Qualcomm Ventures

Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. As a global corporate venture capital fund, it invests in early-stage technology companies, focusing on mobile and adjacent industries. With over $4 billion under management, Qualcomm Ventures has invested in more than 350 companies across 15 countries.

Sachin Deshpande

Senior Director of Product Management

Michel Glezer

Managing Director

Tushar Gupta

Investor

Carlos Kokron

Vice President

Ilhwan Kwon

Senior Investment Manager

Past deals in Big Data

NetraDyne

Series D in 2025
NetraDyne is a provider of AI-driven fleet safety and management technology that uses computer vision and edge computing to process visual and sensory inputs for fleets across industries such as transportation, drones, agriculture, construction, and healthcare. The company offers an integrated platform that supports multiple camera angles for driver safety events and AI-based safety solutions, along with a driver performance monitoring system that identifies and rewards positive behavior. Its solutions reduce accidents, improve real-time awareness of risky behavior, and safeguard against false claims by delivering timely insights. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Diego, with an additional office in Bengaluru, NetraDyne integrates machine learning with edge processing to deliver actionable data to fleet operators.

Tive

Series C in 2025
Tive is a Boston-based startup that provides companies with end-to-end visibility into their supply chains through a sensor-driven tracking platform. The company develops a solution that combines cellular-connected trackers with cloud-based software, allowing clients to monitor, visualize, and optimize their operations in real-time. Tive's platform offers customized alerts, reporting, and analysis for both inbound and outbound shipments across various transportation modes. By enhancing supply chain transparency, Tive helps businesses improve efficiency, reduce logistics costs, and minimize manufacturing disruptions, ultimately enabling them to meet regulatory requirements effectively.

Aviz Networks

Series A in 2024
Aviz Networks specializes in facilitating SONiC deployments in Data Center & Edge Networks. It offers platform and ASIC agnostic applications for Network Orchestration, Monitoring, and Enterprise Grade Support. The company aims to drive open-source networking through disaggregated cloud-native applications, providing data-driven intelligence for multi-vendor network fabrics.

DataPelago

Series A in 2024
DataPelago develops big data analytics solutions and a comprehensive analytics platform that enables the extraction of insights from data of any scale, speed, or structure. The platform delivers instantaneous insights with strong performance and cost efficiency, helping organizations solve complex challenges across all layers of the data stack.

ScyllaDB

Series C in 2023
ScyllaDB is a company specializing in the development of high-performance, scalable column store database software, particularly suited for data-intensive applications. It offers both open-source and enterprise versions of its product, which can be deployed in various environments, alongside ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully-managed Database as a Service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The software is designed to support wide-column NoSQL workloads and is fully compatible with popular systems such as Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Founded as Cloudius Systems, ScyllaDB is based in Herzliya, Israel, and aims to deliver exceptional performance and low latency while reducing costs, enabling organizations to leverage modern multi-core servers effectively as their data needs evolve.

Gantu AI

Venture Round in 2022
Gantu AI, founded in 2018 and based in Shanghai, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based vision equipment tailored for precision manufacturing. The company offers a range of products, including the GT Observer, a video streaming AI system for real-time object recognition and tracking, and the GT Examiner, a recognition module designed to guide robotic equipment. Gantu AI's technologies are primarily focused on the semiconductor and precision machinery sectors, catering to industries such as mobile phone parts and automotive safety components. By integrating AI surface inspection and vision systems, Gantu AI aims to enhance quality control and yield management for its clients, ultimately improving efficiency and reducing costs in high-end manufacturing processes.

Tive

Series B in 2022
Tive is a Boston-based startup that provides companies with end-to-end visibility into their supply chains through a sensor-driven tracking platform. The company develops a solution that combines cellular-connected trackers with cloud-based software, allowing clients to monitor, visualize, and optimize their operations in real-time. Tive's platform offers customized alerts, reporting, and analysis for both inbound and outbound shipments across various transportation modes. By enhancing supply chain transparency, Tive helps businesses improve efficiency, reduce logistics costs, and minimize manufacturing disruptions, ultimately enabling them to meet regulatory requirements effectively.

