Qualcomm Ventures

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Qualcomm Ventures
Company type Corporate venture fund
Founded2000
Headquarters
San Diego, California
,
United States
Number of locations
7 locations: San Diego, San Francisco, Israel, Europe, China, India, Latin America, Korea
Key people
Quinn Li
(Global Head)
Website www.qualcommventures.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with 140+ active portfolio companies. [1] Investing in startups targeting the wireless ecosystem, the group focuses on investments in the sectors of automotive, data center and enterprise, digital health, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobile.

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History

Qualcomm Ventures has experienced seven portfolio company exits of $1 billion, including 99 (app), [2] Cruise Automation, [3] Fitbit, [4] Invensense, NQ Mobile, and Ring, [5] Waze. [6]

In November, 2018, Qualcomm Ventures announced it has plans to invest up to $100 million in artificial intelligence. [7] It will provide capital to startups building on-device AI, which is AI that runs on the end device, like a smartphone or vehicle, rather than in the cloud. [8]

In June, 2021, Qualcomm Ventures invested into London-based FloLive IoT startup together with Intel Capital, Dell Technologies and other VCs. [9]

In July, 2021, Qualcomm Ventures co-led the Series C funding round of $25 million for the Swedish VR games studio Resolution Games. It has brought the company's total funding to $38.5 million. [10] [11]

In 2021, Qualcomm Ventures took part in a $200M investment into supply chain technology startup Wiliot. [12]

In July 2023, the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party initiated an investigation into Qualcomm Ventures and other venture-capital firms' investments in China. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Didi confirms it has acquired 99 in Brazil to expand in Latin America". TechCrunch. 2018-01-03.
  3. ↑ "GM Buying Self-Driving Tech Startup for More Than $1 Billion". Fortune. 2016-03-11.
  4. ↑ "Fitbit is now worth $4.1 billion after IPO". CNN Money. 2015-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Amazon is buying smart doorbell maker Ring". TechCrunch. 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Google Bought Waze For $1.1B, Giving A Social Data Boost To Its Mapping Business". TechCrunch. 2013-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Qualcomm sets up $100 million fund to invest in AI startups". Reuters . 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  8. ↑ "Qualcomm Ventures is dedicating $100M to AI investments". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
  9. ↑ "FloLive, an IoT startup building cloud-based private 5G networks, raises $15.5M led by Intel". TechCrunch. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  10. ↑ Tiefenthaler, Federica (26 July 2021). "Resolution Games' $25M Series C Funding Round" . Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  11. ↑ "Resolution Games raises $25M on heels of Demeo's success". VentureBeat. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  12. ↑ John Koetsier (2021-07-27). "Softbank Leads $200M Investment Into Printable Battery-Free IoT Startup Wiliot". Forbes . Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  13. ↑ O’Keeffe, Kate; Jin, Berber (2023-07-19). "U.S. Venture Firms' Deals in China Tech Investigated by Congress Panel" . The Wall Street Journal . ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2023-07-19.
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