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Eileen Tanghal

Eileen has a diverse background, including more than 11 years of experience with early stage venture capital-backed companies in the US and Europe, as an engineer, product manager, and venture capitalist. As director for Applied Ventures, she is responsible for identifying, recommending and managing venture capital investments.

Emerging Technologies, Semiconductors

Areas of Opportunity for Corporate Venture Investing

By Eileen Tanghal, Joe Dews (Guest Blogger)
Mar212013

The past two years have seen a significant decline in the number of venture firms making new investments in the Energy Technology and Semiconductor sectors. As a result, it has become increasingly difficult for private companies raising capital in these sectors.

Increasingly, corporate investors are playing a critical role in financing companies in these sectors, with 54% of energy tech and 24% of semiconductor private financing rounds in 2012 including one or more corporate investors1.

As the funding for energy tech and semiconductor startups from traditional financing sources has weakened, Applied Ventures continues to be a strong supporter of new thinking that will drive these sectors.

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Display

A Day Made of Glass

By Eileen Tanghal
Aug182011

Earlier this week I gave the keynote speech at the Emerging Display Technologies Conference in San Jose, Calif. and discussed the five waves of demand for the display industry and where we’ll be headed in the near future.

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Solar

What’s Black and White and Read all Over?

By Eileen Tanghal
Dec72009

No, I don’t mean a newspaper. I’m actually referring to a new device that is showing signs of becoming the next ubiquitous consumer gadget – the eReader.

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Solar

How Many PhDs does it take to Change an LED?

By Eileen Tanghal
Oct142009

Recently, the MIT Club of Northern California Cleantech Series presented “The Coming Ramp of Solid State Lighting,” a panel discussion held at Applied Materials' offices in California.

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