Applied Ventures

Venture Capital

Part of Applied Materials

Corporate venture capital arm of Applied Materials investing in deep tech and semiconductor-adjacent startups.

Santa Clara, United States · 21+ investments · 15 portfolio companies

Early Stage
Growth
Seed
Advanced Materials
Deep Tech
Hardware
Semiconductors
Artificial Intelligence
Clean Tech
Life Sciences
Robotics
Headquarters
Santa Clara, United States
Founded
2006
AUM
$500.0M
Portfolio Companies
15
Total Investments
21
Last Investment
Jan 2026
Geographic Focus
Asia, United States, Global

Investment Thesis

Stage-agnostic investor in deep technology startups across materials to systems stack, investing up to $100M annually in over 90 companies across 19 countries.

Applied Ventures is a Venture Capital firm based in Santa Clara, United States. It has made 21 investments, including VVDN Technologies, Infinitesima and Syntiant. Focus areas include Advanced Materials and Deep Tech.

Portfolio15

Co-investors24

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Corporate VC ×10 · Venture Capital ×10 · Accelerator ×2 · 28 shared rounds

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