Applied Ventures, LLC

We Invest in Startups Shaping the Future

For more than a decade, Applied Ventures, LLC—the venture capital arm of Applied Materials—has been turning possibilities into reality by investing in startups with disruptive technologies.

Among the innovations we have helped to pioneer are smart phones, argumented and virtual reality (AR and VR), driverless cars, big data, life sciences, robotics, cleantech, and advanced materials.

Applied Ventures is stage agnostic and invests up to $100M per year. To date, we have provided capital to more than 90 companies in 17 countries.

Why Applied Ventures Matters to Startups

Early-stage companies can validate high-performance devices and scale faster as the result of our breakthroughs in materials engineering, semiconductor technology, and our global fab infrastructure

We fast-track our startups’ success by connecting them with global customers, supply chain partners, and co-investors from influential corporate and financial venture capital firms

• Dec 10, 2022 Syntiant wins the GSA 2022 Startup to Watch Award
• Oct 26, 2022 Ionblox Raises $24 Million Series B Investment to Support the Commercialization of Unique High Energy Plus High Power Battery Cells
• Oct 12, 2022 Metalenz Raises $30 Million Series B Led by Neotribe Ventures to Address Fast Growing Demand for its Breakthrough Metasurface Optics Interested in exploring how we can help you succeed? Please submit a few details here, and we will get back to you