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Qualcomm - About the company

Qualcomm is a public company based in San Diego (United States), founded in 1985 by Irwin Jacobs, Rick Valencia and Harvey White. It operates as a Provider of cloud and AI-based cellular communication ICs. Qualcomm has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 39 active competitors, including 8 funded and 27 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like U-blox, MaxLinear and Altair.

Company Details

Provider of cloud and AI-based cellular communication ICs. It offers chipsets and processors for multiple applications. It caters to gaming, cameras, automobiles, mobile computing, and networking.
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Founded Year
1985
Location
San Diego, United States
Stage
Public
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Annual Revenue
$44.2B as on Sep 30, 2022
Employee Count
13,301 as on Dec 31, 2018
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Public

Legal entities associated with Qualcomm

Qualcomm is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
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Date of incorporation
Revenue
Net Profit
Employee Count
$44.2B (as on Sep 30, 2022)
572
126
Jan 06, 1998
-
406
432
Dec 26, 999
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297
223
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Qualcomm's funding and investors

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Qualcomm has raised funding over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 01, 2003. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Nov 01, 2018 for $1.23M. 1 investor participated in its latest round, which include Herald Investment Management, Oak Investment Partners, Greyrock Investments and Goldman Sachs.

Qualcomm has 19 institutional investors including Herald Investment Management, Oak Investment Partners and Greyrock Investments.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Qualcomm:
Date of funding
Funding Amount
Round Name
Post money valuation
Revenue multiple
Investors
Nov 01, 2018
$1.23M
Grant (prize money)
8945717
3024157
Jul 02, 2018
$122M
Conventional Debt
6674160
8964949
-
Apr 01, 2016
Undisclosed
Grant (prize money)
5723694
7415126
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Qualcomm's founders and board of directors

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The founders of Qualcomm are Irwin Jacobs, Rick Valencia and Harvey White. Irwin Jacobs and Cristiano R Amon are the CEO of Qualcomm. Rick Valencia has founded 4 more companies including Capsule, dRx Capital and Qualcomm Life.

Qualcomm's employee count trend

Qualcomm has 13,301 employees as of Dec 18. The total employee count is 21.0% lower than what it was in Dec 17. Here is Qualcomm's employee count trend over the years:
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Qualcomm's Competitors and alternates

Top competitors of Qualcomm include U-blox, MaxLinear and Altair. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Qualcomm, ranked by Tracxn score:
Overall Rank
Company Details
Short Description
Total Funding
Investors
Tracxn Score
1st
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Qualcomm
1985, San Diego (United States), Public
Provider of cloud and AI-based cellular communication ICs
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75/100
2nd
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U-blox
1997, Thalwil (Switzerland), Public
Provider of ICs for cellular communication
$12.1M
70/100
3rd
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MaxLinear
2003, Carlsbad (United States), Public
Provider of ICs for cellular communication applications
$20M
66/100
4th
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Altair
2005, Hod Hasharon (Israel), Acquired
Developer of LTE chipsets
$124M
63/100
5th
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Sequans
2003, Colombes (France), Acquired
Provider of cellular communication integrated circuits
$53.8M
54/100
6th
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GCT Semiconductor
1998, San Jose (United States), Public
Single chip solutions for 4G wireless communication
$351M
51/100
7th
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Sofant Technologies
2011, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Series A
Provider of analog ICs for cellular communication
$18.6M
50/100
8th
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CyOptics
1999, Breinigsville (United States), Acquired
Provider of Indium phosphide-based optical chips
$111M
49/100
9th
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Sierra Wireless
1993, Richmond (Canada), Acquired
Provider of communication modules for IoT applications
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46/100
10th
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Signalchip Innovations
2010, Bengaluru (India), Series A
Provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for communication technologies
$6.53M
44/100
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Qualcomm's Investments and acquisitions

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Qualcomm has made 126 investments in companies including Vbee and Butlr. Qualcomm has also acquired 50 companies including Alphawave Semi and Autotalks. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition
Type
Company Name
Founded Year
Location
Jun 09, 2025
Acquisition
2017
Jun 05, 2025
Acquisition
2008
Netanya, Israel
Mar 10, 2025
Acquisition
2019
San Jose, United States
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News related to Qualcomm

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Media has covered Qualcomm for a total of 665 events in the last 1 year, 447 of them have been about company updates and 101 about partnerships.
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