I am an employee of Applied Materials, India and the investment arm of our company Applied Ventures is keen on identifying and funding startups based out of India.
There is a “Refer a startup” contest ongoing to refer related startups (Deadline:October 18th, 2014).
Applied Materials is the global leader in precision engineering domain i.e we basically deal with the equipment, services and software to manufacture semiconductor chips, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic products. So Applied Ventures would also be interested in investing in startups that deal with these domains:
- Advanced materials
- Display technologies
- Energy conversion & storage
- Data storage
- Medical diagnostic and technologies
- Process advancements
- Progress advances beyond 32nm node
- Advanced packaging
- Advanced patterning
- Metrology and inspection
- Software
- Solid state lighting
- Sustainability & conservation
- Emission reduction
- Energy efficiency
- Water filtration, purification, desalination
Please have a look at the url for more details.
The Indian startups funded so far include
For the complete portfolio of startups funded by Applied Ventures, please check out the link.
If you feel your startup or someone you know deals in this domain, please do send me a slide with following details before October 18th – sridharrajendran.r@gmail.com
- High Value Proposition(HVP) addressed by the startup
- Uniqueness of the technology
- Why Applied Ventures should invest
(Disclosure: I am not a member of the judging panel. I am just a regular employee of Applied Materials with an interest in startup ecosystem so I would not be able to provide any ‘expert advice’ about your startup and whatever comments I suggest are purely my own and not that of Applied Materials.)