SINOITS

Series A in 2022
Beijing Sinoits Tech Co., Ltd specializes in developing video analysis technology and traffic big data applications aimed at enhancing urban smart traffic systems. Founded in 2010 and based in Beijing, the company utilizes artificial intelligence to address issues related to urban traffic congestion. Its offerings include advanced vehicle detection and identification technologies, vehicle feature recognition, and traffic video structural analysis. Sinoits also provides real-time road information services to improve traffic management and efficiency. The company's innovative solutions encompass a multidimensional feature depth recognition system, a large data platform for vehicle views, and various systems for toll vehicle identification and human attitude recognition.

Sibros

Series B in 2022
Sibros is a technology company that specializes in software-defined vehicle management through its Deep Connected Platform™. This platform integrates real-time data collection, software configuration management, remote updates, and diagnostic commands, all while adhering to stringent automotive safety, security, and data privacy standards. Sibros's solutions are versatile and can be implemented across various vehicle architectures, including legacy gas and diesel engines, next-generation battery electric vehicles, fuel cells, motorcycles, buses, commercial trucks, and heavy machinery. By leveraging advanced technology developed in Silicon Valley, Sibros empowers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to enhance customer experiences, reduce costs, and explore new revenue opportunities throughout the entire mobility product life cycle. The company's software manages a vehicle's complete software inventory and configurations, facilitating the delivery of connected vehicle services and personalized mobility solutions at scale.

Denglin Technology

Venture Round in 2021
Denglin Technology Co., Ltd. is a Shanghai-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing computing platforms for emerging technologies, particularly in artificial intelligence. The company focuses on chip-based system solutions and is recognized as the first domestic cloud AI computing platform provider to independently innovate GPGPU core technology. Its GPU+ series products represent a new generation of AI general-purpose processors and accelerators, effectively addressing technological gaps in the domestic high-performance GPU sector. These products are designed to provide versatility and high efficiency while supporting various popular artificial intelligence network frameworks and underlying operators. The core team of Denglin Technology comprises experts with over 20 years of experience in GPU research and development from renowned companies in the chip design industry. The company maintains research and development centers in multiple locations, including Silicon Valley, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Beijing, and is committed to advancing AI technology through independent innovation and market-driven product development.

Stellapps

Series C in 2021
Stellapps develops dairy management software that uses a full-stack IoT platform, analytics and AI to improve dairy supply chain performance. Its technology integrates IoT, big data, cloud and mobility to enhance milk production, procurement, cold chain management and farmer payments, while providing end-to-end traceability across the dairy ecosystem. The platform supports collaborations with financial and insurance institutions, veterinary services and cattle nutrition providers, and aims to create value for dairy farms, cooperatives and smallholder farmers by boosting productivity, quality and profitability with reduced effort.

Cobli

Series B in 2021
Cobli is a Brazilian company that specializes in fleet management technology, offering innovative solutions to enhance fleet efficiency across various industries, including telecommunications, transportation, energy, e-commerce, and construction. Founded by Parker Treacy and Rodrigo Mourad, Cobli has experienced rapid growth, achieving over 100% year-over-year expansion and employing more than 400 individuals. The company's platform leverages advanced technologies such as IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and video telemetry to provide tools for vehicle tracking, dynamic routing, driver identification, and fraud monitoring. By analyzing data collected from solar-powered trackers, Cobli helps fleet owners reduce costs, improve productivity, enhance driver safety, ensure operational compliance, and elevate the overall customer experience. With a strong presence throughout Brazil, the company serves thousands of customers and continues to innovate in the fleet management sector.

Reliance Jio

Private Equity Round in 2020
Reliance Jio Infocomm is a telecommunications company based in Mumbai, India, that offers a range of wireless telecom products and services, including voice, data, and messaging. The company utilizes Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology to provide mobile and broadband services. In addition to its core offerings, Jio distributes smartphones and hotspot devices, enhancing connectivity options for consumers. Jio also invests in research and development across various fields such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, and next-generation cloud services. Its media services encompass a wide array of content, including recorded and live music, sports, television programs, movies, and events, catering to diverse entertainment needs.

ScyllaDB

Series C in 2019
ScyllaDB is a company specializing in the development of high-performance, scalable column store database software, particularly suited for data-intensive applications. It offers both open-source and enterprise versions of its product, which can be deployed in various environments, alongside ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully-managed Database as a Service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The software is designed to support wide-column NoSQL workloads and is fully compatible with popular systems such as Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Founded as Cloudius Systems, ScyllaDB is based in Herzliya, Israel, and aims to deliver exceptional performance and low latency while reducing costs, enabling organizations to leverage modern multi-core servers effectively as their data needs evolve.

