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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.

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5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714, USA

Ethan Cho

Senior Investment Manager

Michel Glezer

Director

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 Communications Infrastructure

Jio

Private Equity Round in 2020
Reliance Jio Infocomm is a company providing wireless telecom products and services. The Company offers voice, data, and messaging services, as well as distributes smartphones and hotspot devices. Its areas of research, development and new service deployment include blockchain, artificial intelligence, open source platforms, IOT, data analytics, and next-gen cloud services.

Siklu

Series D in 2015
Siklu Communication Ltd. is a company based in Petach Tikva, Israel, that specializes in developing gigabit throughput E-band and V-band radios for a diverse range of clients, including service providers, mobile operators, enterprises, and government entities. Founded in 2007, Siklu offers various wireless communication solutions, such as small cell backhaul, LTE/LTE-A backhaul, WiFi backhaul, and business broadband connectivity. The company focuses on providing reliable millimeter wave radio products that support 5G backhaul applications, enhancing connectivity in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Siklu's technology is designed to deliver scalable, multigigabit capacity and performance, making it suitable for smart city networks, wireless security networks, enterprise connectivity, and residential broadband services.

Luminate Wireless

Series A in 2015
Luminate Wireless is developing an end-to-end distributed mobile network system to make it easier to add capacity and assured mobile services for enterprises of any size. In this system, key management-plane, control as well as data-plane functions in the mobile network are moved to a centralized and virtualized entity that can be implemented as a private or a public cloud. The Luminate system allows capacity to be added easily to venues in a “Wi-Fi like” manner by deploying 4G LTE access points using existing Ethernet and IP backhaul. Luminate Wireless is backed by: NEA, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Hewlett-Packard Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Northgate Capital, and Correlation Ventures

Siklu

Series C in 2015
Siklu Communication Ltd. is a company based in Petach Tikva, Israel, that specializes in developing gigabit throughput E-band and V-band radios for a diverse range of clients, including service providers, mobile operators, enterprises, and government entities. Founded in 2007, Siklu offers various wireless communication solutions, such as small cell backhaul, LTE/LTE-A backhaul, WiFi backhaul, and business broadband connectivity. The company focuses on providing reliable millimeter wave radio products that support 5G backhaul applications, enhancing connectivity in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Siklu's technology is designed to deliver scalable, multigigabit capacity and performance, making it suitable for smart city networks, wireless security networks, enterprise connectivity, and residential broadband services.

Siklu

Series B in 2011
Siklu Communication Ltd. is a company based in Petach Tikva, Israel, that specializes in developing gigabit throughput E-band and V-band radios for a diverse range of clients, including service providers, mobile operators, enterprises, and government entities. Founded in 2007, Siklu offers various wireless communication solutions, such as small cell backhaul, LTE/LTE-A backhaul, WiFi backhaul, and business broadband connectivity. The company focuses on providing reliable millimeter wave radio products that support 5G backhaul applications, enhancing connectivity in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Siklu's technology is designed to deliver scalable, multigigabit capacity and performance, making it suitable for smart city networks, wireless security networks, enterprise connectivity, and residential broadband services.