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AI-powered office suite Context raises $11 million in seed funding from Lux Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and General Catalyst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rish Gupta is the cofounder and CEO of Spot AI, a video AI platform for the physical world. They've raised $93M from amazing investors such as Scale, Bessemer, and Qualcomm Ventures.Rish's favorite book: Atlas Shrugged (Author: Ayn Rand)(00:01) Introduction(00:32) Video-AI basics: ingesting camera feeds across diverse networks ​(02:42) Edge-vs-cloud trade-offs for compute, storage, and bandwidth ​(05:40) Mapping the sector: hardware waves to cloud cameras to pure-software layer ​(07:43) Founding insight: why Spot AI attacked the video layer now ​(11:35) Bare-bones MVP: two-page dashboard that unified camera access ​(15:34) First-10-customer lessons & pruning the ideal customer profile (ICP) ​(18:54) Go-to-market experiments: ICP variants, pain points, and channels ​(23:00) Early-team blueprint: engineering-heavy, founders run sales ​(24:03) Hardware stance: free IP cameras to simplify one-vendor buying ​(26:01) Biggest tech hurdle: supporting thousands of camera brands & configs ​(27:00) Sales challenge: outbound fatigue forces novel GTM motions ​(28:55) Future vision: each camera becomes an autonomous AI agent with a "job" ​(30:25) Key AI unlock: massive context windows enabling flow-state reasoning ​(32:14) Rapid-fire round--------Where to find Rish Gupta: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/profilerish/--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi 

Join host Nataraj as he sits down with Karthee Madasamy, the Managing Director of MFA Partners, to discuss his journey from chip designer to venture capitalist in the world of deep tech.About the Episode:This episode explores Karthee's transition from a technical background in semiconductors and wireless communication to a successful career in venture capital. He shares his experiences at Qualcomm Ventures, where he led investments in companies like Waze and MapMyIndia, and discusses his current focus on deep tech companies at MFA Partners. Karthee provides valuable insights into the evolution of venture capital, the challenges of raising a fund, and the exciting potential of technologies like AI, robotics, and quantum computing.Karti dives into the nuances of investing in deep tech, sharing his investment thesis for MapMyIndia and highlighting the importance of understanding technology commoditization. He also discusses the incentive structures within corporate venture capital versus traditional VC firms, and offers advice for those considering a career in the field.About the Guest and Host:Karthee Madasamy: Managing Director of MFA Partners, previously Managing Director and Vice President at Qualcomm Ventures. → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kartheemfv/Nataraj: Host of the Startup Project podcast, Senior PM at Azure & Investor. → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/→ Twitter: https://x.com/natarajsindam→ Email updates: ⁠https://startupproject.substack.com/⁠→ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://thestartupproject.io⁠⁠⁠Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction00:51 - Karthee's Journey into Venture Investing02:46 - First Job in Venture Capital04:52 - Early Deals and Learnings07:34 - Identifying Technology Commoditization09:56 - Investment Thesis for MapMyIndia13:32 - Incentives in Corporate vs. Traditional VC18:09 - Starting MFA Partners and Fundraising Challenges23:37 - Lessons Learned from Fundraising25:01 - The State of Deep Tech32:42 - Investing in PsiQuantum and the Future of Quantum Computing43:34 - Staying Updated and Influential Content45:54 - Key Learnings about InvestingSubscribe to Startup Project for more engaging conversations with leading entrepreneurs!→ Email updates: ⁠https://startupproject.substack.com/⁠#startupproject #deeptech #venturecapital #investing #qualcommventures #mfapartners #ai #robotics #quantumcomputing #technology #innovation #entrepreneurship #podcast #youtube #tech #mapmyindia #waze #psiquantum #semiconductors

LambdaTest, a cloud-based software testing platform, has raised $38 million in a funding round as it looks to expand its presence in existing markets and advance its AI capabilities. The San Francisco and Noida-headquartered startup's Series D round has been led by Avataar Ventures with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, bringing its total funding to $108 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Embarking on an enchanting expedition through the corridors of business acumen, we unveil the extraordinary journey of Ben Boyer, a seasoned venture capitalist whose path took him from the sun-soaked streets of Los Angeles to the thriving heart of the tech realm. His latest venture, R-Zero, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, BMO Financial Group, Qualcomm Ventures, and DBL Partners.

In the 14th episode of the Space Capital podcast, we are speaking with Alon Grinspoon, founder and CEO of echo3D, a 3D asset management platform helping developers manage and stream 3D AR/VR content. We invested in echo3D in the fall of 2021, and the company's backed by a great syndicate of investors, including Convoy Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Verizon, 5G Lab, and others. Learn more about the future of AI and its impact on the world in today's podcast. Company website: https://www.echo3d.com/ Learn how to quickly create real-time cloud-connected 3D/AR/VR apps in a few simple steps. https://youtu.be/yw8RN6E7bjE Introducing Apple Vision Pro https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg Register for echo3D's free tier to create and build 3D content that could be live in 15 minutes or less.  

Learn more about Plivo here: https://www.plivo.com/ In this podcast, we sat down with Venky Balasubramanian to talk about the story of Plivo, a cloud communications platform that simplifies and personalises businesses' customer communications. Every kind of business, from startups to public companies, can benefit from Plivo's enterprise-grade communications platform, which includes a premium carrier network with connectivity in more than 190 countries, an API platform for messaging and voice calls, and solutions for sales and support teams. Venky Balasubramanian started Plivo in 2011 along with his co-founder Michael Ricordeau. Initially, Plivo was an open-source GitHub project, but after attending a developer conference in Chicago, the co-founder duo decided to commercialise their voice-based app communication framework. Initially, they applied for Y Combinator's Winter 2011 Batch, but were rejected. Venky emailed Paul Graham to ask why they had been rejected, and he said: 1. Venky B and Michael Ricordeau didn't have a lot of in-person co-founder experience; they had only met offline in Chicago at that conference, and 2. Plivo was a pre-revenue company. Venky Balasubramanian got to work proving to Paul Graham that he and Michael had what it took to succeed as a business, scoring Plivo's first customer and beginning to generate revenue. He also raised a pre-seed round from Morpheus, Seeders and One97 Mobility Fund, along with Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Following this, Plivo was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2012 batch, and counted companies like 9GAG, Boosted Boards, Coinbase, Soylent, and Zapier as its batchmates. Venky B clearly remembers seeing Coinbase's Brian Armstrong offering other Y Combinator founders bitcoins in exchange for signing up for Coinbase. By the time Plivo's time at Y Combinator was over, they were generating more revenue than most of their fellow startups, and were able to raise a $1.5M seed round from investors like YC, Battery Ventures, A16Z, and Qualcomm Ventures. This fundraise grabbed media attention and also solidified Plivo's reputation as a business with trustworthy, legitimate backers. In 2017, Plivo raised $8M in venture debt, rather than pursuing a Series A. While these funds did temporarily alter the startup's culture, Venky B and Michael Ricordeau were able to course-correct, saving the company from the high-burn trap many other SaaS businesses fall into. By raising debt instead of a Series A, Venky and Michael were also able to retain their equity in Plivo. Plivo has no plans to go public or sell, and are looking forward to growing Plivo's new offerings including Contacto and Sellular. Contacto is an omnichannel contact center that seamlessly combines your customer conversations and your existing systems, and Sellular is a modern sales platform built for Salesforce users. Both Contacto and Sellular have been internally funded by and set up within Plivo, but with siloed teams and goals which enable them to grow independently. Today Plivo has a team of 300, the company is fully remote across USA and India, they're profitable, and are bringing in somewhere between $50 to $100 million in annual revenue from customers across 190+ countries. They've also been profitable for 6.5 years! Stay updated on what's new at Plivo: Twitter — https://twitter.com/plivo Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/Plivo/ LinkedIn — https://in.linkedin.com/company/plivo-inc GitHub — https://github.com/plivo Connect with us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bwmillionaires/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/backstagewithmillionaires Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/backstagewithmillionaires/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5rGPalovc6AKsfbOyjh32p