Stellapps

Series B in 2018
Stellapps develops dairy management software that uses a full-stack IoT platform, analytics and AI to improve dairy supply chain performance. Its technology integrates IoT, big data, cloud and mobility to enhance milk production, procurement, cold chain management and farmer payments, while providing end-to-end traceability across the dairy ecosystem. The platform supports collaborations with financial and insurance institutions, veterinary services and cattle nutrition providers, and aims to create value for dairy farms, cooperatives and smallholder farmers by boosting productivity, quality and profitability with reduced effort.

ScyllaDB

Series C in 2018
ScyllaDB is a company specializing in the development of high-performance, scalable column store database software, particularly suited for data-intensive applications. It offers both open-source and enterprise versions of its product, which can be deployed in various environments, alongside ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully-managed Database as a Service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The software is designed to support wide-column NoSQL workloads and is fully compatible with popular systems such as Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Founded as Cloudius Systems, ScyllaDB is based in Herzliya, Israel, and aims to deliver exceptional performance and low latency while reducing costs, enabling organizations to leverage modern multi-core servers effectively as their data needs evolve.

Excelero Storage

Venture Round in 2017
Excelero, Inc. specializes in low-latency distributed block storage solutions designed for web-scale and enterprise applications. Founded in 2014 and based in San Jose, California, the company developed NVMesh, a software-defined block storage solution that employs Elastic NVMe technology. This innovation enables unmodified applications to access pooled NVMe storage devices across a network with local speed and latency. Excelero's solutions cater to a diverse range of sectors, including data analytics, machine learning, media and entertainment for post-production, and high-performance computing. By leveraging NVMesh, customers can create high-performance Server SANs that efficiently handle mixed workloads while benefiting from centralized storage without being locked into proprietary hardware. This approach significantly reduces total storage costs while enhancing scalability and performance, making it suitable for hyper-scale Industrial IoT services and large-scale simulation visualization.

MapR

Venture Round in 2017
MapR Technologies specializes in providing a next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics. It helps global enterprises manage complex data challenges across high-scale distributed processing, IoT analytics, and container persistence. The company's platform enables real-time analytics integration into business processes, aiming to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Major corporations such as Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, and SAP utilize MapR's solutions within their ecosystems.

Cohesity

Series C in 2017
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

ScyllaDB

Series B in 2017
ScyllaDB is a company specializing in the development of high-performance, scalable column store database software, particularly suited for data-intensive applications. It offers both open-source and enterprise versions of its product, which can be deployed in various environments, alongside ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully-managed Database as a Service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The software is designed to support wide-column NoSQL workloads and is fully compatible with popular systems such as Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Founded as Cloudius Systems, ScyllaDB is based in Herzliya, Israel, and aims to deliver exceptional performance and low latency while reducing costs, enabling organizations to leverage modern multi-core servers effectively as their data needs evolve.

WhaTap

Venture Round in 2016
WhaTap is a Korean software company that designs cloud-based monitoring solutions for servers and databases, delivering real-time alerts to proactively warn customers of potential risks or malfunctions across platforms such as PC, mobile, and Apple Watch. The company provides a B2B service monitoring engine and an application monitoring platform that encrypts data between the agent and the server and analyzes performance in real time to support data reliability, redundancy, and recovery capabilities.

MapR

Venture Round in 2016
MapR Technologies specializes in providing a next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics. It helps global enterprises manage complex data challenges across high-scale distributed processing, IoT analytics, and container persistence. The company's platform enables real-time analytics integration into business processes, aiming to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Major corporations such as Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, and SAP utilize MapR's solutions within their ecosystems.

Placemeter

Venture Round in 2016
Placemeter Inc. is an urban intelligence platform based in New York City that specializes in transforming live video and archival footage into structured data regarding activity in physical locations. Founded in 2012, the company utilizes proprietary computer vision technology and real-time algorithms to analyze patterns in pedestrian and vehicular traffic, as well as to monitor various environmental metrics such as occupancy rates, wait times, and sound levels. Placemeter's solutions cater to smart cities, out-of-home advertisers, and retailers, offering insights that enhance business optimization, customer engagement, and urban safety. By quantifying and predicting traffic patterns, Placemeter aims to foster stronger businesses and more innovative neighborhoods. As of November 30, 2016, Placemeter operates as a subsidiary of Arlo Technologies, Inc.

