 % Electronics application segmentSemiconductors, transistors, capacitors, and sensors

Composite materials industryConstruction, automotive, aerospace, batteries, coatings, metals and plastics

Energy sectorElectrochemical energy storage solutions including electrochemical capacitors, lithium-ion batteries

OthersInks, coatings, catalysts, smart packaging

Market situation

The market is consolidated in nature, with key players controlling major market share. It is highly dynamic and exhibits intense competition, owing to presence of various small and medium scale manufacturers.

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Our offer is a product line of graphenes with various properties and a variety of supply forms,the possibility of conducting joint R&D and the turnkey development of new materials

Offer to consumers

Graphene Oxide Graphene (rGO) Carboxylated graphene

Carbonylated graphene Aminated graphene Brominated graphene

1 2 3 4 5

1 - dispersion (water/organic)2 - film 4 - aerogel3 - powder 5 - paper

Forms of products

➢ Customization any of our products in accordance with consumer desire

➢ “Turnkey" development of new graphene-containing materials

➢ Joint research and development on mutually beneficial conditions

www.graphox.ru

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Now we are ready to produce almost the largest line of graphene derivatives,which will expand in the next 2 years, at the lowest retail price and best quality

Major players in this industry

~ 1500 tons Graphene oxide per 1 year

Comparison of our Graphene Oxidewith competitors

Company Name

C/OC max,

g/LX-Y

DimensionMonolayer

contentCost

per 1gFunctionalized

Derivatives

2-Dtech 2 - < 4 µm > 50% ? 2

Global Graphene

Groupno info 1

0.01 – 0.06 µm

no info ? 2

BTG Materials no info 5 1-20 µm no info $ 90 2

ACS Material 1.9-2.0 10 0.5-2.0 μm > 80% $ 145 6

Graphenea 2 25 < 10μm > 95% $ 15 3

Graphene Technology

1.8 15500 nm -100 µm

> 90% < $ 10 6

▪ AMO GmbH ▪ Grafoid, Inc. ▪ Graphenea SA ▪ Graphene Nanochem plc

▪ Group Nanoxplore, Inc. ▪ Graphene Laboratories, Inc. ▪ Graphensic AB ▪ Graphene Square, Inc.

▪ Haydale Graphene Industries plc ▪ Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd. ▪ Vorbeck Materials ▪ XG Sciences

Some of the otherGraphene manufacturers

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We will earn on the sale of materials, joint R&D and turnkey development ofgraphene-containing materials to innovative small- and medium-sized companies

What will we sell?

• Graphene oxide• Graphene (reduced graphene oxide)• Carboxylated graphene• Carbonylated graphene• Aminated graphene• Halogenated graphenes: brominated, chlorinated, fluorinated

Dispersions (water/organic), films, powders, aerogels, paper (optional)

Who are our consumers?

➢ R&D departmentsStartups, research institutes, private laboratories, high tech businesses

Innovative small and medium companies from:

➢ Electronic industryLi-Ion batteries, conductive coatings, conductive inks, touch screens for tablets and mobile phones, microelectronic chips

➢ Composite materials industryAerospace, medical implants, engineering materials

➢ Catalysis industryCarriers for hydrogen energy catalysts and other industries

➢ Biomaterials industryMedicines, prostheses, implants, biosensors, etc.

What are the main costs?

• Team• Marketing and sales• Salvaging or recovery of acid

➢ Materials from line of products based on graphene oxide:

➢ Turnkey development of new graphene-containing materials: composites, films, coatings etc.

➢ Joint research and development in graphene-based materials field on mutually beneficial conditions

• Energy costs for synthesis• Chemical reagents• Packaging of products

Potential available market $1 Billion (2027),Serviceable obtainable market $150 Million

• Monitoring of target materials will running in production by medium innovative companies

• Tracking fast-growing high tech small companies

• Visiting of thematic exhibitions

• Chemical and industrial chemistry distributorsSigma Aldrich Co, Strem Chemicals, PI-KELimited, Grafen Chemical Industries Co, etc.

• Large marketplacesAlibaba, e-Bay, Amazon, GrapheneSupermarket, etc.

• Exhibitions of new materials• Web site• Profile internet editions• Thematic groups/channels

Linked-In, Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, etc.• Business conferences, forums, exhibitions 8


We plan to search of customers directly, as well as through distributors and the largestinternational marketplaces: Alibaba, e-Bay, Amazon, Graphene Supermarket, etc.

Direct customers search

Sales channels

Customer retention through

Sales cycle (materials supply)

• Control of high quality of product• Continual expansion of product line• High level of R&D services and professional competencies• Special prices and conditions for partners and direct industrial customers

• Pilot test• Sale of a small test sample• Negotiation and contract signing• Start of permanent purchases

≈ 8 months

Sales cycle (joint R&D)

• Technical specification negotiation

• Contract signing• R&D work• Reporting

12-18 months

Sales cycle (turnkey dev.)

