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.

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 Wireless

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.

CoreTigo

Series B in 2021
CoreTigo develops secured wireless network system to support IoT nodes at a latency of milliseconds.

Cellwize

Series B in 2020
Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte Ltd. develops and delivers self-organizing network (SON) solutions across vendors and wireless technologies. The company offers Cellwize elastic-SON platform that is deployed and managed on private clouds, and transforms spotty and volatile networks that struggle to meet demand into user-centric and over-performing mobile networks across multiple vendors and wireless technologies; and Cellwize Centralized SON, a SON solution on NFV directly communicating with the cloud with multiple element management systems for SON activities. It serves mobile network operators across Europe, APAC, and LATAM. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Singapore with an additional location in the United Kingdom.

CoreTigo

Series A in 2019
CoreTigo develops secured wireless network system to support IoT nodes at a latency of milliseconds.

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.

Baicells

Series B in 2019
Baicells Technologies Co., Ltd. specializes in providing innovative and competitively priced wireless broadband access solutions, including 4G LTE and 5G technologies. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, with an additional office in Beijing, China, the company manufactures a range of products such as outdoor and indoor small cells, routers, customer premises equipment (CPE), and antennas. Baicells offers various technical solutions designed to enhance network coverage and capacity, including Light4G for mobile operators and BroFi, which significantly increases user capacity for broadband access. The company's products support diverse applications, catering to rural and urban connectivity needs, as well as commercial indoor coverage. Additionally, Baicells provides network design, planning, rollout, customer support, and training services to ensure effective implementation and optimization of its solutions across multiple industries.

Opensignal

Series B in 2018
Opensignal, Inc. is a mobile analytics company that specializes in crowd-sourcing data on the performance and coverage of wireless networks globally. Founded in 2010 and based in Laguna Hills, California, it operates the Opensignal app, which helps users enhance their mobile and Wi-Fi signals, identify the best mobile operators in specific areas, and contribute to the community by sharing signal quality information. The company also offers WifiMapper, a database that allows users to locate free Wi-Fi hotspots. Opensignal captures over 3 billion measurements daily from more than 100 million smartphones, providing insights that are widely regarded as the industry standard for assessing real-world mobile network experiences. Its analytics products serve mobile network operators, telecom equity analysts, and regulators, helping them to optimize performance and better understand consumer experiences on wireless networks.

eero

Series D in 2017
eero Inc. specializes in developing Wi-Fi systems designed for residential use, providing robust and reliable internet connectivity throughout homes. Their primary product, the eero system, consists of multiple access points that work together to deliver comprehensive Wi-Fi coverage, effectively eliminating dead zones. Users can easily manage their network through a dedicated mobile app, which facilitates control over both wired and wireless connections. eero also offers additional products such as a power over Ethernet (PoE+) adapter and a remote network management tool. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sacramento, California, eero operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. since 2019.

CreatComm Technology

Series A in 2017
CreatComm Technology develops wireless video surveillance technology which provides printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), modules, and finished products with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service. Its products include backhaul, which includes TB5M, TB5FD-29E, TB5HS-17E, TB5HP-25I, and TB5HD-29E; last mile, which includes TB9L, TB8K, TB5N, TB5J, TB8H, TB5E, and TB5F; elevator/ wi-fi bridge, which includes TB2I; indoor/ wi-fi AP, which includes TA2I and TA8H; embedded modules, which includes CC-M3381; and network management system (NMS). The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Shanghai, China.

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.

WebRadar

Venture Round in 2016
WebRadar is a Telecom Engineering company focused in quality, performance and optimization management. To achieve these objectives, it develops software systems for wireless and wireline telecom operators and telemetry systems for road transport management and gas station management. The company generates business intelligence by processing large volumes of unstructured data for companies spread around the world.

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.

Fon

Debt Financing in 2015
Fon is the world's leading carrier WiFi provider. Pioneers of residential WiFi sharing, we revolutionised carrier WiFi with our technology, creating a globally connected WiFi network. Today, we continue to innovate through two leading business areas. Fon Solutions offers best-in-class WiFi products and services. Our cutting-edge management solutions enable service providers to configure, deliver and operate their own WiFi services. Fon Network aggregates residential and premium carrier WiFi footprints creating one coherent global WiFi network. We facilitate WiFi interconnection between carriers, provide access deals to interested parties, and enable seamless user roaming. Fon´s global clients include British Telecom, the Deutsche Telekom Group, SFR, Proximus, KPN, Cosmote, MWEB, SoftBank, Telstra, and Vodafone. To learn more, visit fon.com

Cavendish Kinetics

Venture Round in 2014
Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets tunable components for RF circuits for cellular handsets, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer wireless devices. It offers antenna tuners for various RF applications. The company offers its products directly to customers worldwide. Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, California with an additional office in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. As of October 4, 2019, Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Qorvo, Inc.