In this episode, we speak with Rajeev Shah, the Co-Founder and CEO of Celona, the enterprise 5G company that enables a new generation of AI-powered business critical apps in the enterprise and helps organizations accelerate their digital transformation journey. Before founding Celona, Rajeev was the VP of product management and marketing for Federated Wireless, where he launched the industry's first and leading Spectrum Access System. Prior to Federated, Rajeev held multiple product management leadership positions at Aruba Networks, including creating its Cloud Wi-Fi business. Taking advantage of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, Celona's solution architecture is designed to simplify and automate deployment of cellular wireless technology by enterprise IT organizations and managed service providers. The company was born with the idea that a combination of 5G radio technology, edge computing and machine learning software will fundamentally change how organizations work and do business. Celona is backed by Digital Bridge Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Norwest, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and other notable investors. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to subscribe.

Alon Grinshpoon | CEO - Echo 3D 3D asset management for games, 3D apps, and AR/VR experiences echo3D (www.echo3D.com) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR asset management that provides tools and network infrastructure to help developers & companies quickly build and deploy 3D apps, games, and content. echo3D serves over 40,000 developers using our SDKs to create real-time 3D experiences (for healthcare, entertainment, retail, gaming, training, and more) and have deployed AR+5G projects with both Verizon and AT&T. echo3D signed partnerships with Unity3D, the world's leading game engine, and NextNav (Nasdaq: NN). echo3D is backed by Qualcomm Ventures, Konvoy Ventures, Remagine Ventures, Space Capital, and Techstars, and received grants from Y Combinator, Verizon, and NYC Media Lab. We were named AR/VR finalists for SXSW 2020, won the DevProject Award 2019, named among the 2019 Most Fundable Companies, named one of the Top 25 finalists in Sir Richard Branson's Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) 2019, and featured on VentureBeat, The Hill, XRToday, Bold TV, Ynet, Calcalist, and Mako. --

Karthee Madasamy is the founder and Managing Partner of MFV Partners, an early stage hard-tech focused fund. His most notable investments include Waze (acquired by Google), Agility Robotics, and Psi Quantum. Previously, Karthee was a Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures.

Karthee Madasamy, founder and managing partner at MFV Partners, talks about how deep tech is affecting and transforming traditional industries. Karthee shares important lessons for deep tech founders to help them move from proving the underlying technology to building scalable businesses. He also explains the MFV Partners investment philosophy and what founders can expect when they work with MFV.In this episode, you'll learn:[1:45] Genuine continuous fascination with new technology is crucial to success in deep tech.[10:23] Fundamental questions that any investor would ask when assessing the business model of a deep tech startup.[13:40] Showing that you clearly understand what the problem is and how you're going to solve it is a sure way of getting to a second meeting with the investor.[23:44] Deep tech founders need investors who appreciate the technology and who can help them to prepare for the next stage in their journey.[25:52] How can more transparency around how to invest in VC funds help the VC ecosystem?About Guest SpeakerKarthee Madasamy is the founder and managing partner at Mobile Foundation Ventures (MFV) Partners. Karthee invests in frontier-tech startups in robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing,Autonomous Platforms, and Internet of Things. Before MFV, Karthee spent 11 years as a Managing Director at Qualcomm Ventures where he invested across the US, Israel, and India. He started Qualcomm Ventures' investment activities in both Israel and India. Some of his notable investments include Waze (acquired by Google), Validity Sensors (acquired by Synaptics), and BORQS (NASDAQ IPO), among others. Before Qualcomm Ventures, Karthee led technical and product marketing roles in three semiconductor and wireless startups in Silicon Valley.About MFV PartnersMFV Partners is a Silicon Valley-based early-stage deep tech venture fund based. Founded in 2018, MFV backs visionary deep tech entrepreneurs aiming to transform large industries like Auto, Manufacturing, Energy, Agriculture and Healthcare. Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Amazon will be shutting down Amazon Academy, an online learning platform it launched in India for high-school students last year, TechCrunch reports. Ultraviolette Automotive, an EV technologies company, yesterday announced the commercial launch of its first product, a high-performance motorcycle called F77, starting at an ex-showroom price of Rs. 3.8 lakh. And Transition VC plans to raise Rs. 400 crore for its first fund. Notes: Amazon will be shutting down Amazon Academy, an online learning platform it launched in India for high school students last year, TechCrunch reports. Amazon will wind down the edtech service in a phased manner starting August 2023. Those who signed up for the current academic batch will receive a full refund, according to TechCrunch. India's first roundtable on the changing dynamics between big tech and digital media starts online today, with the Digital News Publishers Association as the event host, The Hindu reports. During the webinar, the event's keynote speaker will be Rod Sims, an economist and former chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. The session will largely cover antitrust issues concerning the world's biggest tech companies, and explore how they affect digital media professionals. The Dialogues aim to bring together stakeholders from diverse sectors to help Indian news publishers understand how other governments have addressed the market dominance of big tech companies in their jurisdictions, according to The Hindu. Ultraviolette Automotive, an EV technologies company in Bengaluru, yesterday announced the commercial launch of its first product, a high-performance motorcycle called F77, starting at an ex-showroom price of Rs. 3.8 lakh. The bike is powered by an integrated 10.3 kWh Lithium-ion battery architecture in the top variant, the F77 Recon, that produces 95 Nm of peak torque and 29 kW (38.9 HP) of peak power, the startup said in a press release. The bike offers a range of 307 km per charge under test conditions, currently the highest for any electric two-wheeler in India, according to Ultraviolette. The bike is on offer in three colours and detailing, Airstrike, Shadow, and Laser. Deliveries of the F77 will start in January 2023, starting with Bengaluru. Earlier this week, the company also announced that it was expanding its series D funding round to include investments from Qualcomm Ventures and Lingotto. The money will help Ultraviolette ramp up its presence in India, develop its tech further and expand into international markets, the company said in a press release. Transition VC, an energy transition-focused venture capital firm has launched its first fund with a target corpus of Rs. 400 crore, including a green shoe option of Rs 200 crore, the firm said in a press release. Transition VC will make seed investments in startups in sectors such as e-mobility, green hydrogen, energy storage, net zero solutions for buildings, and climate tech. Founded last year by a group of entrepreneurs and professionals in Bengaluru, Transition VC will make investments ranging from $500,000 to $1 million to support up to 40 early-stage startups over the next three years. Before launching Transition VC, these investors have backed startups including Charge+Zone, a charging point network provider, and Exponent Energy, which is making EV batteries. Theme music courtesy Free Music & Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/freemusicandsounds

