Richard Tapalaga
Investment Director @ Qualcomm Ventures
San Diego, United States
Richard Tapalaga is a Series B investor at Qualcomm Ventures in San Diego focused on Gaming and Mobile. Director at Qualcomm Ventures.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 10%
Last updated:
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Industries Richard Tapalaga invests in
Stages Richard Tapalaga invests in
Countries Richard Tapalaga invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 2 (20%)
- Mobile 2 (20%)
- Hardware 2 (20%)
- Wearables 2 (20%)
- Social Network 2 (20%)
Stage
- Series B 5 (50%)
- Series A 2 (20%)
- Series C 2 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (10%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse. It supports 10 languages and is designed for industrial workers who need to be hands-free while talking to consultants at a home office or other location. RealWear gives workers the ability to show consultants what isbeing seen in real time in the field, if assistance is needed with a repair or other job while the worker is on site. Andrew Lowery, Brian Hamilton, Christopher Parkinson, Kenneth Lustig, and Sanjay Jhawar founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Vancouver in Washington. | $25M / Series C / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| TRIPP: Empowering You To Change The Way You FeelNamed the Best VR Meditation App of 2020 by Men’s Health and VR Fitness Insider, The Washington Post calls TRIPP “Meditation-meets-a-video-game-meets-a-Happy-Pill!”TRIPP is the award-winning XR platform designed to address mental and emotional well-being. Proven to drive deep engagement, TRIPPcreates advanced digital products that are based on scientific research and delivered through virtual reality, augmented reality, and mobile devices. TRIPP's platform is currently delivering wellness solutions into consumer households, Fortune 1000 companies and hospitals/clinics worldwide. | $11.2M / Series A / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| RealWear develops a small screen tablet to be worn with an industrial helmet for workers in the field, factory, or warehouse. It supports 10 languages and is designed for industrial workers who need to be hands-free while talking to consultants at a home office or other location. RealWear gives workers the ability to show consultants what isbeing seen in real time in the field, if assistance is needed with a repair or other job while the worker is on site. Andrew Lowery, Brian Hamilton, Christopher Parkinson, Kenneth Lustig, and Sanjay Jhawar founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Vancouver in Washington. | $55M / Series B / Jul 01, 2019 | ||
| Founded in 2010 with the mission to build absurd and polished games, Owlchemy Labs has developed and published multiple original gaming titles spanning over 20 desktop and mobile platforms, including one of the first VR-enabled games on Steam. Their titles include Job Simulator (a Sundance Official Selection), the Adult Swim published Rick andMorty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality, and the award winning desktop and mobile games Dyscourse, Jack Lumber, Snuggle Truck, and the Dejobaan collaboration, Aaaaaculus!Owlchemy continues to share VR knowledge with the community as the founders of the 2000 member strong VR Austin group and as speakers on VR around the world. More information about Owlchemy Labs can be found at http://owlchemylabs.com | $5M / Series A / Aug 03, 2016 | ||
| Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.Magic Leap is an Augmented Reality US-based startup that is innovating in the AR space to create new hardware and software that will give its users a never-before-seen AR experience and redefine how theyaccess screens and visualize data. The headset combines a user's inherent visual ability with mobile computing – giving visual output equivalent to real-world experience but powered by mobile tech. Using their Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, they generate images indistinguishable from real objects and place those images seamlessly into the real world. | $793.5M / Series C / Feb 02, 2016 | ||
| We're building a token-based social network, where senders pay users in digital currency to complete tasks and reply to emails. If we're successful, it will be one of the first major applications of digital currency for the regular user. | $116M / Series B / Mar 10, 2015 | ||
| Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.Magic Leap is an Augmented Reality US-based startup that is innovating in the AR space to create new hardware and software that will give its users a never-before-seen AR experience and redefine how theyaccess screens and visualize data. The headset combines a user's inherent visual ability with mobile computing – giving visual output equivalent to real-world experience but powered by mobile tech. Using their Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, they generate images indistinguishable from real objects and place those images seamlessly into the real world. | $542M / Series B / Oct 21, 2014 | ||
| At thatgamecompany, they design and develop artistically crafted, broadly accessible video games that push the boundaries of interactive entertainment. They respect their players and want to contribute meaningful, enriching experiences that touch and inspire them. | $7.3M / Series B / May 27, 2014 | ||
| Heyzap is a premier mobile ad network that helps millions of users discover apps they love. Heyzap’s SDK for Android and iOS apps allows both well-established app producers and innovative indie developers to monetize and bring their apps to a wide audience. It currently provides advertising, publishing, mediation, and cross-promotion services tomobile developers worldwide.Heyzap is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2009 by Jude Gomila and Immad Akhund. | $4.3M / Series B / Dec 01, 2012 | ||
| Founded in 2007, Livescribe has developed a breakthrough low-cost mobile computing platform which includes the award-winning Pulse smartpen, dot paper, smartpen applicaÂtions, Livescribe Desktop software, Livescribe Online Community, and development tools. Since its launch in April 2008, the Pulse smartpen has won multiple awards,including Popular Science’s Best of What’s New 2008, Popular Mechanic’s 2008 Breakthrough Award, and MacWorld’s Best of Show in 2009. In addition to DBL Investors, investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners and Aeris Capital. | $46M / Nov 07, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Qualcomm Ventures
Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventureshelps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.
Qualcomm Ventures Contacts
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Albert Wang
Senior Investment Director
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Hanyang Wang
Director, Business Development
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Nan Zhou
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Richard Tapalaga
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Boaz Peer
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What does Richard Tapalaga invest in?
Richard Tapalaga invests primarily in Gaming, Mobile and Hardware startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Richard Tapalaga last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Richard Tapalaga closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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