# Richard Tapalaga

> Richard Tapalaga is a Series B investor at Qualcomm Ventures (San Diego) backing Gaming and Mobile. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Qualcomm Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qualcomm-ventures)
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-tapalaga/

Richard Tapalaga is a Series B investor at Qualcomm Ventures in San Diego focused on Gaming and Mobile. Director at Qualcomm Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 25% |
| Mobile | 2 | 25% |
| Hardware | 2 | 25% |
| Wearables | 2 | 25% |
| Social Network | 2 | 25% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 5 | 63% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RealWear | 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 | 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 | 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. | $80M | Series B | Jul 01, 2019 |  |
| Owlchemy Labs | 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 |  |
| Earn.com | 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 |  |
| thatgamecompany | 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 | 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 |  |
| Livescribe | Founded in 2007, Live­scribe has devel­oped a break­through low-cost mobile computing platform which includes the award-winning Pulse smartpen, dot paper, smart­pen appli­ca­tions, 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 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/htc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kopin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kopin-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BITKRAFT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitkraft-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Qualcomm Ventures

VC Fund · San Diego, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Qualcomm Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Albert Wang | Senior Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-wang-2 |
| Hanyang Wang | Director, Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hanyang-wang-ea13 |
| Nan Zhou | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nan-zhou-7b2b |
| Richard Tapalaga | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-tapalaga |
| Boaz Peer | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boaz-peer |

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## FAQ

### 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 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Richard Tapalaga last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Tapalaga closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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