Deutsche Telekom is a leading telecommunications company based in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1995. It provides a comprehensive range of fixed-network services, including voice and data communication, utilizing both fixed and broadband technology. The company is a dominant player in the German telecom market for both mobile and fixed services. Additionally, Deutsche Telekom owns a controlling stake in T-Mobile US, a major wireless carrier in the United States that merged with Sprint in 2020. Beyond its core operations in Germany and the U.S., Deutsche Telekom serves several Central European markets and has an IT division known as Systems Solutions. The company's innovation efforts are spearheaded by the Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), which act as a hub for developing new technologies and solutions to enhance customer experiences.
Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier and Global Business
Past deals in Wireless
1NCE
Venture Round in 2025
1NCE GmbH is a provider of Internet data connectivity services, specializing in narrowband and low bandwidth connections for business-to-business applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the company offers a unique IoT Flat Rate plan that provides reliable cellular connectivity and software services in 140 countries worldwide. This plan allows for a one-off payment of $10 for a decade of service, making it an affordable option for various IoT applications, including smart utilities, asset tracking, and vehicle telematics. 1NCE's offerings include multimode-support SIM cards that facilitate mobile communication between devices, ensuring global network coverage and scalable solutions for its clients. With a workforce of around 200 employees, the company also maintains offices in several international locations including Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Miami.
Bondio
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Bondio is a global connectivity provider, specializing in facilitating access to local 5G, 4G, voice, and IoT services worldwide. Through strategic partnerships with leading carriers, Bondio offers a unified platform that enables seamless, reliable, and cost-effective connectivity solutions, overcoming traditional roaming limitations. This platform caters to eSIM providers and IoT companies, helping them manage local numbers, create custom plans, and reduce costs.
1NCE
Funding Round in 2021
1NCE GmbH is a provider of Internet data connectivity services, specializing in narrowband and low bandwidth connections for business-to-business applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the company offers a unique IoT Flat Rate plan that provides reliable cellular connectivity and software services in 140 countries worldwide. This plan allows for a one-off payment of $10 for a decade of service, making it an affordable option for various IoT applications, including smart utilities, asset tracking, and vehicle telematics. 1NCE's offerings include multimode-support SIM cards that facilitate mobile communication between devices, ensuring global network coverage and scalable solutions for its clients. With a workforce of around 200 employees, the company also maintains offices in several international locations including Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Miami.
HypeLabs
Seed Round in 2019
HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivity technologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability. Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.
Goingsoft
Acquisition in 2019
Goingsoft GmbH, founded in 2002 and headquartered in St. Johann In Tirol, Austria, specializes in providing IT solutions focused on fast and reliable Wi-Fi internet administration and infotainment systems. The company primarily serves the hospitality and healthcare industries, developing and implementing networking solutions tailored to meet their specific needs. As of January 2019, Goingsoft operates as a subsidiary of Telekom Deutschland GmbH.
ASSIA
Venture Round in 2016
ASSIA, Inc. specializes in providing broadband and Wi-Fi performance monitoring, management, and optimization software aimed at internet service providers, communications regulators, and wholesalers. The company's artificial intelligence technology enhances and analyzes broadband internet connections, helping service providers improve customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies. By optimizing internet connectivity, ASSIA enables clients to reduce costs and enhance their offerings with new multimedia services. Additionally, the company has a significant portfolio of intellectual property and licensing operations related to its broadband and wireless solutions, contributing to its goal of improving internet connectivity on a global scale.
Kumu Networks
Series C in 2016
Kumu Networks, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in developing innovative wireless systems using full-duplex wireless design technology. Founded in 2011, the company has created a solution that allows radios to transmit and receive signals simultaneously on a single frequency channel. This groundbreaking approach enhances the performance of wireless devices and reduces complexity across various applications. By enabling multiple radios to operate in close proximity without interference, Kumu's technology allows for improved cooperation among devices and effectively mitigates self-interference. This advancement has significant implications for the wireless market, providing radiofrequency system designers with the tools necessary to optimize performance in their designs.
SavaJe Technologies
Venture Round in 2004
SavaJe Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing operating systems for handheld and wireless devices. The company offers SavaJe OS, a wireless Java solution designed to support a variety of information appliances, such as smartphones, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, set-top boxes, and web pads. Founded in 1999, SavaJe Technologies is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. The company's focus on providing a robust software platform positions it to meet the demands of the mobile phone market.
Celvibe
Series B in 2001
Celvibe develops advanced solutions for streaming high-quality live television broadcasts to mobile users. The core technology enables the seamless delivery of rich media content in the most efficient manner by providing wireless carriers with a unique system for delivering live multi-channel video and audio to wireless users in realtime. CelFeed, the flagship product, is a realtime MPEG-4 transcoder and streamer for supplying mobile devices with rich media content based on realtime reception quality. CelFeed handles hundreds of concurrent users with live video channels at once, by converting compressed streams of live television broadcasts and existing video content on the fly. Its unique ability to 'feel the network' and dynamically adapt to terminal conditions provides end users with an uninterrupted flow of quality data. Celvibe's patent-pending solutions consist of realtime encoding for deploying highly compressed streams of live television broadcasts over wireless networks, and realtime transcoding for converting existing video content to MPEG-4. Customers and partners include Telco's and wireless carriers who are adding packet switch capabilities to their networks, mobile device manufacturers, content providers, application providers and video server manufacturers.
Voicestream Wireless
Acquisition in 2000
Voicestream Wireless is a wireless communications.
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