August 31: For this episode of the JCurve I am thrilled to bring you my conversation with Parker Treacy, founder and CEO at Cobli, Brazilian telematics and fleet management platform that has recently raised $35M Series B from the likes of Softbank, Fifth Wall, Qualcomm Ventures and Valor Capital. Prior to that, Parker founded First Help Financial now one of the largest independent auto finance companies in the United States.In today's episode we will learn: 1. What are Parker's key learnings of starting First Help Financial fresh out of college?2. How to build a high performing sales organization for SaaS companies?3. Why founders' competitive advantage is their pace of learning?4. What would be Parker's approach towards fundraising and running operations if he were to raise Series B during recession?5. What are the next billion dollar company building opportunities nobody's pursuing yet? 

Carlos Kokron is vice-president, managing director and head of Americas investments for Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Qualcomm, the developer of semiconductors and wireless technology. In this episode of the Global Venturing Review, Carlos talks about why series A, B and C are the perfect goldilocks zone for Qualcomm Ventures, why it's becoming … Continue reading "Carlos Kokron: Qualcomm Ventures" The post Carlos Kokron: Qualcomm Ventures appeared first on Global Venturing Review.

In der heutigen Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir Maroje Guertl, Principal bei Verdane. Maroje und Fabian Tausch haben die Bewertung von Klarna, die Finanzierungsrunde von Echo3D und die Umbenennung von Junge besprochen: Das schwedische Buy-Now-Pay-Later-Fintech Klarna muss laut Berichten des Wall Street Journal starke Abschläge bei seiner Bewertung verkraften. Diese scheint im Zuge der Verhandlungen einer neuen Finanzierungsrunde auf 6,5 Milliarden US-Dollar gefallen zu sein. Vor etwa einem Jahr hatten noch bekannte Investoren wie SoftBank oder Sequoia auf einer Bewertung von 45,6 Milliarden US-Dollar in das Startup investiert, also rund dem Siebenfachen der aktuellen Bewertung. Derzeit scheint Klarna rund 650 Millionen US-Dollar einwerben zu wollen, was etwa der Höhe der Verluste des Vorjahres entspricht. Echo3D konnte 5,5 Millionen US-Dollar für die Cloud-Speicherung und das Streaming von 3D-, Augmented-Reality- und Virtual-Reality-Inhalten für eine breite Palette von Anwendungen einsammeln. Qualcomm Ventures führte dabei die Finanzierungsrunde an. Weitere Investoren waren Remagine Ventures, Konvoy Ventures und Space Capital. Die Ankündigung folgt auf den zuvor angekündigten Snapdragon Metaverse Fund von Qualcomm und sechs Monate nach der vorherigen 4-Millionen-Dollar-Kapitalerhöhung von Echo3D im Oktober 2021. Das New Yorker Startup hofft, die Art und Weise, wie 3D-, AR- und VR-Inhalte gespeichert und gestreamt werden, zu verändern. Ziel ist es, die Dateigrößen und Entwicklungszeiten für 3D-Objekte zu reduzieren, die auf Websites und in Apps verwendet werden. Der unter anderem von David Rosskamp geführte VC June ändert seinen Namen und wird nun als Magnetic fortgeführt. Zunächst verfolgen die Partner – neben dem ehemaligen Earlybird-Investor Rosskamp noch Mario Lebherz, bis Sommer 2021 Managing Director bei den Atlantic Food Labs – für Magnetic die Zielmarke von rund 220 Millionen Euro. Als erstes Investment engagierte sich der Fonds beim neuen Startup des Mymuesli-Gründers, Project Eaden. Fokus für die Investments sollen dem Bericht zufolge Innovationen wie Kryptowährungen oder synthetische Lebensmittel sein.

Tabnine, a startup creating an “AI-powered assistant” for software developers, today closed a $15.5 million funding round co-led by Qualcomm Ventures, OurCrowd, and Samsung NEXT Ventures with participation from existing backers Khosla Ventures and Headline Ventures.

Tabnine, a startup creating an “AI-powered assistant” for software developers, today closed a $15.5 million funding round co-led by Qualcomm Ventures, OurCrowd, and Samsung NEXT Ventures with participation from existing backers Khosla Ventures and Headline Ventures.

Leading global tech analysts Patrick Moorhead (Moor Insights & Strategy) and Daniel Newman (Futurum Research) are front and center on The Six Five analyzing the tech industry's biggest news each and every week and also conducting interviews with tech industry "insiders" on a regular basis.    The Six Five represents six (6) handpicked topics that will be covered for five (5) minutes each.    Welcome to this week's edition of “The 6-5.” I'm Patrick Moorhead with Moor Insights & Strategy, co-host, joined by Daniel Newman with Futurum Research. On this week's show we will be talking:   Amazon Climate Pledge https://futurumresearch.com/research-notes/amazon-and-global-optimism-announce-the-climate-pledge-experiences-600-growth-showing-impressive-increase-in-commitment-to-climate-action/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2022/03/16/momentum-for-amazons-climate-pledge-continues-to-snowball/?sh=78c440c01b69   T-Mobile/BMW Magenta Drive https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2022/03/17/t-mobile-introduces-first-5g-automotive-service-with-bmw-called-magenta-drive/?sh=19f4883f73ce   What Lies Ahead for Semis   Qualcomm Ventures and Metaverse Fund https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2022/03/17/qualcomm-ventures-had-a-banner-2021/?sh=370252ba39b0 https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2022/03/21/qualcomm-launches-100m-snapdragon-metaverse-fund?mkt_tok=Mzg1LVRXUy04MDMAAAGDS5cZZefQFg7SaU0vNLg3m7apm2r30H5ypKBOrt_kJGCPYawGNSJ42BTnI1xVOhb7PxleV4Y0MSPs06RUdNcom0jajoZ8_IMylZBGChdFdpeh-g    Adobe Summit - Digital Economy Index https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnewman/2022/03/18/pandemic-drove-huge-digital-economy-boom---and-its-not-done/?sh=7085cacb3380   Apple Flips and Flops   Display https://twitter.com/JoannaStern/status/1504443171127894024?t=STjScZsJqmFP4wFLViJ8lQ&s=19   Benchmarking  https://twitter.com/reckless/status/1504516638426779651?t=cPfcG-ncCRTYhQImU4-WKg&s=19 https://twitter.com/firstadopter/status/1504465005864960002?t=WTgewb0IaXY7-z9o_M-LoQ&s=19     Disclaimer: This show is for information and entertainment purposes only. While we will discuss publicly traded companies on this show. The contents of this show should not be taken as investment advice. 