Strider

Series A in 2016
Strider is an innovative AgTech company based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, specializing in solutions that address pests, diseases, and weeds in agricultural production. The company offers a mobile application and a geo-based big-data engine designed to optimize pesticide use through actionable insights. The application enables users to monitor pest populations, assess affected areas, and evaluate the effectiveness of spraying, while also allowing technicians to record field activities and generate detailed reports and maps. Strider serves a diverse clientele, including cooperatives, dealers, consultants, and farmers, and has expanded its reach to over 3,000 farms globally, spanning regions from South America to North America, Australia, and Mozambique. The company’s commitment to integrating technology with agriculture empowers producers to make informed decisions that enhance productivity.

MemBlaze

Series C in 2015
MemBlaze is a Beijing-based company specializing in the production of memory cards and solid-state drives (SSDs) designed for enterprise applications. The firm focuses on developing enterprise-class NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) SSDs, which are utilized across various sectors including databases, virtualization, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence. MemBlaze's products cater to the needs of businesses in internet services, cloud computing, finance, and telecommunications, offering stable and reliable high-speed storage solutions that enhance operational efficiency.

ScyllaDB

Venture Round in 2015
ScyllaDB is a company specializing in the development of high-performance, scalable column store database software, particularly suited for data-intensive applications. It offers both open-source and enterprise versions of its product, which can be deployed in various environments, alongside ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully-managed Database as a Service available on major cloud platforms like AWS and Google Cloud. The software is designed to support wide-column NoSQL workloads and is fully compatible with popular systems such as Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Founded as Cloudius Systems, ScyllaDB is based in Herzliya, Israel, and aims to deliver exceptional performance and low latency while reducing costs, enabling organizations to leverage modern multi-core servers effectively as their data needs evolve.

Cohesity

Series B in 2015
Cohesity develops hyper-converged secondary storage solutions that consolidate, protect, and share non-mission-critical data assets of large organizations. Its platform, Cohesity DataPlatform, converges data protection infrastructure including backup, replication, disaster recovery, and cloud tiering. Additionally, it offers Cohesity Helios, a SaaS-based management solution for monitoring and managing secondary data and applications.

RetailNext

Series E in 2015
RetailNext provides real-time analytics for physical retail, enabling retailers, shopping centers, and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. The platform combines video analytics, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth detection, on-shelf sensors, beacons, and data from point-of-sale systems to automatically inform retailers about how shoppers engage with stores. It easily integrates with promotional calendars, staffing systems, and weather data to assess how internal and external factors affect shopping patterns, identify opportunities for growth, implement changes, and measure outcomes. The solution supports traffic counting, conversion, staffing optimization, window and display effectiveness, shopper insights, and loss prevention, helping optimize store execution. RetailNext serves customers globally from its headquarters in San Jose, California, and operates in more than 50 countries, tracking over a billion shoppers per year with tens of thousands of sensors and trillions of data points analyzed.

Ravello Systems

Series C in 2015
Ravello Systems Inc. is a provider of cloud-based virtualization software solutions, specializing in nested virtualization technology. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, Ravello allows enterprises to encapsulate multi-VM applications and run them seamlessly across various environments, including on-premises and public clouds, without requiring modifications. Its offerings include the ability to develop and test VMware and KVM applications with complex networking on platforms like AWS and Google Cloud, as well as virtual training solutions for deploying multi-VM application environments. Additionally, the company provides on-demand OpenStack labs for development and testing, as well as VMware ESXi lab environments for demos and proofs of concept. This flexibility empowers developers, DevOps teams, and IT professionals to leverage the extensive resources of the public cloud for their application development and testing needs. As of March 2016, Ravello Systems operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.

Welltok

Series D in 2015
Welltok is a data-driven enterprise SaaS company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2009. It specializes in providing a consumer activation platform that serves the healthcare industry. Welltok’s solutions enable health plans, employers, providers, and public entities to engage consumers with personalized health improvement resources. The platform leverages a vast consumer database and machine learning to facilitate targeted actions, making it easier and more rewarding for individuals to optimize their health and wellbeing. By driving audience engagement in healthy activities, Welltok helps organizations connect with consumers on a personal level, enhancing their overall health outcomes.

