Qualcomm Ventures

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Qualcomm Ventures (QCV) was formed and began funding in 2000, with a $500-million fund commitment to make strategic investments in early-stage high-technology ventures. Since then, QCV has funded numerous companies in the wireless sector, and set up several exclusive regional funds to spur development in key strategic markets, including a $60-million fund in Korea, a $30-million fund in Japan, a $100-million fund in China and a €100-million fund in Europe.

Milestones

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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Pantech. (8/19/09)
  Posted 10/1/09 at 11:11am
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Streamezzo. (5/13/09)
  Posted 7/7/09 at 12:18pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Validity. (3/11/09)
  Posted 6/18/09 at 3:11pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in CE Info Systems. (2/15/09)
  Posted 6/26/09 at 9:57pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Tela Innovations. (12/15/08)
  Posted 7/23/09 at 8:19pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Buzzd. (10/29/08)
  Posted 3/11/09 at 2:44pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Invensense. (4/28/08)
  Posted 4/28/08 at 9:04pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in obopay. (4/21/08)
  Posted 4/17/08 at 6:25pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Triage Wireless. (3/31/08)
  Posted 6/16/09 at 11:05pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Validity. (12/07)
  Posted 1/23/09 at 3:13pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Amp’d Mobile. (3/21/07)
  Posted 1/28/09 at 9:32pm
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  Qualcomm Ventures invested in Invensense. (1/07)
  Posted 10/1/08 at 11:19am

Investments

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1. Qualcomm acquires take in South Korea’s no.3 handset manufacturer, Pantech (telecomtiger.com) [edit]
2. Streamezzo Raises EUR4M in Investment Round and Welcomes Innovacom as New Investor (journalist-association.eu) [edit]
3. Capital Report Index [edit]
4. $9 Million Investment for MapmyIndia (asmmag.com) [edit]
5. Cap funding report [edit]
6. BlackBerry Partners Fund Announces funding for buzzd, Digby and WorldMate (fiercewireless.com) [edit]
7. InvenSense takes on $19M for phone motion sensing (venturebeat.com) [edit]
8. Obopay takes $20M for mobile payment software (venturebeat.com) [edit]
9. Triage Wireless Raises $20.3 Million in Series B Financing Round Led by Qualcomm Ventures (bio-medicine.org) [edit]
10. Validity raises $20M for fingerprint scanners (venturebeat.com) [edit]
11. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
12. INVENSENSE CLOSES ITS SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING of $11 Million (invensense.com) [edit]