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 when contributing to her Rising Stars award profile in January.
The AV move came after two years at Green D Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs Dartmouth College-affiliated companies, where Kossman invested in more than 30 startups.
Prior to VC, Kossmann was a project developer of utility-scale wind and solar farms across the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering and biomedical engineering from Tufts University, a master of science in sustainability engineering from Edinburgh University and an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
