Qualcomm Ventures

Qualcomm Ventures, established in 2000, is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Based in San Diego, California, it is a global corporate venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies. With over $500 million initially committed and subsequent regional funds totaling over $300 million, Qualcomm Ventures focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, automotive, cloud, enterprise, internet of things, mobile, and extended reality. It seeks to generate strong returns while complementing Qualcomm's existing products and services, and often invests between $500,000 and $10 million at the expansion stage. Notable portfolio companies include 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, and Fitbit.

Sachin Deshpande

Senior Director

Michel Glezer

Investment Director

Tushar Gupta

Managing Director, North America

Judd Heape

Vice President of Product Management

Carlos Kokron

Vice President and Managing Director of North America

Quinn Li

Senior Vice President and Global Head

Song Mao

Senior Investment Director

Akash Palkhiwala

CFO

Boaz Peer

Managing Director, Israel and Europe

Richard Tapalaga

Investment Director

Merav Weinryb

Vice President and Managing Director, Israel and Europe

Nan Zhou

Director

Nakul Duggal

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive

Past deals in Video Streaming

Guidde

Series A in 2025
Guidde is a knowledge management platform that facilitates efficient knowledge transfer for businesses, enhancing both team productivity and customer interactions. The platform enables users to collaboratively create, maintain, organize, and share video-based content that is context-aware and accessible at the point of need. By streamlining the processes of capturing and distributing knowledge, Guidde helps teams shorten the time it takes for customers to understand and utilize solutions, while also supporting continuous upskilling for employees and partners. Its innovative approach is utilized by various teams, including Customer Success, Pre Sales, and Product teams, to improve operational effectiveness and knowledge collaboration.

Gabriel

Venture Round in 2024
Gabriel combines nanocomputers and high definition cameras to offer video surveillance services with military-grade encryption, enterprise quality and personal customer service yet honestly priced for residential buildings and medium-sized companies. No installation costs, no hardware purchasing, no maintenance nuisance, no lock-in. 24/7 monitoring of your building, your street and your neighborhood. Perpetual video cloud storage. An app that just works. Tech from Rio, solving public and private security, serving Brazil and beyond.

Doctor On Demand

Series C in 2018
Doctor On Demand, Inc. is a telemedicine company that provides an online platform for patients to consult with licensed healthcare providers, including doctors and psychologists, through video calls. Established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a range of medical services addressing conditions such as cold and flu, allergies, anxiety, and chronic illnesses. Its platform, Synapse, caters to health plans and employers, facilitating both on-demand and scheduled visits via smartphones, tablets, or computers. Doctor On Demand emphasizes accessibility and quality care, enabling patients to easily receive medical attention and prescriptions when needed. Additionally, the company has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C.

Doctor On Demand

Series B in 2015
Doctor On Demand, Inc. is a telemedicine company that provides an online platform for patients to consult with licensed healthcare providers, including doctors and psychologists, through video calls. Established in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers a range of medical services addressing conditions such as cold and flu, allergies, anxiety, and chronic illnesses. Its platform, Synapse, caters to health plans and employers, facilitating both on-demand and scheduled visits via smartphones, tablets, or computers. Doctor On Demand emphasizes accessibility and quality care, enabling patients to easily receive medical attention and prescriptions when needed. Additionally, the company has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C.

Fotokite

Convertible Note in 2015
Fotokite specializes in developing autonomous aerial systems designed to assist first responders in emergency situations. Their patented technology integrates with fire trucks and public safety vehicles, allowing firefighters to deploy the system with a single button. Once activated, the Fotokite can ascend to heights of 45 meters, delivering critical real-time information through both thermal and standard video feeds. This capability enhances situational awareness without requiring additional personnel to operate the drone, as it operates autonomously. The tethered system ensures continuous power and data transmission, allowing for extended flight times exceeding 24 hours. The aerial data can be live-streamed to other team members at the scene or back at the station, facilitating better communication and more informed decision-making. By providing immediate and detailed insights upon arrival, Fotokite enhances the ability of first responders to assess incidents and deploy resources effectively.

StarMaker Interactive

Series B in 2015
StarMaker Interactive Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010 that develops applications enabling users to sing, record, and share music videos. Its flagship applications, StarMaker and The Voice, facilitate access to contests, auditions, music video releases, and artist interviews, while also offering a comprehensive music catalog. The company aims to shift content creation and talent discovery from traditional media to mobile and social platforms. By combining recording studio technology with crowd-sourced talent discovery, StarMaker allows artists to manage their careers more effectively. The platform also collaborates with major media brands and recording artists, fostering an environment where talent can create, share, and promote user-generated content.

StarMaker Interactive

Series A in 2013
StarMaker Interactive Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010 that develops applications enabling users to sing, record, and share music videos. Its flagship applications, StarMaker and The Voice, facilitate access to contests, auditions, music video releases, and artist interviews, while also offering a comprehensive music catalog. The company aims to shift content creation and talent discovery from traditional media to mobile and social platforms. By combining recording studio technology with crowd-sourced talent discovery, StarMaker allows artists to manage their careers more effectively. The platform also collaborates with major media brands and recording artists, fostering an environment where talent can create, share, and promote user-generated content.

Magisto

Series B in 2013
Magisto Ltd. operates a cloud-based mobile video platform that enables users to upload, edit, and share video memories. Founded in 2009 and based in Ness-Ziona, Israel, with additional offices in New York and California, the platform utilizes artificial intelligence to automatically select and assemble the most engaging moments from videos and photos. Users can create personalized movies enhanced with customized styles and music, making it accessible across various devices, including iOS, Android, and web platforms. Magisto's Emotion Sense Technology allows individuals, including entrepreneurs and marketers, to transform their raw video content into high-quality films that evoke emotions and tell compelling stories. As of May 2019, Magisto operates as a subsidiary of Vimeo, Inc. The platform has gained significant traction, amassing over 100 million users since its inception.