Telcare

Series C in 2014
Telcare wirelessly bridges the last mile between patients and physicians for the care of chronic illness using machine-2-machine cellular technology. The Company's first product in development is the TelCheck glucose meter, which automatically relays home glucose testing data to the physician or care manager and displays immediate clinical feedback and coaching on the screen of the meter. Telcare recently won the people's choice award at the 2009 CTIA show in San Diego, CA

Opensignal

Series A in 2014
Opensignal, Inc. is a mobile analytics company that specializes in crowd-sourcing data on the performance and coverage of wireless networks globally. Founded in 2010 and based in Laguna Hills, California, it operates the Opensignal app, which helps users enhance their mobile and Wi-Fi signals, identify the best mobile operators in specific areas, and contribute to the community by sharing signal quality information. The company also offers WifiMapper, a database that allows users to locate free Wi-Fi hotspots. Opensignal captures over 3 billion measurements daily from more than 100 million smartphones, providing insights that are widely regarded as the industry standard for assessing real-world mobile network experiences. Its analytics products serve mobile network operators, telecom equity analysts, and regulators, helping them to optimize performance and better understand consumer experiences on wireless networks.

Sotera Wireless

Venture Round in 2014
Sotera Wireless, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to the development, marketing and sale of a new generation of comprehensive vital signs monitoring. Sotera’s mission is to improve patient safety by empowering clinicians to detect early signs of deterioration in virtually any care setting and enable early intervention and rapid response, all without limiting the patient’s freedom of movement.

Fon

Venture Round in 2014
Fon is the world's leading carrier WiFi provider. Pioneers of residential WiFi sharing, we revolutionised carrier WiFi with our technology, creating a globally connected WiFi network. Today, we continue to innovate through two leading business areas. Fon Solutions offers best-in-class WiFi products and services. Our cutting-edge management solutions enable service providers to configure, deliver and operate their own WiFi services. Fon Network aggregates residential and premium carrier WiFi footprints creating one coherent global WiFi network. We facilitate WiFi interconnection between carriers, provide access deals to interested parties, and enable seamless user roaming. Fon´s global clients include British Telecom, the Deutsche Telekom Group, SFR, Proximus, KPN, Cosmote, MWEB, SoftBank, Telstra, and Vodafone. To learn more, visit fon.com

Fon

Venture Round in 2013
Fon is the world's leading carrier WiFi provider. Pioneers of residential WiFi sharing, we revolutionised carrier WiFi with our technology, creating a globally connected WiFi network. Today, we continue to innovate through two leading business areas. Fon Solutions offers best-in-class WiFi products and services. Our cutting-edge management solutions enable service providers to configure, deliver and operate their own WiFi services. Fon Network aggregates residential and premium carrier WiFi footprints creating one coherent global WiFi network. We facilitate WiFi interconnection between carriers, provide access deals to interested parties, and enable seamless user roaming. Fon´s global clients include British Telecom, the Deutsche Telekom Group, SFR, Proximus, KPN, Cosmote, MWEB, SoftBank, Telstra, and Vodafone. To learn more, visit fon.com

Sotera Wireless

Series D in 2013
Sotera Wireless, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to the development, marketing and sale of a new generation of comprehensive vital signs monitoring. Sotera’s mission is to improve patient safety by empowering clinicians to detect early signs of deterioration in virtually any care setting and enable early intervention and rapid response, all without limiting the patient’s freedom of movement.

Opensignal

Seed Round in 2012
Opensignal, Inc. is a mobile analytics company that specializes in crowd-sourcing data on the performance and coverage of wireless networks globally. Founded in 2010 and based in Laguna Hills, California, it operates the Opensignal app, which helps users enhance their mobile and Wi-Fi signals, identify the best mobile operators in specific areas, and contribute to the community by sharing signal quality information. The company also offers WifiMapper, a database that allows users to locate free Wi-Fi hotspots. Opensignal captures over 3 billion measurements daily from more than 100 million smartphones, providing insights that are widely regarded as the industry standard for assessing real-world mobile network experiences. Its analytics products serve mobile network operators, telecom equity analysts, and regulators, helping them to optimize performance and better understand consumer experiences on wireless networks.

Sotera Wireless

Series D in 2011
Sotera Wireless, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to the development, marketing and sale of a new generation of comprehensive vital signs monitoring. Sotera’s mission is to improve patient safety by empowering clinicians to detect early signs of deterioration in virtually any care setting and enable early intervention and rapid response, all without limiting the patient’s freedom of movement.

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.

Sotera Wireless

Series C in 2010
Sotera Wireless, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to the development, marketing and sale of a new generation of comprehensive vital signs monitoring. Sotera’s mission is to improve patient safety by empowering clinicians to detect early signs of deterioration in virtually any care setting and enable early intervention and rapid response, all without limiting the patient’s freedom of movement.

Avaak

Series B in 2010
Avaak is a provider of wireless video networking technology. Their applications are used in a variety of environments, from businesses to the military. The company is venture backed, and initially developed its wire-free video networking technology with sponsorship from DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Visage Mobile

Series B in 2010
A wireless expense management and telecom expense management firm specializing in reducing communications costs using proprietary software and expert analysts. Visage Mobile handles everything from bill analysis across multiple carriers, to fully managed wireless and wireline services.

