Yuri Zelvenskiy ^People

Yuri Zelvensky lived in Tomsk from the moment he entered Tomsk State University, in the 90s he run a business here. According to SPARK-Interfax, Zelvensky at various times was a co-owner of 25 companies registered in the Tomsk region. He currently controls five Tomsk companies: LLC MT, Sibirneft, Siberian Scientific Agency, Topinvest and Trenka. In 2019, OCSiAl was added to the list of unicorn startup companies a list of startup companies valued at $1 billion or more, according to CB Insights. In 2021, Daikin Industries announced its investment in OCSiAl to globally accelerate application development of lithium ion battery materials for EV, by underwriting a capital increase through a third-party allocation of shares. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the valuation of OCSiAl is circa $2 billion. The company's core product is TUBALL, high purity graphene nanotubes that can be used as a universal additive for a wide range of materials. Graphene nanotube is an extremely thin rolled-up sheet of graphene.The key advantage of graphene nanotubes centers around the very low loadings, starting at 0.01%, that are sufficient for achieving uniform and permanent conducti vity while also reinforcing mechanical properties. The very low loadings made possible by SWCNT provide the ability to maintain the original color and minimally impact secondary properties of most materials.