Neeraj Gunsagar is the CEO and President of byte®, a direct-to-consumer aligner company that is revolutionizing the orthodontic industry.  Byte was recently acquired by Dentsply Sirona for $1.04 billion to expand its DTC Aligner business to dentists across the world. Prior to joining byte®, Neeraj was the Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer and SVP of Finance & Operations at TrueCar, Inc (NASDAQ: TRUE). In his various roles, Neeraj was responsible for the Company's overall marketing strategy, corporate communications, consumer acquisition, research, finance and business operations (BizOps). Neeraj helped the Company go public in 2014 and played a significant role in profitably scaling the business from $70M of revenue in 2012 to over $350M in 2018. Prior to joining TrueCar, Gunsagar spent the first 15 years of his career as a Private Equity/Venture Capital Investor. He was Vice President at both Matrix Partners' India and Garnett & Helfrich Capital, and a Financial Analyst with Qualcomm Ventures.   Gunsagar started his career on Wall Street at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ), where he advised companies such as Worldcom and Iridium on complex restructurings and acquisitions. Gunsagar holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

In this episode, you will learn:Swapna's journey towards becoming a VC, and how her culture, upbringing, and work experience influenced the processHow is Qualcomm any different from other corporate VCs in the industry? How does their portfolio thesis set them apart?Qualcomm's fulfilling journey with MapMyIndia, culminating in its stellar IPO performanceHow should founders practice prudence while utilizing capital, and intangible resources? An illustration of ShadowfaxWhy is Qualcomm particularly interested in logistics and supply chain startups? How can better infrastructure fully tap this sector's potential in India?What is Qualcomm Women Entrepreneurs India Network? How does it aspire to motivate women entrepreneurs in Deeptech?What are some inequalities and prejudices miring the Indian startup ecosystem?What are the changing trends in the Indian startup industry? What composes its potential as a global investment market?AboutSwapna Gupta is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures India, based out of the Bangalore office. She manages investments across all sectors in the technology related ecosystem. She spends a significant amount of time building a high-quality deal pipeline, executing deals and portfolio management. She has led and manages investments in companies such as Locus, Zuddl, Shadowfax, Ninjacart, Stellapps, Moveinsync and Reverie (Acquired by Reliance) among others. Prior to joining Qualcomm, she was part of the Investment Banking team at EY, India where she concentrated on Private Equity and M&A of Technology/Telecom companies. She is also part of class 25 of the prestigious Kauffman fellow program.

Patrick Eggen, Founding General Partner at Counterpart Ventures, talks about the different facets of corporate venture capital (CVC), where it has a real edge in the startup world, and why entrepreneurs should work with CVC investors. Patrick debunks some myths around CVC and shares his observations on how CVC and venture capital has evolved over the last decade.In this episode, you'll learn:[2:33] The advantages of being early in corporate venture capital[14:23] Myths about corporate venture capital[19:28] What founders need to know before meeting a corporate venture capital investorCause that Patrick is passionate about: Pediatric surgery research at UCSFAbout Guest SpeakerPatrick Eggen is the Founding General Partner at Counterpart Ventures. He has held key thought leadership around core investment themes ranging from hardware, software, adjacent verticals, and frontier tech. In his 13 years of direct venture investment experience, Patrick has been involved in 100+ transactions and 30+ exits. He actively sourced or served as a Board Member/Observer for Qualcomm Ventures investments in Clarifai, Cloudflare, Matterport, Noom, OpenSignal, Particle, Plivo, Sense360, Sparta Science, and Swift Nav.About Counterpart VenturesCounterpart Ventures is a San Francisco-based life cycle venture capital fund investing in B2B SaaS, mobility, and marketplace technologies that target nontrivial problems or fill missing gaps in large markets. Counterpart's portfolio includes: Zoom, Cruise, Matterport, ANNEX CLOUD, AptEdge, Cloudbeds, Glidian, Particle, and RPA Labs.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode that will drop next Tuesday. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

This Week in SD Tech: Local investors Section 32 and Qualcomm Ventures recently invested in Gretel AI and AmionX respectively Union Tribune releases list of 26 phenomenal women to know in San Diego, including many tech leaders SoftBank invests $400 million in activewear maker Vuori The Top Tech Awards recently honored many local technologists and leaders The largest public companies in San Diego saw major stock gains in the first half of 2021

Patrick sat down with Jason Ball, Partner at Pan-European growth stage fund GR Capital. Jason make a compelling case for later stage investing in Europe and companies with an Eastern European market expansion focus in particular. At GR, he and his colleagues have backed leading scale-ups such as Glovo, Lime, Sennder, Deliveroo and Flaschenpost (recently exited to Dr. Oetker). For Glovo in particular GR was instrumental in accompanying the founders on their Eastern European expansion. Jason provides several wise lessons on his way into VC, how to identify top performing teams and elaborates on the methodology of successful later stage investing. He also shares important learnings for emerging managers on how to foster LP relationships, a crucial component for any VC. On this episode you will learn about: Jason's path breaking into VC and his tours of duty at 2 European startups during the DotCom Bubble his time at Qualcomm Ventures, London Seed Capital and finally GRThe importance of operating experience for investors The 3Ps of investing as well as the 4Ps of later stage investing Tactics for successful LP relationship and fundraisingMake sure to check out GR Capital's website and you can follow Jason Ball on LinkedIn here or on Twitter here. 

In today's episode, I have the pleasure of inviting Taarini Kaur Dang. She is a high school girl, a Venture Capitalist, Forbes Writer, TEDx Speaker, and Women Empowerment Champion. Taarini is the youngest VC in the world. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of a Venture Capital firm called Brave14 Capital for which she has raised $870k in funding from top Venture Capitalists and Institutional Investors in the US. Taarini is the youngest person to win the Young American-Indian Award which she received from the Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna for her work in Entrepreneurship in 2018. At the age of 13, she wrote a book (The Young Aspiring Entrepreneur) which has a foreword from Intel Capital President Wendell Brooks and quotes from Stanford Professor Chuck Eesley, Intel's Chief Diversity Officer Barbara Whye, Oracle ex-President Ray Lane and author Linda Swindling. She has been an invited speaker at top conferences, like Google Launchpad Female Founders Summit, Collision conference, TiECon, Women's March, ATEA, AI ShowBiz Summit, etc. She has been the only speaker under the age of 18 at these conferences. She has been featured in media by BBC, Nasdaq, Mercury News, etc. In 2019, she was ranked in Top 100 Women in Finance in India. Taarini has also created a chat show to bring Entrepreneurship and Leadership lessons from stellar CEOs and VCs - she has already interviewed John Chambers (Cisco ex-CEO), Tim Draper (top VC), Vinod Kumar (CEO of Vodafone Business and Tata Communications ex-CEO), Dheeraj Pandey (Nutanix CEO), Kamran Ziaee (CenturyLink CIO), Quinn Li (Head of Qualcomm Ventures) and several executives from SAP, TechStars, etc. The chat show is coming soon. Taarini is the co-Founder of a female empowerment Instagram account called @ClassyWomenn which has ramped to 620k followers in 2 years across 10 countries. She answers questions privately from women around the world on their problems in life, eg how to fight domestic violence, how to tell parents to let girls continue their education instead of getting married, choose a STEM career, etc. She has helped over 500 women on a one-on-one basis so far. She did a summer internship at Nutanix after 9th grade and became one of their youngest interns ever. At Nutanix, she did market research on Desktop as a Service and Cloud Native apps. She also did a summer internship at Stanford University after 8th grade - she did research on Entrepreneurship models and paradigms while studying MIT/Stanford papers on these topics. Besides English, Taarini can speak and write basic Mandarin, and speak Hindi.

