Qualcomm Ventures

Qualcomm Ventures, established in 2000, is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Based in San Diego, California, it is a global corporate venture capital fund that invests in early-stage technology companies. With over $500 million initially committed and subsequent regional funds totaling over $300 million, Qualcomm Ventures focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, automotive, cloud, enterprise, internet of things, mobile, and extended reality. It seeks to generate strong returns while complementing Qualcomm's existing products and services, and often invests between $500,000 and $10 million at the expansion stage. Notable portfolio companies include 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, and Fitbit.

Sachin Deshpande

Senior Director

Michel Glezer

Director

Tushar Gupta

Managing Director, North America

Judd Heape

Vice President of Product Management

Quinn Li

Senior Vice President and Global Head

Song Mao

Senior Director and Managing Director

Akash Palkhiwala

CFO

Boaz Peer

Managing Director, Israel and Europe

Varsha Tagare

Senior Director

Nan Zhou

Director

Nakul Duggal

Senior Vice President and General Manager, Automotive

Past deals in Video Streaming

Guidde

Series A in 2025
Guidde is a developer of a knowledge management platform that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of business teams while improving customer interactions. The platform enables users to collaboratively create, organize, and share video-based content tailored to specific contexts, which facilitates knowledge transfer at the point of need. By streamlining the processes of capturing and maintaining knowledge, Guidde helps organizations reduce the time required for customers to understand their solutions and supports continuous upskilling of employees, partners, and customers. Its innovative approach is utilized by various teams, including Customer Success, Pre Sales, and Product, to boost productivity and drive effective knowledge collaboration.

Gabriel

Venture Round in 2024
Gabriel Tecnologia Ltda, established in 2019 and based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, specializes in providing video surveillance services by integrating high-definition cameras with nano computers. The company focuses on delivering military-grade encryption and enterprise-quality service, ensuring a secure experience for residential buildings and medium-sized businesses. Gabriel offers a unique model that eliminates installation costs, hardware purchases, and maintenance hassles, while providing 24/7 monitoring of properties and neighborhoods. Their technology incorporates machine learning algorithms to recognize suspicious patterns, enhancing safety and security. Additionally, the firm provides an accessible application for users, alongside perpetual video cloud storage, making it a comprehensive solution for public and private security needs in Brazil and beyond.

360fly

Series C in 2016
360fly is a company specializing in 360-degree camera technology, aimed at enhancing the way users capture and share experiences through interactive video. The company has introduced a range of panoramic video cameras, including the 360fly HD and 360fly 4K models, designed to cater to various audiences, from extreme sports enthusiasts to families documenting special occasions. Its innovative single-lens cameras capture stitch-less 360-degree video, allowing for seamless shooting and easy editing. Users can share their content on popular social media platforms, enabling a new level of engagement in video and visual storytelling. Through its unique products, 360fly seeks to redefine the possibilities of video and virtual reality for its customers.

Fotokite

Convertible Note in 2015
Fotokite is a company focused on enhancing the capabilities of first responders through its innovative aerial robotics technology. The company has developed a patented system that can be installed on fire trucks and public safety vehicles, allowing firefighters to deploy a drone with the push of a button upon arriving at an incident scene. This drone, capable of reaching heights of up to 45 meters, provides real-time thermal and standard video feeds, enabling teams to quickly assess and visualize the situation without diverting additional personnel for piloting. The Fotokite system operates autonomously, utilizing a tether for power and data transmission, offering over 24 hours of flight time. Users can launch the drone via a tablet, adjusting altitude and camera angle as needed, while the aerial footage can be live-streamed to other responders on-site or back at the fire station. This functionality enhances situational awareness and facilitates more informed resource deployment during emergency events.

360fly

Series B in 2014
360fly is a company specializing in 360-degree camera technology, aimed at enhancing the way users capture and share experiences through interactive video. The company has introduced a range of panoramic video cameras, including the 360fly HD and 360fly 4K models, designed to cater to various audiences, from extreme sports enthusiasts to families documenting special occasions. Its innovative single-lens cameras capture stitch-less 360-degree video, allowing for seamless shooting and easy editing. Users can share their content on popular social media platforms, enabling a new level of engagement in video and visual storytelling. Through its unique products, 360fly seeks to redefine the possibilities of video and virtual reality for its customers.

