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Qualcomm

Founders Andrew Viterbi Franklin P. Antonio Irwin Jacobs

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Total investments 96
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$44M
Portfolio companies 72
Rounds per year 2.46
Lead investments 13
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 24
Key employees 15

Areas of investment

  • Mobile
  • Software
  • Wireless
  • Telecommunications
  • Information Technology
Summary

Qualcomm appeared to be the Corporate Investor, which was created in 1985. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the San Diego.

This Qualcomm works on 1 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018. When the investment is from Qualcomm the average startup value is 100-500 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 6 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The current fund was established by Andrew Viterbi, Franklin P. Antonio, Irwin Jacobs. The overall number of key employees were 15.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Qualcomm, startups are often financed by Sequoia Capital, DFJ, Zone Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sequoia Capital, Motorola Solutions, Redpoint. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Sequoia Capital, General Electric (GE), SoftBank Investment Advisers.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 6-10 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SenseTime, Sharp, Link Motion. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Apps, Software.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TRIPP

Computer
Developer Platform
Gaming
$11M01 Jun 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

HMD

Consumer Electronics
Customer Service
Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
Product Design
$230M11 Aug 2020 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Fabhotels

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Hotel
Travel Accommodations
$7M04 Jun 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Weka.IO

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Storage
Data Center
Data Storage
Financial Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Software
$31M14 May 2019 California, United States

Weka.IO

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Storage
Data Center
Data Storage
Financial Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Software
$31M17 Jan 2019 California, United States

Kneron

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$18M31 May 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Ingresse

Apps
Ticketing
$3M06 Dec 2017 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Kneron

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$15M27 Nov 2017 San Diego, California, United States

Cubic Telecom

Mobile
Web Development
Wireless
$46M24 Aug 2017 County Dublin
News
InVia Robotics raises $30M for warehouse robotics push

– InVia Robotics, an industrial robotics company based in Los Angeles, California, announced it has raised $30 million in a series C round co-led by Microsoft’s M12 and Qualcomm, with participation from Hitachi.
– InVia says the new equity funding will be used to support its growth, specifically through adopting Qualcomm’s Robotics RB5 Platform and drawing on AI expertise from Hitachi and Microsoft.
– Companies are increasingly determined to improve warehouse automation in light of pandemic-related supply chain challenges. A recent Honeywell survey found that 14% of enterprises rank improving automation within their facilities as a top priority, while 37% rank it among their top three near-term goals. A separate report published in Forbes found that 96% of warehouse executives expect the warehouse automation value proposition to increase over the next three years.

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Total investments 96
Average round size 44M
Rounds per year 2.46
Peak activity year 2015
Lead investments 13
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 24
Group Appearance index 0.79

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

TRIPP

Computer
Developer Platform
Gaming
$11M01 Jun 2022 Los Angeles, California, United States

HMD

Consumer Electronics
Customer Service
Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
Product Design
$230M11 Aug 2020 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Fabhotels

E-Commerce
Hospitality
Hotel
Travel Accommodations
$7M04 Jun 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Weka.IO

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Storage
Data Center
Data Storage
Financial Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Software
$31M14 May 2019 California, United States

Weka.IO

Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Storage
Data Center
Data Storage
Financial Services
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Software
$31M17 Jan 2019 California, United States

Kneron

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$18M31 May 2018 San Diego, California, United States

Ingresse

Apps
Ticketing
$3M06 Dec 2017 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Kneron

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$15M27 Nov 2017 San Diego, California, United States

Cubic Telecom

Mobile
Web Development
Wireless
$46M24 Aug 2017 County Dublin
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