Wilocity

Seed Round in 2008
Wilocity Ltd. is a company based in Caesarea, Israel, that specializes in the development of 60 GHz wireless chipsets aimed at the notebook and peripheral markets. Founded in 2007, Wilocity's technology enables gigabit wireless networking and point-to-point connectivity, delivering a desktop-like experience to mobile computing devices. The company's chipsets facilitate high-speed downloads and support high-definition video, significantly surpassing the transmission rates of standard Wi-Fi. By focusing on WiGig/802.11 products, Wilocity equips customers with the ability to wirelessly connect to any PCI Express-supported peripheral or I/O component, enhancing the mobile computing experience.

Sotera Wireless

Series B in 2008
Sotera Wireless, Inc. is a medical device company dedicated to the development, marketing and sale of a new generation of comprehensive vital signs monitoring. Sotera’s mission is to improve patient safety by empowering clinicians to detect early signs of deterioration in virtually any care setting and enable early intervention and rapid response, all without limiting the patient’s freedom of movement.

Digit Wireless

Series D in 2008
Digit Wireless, operates as a user interface innovation company. It offers Fastap keypad technology solutions that enable to discover, access, and use messaging, mobile data, and voice services. The company licenses its technology to mobile manufacturers and operators. Digit Wireless, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul.

AirPlay Network

Series B in 2006
AirPlay creates and produces games that allow consumers to use their cell phones to play along with their favorite television programs. Merging 110 million US television households with 200 million mobile handsets, AirPlay offers consumers a fun and unique way to interact with live television while competing against their friends, family or a national television audience. For its wireless and television industry partners, AirPlay offers a proprietary platform and service infrastructure which enables incremental revenue streams without partner capital investment

Bitfone Corporation

Series D in 2006
Bitfone offers mProve software, a software solution that helps wireless service providers do over-the-air mobile repairs and upgrades.

AirPlay Network

Series A in 2005
AirPlay creates and produces games that allow consumers to use their cell phones to play along with their favorite television programs. Merging 110 million US television households with 200 million mobile handsets, AirPlay offers consumers a fun and unique way to interact with live television while competing against their friends, family or a national television audience. For its wireless and television industry partners, AirPlay offers a proprietary platform and service infrastructure which enables incremental revenue streams without partner capital investment

Digit Wireless

Series C in 2005
Digit Wireless, operates as a user interface innovation company. It offers Fastap keypad technology solutions that enable to discover, access, and use messaging, mobile data, and voice services. The company licenses its technology to mobile manufacturers and operators. Digit Wireless, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul.

Bitfone Corporation

Series C in 2005
Bitfone offers mProve software, a software solution that helps wireless service providers do over-the-air mobile repairs and upgrades.

Enorbus

Venture Round in 2004
Enorbus provides wireless entertainment services internationally. Enorbus develops and distributes wireless applications on an original equipment manufacturer basis through third parties, including global and regional handset manufacturers, foreign content aggregators, and regional mobile operators. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Beijing, China. As of March 19, 2007, Enorbus Technologies Limited is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Internet Group.
TechFaith Wireless Technology Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company specializing in the design and development of mobile handsets for both consumers and enterprises, operating in China and internationally. The firm provides a range of services, including handset design and assembly through external manufacturing service providers, as well as testing for printed circuit boards and subsystems. TechFaith offers a variety of mobile devices, including feature phones, smartphones, ruggedized phones, and wireless modules, under brands such as Tecface, 17FOX, and MOBIFOX. Additionally, the company develops software for mobile applications and has expertise in various communication system platforms, delivering customizable software solutions to meet client needs. Aside from its mobile phone business, TechFaith also manages and operates commercial real estate properties. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Beijing, the company has established itself as a notable player in the mobile technology sector.

Digit Wireless

Series B in 2004
Digit Wireless, operates as a user interface innovation company. It offers Fastap keypad technology solutions that enable to discover, access, and use messaging, mobile data, and voice services. The company licenses its technology to mobile manufacturers and operators. Digit Wireless, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with additional offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul.

JAMDAT Mobile

Series D in 2003
Wireless game developer and publisher for multiple cell platforms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, JAMDAT has employees in locations around the world, including Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts and brought into the fold of the EA Mobile line of games (with JAMDAT CEO Mitch Lasky leading the worldwide mobile gaming efforts) in December of 2005.

JAMDAT Mobile

Series C in 2002
Wireless game developer and publisher for multiple cell platforms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, JAMDAT has employees in locations around the world, including Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts and brought into the fold of the EA Mobile line of games (with JAMDAT CEO Mitch Lasky leading the worldwide mobile gaming efforts) in December of 2005.

JAMDAT Mobile

Series B in 2001
Wireless game developer and publisher for multiple cell platforms. Headquartered in Los Angeles, JAMDAT has employees in locations around the world, including Honolulu, Montreal, Tokyo, London, Bucharest and Hyderabad. The company was acquired by Electronic Arts and brought into the fold of the EA Mobile line of games (with JAMDAT CEO Mitch Lasky leading the worldwide mobile gaming efforts) in December of 2005.