Merav is the Managing Director of Qualcomm Ventures in Europe and Israel, she has more than 20 years of venture capital and high tech experience. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ventures, she was a Director at Intel Capital, and before that a principal at Pitango Venture Capital. Merav holds a B.Sc. in Information Systems Engineering (cum laude) from the Technion, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. Merav is also the founder and is on the steering committee of the Women Founder Forum; an organization that encourages and supports female tech entrepreneurs.

Antes, si querías empezar una tienda online, estabas obligado a pagar miles de dólares a una agencia de desarrollo. Hoy, existen soluciones SaaS que permiten crear tu e-commerce en horas y por pocos dólares. Sobre esto conversaremos con Santiago Sosa, CEO y cofundador de Tienda Nube, startup que provee a emprendedores y PYME en Latinoamérica de las herramientas para crear, gestionar, y promover su tienda online. Hace poco, Tiendanube cerró su Serie C por USD 30 millones con fondos de venture capital como Kaszek Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, FJ Labs, IGNIA y Elevar Equity.Para revisar las notas del episodio, visita https://startupeable.com/tiendanube-e-commerce/Además, si te gusta nuestro Podcast, la manera más sencilla de ayudarnos es dejando una reseña en Apple Podcasts: https://ratethispodcast.com/startupeable y siguiéndonos en:- Web: https://startupeable.com/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupeable/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/startupeable- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupeable/- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Startupeable

Jio has raised over 1.52 lakh crore raised from 13 marquee investors such as Facebook, Google, Silver Lake, General Atlantic, KKR, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. In this fascinating deep dive, Roshan Cariappa is joined by Rajeev Mantri (Investor & Author) to discuss the various possibilities this presents, from the grander Reliance vision to its impact on India, both for consumers and businesses. Along the way, we discuss Reliance's legacy, 5G, Apps, Infrastructure, Services, the advantage of a large domestic market, reigning in monopolistic tendencies, the way forward for Reliance, and other facets of the story. This is a conversation that lends a lot of colour to what you might see and hear about Reliance Jio in the news and helps you piece together the larger puzzle. The podcast is available on YouTube, Apple, Google, Spotify, Breaker, Stitcher, and other popular platforms. If you like this episode, then please rate, subscribe and share! Do check out www.bharatvaarta.in for more information.

Jio has raised over 1.52 lakh crore raised from 13 marquee investors such as Facebook, Google, Silver Lake, General Atlantic, KKR, Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Intel Capital and Qualcomm Ventures. In this fascinating deep dive, Roshan Cariappa is joined by Rajeev Mantri (Investor & Author) to discuss the various possibilities this presents, from the grander Reliance vision to its impact on India, both for consumers and businesses. Along the way, we discuss Reliance's legacy, 5G, Apps, Infrastructure, Services, the advantage of a large domestic market, reigning in monopolistic tendencies, the way forward for Reliance, and other facets of the story. This is a conversation that lends a lot of colour to what you might see and hear about Reliance Jio in the news and helps you piece together the larger puzzle. The podcast is available on YouTube, Apple, Google, Spotify, Breaker, Stitcher, and other popular platforms. If you like this episode, then please rate, subscribe and share! Do check out www.bharatvaarta.in for more information.

Jul14 高通投資(Qualcomm Ventures)宣布投資印度最大電信商。只用了三個月時間、融資157億美元，連臉書、Intel都爭相投資的Jio Platforms是何方神聖？ 美國國務卿龐培歐宣稱中國對南中國海主權主張為非合法！ 北美股市週一開高走低，加州疫情影響宣布停止經濟重新開放計畫。 如果喜歡的話 歡迎幫我們分享和訂閱 IG: @onthewaytowork 歡迎大家來跟我們聊聊天https://www.instagram.com/onthewaytowork/ 圖片來源 CNN Powered by Firstory Hosting

The Indian markets on Monday climbed off the day's high but still ended in the positive territory, thanks to buying in Reliance Industries (RIL), IT and metal stocks. The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 36,694, up 99 points, or 0.27 per cent having reclaimed the 37,000 levels earlier in the session. The broader Nifty50 index, meanwhile, ended above the crucial 10,800 mark at 10,815, up 47 points or 0.44 per cent. RIL rose over 3 per cent during the day and hit a lifetime high of Rs 1,947 on the BSE after it announced the sale of 0.15 per cent stake in Jio Platforms to Qualcomm Ventures for Rs 730 crore. The stock ended at Rs 1,934, up 3 per cent.    Besides, IT stocks such as Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, and Infosys were among the top gainers on the BSE. On the other hand, financial counters such as Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, and HDFC ended as the biggest losers. In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended flat at 13,403.74, up 0.05 per cent while the S&P BSE SmallCap index closed the day at 12,784, down 0.15 per cent.  Buzzing stocks Shares of Hindustan Unilever (HUL) hit an over 10-week high of Rs 2,274 on the BSE during the day after the company announced that its board will meet on July 21 to consider special interim dividend. The stock ended at Rs 2,264.70, up 1.84 per cent.  Shares of HDFC Bank ended over 2 per cent lower at Rs 1,080 on the BSE after a Bloomberg report alleged that the bank was probing allegations of improper lending practices and conflicts of interests in its vehicle-financing operation. Avenue Supermarts tumbled up to 6 per cent to Rs 2,182 on the BSE after the firm's consolidated net profit for the June quarter declined 87.61 per cent to Rs 40 crore compared to a profit of Rs 323 crore in the same quarter last year. The stock ended at Rs 2,232, down over 3.8 per cent.

Carlos Kokron, a.k.a. CK, é um pioneiro do Venture Capital brasileiro, e uma das maiores referências do mundo em Corporate Venture Capital. Apresentação: Edson Rigonatti e Daniel Chalfon.

Carlos Kokron, a.k.a. CK, é um pioneiro do Venture Capital brasileiro, e uma das maiores referências do mundo em Corporate Venture Capital. Apresentação: Edson Rigonatti e Daniel Chalfon.

