Deutsche Telekom

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.

Rolf Nafziger

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 tailored for business-to-business applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the company offers a unique IoT Flat Rate service that ensures global connectivity for a one-time fee, allowing users to manage IoT devices affordably over a ten-year period. This innovative pricing model supports various applications, including smart utilities, asset tracking, and vehicle telematics. 1NCE's offerings include multimode-support SIM cards that facilitate reliable mobile communication across different technologies, ensuring extensive network coverage in 140 countries. With a growing workforce of around 200 staff across multiple international locations, 1NCE aims to make IoT applications scalable and accessible for businesses worldwide.

1NCE

Funding Round in 2021
1NCE GmbH is a provider of Internet data connectivity services, specializing in narrowband and low bandwidth connections tailored for business-to-business applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, the company offers a unique IoT Flat Rate service that ensures global connectivity for a one-time fee, allowing users to manage IoT devices affordably over a ten-year period. This innovative pricing model supports various applications, including smart utilities, asset tracking, and vehicle telematics. 1NCE's offerings include multimode-support SIM cards that facilitate reliable mobile communication across different technologies, ensuring extensive network coverage in 140 countries. With a growing workforce of around 200 staff across multiple international locations, 1NCE aims to make IoT applications scalable and accessible for businesses worldwide.

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.

ASSIA

Venture Round in 2016
ASSIA, Inc. specializes in broadband and Wi-Fi performance monitoring, management, and optimization software tailored for internet service providers, communications regulators, and wholesalers. The company focuses on enhancing customer quality of experience and satisfaction while promoting operational efficiencies to reduce costs. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence technology, ASSIA develops solutions that optimize and analyze broadband internet links. The company also has a substantial portfolio of intellectual property and licensing operations, allowing it to offer products that measure internet performance. This enables service providers to improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and deliver innovative multimedia content to homes with broadband and Wi-Fi capabilities.

Kumu Networks

Series C in 2016
Kumu Networks, Inc. is a technology company based in Sunnyvale, California, that specializes in the design and manufacture of wireless systems utilizing innovative full-duplex wireless technology. Founded in 2011, the company enables radios to transmit and receive signals simultaneously on a single frequency channel. This breakthrough allows multiple radios operating in close proximity to cooperate, thereby reducing interference and enhancing overall performance. Kumu's patent-pending technology fundamentally alters the traditional assumptions underlying wireless radio systems, offering improved efficiency and simplicity across various wireless applications. The company's advancements in full-duplex design have the potential to transform all wireless markets by allowing system designers to effectively manage and eliminate self-interference among local transmitters.

T-Mobile

Acquisition in 2014
T-Mobile, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a leading wireless telecommunications company that redefines the way consumers and businesses access wireless services. It challenges traditional carrier models by offering flexible, affordable, and feature-rich plans, providing customers with more choice and control. T-Mobile's notable initiatives include the "Un-carrier" program, which eliminates long-term contracts and offers transparent pricing. With a network covering over 99% of the US population, recognized for its speed and reliability, T-Mobile provides a range of solutions for businesses of all sizes, including wireless plans, mobile device management tools, and industry-specific solutions.

Jawbone

Venture Round in 2011
Jawbone, established in 2006, is a pioneering company in the personal technology sector, renowned for its innovative and stylish products. Initially gaining traction with its award-winning Bluetooth headsets featuring industry-leading NoiseAssassin™ technology, which eliminates background noise for crystal-clear calls, the company has since expanded into the wearable technology market. Jawbone is now recognized for developing smart fitness tracking devices, such as the UP series, which monitor daily activity, sleep patterns, and eating habits, empowering users to make healthier lifestyle choices through its open API, the UP Platform.

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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