Universal Matter

Universal Matter has developed "cleaner, faster, and less expensive" technology to commercialize graphene. The company's tech is based on the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour's proprietary Flash Joule Heating process that can convert inexpensive carbon sources into graphene layers.

Headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, with U.S. headquarters in Houston, Universal Matter’s vision is to build on its strong R&D foundation to scale its production process and become the world’s leading supplier of lower cost and higher quality graphene materials from petcoke, agricultural feedstocks, recycled plastic, recycled rubber and coal.

In 2023 Universal Matter acquired UK's Applied Graphene Materials for $1.3 million.