Excelero Storage

Series B in 2015
Excelero, Inc. specializes in low-latency distributed block storage solutions designed for web-scale and enterprise applications. Founded in 2014 and based in San Jose, California, the company developed NVMesh, a software-defined block storage solution that employs Elastic NVMe technology. This innovation enables unmodified applications to access pooled NVMe storage devices across a network with local speed and latency. Excelero's solutions cater to a diverse range of sectors, including data analytics, machine learning, media and entertainment for post-production, and high-performance computing. By leveraging NVMesh, customers can create high-performance Server SANs that efficiently handle mixed workloads while benefiting from centralized storage without being locked into proprietary hardware. This approach significantly reduces total storage costs while enhancing scalability and performance, making it suitable for hyper-scale Industrial IoT services and large-scale simulation visualization.

Placemeter

Series A in 2014
Placemeter Inc. is an urban intelligence platform based in New York City that specializes in transforming live video and archival footage into structured data regarding activity in physical locations. Founded in 2012, the company utilizes proprietary computer vision technology and real-time algorithms to analyze patterns in pedestrian and vehicular traffic, as well as to monitor various environmental metrics such as occupancy rates, wait times, and sound levels. Placemeter's solutions cater to smart cities, out-of-home advertisers, and retailers, offering insights that enhance business optimization, customer engagement, and urban safety. By quantifying and predicting traffic patterns, Placemeter aims to foster stronger businesses and more innovative neighborhoods. As of November 30, 2016, Placemeter operates as a subsidiary of Arlo Technologies, Inc.

RetailNext

Series D in 2014
RetailNext provides real-time analytics for physical retail, enabling retailers, shopping centers, and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize in-store data. The platform combines video analytics, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth detection, on-shelf sensors, beacons, and data from point-of-sale systems to automatically inform retailers about how shoppers engage with stores. It easily integrates with promotional calendars, staffing systems, and weather data to assess how internal and external factors affect shopping patterns, identify opportunities for growth, implement changes, and measure outcomes. The solution supports traffic counting, conversion, staffing optimization, window and display effectiveness, shopper insights, and loss prevention, helping optimize store execution. RetailNext serves customers globally from its headquarters in San Jose, California, and operates in more than 50 countries, tracking over a billion shoppers per year with tens of thousands of sensors and trillions of data points analyzed.

MapR

Series D in 2014
MapR Technologies specializes in providing a next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics. It helps global enterprises manage complex data challenges across high-scale distributed processing, IoT analytics, and container persistence. The company's platform enables real-time analytics integration into business processes, aiming to increase revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. Major corporations such as Amazon, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, and SAP utilize MapR's solutions within their ecosystems.

Welltok

Series C in 2014
Welltok is a data-driven enterprise SaaS company based in Denver, Colorado, founded in 2009. It specializes in providing a consumer activation platform that serves the healthcare industry. Welltok’s solutions enable health plans, employers, providers, and public entities to engage consumers with personalized health improvement resources. The platform leverages a vast consumer database and machine learning to facilitate targeted actions, making it easier and more rewarding for individuals to optimize their health and wellbeing. By driving audience engagement in healthy activities, Welltok helps organizations connect with consumers on a personal level, enhancing their overall health outcomes.

Skycatch

Series A in 2013
Skycatch, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in aerial data capture and 3D rendering, primarily for the construction and mining industries. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company develops the Evolution3 drone, designed for real-time data collection and analysis. Skycatch’s offerings include the Commander app, which allows users to operate the drone, and the Skycatch Dashboard, a software platform for data analysis and collaborative viewing. The company utilizes a blend of advanced hardware, software, and artificial intelligence to provide high-precision data rapidly and efficiently. In addition to its core products, Skycatch offers engineering support, training, and integration services, positioning itself as a leader in industrial data collection and analytics.

Argyle Data

Series B in 2010
Argyle Data, Inc. is a provider of a real-time big data analytics platform specifically designed for the processing and analysis of time-critical data. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company offers its Xmp platform, which facilitates simultaneous transaction processing, intelligent decision-making, and machine learning on large data volumes. This platform enables organizations to derive insights from real-time data, enhancing their business outcomes. Additionally, Argyle Data provides the Xmx module, which simplifies data extraction from enterprise systems by monitoring network traffic and performing deep packet inspection to identify protocols and extract information from packet headers and payloads. The company's advanced analytics solutions utilize machine learning technologies on a Hadoop framework to assist mobile operators in detecting fraud and other revenue threats, significantly benefiting the telecommunications industry. Argyle Data was established in 2007 and is a subsidiary of Mavenir Systems.
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