Qualcomm
Qualcomm

Qualcomm

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Corporate venture capital arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, investing in early to growth-stage technology companies.

2000Corporate VC14 portfolio$2.0B AUMSan Diego, United States

About

Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, focusing on strategic investments in wireless technology and other transformative sectors. The firm invests in early to growth-stage companies in areas such as AI, automotive, mobile, enterprise, and smart systems, leveraging Qualcomm's technological expertise and global network to support startups.

Key facts

Website
qualcommventures.com
Type
Corporate VC
Headquarters
San Diego, United States
Funds raised
$2.0B
Portfolio companies
14
Stages
Series C
Series D
Seed
Series A
Series B
Cheque size
$120K to $1.3B
Sector focus
New Media
Music
Lessons
Education
Computing

Recent investments

Recent funding rounds Qualcomm took part in
DateCompanyRoundAmount
6 Aug 2026LumilensSeries C$700M
5 Aug 2026Horizon3.aiFunding Round$20M
3 Aug 2026Horizon3.aiSeries E$250M
17 Apr 2026SenseTimeShare Placement$415M
10 Jun 2025Horizon3.aiSeries D$100M
12 May 2025ClassiqSeries C$110M
15 May 2024WekaSeries E$140M
15 May 2024WekaIOSecondary Transaction$40M
15 May 2024WekaIOSeries E$100M
13 Nov 2023ClassiqUndisclosed round$18M

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Comments
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10 reviews from Reddit and YouTube gathered in one place

Reddit
r/developersIndiau/geralttt0Oct 23, 2026NegativeReddit

Qualcomm layoff. Which BUs are in the target list?. Which BU is most likely to be effected? Any idea about GPU? Any information is useful.

Reddit
r/qualcommu/Silver_Fix8881Oct 19, 2026NegativeReddit

CA dropped a bomb (Layoffs). Blood bath 🩸🩸🩸🩸 Any info on which BU will be affected? What is the % reduction? Dusserah celebration mood has gone completely.

Reddit
r/shittymoviedetailsu/lesi20Oct 9, 2026PositiveReddit

The Phone Doesn't Break because it has a Gorilla Glass Victus 2© screen, and its powered by a Qualcomm™ SM8850-1-AD Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (3 nm)..

Reddit
r/PhoneNowu/FlaviaoiSep 15, 2026MixedReddit

The iPhone 18 Pro Max uses a Qualcomm modem in the U.S. The iPhone 18 Pro Max sold in the rest of the world gets Apple's C2 modem, the reason remains unclear..

Reddit
r/singularityu/SuggestionMission516Jul 25, 2026NegativeReddit

Robot powered by Qualcomm’s new AI chip dies mid-presentation.

Reddit
r/LivestreamFailu/aruby727Jul 25, 2026NegativeReddit

Qualcomm robot collapses during a live presentation demonstrating its new AI chip.. At least they tucked it in!

Video
YouTubeanamoly01May 24, 2026NegativeYouTube

Also after firmware update, the official ubuntu prebuilt image is not usable anymore, hdmi audio is broken, i only see dummy audio as output, even the audio fix doesnt help much, already reported

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YouTubeLarixusSnydesApr 25, 2026NegativeYouTube

Qualcomm? No thanks. They don't support their chips for long. they just refuse to release drivers for newer kernels.

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YouTubeblaziniApr 24, 2026MixedYouTube

Q6A is nice but it's a pure cell phone chip, it's missing a whole lot of IO you would get on even just an Rpi5. Still trying to like Qualcomm SOCs on Linux cuz the Adreno should be alot less headache than the Mali's on Rockchip but they hav…

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YouTubeJpeglismApr 24, 2026MixedYouTube

Got mine last month, so far so good except for a couple quirks (mostly AI/DSP stack and HDMI, they literally converted from eDP to HDMI internally... Would be better if they just left eDP/DP alone tbh)

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Platima TinkersRadxa Dragon Q6A Review: Qualcomm QCS6490, 12 TOPS NPU and Windows on ARM on a $99 SBCMixedYouTube

with the SoC. So this SoC is the Qualcomm

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Frequently asked

What companies has Qualcomm invested in?

Qualcomm has invested in Lumilens, Horizon3.ai, SenseTime, Classiq, Weka and 9 more.

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