• Technical specification negotiation

• Contract signing• Performance of work• Testing, Reporting

≈ 18 months

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We confirmed our hypotheses, found the first customers, are negotiating with the two aboutthe constant supply of products. A pilot plant with capacity 10 kg per month was designed

First stage“Hypothesis testing”

Capacity – 40 g per month

Duration

Funding

Results

2 years

$ 50k

Second stage (actual)“Pilot plant v 1.0”

Capacity – 10 kg per month

Duration

Funding

Results

Plans

1 year (till February, 2021)

$ 620-670k

Third stage“Pilot plant v 2.0”

Capacity – 1 ton per month

Fourth stage“Manufacture”

Capacity - 50 tons per month

Duration

Funding

Plans

2 years (till February, 2023)

$ 10M

Construct of plant, check the technology at the operating conditions, active market expansion, revenue $ 10M per year

Duration

Funding

Plans

3 years (till February, 2026)

$ 100M

Revenue $ 150M per year

• Cheap method of mass production of high quality graphene oxide had been developed

• Scalable methods for the synthesis of the set of controllably functionalized graphenes were developed: aminated, brominated, carbonylated and carboxylatedgraphene derivatives

Construction of a pilot plant, development and mode of settings, scaling of methods for the synthesis of functional derivatives of graphene, revenue $ 0.5M per year

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• First buyers were found:Chemtrans, Egida-ptv, SDS-Azot, etc.

• Samples were sent for testing toORA Graphene Audio Inc. (Canada)

• Negotiations are underway for joint R&D:ChelPipe Group (ChelyabinskPipe-Rolling Plant)

• Technological processes have been developed

• The scheme of a pilot plant was developed

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Our team now is 3 key members and 4 researches. We are planningto involve 2 marketing/sales specialists and accountant

Maksim Gudkovco-founderChief Executive Officer, project management and negotiation, interaction with potential customers

Experience: more than 3 years worked as a project manager at RIS-Ventures and ABRT Venture Fund with International projects;7.5 years worked at Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics; winner of the UMNIK contest (2014-2016) and the START-1 (2018-2019) program of the Russian Innovation Promotion Fund (fasie.ru)

Valery MelnikovChief Research Officer, product development

Experience: PhD, materials science; head of Laboratory of functional polymer systems and composites in Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics; > 40 published papers; 5 patents; have experience in commercialization of research from the laboratory to the manufactory of a nitrocellulose from wood raw materials (from coniferous and deciduous species) on the Aleksinsky Chemical Combine (2017-2018)

+ 4 researchers from FRCCP RAS, Ioffe Institute and 7 partners:

Maxim Rabchinskiico-founderChief Technology Officer, R&D and turnkey development management, search of new integrated solutions

Experience: 3 years of experience in project management at JSC Laser systems and LLC TGE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS, successful implemented 2 development and 2 R&D projects; semi-finalist of the Huawei Innovation Contest 2019; experience with the Skolkovo center and entrepreneurship support funds; 18 published paper on graphene materials

MSU FRCCP RAS

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Currently, 2 deals are being worked out with a potential supply of 1.5 kg of products per month by 2022.We need $ 640-670k for achievement of the next key step “Pilot plant v1.0” (10 kg/month)

Item of expenses Amount

Equipment $320 000 - 350 000

Salary fund and Taxes $220 000

Marketing and sales $37 000

Lease of premises $33 000

Chemical reagents + salvaging $20 000

Сommunal payments $10 000

Total $640 000 - 670 000

Budget for the development of “Pilot plant v1.0”(10 kg/month) and implementation of the current stage

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Partners and consumersFor introducing our products into the production cycle of enterprises from Electronic, Composite materials, Catalysis, Biomaterials industries; for the turnkey development of graphene-containing materials; for the joint R&D on mutually beneficial conditions

DistributorsTo increase the presence of Graphene Technology products on the global market, to launch our products in new territories, to cover the maximum set of potential distribution channels

InvestorTo finance the current stage of the project in order to expand production capabilities up to 10 kg per month, start marketing activities and active sale campaigns, quick access to international markets

➢ ORA Graphene Audio Inc. (Canada): 0.5 kg per month by the end of 2021

➢ ChelPipe Group (Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Plant): 0.01 kg per month by the end of 2021; 0.5-1 kg/month by the end of 2022

Nearest potential contracts

Thank you for attention!

Maksim GudkovCEO and co-founder

[email protected]

www.graphox.ru

+7(915) 052-3553

Supplementary info

Strengths Weaknesses

Inte

rnal

• High competencies of the project team

• Cheap method for the synthesis of precursor (graphene oxide) for the entire line of materials

• Large expandable product line

• Strong scientific and technical base of the project team

• Availability of a finished product that has been tested by partners and customers

• Dependence on imported materials/components

• The difficulty of promoting high-tech products on the domestic market

• Small production volumes

• The lack of marketing and sales specialists in the team with experience in the high-tech field

Opportunities Threats

Exte

rnal

• A high level of interest in the cooperation of high-tech small businesses

• Simplified access to global markets through low-cost graphene production

• The possibility to use the material and production base of project partners

• Increasing product price competitiveness by reducing the RUB/USD ratio

• Tighter sanctions and the inability to export the final product

• Strong brands of competitors

• Advanced technical developments of foreign analogues

• Change in prices for necessary foreign components/components

• Highly competitive ever-changing market

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