Team

Eileen Tanghal joined Applied Ventures in 2008 and was appointed Head of Applied Ventures in October, 2011.

Ms. Tanghal is currently board of directors observer at Aventa Systems and BT Imaging. She also manages Applied’s investments in Illumitex, Kateeva and Plextronics . She led Applied Ventures’ investment in Liquavista and served as a board observer director for the company until it was acquired by Samsung in January, 2011.

Eileen has 14 years of experience working with technology companies in the US and Europe including 10 years of combined financial and corporate venture capital experience and 4 years  working directly within venture capital backed startups.  Prior to joining Applied, she served as an investment director in the London office of Kennet Partners, where she led the firm's investment in fabless semiconductor companies Sequans Communications (Ticker:SQNS) and Wireless Audio IP, aka “STS” (acquired by SMSC).   Prior to this, Ms. Tanghal was an investment associate with Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, where she worked closely with portfolio companies including Plastic Logic Limited., SPI Lasers (acquired by JDS Uniphase), Forth Dimension Displays (acquired by Kopin) and Artimi.

Prior to entering the venture capital industry, she was one of the first ten employees, at PDF Solutions, specializing in semiconductor device design and fabrication. PDF Solutions subsequently went public in 2001 (Ticker: PDFS).

Ms. Tanghal holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the London Business School.

Dr. Brian Hubert joined Applied Ventures in 2007. Dr. Hubert's current investment focus is on nanomaterials, semiconductors, power electronics and energy harvesting. Brian is Board Observer for portfolio companies ClearEdge Power, ActaCell, MTPV, and Innolume. 

Prior to Applied Ventures, Dr. Hubert was a member of the High-tech and Health Care practices at McKinsey & Company.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Dr. Hubert co-founded Kovio, Inc., a Kleiner Perkins-backed nanotechnology and RFID startup which is pioneering semiconductor fabrication using liquid silicon and novel printing methods. Brian has served Kovio in several capacities as Chief Technology Officer, President, and observing member on the Board of Directors.

Dr. Hubert is a winner of the Lemelson-MIT Prize for excellence in invention and innovation. Articles and world-wide broadcast media about Dr. Hubert and his wide range of innovations have appeared in USA Today, New York Times, Associated Press, PR Newswire, Wired.com, and CNN Sci-Tech.

Dr. Hubert earned his bachelor of science, master of science, and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering with a research focus on superconductors and nano-engineering.

Taejoon Park joined Applied Ventures in 2012. Mr. Park’s current investment focus is on cleantech and materials. Taejoon is currently working with portfolio companies Banyan Energy and Iosil Energy.

Prior to joining Applied Ventures, Mr. Park was a senior consultant at Monitor Group’s Seoul office, where he performed diverse aspects of strategy projects for large Korean conglomerates in the cleantech, oil & gas, electronics, and mobile sectors.

Mr. Park holds his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.