Magisto

Series B in 2013
Magisto Ltd. is a cloud-based mobile video platform that enables users to upload, edit, and share video memories with friends. Founded in 2009 and based in Ness-Ziona, Israel, with additional offices in New York and California, Magisto offers an AI-powered video creation and marketing service for entrepreneurs, marketers, and business owners. The platform utilizes Emotion Sense Technology to automatically analyze and select key moments from ordinary videos and photos, assembling them into engaging short movies with customized styles and music. This innovative application leverages computer vision technology to detect and index people, scenes, and behaviors, allowing users to create high-quality videos effortlessly. With over 100 million users, Magisto has established itself as a significant player in the video editing space and operates as a subsidiary of Vimeo, Inc.

Orb Networks

Acquisition in 2013
Orb Networks, Inc., based in Oakland, California, specializes in digital media streaming solutions tailored for home and remote access applications. The company produces both hardware and software, along with smartphone and web applications. Its signature service, MyCast, allows users to access their personal media—such as photos, music, videos, and live television—stored on their home PCs via any internet-connected device, including mobile phones and laptops. By leveraging advanced technologies like broadband and wireless internet, Orb provides a seamless way for individuals to connect with their digital content anytime and anywhere. Additionally, Orb offers its platform on a white label basis, enabling content providers and service operators to utilize its infrastructure for their own services. Orb's consumer products are available through online channels and select retailers.

Apalya

Series C in 2012
Apalya is a company that specializes in mobile video delivery through its content aggregation, provisioning, and distribution platform. Founded in 2005 and based in Hyderabad, India, Apalya optimizes content for viewing on various screens and collaborates with mobile operators, content owners, and advertisers. Its offerings include Myplex, which provides on-demand and live TV content, and Mobile TV, which delivers live TV through unicast, multicast, and broadcast methods across mobile networks globally. The company serves a range of clients, including telecom operators and handset manufacturers, in markets such as India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Notable customers include Dialog, Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Vodafone, Reliance Mobile, and Idea. Apalya's platform enables content providers to manage and deliver their offerings efficiently, ensuring users can access their preferred content anytime and anywhere.

Pult

Seed Round in 2012
Pult revolutionizes way to interact with your TV and content through platform that allows streaming content to any connected screen in any location over IP network. Smartphone used as remote control, connection enabler and identity carrier will act as virtual set-top box. Pult aggregates user’s content from web services, pay-TV operators, VOD services and broadcasters into into one seamless programming that is tailored for user based on his watching habits and suggestions from friends.

Videoplaza

Series B in 2012
Videoplaza is a provider of an advertising serving platform designed to help broadcasters and video publishers monetize their video content across various devices, including computers, mobile devices, tablets, and televisions. With a mission to empower these entities in the internet-delivered TV landscape, Videoplaza's technology enables clients to maximize the value of their audiences by facilitating trade across multiple sales channels. The company's platform, known as Karbon, is utilized by more than half of the broadcasters in Europe, showcasing its significant presence in the market. Videoplaza maintains a commitment to service and technology, supported by local teams in major cities such as London, Stockholm, Berlin, Cologne, Madrid, Paris, and Singapore.

Apalya

Series B in 2011
Apalya is a company that specializes in mobile video delivery through its content aggregation, provisioning, and distribution platform. Founded in 2005 and based in Hyderabad, India, Apalya optimizes content for viewing on various screens and collaborates with mobile operators, content owners, and advertisers. Its offerings include Myplex, which provides on-demand and live TV content, and Mobile TV, which delivers live TV through unicast, multicast, and broadcast methods across mobile networks globally. The company serves a range of clients, including telecom operators and handset manufacturers, in markets such as India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Notable customers include Dialog, Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, Vodafone, Reliance Mobile, and Idea. Apalya's platform enables content providers to manage and deliver their offerings efficiently, ensuring users can access their preferred content anytime and anywhere.

Tapioca Mobile

Acquisition in 2010
Tapioca Mobile specializes in delivering rich media content, such as videos and images, directly to mobile phone users. The company facilitates the transfer of digital assets from content providers' servers to mobile devices, ensuring that advertisers can effectively reach a wider audience. Additionally, Tapioca Mobile offers solutions for converting existing content into mobile-ready video formats, enabling the seamless transmission of multimedia through Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). This combination of services positions Tapioca Mobile as a key player in enhancing mobile content accessibility and engagement.

Clicker Media

Series B in 2010
Clicker Media, based in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, is a web publisher and brand builder specializing in developing stand-alone consumer brands that integrate social networking and reward properties. The company focuses on leveraging content, commerce, and advertising to create engaging experiences for global internet users. Clicker Media's primary service is Clicker, a comprehensive guide to internet television that organizes and delivers broadcast programming and TV-quality web originals from various sources, enabling users to easily find, save, share, and contribute content for any show or episode online. Additionally, Clicker Media owns and operates several web properties, such as Sippinit.com and Sportsgulp.net, and owns internet domain names like Forwant.com.
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