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What does Applied Ventures invest in?
Applied Ventures invests most often at Series B and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as E-Commerce, Marketplace and Advanced Materials.
Applied Ventures highlights
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4 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series B and Venture: 57% of its rounds
- 03
Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $11M
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10 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- E-CommerceMarketplaceAdvanced Materials
- Based in
- Santa Clara, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first43 appearances
- 2026
4 rounds
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- Oct
- 2025
1 round
- Sept
- 2024
1 round
- Dec
- 2019
1 round
- Aug
- 2018
1 round
- Nov
- 2015
1 round
- Mar
- 2014
1 round
- Feb
- 2012
3 rounds
- May
- Mar
- Jan
- 2011
2 rounds
- Sept
- Jun
- 2010
5 rounds
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- Apr
- Mar
- 2009
4 rounds
- Aug
- Aug
- Jun
- May
- 2008
7 rounds
- Dec
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Jan
- 2007
5 rounds
- Nov
- Aug
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- 2006
2 rounds
- Nov
- Sept
- 2005
2 rounds
- Apr
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration4 named
AKAnand KamannavarGeneral Manager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
ELEdward Le Cesne ByrneExecutive Officer of General PartneriFiling they signed
HCHann-Ching ChaoManaging Director of General PartneriFiling they signed
NLNancy LudgusExecutive Officer of General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 12 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$73Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
2+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Applied Ventures, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 334249
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed10 in all
PlextronicsBought by SolvayUndisclosedMar 2014
LiquavistaBought by AmazonUndisclosedMay 2013
ActacellBought by Contour Energy SystemsUndisclosedSept 2012
SAGE ElectrochromicsBought by Saint-GobainUndisclosedMay 2012
Enphase EnergyListedUndisclosedMar 2012
GrandisBought by Samsung ElectronicsUndisclosedAug 2011
LiquavistaBought by Samsung ElectronicsUndisclosedJan 2011
Fat Spaniel TechnologiesBought by Power-OneUndisclosedOct 2010
SolaicxBought by MEMC Electronic Materials$66MMay 2010
SunEdisonBought by MEMC Electronic Materials$200MOct 2009
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.