This week, James is joined by Lloyd Price: Tech Entrepreneur, Corporate Executive and Board Advisor with 20+ years experience building Digital Businesses in 6 industries - Healthcare, Retail, Travel, Finance, Advertising and Dating. He's performed Senior Management, C-Level & Co-Founder roles @ Zesty, Badoo, Kelkoo, Yahoo! UK and Yahoo! Europe. Lloyd co-founded Zesty from an idea in July 2012 into an award winning UK Digital Health company backed by a group of international VC funds including Mangrove Capital, LBO France, TA Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Lloyd's operational experience covers all stages of the Business Growth Cycle from Early Stage StartUps (Zesty) and High Growth ScaleUps (Badoo/Kelkoo) to Nasdaq listed companies (Yahoo!) and Private Equity owned Corporate Divestitures (Kelkoo). His 7+ years Board Member and Board Advisor experience includes Zesty Ltd, the Deepbridge Capital Life Sciences investment fund, TenX Health Venture Capital fund, UK Digital Healthcare Council and Coadec, the Coalition for a Digital Economy. Get in touch with Lloyd: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloydgprice/ | https://twitter.com/lloydgprice Get in touch with James: www.jamessomauroo.com | www.somx.co.uk

On today’s Tank Talk! We welcome our guest Houman Haghighi, Partner at Menlo Ventures.Houman has spent the last decade of his career investing and building startups. Prior to joining Menlo, Houman was the Director and Head of Business Development at Qualcomm Ventures for over 7 years and was a Senior Product Manager and engineer at Qualcomm Corporate before joining the venture team in 2011.On today's Talk, we ask Houman about his outlook on Venture as a top tier VC and his tips on managing business development opportunities and partnerships as a startup. We also talk to Houman about his investment in Zooms Seed round and what Menlo is looking at investing in during the crisis.You can follow Matt Cohen and Tank Talks here! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tanktalks.substack.com

On today’s Tank Talk! We welcome our guest Houman Haghighi, Partner at Menlo Ventures.Houman has spent the last decade of his career investing and building startups. Prior to joining Menlo, Houman was the Director and Head of Business Development at Qualcomm Ventures for over 7 years and was a Senior Product Manager and engineer at Qualcomm Corporate before joining the venture team in 2011.On today's Talk, we ask Houman about his outlook on Venture as a top tier VC and his tips on managing business development opportunities and partnerships as a startup. We also talk to Houman about his investment in Zooms Seed round and what Menlo is looking at investing in during the crisis.You can follow Matt Cohen and Tank Talks here!

Carlos Kokron  was there for the “big bang” of the start-up  of the Latin American- venture- capital-- ecosystem when  (in 1999) he became the managing director for Latin America for Intel Capital, the Intel Corporation's  investing arm. Since then, over twenty years ago Carlos has helped tech entrepreneurs build transformational companies - both in the US and in Latin America.   He has served on the boards and advisory boards of leading companies such as  99 Taxis, Ingresse, QuintoAndar, Loggi. Currently Carlos is the Vice President and Managing Director of North America, based in San Diego, CA of Qualcomm Ventures. Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture capital fund of Qualcomm with 140+ active portfolio companiesCarlos has the cross-cultural perspective that only someone who has lived for decades… worked for decades and developed a very successful career both in Latin America and the United States can bring to the table.In the tech world Juan Pablo is known as one of the partners of Patagon.com, one of the first on-line banks that was bought by Banco Santander for more than US$700 million. Juan Pablo has co-founded Idea.me, Lab Miami, Lab Ventures & Wonder (purchased in 2020 by Atari). He also publishes a widely read column on the TecnoLatino https://latamlist.com/author/jpcappello/ and continues advising entrepreneurs in the region from PAGLaw https://www.pag.lawThe podcast “Aqui & Ahora” asks: What are the leaders of the TecnoLatino doing “here & now”? How are they facing the changes and challenges we are living? “Aqui & Ahora” offers tips for entrepreneurs, investors and supporters of the TecnoLatino.Sponsored by PAGLawEpisode is LivePublished: May. 05, 2020 @ 9AM EditUnpublishAmplify this EpisodeAdd Chapter MarkersTranscribe this EpisodePromote this EpisodeCreate a Video SoundbiteShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInEmail Link to EpisodeDirect Link to MP3Embed this ONE EpisodeView Episode Stats

Rama Bethmangalkar is the Director at Qualcomm Ventures. He joined Qualcomm with 17 years of experience spanning technology investing, R&D and product management. Previously, he was Principal at Ventureast, a premier VC firm in India. His current interests include enterprise software, IoT, and machine learning among the emerging technologies.Prior to venture capital, Rama was with Sun Microsystems in Silicon Valley for close to 7 years, initially as a systems programmer and later as a senior product manager. Rama holds an MBA from Cornell University, M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Rhode Island, and B.Engg in Computer Science from University of Mysore, India.Follow Rama on Twitter (@Ramab323) and while you're at it you can also follow our host, Akash Bhat (@bhatvakash).…In this episode we cover:1. What corporate venture capital (CVC) is?2. How does corporate venture capital differ from traditional venture capital?3. What is the value proposition of a corporate venture capital?4. What is the investment thesis of QualcommVentures India?5. The thought process behind portfolio construction from a CVC perspective6. Challenges that corporate venture capital presents in general and in a country like India7. What are metrics CVCs look out for while investing in companies

Saar Yoskovitz is the cofounder and CEO of Augury which is an Industrial IoT company that brings predictive maintenance to new markets with cutting-edge machine learning and AI technology. The company has raised over $60 million from top tier investors such as Lerer Hippeau, First Round Capital, Insight Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Pritzker Group, Formation 8, Sound Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures to name a few. 

Saar Yoskovitz is the cofounder and CEO of Augury which is an Industrial IoT company that brings predictive maintenance to new markets with cutting-edge machine learning and AI technology. The company has raised over $60 million from top tier investors such as Lerer Hippeau, First Round Capital, Insight Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Pritzker Group, Formation 8, Sound Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures to name a few. 

Qualcomm loves to make long, industry-changing bets. It’s why we created STEM engagement programs, like Thinkabit Labs, that encourage students to pursue STEM careers in the future. It’s also why we set up Qualcomm Ventures, our investment arm that supports dozens of up-and-coming tech companies that are changing the way the world connects. Earlier this summer, Qualcomm Ventures hosted its first annual Female Founders Summit, inviting ten female-led start-ups to compete for a chance to win $500K and the potential for additional funding and mentorship. The winning company was Blue Canoe Learning, which combines brain-based methodology, speech recognition, and AI in a mobile app to help non-native English speakers speak the language with confidence. In this episode, we caught up with a few of the summit’s attendees: Varsha Tagare, the managing director of Qualcomm Ventures; Susie Armstrong, the SVP of Engineering at Qualcomm; and Sarah Daniels, the CEO and co-founder of Blue Canoe Learning. We discussed their favorite parts of the Female Founders Summit and the importance of STEM when encouraging diversity in the tech industry.

