Qualcomm Ventures

Qualcomm Ventures, established in 2000, serves as the venture capital arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, focusing on early-stage investments in technology-driven startups worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Qualcomm Ventures manages several regional funds, including those dedicated to East Asia, Europe, and India, targeting diverse sectors such as software, life sciences, and wireless technologies. The firm has built a substantial portfolio of over 140 active companies and has achieved notable financial success, including six exits exceeding one billion dollars. Qualcomm Ventures aims to identify and support innovative technologies and business models that align with Qualcomm's strategic interests, providing investment typically ranging from $500,000 to $10 million. Through its various funds, Qualcomm Ventures seeks to drive growth in emerging markets and capitalize on opportunities within the telecommunications sector.

Rama Bethmangalkar

Director

Ethan Cho

Senior Investment Manager

Michel Glezer

Director

Tushar Gupta

Investor

Michael Janse

Investor

Thomas Kluz

Senior Investment Manager

Yan Li

Director

Quinn Li

Senior Vice President and Global Head

Song Mao

Senior Director

Keith Muhart

Senior Director of Marketing

Boaz Peer

Investor

James Shen

vice_president

Varsha Tagare

Managing Director

Richard Tapalaga

Director

Alex Villela

Managing Director

Nan Zhou

Director

Past deals in ASIC

AliveCor

Series F in 2022
AliveCor has a device and application that will turn any smartphone into a clinical-quality electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder. AliveCor is pioneering the creation of FDA-cleared 'machine learning' techniques to enable proactive heart care and is recognized around the world for transforming cardiac care. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, mobile device, and medicine. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

AiFi

Series B in 2022
AiFi Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-driven cashier-free solutions for retailers. Founded in 2016, AiFi develops software that utilizes sensor and camera networks to monitor shoppers as they navigate stores, allowing for seamless product selection and automated checkout processes. This technology not only enhances the shopping experience but also provides retailers with valuable insights into inventory management and consumer behavior. AiFi's innovative approach includes the creation of NanoStores, which are compact, modular automated retail environments that operate unstaffed around the clock. These NanoStores are designed to offer convenient shopping options in proximity to residential and commercial areas, making retail more accessible. AiFi's solutions have been successfully implemented by major retailers, demonstrating their effectiveness in modernizing the shopping experience.

Amionx

Series B in 2021
Amionx is a leader in safe battery technology. Our Safe Core technology acts like a circuit breaker to prevent lithium-ion batteries from being the source of a fire or explosion. Our technology is applicable in all battery chemistries including solid state. Safe core protects against overcharge, internal short and external heat.it is focused on safety from the core of the battery outward.

Wiliot

Series C in 2021
WIliot is a fabless semiconductor company developing passive SoC platforms for the IoT market. No battery and seamless connectivity operation will be the baseline enabler of IoT future growth.

AliveCor

Series E in 2020
AliveCor has a device and application that will turn any smartphone into a clinical-quality electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder. AliveCor is pioneering the creation of FDA-cleared 'machine learning' techniques to enable proactive heart care and is recognized around the world for transforming cardiac care. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, mobile device, and medicine. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Azion

Venture Round in 2020
Azion Technologies LLC develops and operates an edge computing platform for developers and service providers to improve performance and security. It offers a platform that is used to write and deploy serverless applications; create zero trust security architectures; improve the content delivery; build IoT use cases; build and run low-latency applications; purpose-built products for routing devices and users to the edge node; process and stream data from the edge to multiple types of connectors; and deploy, control, debug, and automate edge resources. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Palo Alto, California with additional locations in Porto Alegre, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

AiFi

Funding Round in 2020
AiFi Inc. is a technology company based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in artificial intelligence-driven cashier-free solutions for retailers. Founded in 2016, AiFi develops software that utilizes sensor and camera networks to monitor shoppers as they navigate stores, allowing for seamless product selection and automated checkout processes. This technology not only enhances the shopping experience but also provides retailers with valuable insights into inventory management and consumer behavior. AiFi's innovative approach includes the creation of NanoStores, which are compact, modular automated retail environments that operate unstaffed around the clock. These NanoStores are designed to offer convenient shopping options in proximity to residential and commercial areas, making retail more accessible. AiFi's solutions have been successfully implemented by major retailers, demonstrating their effectiveness in modernizing the shopping experience.

