# Anand Kamannavar

> Anand Kamannavar is a Series D investor at Applied Ventures backing Manufacturing. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Applied Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/applied-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kamannavar
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/akamannavar
- Website: http://www.appliedmaterials.com/profiles/anand-kamannavar
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kamannavar

Anand Kamannavar is a Series D investor at Applied Ventures in San Francisco focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Anand Kamannavar is the Founder & Global Head of Applied Ventures & he attended University of Wisconsin-Madison.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 33% |
| Semiconductor | 5 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 33% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 27% |
| Software | 3 | 20% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 3 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 20% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 40% |
| France | 2 | 13% |
| India | 1 | 7% |
| South Korea | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salience Labs | Salience Labs is building a hybrid photonic-electronic chip for AI. We have designed a massively parallel, ultra-high-throughput Photonic Tensor Processing Unit. Photonics allows data to be modulated at up to 100 GHZ, and allows for high levels of parallelization using multiplexing. We integrate this photonic unit into a SoC architecture designedto exploit its high throughput for AI inference. Salience Labs technology is based on decades of research collaboration between Oxford University and the University of Münster, Germany. | $30M | Series A | Feb 07, 2025 |  |
| Ayar Labs | Ayar Labs develops a monolithic in-package optical I/O (MIPO) solution for applications that require high bandwidth, low latency, and power-efficient short-reach interconnects.The company disrupts the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving improvement in interconnectbandwidth density at lower power. Its patented approach uses industry-standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical-based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical-based I/O. Ayar’s flagship product is a chip called TeraPhy that implements its optical technology on compact silicon die. The chip can be integrated directly into a central processing unit, graphics card, or another processor to give it optical data transmission capabilities.The Emeryville, California-headquartered company was established in 2015 by Alex Wright-Gladstein, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, and Mark Wade. | $155M | Series D | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Microoled | Microoled is a provider of microdisplays for mobile near-to-eye viewing devices used by consumers, medical professionals, and the security industry. Founded in 2007, Microoled headquarters, R&D, and a production facility are located in Grenoble, a renowned center of excellence in France for chipset and nanotechnology development. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| VVDN Technologies | VVDN is a Product Engineering & Manufacturing company focused on designing & manufacturing end-to-end products across several technology vertical markets (5G, Data Center, Vision, Networking, Wi-Fi, IoT, Defense, Cloud & Apps). VVDN’s India HQ is located at Gurgaon, India and its North America HQ’s is located in San Jose, CA, USA. VVDNserves global customers across several regions including US, Canada, Europe, India, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. VVDN's business model includes Product Engineering Services and ODM Services. VVDN’s Product Engineering Team Strength is 2,500+ and VVDN’s Manufacturing Strength is 3,000+ in staff. VVDN has 9 advanced Product Engineering Centers in India, which are fully equipped to design & test the complete hardware & software required to develop a complete product or solution. VVDN’s Manufacturing facilities are located at Manesar, Gurgaon, India which includes in-house best-in-class SMT Factory, Molding & Tooling Factory, Product Assembly Factory, and Product Certifications labs. VVDN’s Engineering & Manufacturing facilities are fully complied to develop & manufacture Enterprise, Consumer, Industrial, and Automotive-grade products. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 19, 2024 |  |
| Lightspeed Photonics | Lightspeed Photonics is a building of modular optoelectronic processors and interconnects for data centers and near-edge computing. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 28, 2023 |  |
| Ionblox | Zenlabs has developed proprietary silicon-based formulations that offer higher specific capacity, longer cycle life, and lower cost. Zenlabs' anodes are unique in their high loading level and high active silicon content. In addition, Zenlabs has solved the common problems with silicon based anodes such as poor cycling and swelling. Zenlabscombines these high capacity anodes with high capacity cathode materials in large format pouch cells to achieve energy densities that are much higher than what is commercially available. | $32M | Series B | Feb 08, 2023 |  |
| Ionblox | Zenlabs has developed proprietary silicon-based formulations that offer higher specific capacity, longer cycle life, and lower cost. Zenlabs' anodes are unique in their high loading level and high active silicon content. In addition, Zenlabs has solved the common problems with silicon based anodes such as poor cycling and swelling. Zenlabscombines these high capacity anodes with high capacity cathode materials in large format pouch cells to achieve energy densities that are much higher than what is commercially available. | $24M | Series B | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Scintil Photonics | SCINTIL Photonics is a fabless company that develops silicon photonic integrated circuits. SCINTIL solutions combine the best of Silicon (Si) and Indium Phosphide (InP) materials using wafer-scale bonding of InP on Si and rely on commercial silicon foundry processes to build fully integrated photonic circuits (comprising multi-wavelength lasers,waveguides, wavelength filters, and photodetectors). |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 06, 2022 |  |
| Syntiant | Syntiant is moving artificial intelligence and machine learning from the cloud to edge devices. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, such as smartphones, smart speakers,earbuds, hearing aids, and laptops. | $56.4M | Series D | Mar 28, 2022 |  |
| SES | SolidEnergy manufactures rechargeable cells at a pilot scale for prototype demonstration and specialized aerospace markets. But their real future lies in the materials they supply—anodes and electrolyte—for mainstream markets such as consumer electronics and electric vehicles. They supply these to large Li-ion cell manufacturers to be integratedwith a separator and cathode into full cells which can be customized for different applications including drones, consumer electronics, and electric vehicles.Because their anode and electrolyte materials are compatible with existing Li-ion cell manufacturing processes, they can achieve scalability by using existing infrastructure. This eliminates the need for costly infrastructure investment. It’s all part of their open ecosystem. It means a more seamless end-user experience, faster prototyping, and no limits to growth. | $139M | Series D | Apr 19, 2021 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NVIDIA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nvidia) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atlantic Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-bridge) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bay Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Catalus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catalus-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lilium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lilium-aviation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Applied Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Applied Ventures, LLC is the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMAT), the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions for the electronics industry with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service, and software products. At Applied Materials, they apply nanomanufacturing technology to improve the way peoplelive.Applied Ventures invests in early-stage technology companies that promise to deliver high growth and exceptional returns. Their charter is to profitably invest in companies that provide a window on technologies that advance or complement Applied Materials' core expertise. Their investments help develop technologies and markets that provide natural extensions to Applied Materials' core business and stimulate the growth of applications for semiconductors, displays, solar PV, and related products and services.

4 contacts available at Applied Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anand Kamannavar | Founder & Global Head | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anand-kamannavar |
| Frank Lee | Sr. Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-lee-2 |
| Rajesh Ramanujam | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rajesh-ramanujam-f354 |
| Steven Konsek | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-konsek |

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## FAQ

### What does Anand Kamannavar invest in?

Anand Kamannavar invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Information Technology startups, most often at Series D and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Anand Kamannavar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Anand Kamannavar closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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