Saeju Jeong is the cofounder and CEO of Noom which provides mobile health coaching, focused on combating chronic and pre-chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The company has raised over $100 million from investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, RRE Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Ventures, TransLink Capital, Scrum Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners, and LB Investment to name a few.  

Saeju Jeong is the cofounder and CEO of Noom which provides mobile health coaching, focused on combating chronic and pre-chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension. The company has raised over $100 million from investors such as Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, RRE Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung Ventures, TransLink Capital, Scrum Ventures, Recruit Strategic Partners, and LB Investment to name a few.  

In this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture and tech sector for the week of July 1 to July 5, with Eudora Wang sitting in for Nina Xiang in Hong Kong. Topics covered include Chinese biotechnology firm Lepu Biotech closed RMB900 million (US$131.47 million) in a series A round, Tencent led a series C round worth RMB250 million (US$36.32 million) in Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Synyi, and Qualcomm Ventures backed Chinese autonomous driving firm Zongmu Technology. Be sure to subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

In total, this week, 14 startups raised $111.86 Mn funding and three startup acquisitions took place. This week, one of the biggest funding rounds in the Indian startup ecosystem was raised by Bengaluru-based real estate platform NoBroker.com. The company raised $51 Mn in Series C funding led by General Atlantic, along with existing investors BEENEXT and SAIF Partners also participated in the round. The company looks to use the fresh funds for expansion and improving the user experience. This brings the total funding raised by NoBroker to $71 Mn. Gurugram-based Pristyn Care raised $4 Mn in Series A funding round from Sequoia India. The company will use the capital to improve its medical capabilities, invest in technology and expand its team of medical professionals. The startup is currently operational in 20 clinics across Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and plans to expand its clinic network to 50 by December 2019. Bengaluru-based self-publishing platform Pratilipi raised $15 Mn (INR 105 Cr) in a funding round led by China-based venture capital Qiming Venture Partners. The startup’s existing investors including Nexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network India, Shunwei Capital, Contrarian Vriddhi Fund and WEH Ventures had also participated in the round. With this fundraise the company will be focusing primarily on improving the technology infrastructure including its recommendation and personalization engines and on expanding the number of writers on the platform. Ola-backed scooter sharing app Vogo raised $3.6 Mn (INR 25 Cr) from Alteria Capital. The company positions itself as a cost-effective alternative to cabs and autos for short distances. It will use this investment to further fuel its growth. Delhi-based budget hotel chain FabHotels raised INR 54 Cr (around $7.8 Mn) from existing investor Goldman Sachs along with marquee venture capital firms Qualcomm Ventures, and Accel Partners India, who is one of the early backers of the company. FabHotels had raised a total of $42.8 Mn funding till now. Moving on to acquisitions: Mumbai-based motor insurance provider startup Acko acqui-hired Mumbai-based automotive company VLer Technologies. The financial details of the deal have not been disclosed yet. Following this acquisition deal, both the VLer founders, Sanjay Bharti and Akash Saxena have joined the Acko Technology team. CleanseCar announced its acquisition of Carnanny, a subscription-based daily car wash and car care services, in an all-stock deal. The acquisition was mediated by CleanseCar’s investor and Carnanny’s mentor Dhianu Das, Founder, Alfa Ventures. What else caught our eyes? Paytm is reportedly in talks to acquire Mumbai-based online insurance startup Coverfox for $100-120 Mn in an all-cash deal. Reportedly the Paytm board is in the process of finalising the deal. ShareChat may raise $100 Mn at $600 Mn – $650 Mn valuation. Reportedly, the investment is likely to come from new investors, the microblogging site Twitter and Hong Kong-based investment management firm Hillhouse Capital, with backing from existing investors including Xiaomi, Shunwei Capital and Morningside Venture Capital. Rising traffic congestion and longer urban commutes are leading people to look for alternative ways to reach their destination in the most convenient, affordable, and time-efficient manner. This might show an increase in startups that leverage micro mobility to solve commuters problems. Micro-mobility vehicles like bicycles, skateboards, skates, mini-scooters, e-bikes, small electric vehicles with one or two seats —  is making headlines around the world, not only for the huge sums of money raised (over $5 billion) but also for the concerns regarding safety and operational viability of these businesses. Will this be the next shift in ride hailing apps in India? Let’s wait and watch.

Alexei Agratchev is the cofounder and CEO at RetailNext which enables retailers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize data about in-store customer engagement. The company has raised to date $200 million from investors such as Qualcomm Ventures, August Capital, American Express Ventures, or NGP Capital.

Alexei Agratchev is the cofounder and CEO at RetailNext which enables retailers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize data about in-store customer engagement. The company has raised to date $200 million from investors such as Qualcomm Ventures, August Capital, American Express Ventures, or NGP Capital.

#ep26. Memed, a startup de prescrição digital cofundada por um médico. O Saúde Digital foi conhece-la, uma das startups de saúde com maior destaque no mercado brasileiro, que resolve uma dor real e oferece um produto para um mercado gigante. O bate papo foi com o Rafael Moraes, médico dermatologista e cofundador. Rafael Moraes termina  sua residência em dermatologia e decide voltar para sua cidade Natal. Avaré, no interior de São Paulo. Abriu um consultório e começou a atender seus pacientes... Em pouco tempo de trabalho ele percebeu que os representantes de laboratórios farmacêuticos não o visitavam com a frequência e com a competência, que ele gostaria. Então ele de deparou com o primeiro problema de sua carreira de médico formado. Como eu vou me manter atualizado com a infinidade de medicamentos que são lançados todos os anos? Como eu posso garantir que estou up to date com o melhor para meu paciente? A partir dessa dor real, da sua vivência enquanto médico, ele chamou seus dois irmãos e um primo e disseram.. E se... E o se virou realidade. Fundaram a MEMED, uma startup de prescrição digital cujo objetivo é garantir que uma receita seja elaborada , emitida e interpretada de maneira 100% correta e segura, eliminando todos os atritos que existem no processo de prescrição. Em agosto de 2014 ela recebeu sua primeira rodada de investimentos pelo fundo de V C RedPoint Ventures. Em 2015 reecbeu um aporte de investimento de cerca de 500 mil dólares dos fundos  Qualcomm Ventures e Monashees Capital. Hoje a startup aborda várias frentes da prescrição médica procurando entregar valor para o paciente a partir da facilitação da prescrição pelo médico. Ela possui em sua base mais de 60.000 médicos cadastrados. O serviço é totalmente gratuito para o médico e para o paciente.  Ela também está investindo em integrações com os prontuários eletrônicos de hospitais e clínicas. Deixe-nos saber o que você achou desse episódio. Você tem alguma dica para dar para o Saúde Digital podcast? Quer sugerir um tema? Sua participação é muito importante! Clique aqui para falar conosco. Você pode falar também diretamente com o host Lorenzo Tomé pelo Instagram, Linkedln ou Telegram no @lorenzotome.