SiFive

Series E in 2020
SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

Innovium

Series F in 2020
Innovium, Inc. develops and deploys switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers in the United States and internationally. It offers TERALYNX 7 for large scale public and private cloud; and TERALYNX 5 for ToR, enterprise, Edge, and 5G data centers. The company also provides Network OS, a cloud, OEM, open-source network operating system; open source and standard APIs; and TERALYNX software development kit. Innovium, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a location in Bengaluru, India.

SiFive

Series D in 2019
SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focused on RISC-V architecture. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices worldwide, SiFive develops multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip (SoC) products tailored for various applications, including IoT and wearables. The company provides software development kits, toolchains, and utilities to facilitate the development of RISC-V devices, enhancing the efficiency and affordability of hardware design. By leveraging open-source principles and software automation, SiFive aims to accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, enabling both large and small businesses to bring new hardware solutions to market more rapidly.

Wiliot

Series B in 2019
WIliot is a fabless semiconductor company developing passive SoC platforms for the IoT market. No battery and seamless connectivity operation will be the baseline enabler of IoT future growth.

Innovium

Series D in 2018
Innovium, Inc. develops and deploys switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers in the United States and internationally. It offers TERALYNX 7 for large scale public and private cloud; and TERALYNX 5 for ToR, enterprise, Edge, and 5G data centers. The company also provides Network OS, a cloud, OEM, open-source network operating system; open source and standard APIs; and TERALYNX software development kit. Innovium, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a location in Bengaluru, India.

Dover Microsystems

Seed Round in 2018
Dover Microsystems, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, specializing in security software solutions for processor designers, integrators, and manufacturers using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The company has developed CoreGuard, a security technology that integrates directly with processors to monitor and verify each instruction execution against established security, safety, and privacy rules. This hardware-based approach enables processors to actively defend themselves against network-based attacks and the exploitation of software vulnerabilities in real-time. Additionally, Dover Microsystems offers a software development kit (SDK) that includes tools for simulation, micropolicy authoring, and debugging, facilitating the prototyping of CoreGuard-integrated designs. The company's technology serves a range of industries, including semiconductors, industrial IoT, transportation, medical, energy, home entertainment, and point of sale, with a mission to enhance the security of processors worldwide. Founded in 2009, Dover Microsystems aims to provide robust protection against ransomware and other cyber threats.

Wiliot

Series A in 2017
WIliot is a fabless semiconductor company developing passive SoC platforms for the IoT market. No battery and seamless connectivity operation will be the baseline enabler of IoT future growth.

Amionx

Venture Round in 2017
Amionx is a leader in safe battery technology. Our Safe Core technology acts like a circuit breaker to prevent lithium-ion batteries from being the source of a fire or explosion. Our technology is applicable in all battery chemistries including solid state. Safe core protects against overcharge, internal short and external heat.it is focused on safety from the core of the battery outward.

Innovium

Series C in 2017
Innovium, Inc. develops and deploys switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers in the United States and internationally. It offers TERALYNX 7 for large scale public and private cloud; and TERALYNX 5 for ToR, enterprise, Edge, and 5G data centers. The company also provides Network OS, a cloud, OEM, open-source network operating system; open source and standard APIs; and TERALYNX software development kit. Innovium, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a location in Bengaluru, India.

AttackIQ

Series A in 2016
AttackIQ, Inc., a cybersecurity company, provides a live remote testing platform that offers the data to protect, detect, and respond to cyber security threats worldwide. It offers AttackIQ, a platform that help organizations to test their security controls against adversary techniques, tactics, and procedures. The company’s platform also integrates into existing networks, delivering visibility into the security program to uncover gaps in coverage, identify misconfigurations, and quickly prioritize remediation efforts; and enables users to identify how individual assets in the security program respond to specific attacks. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Diego, California with regional offices in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.

Innovium

Series B in 2015
Innovium, Inc. develops and deploys switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers in the United States and internationally. It offers TERALYNX 7 for large scale public and private cloud; and TERALYNX 5 for ToR, enterprise, Edge, and 5G data centers. The company also provides Network OS, a cloud, OEM, open-source network operating system; open source and standard APIs; and TERALYNX software development kit. Innovium, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a location in Bengaluru, India.

Innovium

Series A in 2015
Innovium, Inc. develops and deploys switching silicon solutions for cloud, enterprise, and edge data centers in the United States and internationally. It offers TERALYNX 7 for large scale public and private cloud; and TERALYNX 5 for ToR, enterprise, Edge, and 5G data centers. The company also provides Network OS, a cloud, OEM, open-source network operating system; open source and standard APIs; and TERALYNX software development kit. Innovium, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with a location in Bengaluru, India.

