# Applied Value

> Applied Value is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/applied-value
- Website: http://www.appliedvaluegroup.com/#about

Applied Value is a VC fund in New York focused on Software and Information Technology. The Applied Value Group combines Management Consulting, Private and Public Investments, and Social Responsibility.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 17% |
| Analytics | 1 | 17% |
| Snack Food | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Turkey | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Grant | Founder and Executive Chairman | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-grant-8067 |
| Reyhan Baylan | CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reyhan-baylan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CatchProbe | CatchProbe is an internationally recognized technology company that provides actionable web intelligence, OSINT, deception systems, threat intelligence, and digital crime analytics solutions and products through the world's first AI-Driven SaaS-based centralized and autonomous intelligence platform. (Intelligency Suite, version IDA Mountain)CatchProbe is an enhanced centralized actionable intelligence orchestration platform for intelligence gathering, enrichment, deception, profiling or creating targeting, semantics, and attribution solutions. It collects all the intelligence needed to prevent potential threats, enrich your data, correlate across sources, produce reports, and streamline threat prevention using the intelligence it obtains for accurate analysis.In addition to verified threat intelligence data collected from public and private sources, deception systems (AI-Based Autonomous Deceptions), leaked data (Leak DBs) and dark/deep web resources are also used by CatchProbe and accessed through the centralized interface.CATCHPROBE PRODUCTS • Intelligence and Crime Analytics Center • DarkMap • Threatway • SmartDeceptive • LeakMap • CrimeGround • CognitiveAnalytx • ActiveGuard | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| CatchProbe | CatchProbe is an internationally recognized technology company that provides actionable web intelligence, OSINT, deception systems, threat intelligence, and digital crime analytics solutions and products through the world's first AI-Driven SaaS-based centralized and autonomous intelligence platform. (Intelligency Suite, version IDA Mountain)CatchProbe is an enhanced centralized actionable intelligence orchestration platform for intelligence gathering, enrichment, deception, profiling or creating targeting, semantics, and attribution solutions. It collects all the intelligence needed to prevent potential threats, enrich your data, correlate across sources, produce reports, and streamline threat prevention using the intelligence it obtains for accurate analysis.In addition to verified threat intelligence data collected from public and private sources, deception systems (AI-Based Autonomous Deceptions), leaked data (Leak DBs) and dark/deep web resources are also used by CatchProbe and accessed through the centralized interface.CATCHPROBE PRODUCTS • Intelligence and Crime Analytics Center • DarkMap • Threatway • SmartDeceptive • LeakMap • CrimeGround • CognitiveAnalytx • ActiveGuard | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Cezy | Cezy is an online retailer and snack bar producer. Their product, made with figs, carrots, walnuts, honey, and molasses, is produced using only raw materials and does not contain additives or flavors. | $135.6K | Seed | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| Medrics | MEDRICS develops integrated patient experience solutions while increasing the efficiency of the hospital operations with the combination of Healthcare processes flow knowledge, mobile, and location technologies. All solutions are white labeled and customized depending on priorities of clients. |  |  | May 10, 2020 |  |
| Medrics | MEDRICS develops integrated patient experience solutions while increasing the efficiency of the hospital operations with the combination of Healthcare processes flow knowledge, mobile, and location technologies. All solutions are white labeled and customized depending on priorities of clients. |  | Seed | May 10, 2020 |  |
| CosmosID | CosmosID is a bioinformatics company focused on rapid identification of microorganisms for infectious disease diagnostics, public health surveillance, food safety inspections, pharmaceutical discovery, and microbiome analysis for health and wellness. | $6M | Series B | Jan 27, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Applied Value invest in?

Applied Value invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Applied Value's check size?

Applied Value typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Applied Value participates in.

### How do I contact Applied Value?

Public channels for Applied Value include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Applied Value?

The team at Applied Value includes Bruce Grant (Founder and Executive Chairman) and Reyhan Baylan (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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