Jackie Kossmann, who joined Applied Ventures in 2017 and won a GCV Rising Stars award in January, will be an investor at In-Q-Tel.

Jaclyn (Jackie) Kossmann, former senior investment manager at corporate venturing unit Applied Ventures (AV), has joined In-Q-Tel (IQT), the strategic investment vehicle for the US government’s intelligence community, as an investor.

Applied Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of US-listed materials engineering technology provider Applied Materials, hired Kossman, a GCV Rising Star 2021 award winner, in 2017.

Kossman had closed and exited some of its notable investments in the broader optics and semiconductor sector, according to AV global head Anand Kamannavar…

James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.