Swapna Gupta, Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, explains the firm’s investment strategy.

Bloomberg News White House Editor Alex Wayne, discusses President Trump's interactions at the G-20 summit and whether a trade deal with China will happen. Craig Giammona, Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter, explains how Michelob Ultra and Modelo Especial are bucking the trend of a sluggish U.S. beer market. Kevin Werbach, Professor at Wharton, talks about his book “The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust.” Varun Jain, Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, shares the firm's plans to invest up to $100 million in artificial intelligence. And we Drive to the Close of markets with Jim Russell, Portfolio Manager at Bahl & Gaynor.Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Bloomberg News White House Editor Alex Wayne, discusses President Trump’s interactions at the G-20 summit and whether a trade deal with China will happen. Craig Giammona, Bloomberg News Consumer Reporter, explains how Michelob Ultra and Modelo Especial are bucking the trend of a sluggish U.S. beer market. Kevin Werbach, Professor at Wharton, talks about his book “The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust.” Varun Jain, Senior Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, shares the firm’s plans to invest up to $100 million in artificial intelligence. And we Drive to the Close of markets with Jim Russell, Portfolio Manager at Bahl & Gaynor.Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Paul Brennan 

Varun Jain currently leads Qualcomm Ventures' global early-stage fund, focused on Seed and Series A opportunities. This fund has scaled to $100M+ AUM and 75+ global investments, which include winners such as Cruise Automation (acquired by GM), 99 (acquired by Didi) and Zoom. He also serves the global lead for the fund's investments in the automotive... The post How Qualcomm Ventures Drives Returns by Investing Across Geographies and What the Future Holds with Varun Jain appeared first on The Syndicate.

Shirin Dehghan was the Founder CEO at Arieso and is currently Chairwoman at OpenSignal. Arieso provided subscriber experience geo-location and network optimization solutions for wireless operators and service providers. Funded by Qualcomm Ventures and Oxford Capital Partners, Arieso expanded across EMEA, Asia Pacific and The Americas before being acquired by JDSU for $85m in 2013. Shirin now Chairs the board at OpenSignal, Funded by Passion Capital, O'Reilly AlphaTech and Qualcomm Ventures. OpenSignal crowd-source data on the performance and coverage of wireless networks around the world and use that data to produce independent and unbiased coverage maps for any network around the world.  Since launch, their mobile app has been downloaded over 20 million times and billions of data points have been collected in over 200 countries. In this week's episode we're focusing on the importance of sales and marketing for technical founders and the challenges of international expansion for startups and scaleups. You will learn: The lesson that all technical founders must learn – sometimes the hard way - about the importance of creating a strong sales and marketing machine About a blueprint for international expansion for enterprise software ventures How Shirin resurrected her start-up from “near death” to achieve a 6x exit just a few years later About the need to treat VCs like customers when you're approaching them for funding For more insights into OpenSignal check out https://opensignal.com and for advice on successfully scaling your software venture head over to http://alpinasearch.com

Varun Jain is the Head of Early-Stage Fund of Qualcomm Ventures. In this episode, he shares what was disruptive for the last three years in the autonomous vehicles. Varun leads Qualcomm Ventures' Early Stage Fund, focused on Seed and Series A opportunities in IoT, AI, Robotics and AR/VR. In 2017, Varun Jain was recognized as one among the global top 20 Rising Stars in the corporate venture industry by Global Corporate Venturing. In this episode, he told us how Qualcomm Ventures became the third investor in Cruise, the startup sold to GM for over 1B$ seventeen months ago.

Nagraj Kashyap is the Head of Microsoft Ventures, the early stage investment arm of Microsoft. They have made investments in the likes of Cahoot, CloudSimple and Outreach just to name a few from their fantastic portfolio. As for Nagraj, prior to Microsoft, he was a senior vice president and head of Qualcomm Ventures where he built Qualcomm Ventures from a US/China-focused team of three in 2003 to a global leader in corporate venture capital with 25 investment professionals and direct investments around the world. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Nagraj made his way into the world of corporate VC and came to be Head of Microsoft Ventures? 2.) Question from Matt Goldstein: What does it take to start a fund from scratch and build a team like Nagraj is doing with Microsoft Ventures? How does he look to establish mindshare for entrepreneurs with a new brand? 3.) Why does Nagraj feel that corporate VC is not viewed in the same regard as traditional VC? Why is this view wrong? What are the benefits of taking corporate VC money? 4.) Why does Nagraj feel it is imperative to let young VCs write cheques and learn from their mistakes? How does Nagraj structure the learning process for new and young VCs? 5.) What does the future hold for the world of corporate VC? Will we see an expansion of this capital source? Why is Nagraj so bullish? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Nagraj’s Fave Book: The Omnivore's Dilemma Nagraj’s Most Recent Investment: Kahoot As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Nagraj on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Foundersuite makes the leading CRM for raising startup capital. Since March of 2016, Foundersuite customers have raised over $130M in seed and venture capital. Foundersuite’s CRM sits on a database of over 50,000 investors, which will help you quickly populate your fundraising funnel including a beautiful and easy-to-use investor update tool, and the recently launched a new portal that helps investors and accelerators track their portfolio companies on a single dashboard. For a whopping 40% off a Monthly or Annual subscription use the code “20MinuteVC” at checkout. Greenhouse Software designs tools that help companies hire great people and ultimately build better businesses. Greenhouse works with over 1,500 of the world’s most innovative companies such as Airbnb, Slack, Snap Inc. and Lyft. A wrong hire is not only costly for a company but can also turn an employee into an unhappy one. With Greenhouse’s Applicant Tracking System, companies can make well-informed decisions and hire qualified candidates who are empowered to do the best work of their careers. Anybody who has a company that’s scaling quickly but has trouble hiring and retaining the right people. Visit www.greenhouse.io today to discover how your company can grow.

On the [rescheduled] Friday, February 14th, 2014 broadcast at 10:30AM Pacific/1:30PM ET our special guest is Lucian Iancovici, MD, Investment Manager, Qualcomm Ventures. Dr. Iancovici is an Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures, who makes investments through Qualcomm's Life Fund (QLF). His background and experience in medicine lead him to believe that this is a transformative period in the healthcare space, especially given the renewed interest in performance and cost metrics prevalent today. In this context, Dr. Iancovici is focused on wireless healthcare opportunities.  He led the QLF investment in Practice Fusion, Co-led the investment in Fitbit and works closely with Telcare and ClearCare. Dr. Iancovici will keynote the Venture+ Forum, Sunday, February 23, Orlando on 'The Evolution of Digital Health'. 'The future of digital health is changing rapidly. The advent of the connected system has fueled a new generation of companies trying to turn healthcare into a system where information can flow more easily to drive more efficient and effective care. The excitement around the possibilities has driven billions of dollars of investment over the last few years. But based on what we are seeing, what does the future really hold?' Join us for an informative preview of this timely subject.