SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Applied Ventures: Focus On Semi-Conductor And Technologies Related To Display And Related Products, Services' June 7, 2007

SVASE Event: 'VC Breakfast: Applied Ventures: Focus On Semi-Conductor And Technologies Related To Display And Related Products, Services'

Event: 'VC Breakfast: Applied Ventures: Focus On Semi-Conductor And Technologies Related To Display And Related Products, Services'

Date: Thursday, June 07, 2007 At 08:00
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Contact Info:
CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693 Email: jai@vigyana.com
URL: svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=929

VC Breakfast: Applied Ventures: Focus on Semi-Conductor and Technologies related to Display and related products, Services

The featured VC will be Michelle Klein, Applied Ventures. www.appliedventures.com

EVENT LOCATION: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

Applied Ventures

Applied Ventures, LLC is the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc., (*Nasdaq: AMAT), the global leader in nanomanufacturing technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, service and software products for the fabrication of semiconductor chips, flat panels, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied Materials, we apply nanomanufacturing technology to improve the way people live.

Applied Ventures invests in high-growth, early stage technology companies. We are driven by both financial and strategic objectives, and our mission is to profitably invest in companies that provide a window on technologies that advance the semiconductor and related industries. The fund focuses on companies pursuing technologies and markets that provide a natural extension to Applied Materials' core business in addition to innovations that stimulate the growth of applications for semiconductors, displays and related products and services.

Applied Ventures invests in companies that drive change in industries that may be relevant to Applied Materials. We partner with talented teams and create value through industry access, insight, contacts and partnership. As a result of our involvement, Applied Materials, Inc. may be partnering with a portfolio company to commercialize products and define winning market strategies.

Our mission is to profitably invest in companies that provide a window on technologies that will move the semiconductor and related industries to the cutting edge. We want to put our vast experience, bright minds, and broad asset base to work assisting young companies with financial promise to formulate marketable ideas from concept to commercialization. Mutual value is created as Applied Materials provides the needed support for portfolio companies from both the financial return and strategic insight provided from distinct value propositions in growing market segments of disruptive technologies.

Michelle Klein

Michele Klein is a director of Applied Ventures, the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, Inc., responsible for identifying, recommending and managing venture capital investments since 2005.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Klein led the In-line Electrical Metrology team in the Process and Diagnostics Control (PDC) business group since 2003. Before joining Applied Materials, she founded and led two semiconductor equipment companies and served actively on technology boards for 17 years. Ms. Klein was CEO and President of Boxer Cross from 1997 to 2003, when it was acquired by Applied Materials. She led her previous start-up, High Yield Technology, from 1986-1996. Prior to that, Ms. Klein held marketing management positions at Knoll International and Hewlett-Packard.

Ms. Klein is a board observer for Solaicx, a high-efficiency solar wafer manufacturer, and Infinite Power Solutions (IPS), a thin-film battery manufacturer. She is also a director of the Silicon Valley Association for Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE), and serves on the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) planning committee for the Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS 2008).

She has served on the boards of several non-profits, including the CEO Forum, the Community Relations Council and Stanford Hillel, and is currently a trustee of the San Jose Museum of Art.

Ms. Klein received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Illinois and a Master in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

COST: $25 SVASE Members; $39 Affiliates; $49 Non-members. This event is for ENTREPRENEURS ONLY, BY PREREGISTRATION ONLY.

This event is co-sponsored by Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP. www.townsend.com.

CONTACT: VCBC Chair: Jai Kumar, contact no. - 408-406-4693

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, 390 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301-1431

Official Website: http://svase.org/index.php?option=com_extcalendar&Itemid=149&extmode=view&extid=929