Applied Ventures, LLC

Applied Ventures, LLC is the venture capital arm of Applied Materials. It has spent more than ten years putting money into startups built on disruptive technologies.

What Applied Ventures, LLC offers

• Stage-agnostic investment — funding at whatever stage a startup has reached.
• Technical validation — access to materials engineering and semiconductor know-how and fabrication facilities for testing devices.
• Commercial introductions — links to global customers, supply chain partners and co-investors.

Who it works with

Startups in fields such as smartphones, augmented and virtual reality, driverless cars, big data, life sciences, robotics, cleantech and advanced materials. Capital has reached more than 90 companies in 17 countries.

Key facts

• Parent company: Applied Materials
• Portfolio: more than 90 companies
• Countries: 17