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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Spire Global Inc. is a space to cloud data analytics company utilizing satellites to provide maritime, aviation, and weather tracking.
A web performance and security company providing services for the protection and acceleration of websites online.
A computer software company providing remote conferencing services to businesses and organizations. Zoom is a San Jose, California-based company founded in 2011 by Eric S. Yuan.
MindTickle is a company that has developed software tools for business sales
U.S-based 3D media technology company providing worldwide end-to-end virtual media solutions.
QuintoAndar 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.
Heyzap 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.
U.S-based company providing endpoint security software globally.
A software company using artificial intelligence to create a computer vision platform for customer onboarding and security. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Holon, Israel.
Plivo 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.
B2B company developing hardware and software solutions to help diagnose a machine's issue through the sound it makes.
A software company offering a NoSQL database compatible with Apache Cassandra.
Provider of the motiontracking™ sensor system on chip for consumer electronic
AttackIQ is an enterprise cloud computing and computer security company.
Fiksu is a Boston-based mobile advertising company founded by Micah Adler.
Lookout is a cybersecurity company using predictive machine intelligence to analyze data to predict and stop mobile attacks to an individual or an enterprise.
August Home is a developer of connected products and services for creating automated physical environments.
Also known as Viva Republica, Toss provides a peer-to-peer mobile payments platform in Korea.
American technology company, and its android emulator for windows and mac
Also known as Tango, TangoMe provides a mobile communications platform that enables users to connect with friends. It allows users to send free text messages, play games, and make free phone calls and video calls.
Blippar creates augmented reality experiences or provides users with the tools to build their own.
ChaCha is a Carmel, Indiana-based advertising company.
People
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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Blue Canoe Learning
Extreme Vision
Idwall
MindTickle
Particle
ScyllaDB
Spire Global
THE VOID
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