Avalanche Technology

Series D in 2012
Avalanche Technology, Inc. develops and markets a non-volatile spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory device. It offers its device for applications in mobile (consumer wearable devices), Internet of Things, enterprise storage, computing, networking, telecommunication, automotive, and other industries. Avalanche Technology, Inc. was formerly known as Yadav Technology Inc. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Fremont, California.

AliveCor

Series B in 2012
AliveCor has a device and application that will turn any smartphone into a clinical-quality electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder. AliveCor is pioneering the creation of FDA-cleared 'machine learning' techniques to enable proactive heart care and is recognized around the world for transforming cardiac care. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, mobile device, and medicine. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Accupass

Seed Round in 2012
Accupass (活动通) provides users the ability to sell tickets online for various activities, conferences, events, and more. It provides cloud-based autonomous ticket selling services with self-help registration procedure. Accupass is considered as the biggest activity ticketing platform in Asia that assists over 10,000 activities every year. It accepts registrations and activity bookings from all over the world and provides complete online services from the activity release, payment, e-ticket issue, to the box office statistics.

Avalanche Technology

Series C in 2012
Avalanche Technology, Inc. develops and markets a non-volatile spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory device. It offers its device for applications in mobile (consumer wearable devices), Internet of Things, enterprise storage, computing, networking, telecommunication, automotive, and other industries. Avalanche Technology, Inc. was formerly known as Yadav Technology Inc. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Fremont, California.

AliveCor

Series A in 2011
AliveCor has a device and application that will turn any smartphone into a clinical-quality electrocardiogram (ECG) recorder. AliveCor is pioneering the creation of FDA-cleared 'machine learning' techniques to enable proactive heart care and is recognized around the world for transforming cardiac care. It specializes in the fields of healthcare, mobile device, and medicine. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (中微半导体设备(上海)有限公司) is a Chinese global microfabrication equipment company serving customers in the semiconductor industry and relevant high-tech sectors. The company is a specialized supplier of key equipment for the production and development of micron-sized and nanoscale VLSI for the semiconductor industry in China and Asia. The company is focused on chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching products.
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (中微半导体设备(上海)有限公司) is a Chinese global microfabrication equipment company serving customers in the semiconductor industry and relevant high-tech sectors. The company is a specialized supplier of key equipment for the production and development of micron-sized and nanoscale VLSI for the semiconductor industry in China and Asia. The company is focused on chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching products.

Discera

Series C in 2007
Discera, Inc. is a fabless analog semiconductor company that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of silicon resonators for radio frequency (RF) and timing control applications. The company offers a range of products, including CMOS resonator-based oscillators, RF circuits, clock frequency devices, and resonator-based frequency control components. These products are utilized in various consumer and mobile electronics, such as cellular radios, cameras, MP3 players, GPS systems, disk drives, and television players, in addition to military equipment. Discera distributes its products through a network of distributors in the United States and internationally.

Aicent

Series C in 2007
Aicent, Inc., founded in 2000, is a leading provider of data network services and solutions for mobile operators worldwide. The company connects more than 200 global mobile operators, including ten of the largest in the industry, through extensive partnerships and peering arrangements. Aicent's network supports seamless roaming for subscribers across 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE networks. Its roaming hub offers integrated mobile messaging solutions and value-added data services, enabling telecom carriers to enhance their revenue opportunities and improve global connectivity. Aicent's comprehensive infrastructure aims to facilitate efficient communication and data transfer across international operator networks.
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (中微半导体设备(上海)有限公司) is a Chinese global microfabrication equipment company serving customers in the semiconductor industry and relevant high-tech sectors. The company is a specialized supplier of key equipment for the production and development of micron-sized and nanoscale VLSI for the semiconductor industry in China and Asia. The company is focused on chemical vapor deposition and plasma etching products.

Discera

Venture Round in 2005
Discera, Inc. is a fabless analog semiconductor company that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of silicon resonators for radio frequency (RF) and timing control applications. The company offers a range of products, including CMOS resonator-based oscillators, RF circuits, clock frequency devices, and resonator-based frequency control components. These products are utilized in various consumer and mobile electronics, such as cellular radios, cameras, MP3 players, GPS systems, disk drives, and television players, in addition to military equipment. Discera distributes its products through a network of distributors in the United States and internationally.