Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital company from California that focuses on startups that develop next-generation technologies and will promote future growth for Qualcomm. Founded in San Diego, California by Paul E. Jacobs in 2000, it invests in seed, early stage and late stage ventures. It typically invests in Series B, Series C, Series D, and Series A rounds. Its portfolio companies include Extreme Vision, Bounce, Ninjacart, BaiCells Technologies and Idwall.
Qualcomm Ventures has more than 140+ active companies in its portfolio and has generated significant financial returns, including six exits over a billion dollars: 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze.
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CloudflareA web performance and security company providing services for the protection and acceleration of websites online.
San Francisco
MatterportU.S-based 3D media technology company providing worldwide end-to-end virtual media solutions.
Sunnyvale, California
QuintoAndarQuintoAndar is a Brazilian company who offers an online rental platform which allows renters to find a rental without a co-signer, deposit or rental insurance and offers landlords protection against insolvent renters.
São Paulo
HeyzapHeyzap is a mobile advertising platform that was acquired by Fyber for $45m in 2015. It was founded in 2008 and was located in San Francisco, California.
PlivoPlivo is a cloud-based Communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company allows software developers to integrate phone calls, text messages, and other communication functions into their applications using its web service APIs.
FitbitCompany producing activity trackers
InvenSenseProvider of the motiontracking™ sensor system on chip for consumer electronic
San Jose, California
ScyllaDBA software company offering a NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra.
Palo Alto, California
SteelHouseCompany
Culver City, California
Particle (company)Particle is a San Francisco-based company founded by Zach Supalla.
Fiksu (company)Fiksu is a Boston-based mobile advertising company founded by Micah Adler.
Boston
Lookout (company)Lookout is a cybersecurity company using predictive machine intelligence to analyze data to predict and stop mobile attacks to an individual or an enterprise.
ThinkNearThinkNear is a Los Angeles-based company founded by Eli Portnoy.
Los Angeles
Toss (company)Also known as Viva Republica, Toss provides a peer-to-peer mobile payments platform in Korea.
Seoul
BlueStacksAmerican technology company, and its android emulator for windows and mac
Campbell, California
August HomeAugust Home is a San Francisco-based company.
ChaCha (search engine)ChaCha is a Carmel, Indiana-based advertising company.
Carmel, Indiana
BlipparBlippar creates augmented reality experiences or provides users with the tools to build their own.
London
Chicago
KirusaKirusa is a San Francisco-based public relations company.
Wrapp
ShadowfaxShadowfax is online to offline (o2o) crowdsourced B2B delivery and third-party logistics service provider based in Bengaluru. It was founded by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi graduates Abhishek Bansal and Vaibhav Khandelwal in 2015.
India
GaikaiCompany which provides technology for the streaming of high-end video games
Aliso Viejo, California
Capillary Technologies
NoomA fitness company offering a mobile health coaching service.
New York City
MagistoMagisto is an online video editor.
Menlo Park, California
Mountain View, California
IsraelPeople
Carlos Kokron
Managing Director
James Shen
Vice President & Managing Director
Keith Muhart
Senior Director of Marketing
Merav Weinryb
Managing Director
Patrick Eggen
Managing Director, North America
Varsha Tagare
Managing Director, India
Varun Jain
Head of Early-Stage Fund
Quinn Li
Senior Vice President & Global Head
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