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Applied Ventures

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Total investments 88
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 58
Rounds per year 4.89
Lead investments 8
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 13
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Manufacturing
  • Semiconductor
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
Summary

Applied Ventures appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2006. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Santa Clara. The venture was found in North America in United States. Applied Ventures appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 participants. Despite the Applied Ventures, startups are often financed by Intel Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Samsung Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Intel Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Partners. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by ARCH Venture Partners, Intel Capital, General Motors Ventures.

The real fund results show that this VC is 5 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other companies. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. This Applied Ventures works on 9 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2012. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Spin Memory, ClearEdge Power, Ultivue. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Renewable Energy, Solar. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lightspeed Photonics

29 Sep 2023 -

3d Glass Solutions

Electronics
$30M19 Apr 2023 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Zenlabs Energy

Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Renewable Energy
$32M08 Feb 2023 Fremont, California, United States

Zenlabs Energy

Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Renewable Energy
$24M26 Oct 2022 Fremont, California, United States

Cornami

Big Data
Information Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Real Time
$68M01 Mar 2022 Campbell, California, United States

ANB Sensors

Apps
Marine Technology
Sensor
Water
$1M20 Jul 2021 South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ideal Semiconductor Devices

Semiconductor
$22M15 Apr 2021 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Metalenz

3D Technology
Consumer Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Sensor
$10M04 Feb 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Antaios

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$11M16 Dec 2020 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
News
Ultivue Announces $50M Financing Round

– Ultivue announced the completion of a $50m Series D round of financing.
– New investors include Ally Bridge Group, Pura Vida Investments and Tao Capital Partners.
– Previous venture investors in Ultivue who also participated in the financing include ARCH Ventures, Northpond Ventures and Applied Ventures, LLC.
– This additional funding will help Ultivue strengthen its position in the market, deliver innovative solutions to address the dynamic nature of tumor biology from precious tissue samples and to provide researchers and pathologists with the ability to fully realize the potential of tissue biomarkers within digital pathology workflows.

SES Closes $139M Series D Funding

– SES Closes $139M Series D Funding
– The round was led by General Motors with participation from existing investors SK Inc., Temasek, Applied Ventures LLC, Shanghai Auto and Vertex.
– The company intends to use the funds to accelerate technology development, expand its technical, business and manufacturing teams, and expedite the commercialization of Li-Metal batteries.

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Total investments 88
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 4.89
Peak activity year 2017
Lead investments 8
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 13
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Lightspeed Photonics

29 Sep 2023 -

3d Glass Solutions

Electronics
$30M19 Apr 2023 Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Zenlabs Energy

Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Renewable Energy
$32M08 Feb 2023 Fremont, California, United States

Zenlabs Energy

Electric Vehicle
Electronics
Renewable Energy
$24M26 Oct 2022 Fremont, California, United States

Cornami

Big Data
Information Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Real Time
$68M01 Mar 2022 Campbell, California, United States

ANB Sensors

Apps
Marine Technology
Sensor
Water
$1M20 Jul 2021 South Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Ideal Semiconductor Devices

Semiconductor
$22M15 Apr 2021 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

Metalenz

3D Technology
Consumer Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
Sensor
$10M04 Feb 2021 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Antaios

Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$11M16 Dec 2020 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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