Venture Fund Member Profile
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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.
QCV makes strategic investments in wireless-industry ventures that provide both a strong potential return on investment (ROI) and complement existing Qualcomm products and services. When selecting portfolio companies, QCV seeks a balance between ROI and long-range strategic value to the company and the wireless industry.
Venture success often hinges equally on smart investment and leadership strategies, and the ability of the fund to provide critical connections for young companies. QCV's strong relationships with leading cellular operators, applications developers and OEMs provide unique support for the companies in its portfolio. Combined with QCV's established connections in the VC community and access to wireless technology experts, these relationships provide the foundation for success, growth, and an appropriate exit strategy for portfolio companies.
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Albert Wang
Investment Manager
Qualcomm Ventures |
Albert is an Investment Manager at Qualcomm Ventures. His investment focus is on innovative wireless and mobile technologies and platforms that create significant financial return while enhancing Qualcomm’s strategic position in the wireless industry.
Prior to Qualcomm Ventures, Albert worked in various engineering and management roles in both startups and public companies. Most recently, he worked at Lux Capital focusing on venture capital investments in MEMS and nanotechnology startups in the wireless industry. He also spent 4 years at Skyworks Solutions and managed the full lifecycle of several wireless semiconductor products that went into some of the most popular 3G WCDMA handsets. Before Skyworks, he played a key technical role in Tavanza, an RFIC startup that was eventually acquired by Anadigics. Currently, Albert also serves as a Board Director for the non-profit Silicon Valley - China Wireless Technology Association. Albert received his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Representative Investments
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Arteris provides Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect IP, NoC Generation and verification tools to improve performance of system-on-chip (SoC) architectures for multimedia, mobile, telecom, and other applications. |
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Modu is a mobile platform company based in Israel. Modu attempts to split a mobile phone into an essential communications module (MODU) and an accompanying hardware module (Jackets). Splitting the phone enables various form factors by changing Jackets and also brings interesting connectivity options for consumer electronic goods. |
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INSIDE Contactless is the global leader in open-standard contactless payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductors and software that power the next generation of payment, transit, identity and access control applications. |
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Visage Mobility is a Software-as-a-Service enterprise application that helps businesses manage their wireless spend, establish mobile policies, monitor usage, track device inventory and reduce overall costs on wireless and smartphone deployments. |
Albert participated in the FundingPost event: Silicon Valley VC and Angel Conference
on Thursday, June 23, 2011 in CA, Sponsored by Bingham McCutchen LLP
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