Orb Networks

Acquisition in 2013
Orb Networks, Inc., based in Oakland, California, specializes in digital media streaming solutions that enable users to access their personal music, photos, videos, and live television from various internet-connected devices. The company develops both hardware and software, along with smartphone and web applications, to facilitate the seamless streaming of digital content from home PCs to TVs, stereos, mobile phones, PDAs, or laptops. Orb's flagship service, MyCast, allows users to placeshift their media, providing flexibility in how and where they enjoy their digital content. Additionally, Orb offers its platform on a white label basis, allowing content providers and service operators to integrate their infrastructure with Orb's technology. The company's consumer products are available online and through select retailers, making digital media more accessible to a wider audience.

Apalya

Series C in 2012
Apalya is a mobile video delivery platform that specializes in content aggregation, provisioning, and distribution services. The platform is designed to optimize content for viewing on various screens and collaborates with mobile operators, content owners, and advertisers. Apalya aggregates over 120 linear channels and offers products such as Myplex, which provides on-demand and live TV content, and Mobile TV, which allows for live broadcasting across mobile networks. The company serves telecom operators, handset manufacturers, and content providers primarily in India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, with a client roster that includes major players like Dialog, Airtel, and Vodafone. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hyderabad, India, Apalya aims to deliver a comprehensive entertainment experience across digital devices.

Pult

Seed Round in 2012
Pult revolutionizes way to interact with your TV and content through platform that allows streaming content to any connected screen in any location over IP network. Smartphone used as remote control, connection enabler and identity carrier will act as virtual set-top box. Pult aggregates user’s content from web services, pay-TV operators, VOD services and broadcasters into into one seamless programming that is tailored for user based on his watching habits and suggestions from friends.

Videoplaza

Series B in 2012
Videoplaza is a provider of an advertising serving platform that empowers broadcasters and video publishers to monetize video content across various devices, including computers, mobile devices, tablets, and televisions. With a focus on the internet-delivered TV market, Videoplaza's technology supports more than 50% of broadcasters in Europe, enabling them to maximize the value of their audiences through effective trading across sales channels. The company values service alongside technology and maintains local teams in key cities, including London, Stockholm, Berlin, Cologne, Madrid, Paris, and Singapore, to support its global client base in building profitable and sustainable advertising businesses.

Apalya

Series B in 2011
Apalya is a mobile video delivery platform that specializes in content aggregation, provisioning, and distribution services. The platform is designed to optimize content for viewing on various screens and collaborates with mobile operators, content owners, and advertisers. Apalya aggregates over 120 linear channels and offers products such as Myplex, which provides on-demand and live TV content, and Mobile TV, which allows for live broadcasting across mobile networks. The company serves telecom operators, handset manufacturers, and content providers primarily in India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, with a client roster that includes major players like Dialog, Airtel, and Vodafone. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Hyderabad, India, Apalya aims to deliver a comprehensive entertainment experience across digital devices.

Streamezzo

Series D in 2009
Streamezzo S.A. is a company based in Paris, France, specializing in the development of mobile media products and solutions. Founded in 2004, it provides a range of tools that enable telecom operators, broadcasters, media companies, and content providers to create, deploy, and manage services on cellular networks. Its key offerings include the Rich Media Software Suite, which features a Rich Media Client for accessing interactive mobile services, a Rich Media Server for service deployment, and a Workbench for multimedia authoring. Additionally, Streamezzo's solutions encompass Interactive Mobile TV, Music Jukebox for music downloads, and dynamic user interfaces that enhance user engagement. The company also offers professional services to support its clients in effectively utilizing these technologies.

Streamezzo

Series C in 2007
Streamezzo S.A. is a company based in Paris, France, specializing in the development of mobile media products and solutions. Founded in 2004, it provides a range of tools that enable telecom operators, broadcasters, media companies, and content providers to create, deploy, and manage services on cellular networks. Its key offerings include the Rich Media Software Suite, which features a Rich Media Client for accessing interactive mobile services, a Rich Media Server for service deployment, and a Workbench for multimedia authoring. Additionally, Streamezzo's solutions encompass Interactive Mobile TV, Music Jukebox for music downloads, and dynamic user interfaces that enhance user engagement. The company also offers professional services to support its clients in effectively utilizing these technologies.

Streamezzo

Venture Round in 2007
Streamezzo S.A. is a company based in Paris, France, specializing in the development of mobile media products and solutions. Founded in 2004, it provides a range of tools that enable telecom operators, broadcasters, media companies, and content providers to create, deploy, and manage services on cellular networks. Its key offerings include the Rich Media Software Suite, which features a Rich Media Client for accessing interactive mobile services, a Rich Media Server for service deployment, and a Workbench for multimedia authoring. Additionally, Streamezzo's solutions encompass Interactive Mobile TV, Music Jukebox for music downloads, and dynamic user interfaces that enhance user engagement. The company also offers professional services to support its clients in effectively utilizing these technologies.

Streamezzo

Series B in 2006
Streamezzo S.A. is a company based in Paris, France, specializing in the development of mobile media products and solutions. Founded in 2004, it provides a range of tools that enable telecom operators, broadcasters, media companies, and content providers to create, deploy, and manage services on cellular networks. Its key offerings include the Rich Media Software Suite, which features a Rich Media Client for accessing interactive mobile services, a Rich Media Server for service deployment, and a Workbench for multimedia authoring. Additionally, Streamezzo's solutions encompass Interactive Mobile TV, Music Jukebox for music downloads, and dynamic user interfaces that enhance user engagement. The company also offers professional services to support its clients in effectively utilizing these technologies.
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