Richard Tapalaga
Director at Qualcomm Ventures
San Diego, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - Current
Netradyne engages in improving fleet safety through computer vision and in-depth data analysis.
Raised $262,520,546.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.
Director
2008
Richard is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures. His investments focus is in augmented/virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and logistics. Richard serves as a Board Member/Observer for investments including Airspace, Brain Corporation, Netradyne, Survios, Tripp, ThatGameCompany, and various strategic investments. Former investments (exits) include HeyZap (acquired by RNTS Media), Livescribe (acquired by Anoto), Owlchemy Labs (acquired by Google) and Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase).
Director
2008
Qualcomm Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Qualcomm with 180+ active investments and many well known exits (Zoom, Fitbit, Waze, Ring, Xiaomi, Cloudflare, 99 and Cruise). QCV invests across all sectors (consumer, enterprise, hardware) and has 20+ investment professionals spread across US, China, UK, Israel, Brazil, and India.
Qualcomm Ventures is a global investor that assists entrepreneurs in creating revolutionary businesses.
Investor
2018
Airspace Technologies is a technology-enabled logistics service provider
Airspace Technologies is a technology-enabled provider of time critical logistics.
Raised $136,000,000.00 from Qualcomm Ventures, HarbourVest Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Prologis Ventures, DBL Partners, Titanium Ventures and Defy.vc.
Investor and Board Member
2023
Survios is a game development firm that specializes in creating games for consoles, virtual reality platforms, and personal computers.
Raised $71,522,078.00 from Leonis Capital and Eastward Capital Partners.
Investor and Board Member
2012
Brain Corp develops core technology for the robotics industry.
Raised $193,000,000.00 from Tennant co.
Investor
2022
A Ground-Breaking XR Solution for Mental and Emotional Well-Being.
TRIPP is a digital psychedelic wellness platform that uses virtual and augmented reality focusing on mental health.
Raised $26,300,000.00 from Hartmann Capital.
Investor
2014
thatgamecompany designs and develops artistically crafted, broadly accessible video games that push the boundaries of interactive entertainment.
Thatgamecompany develops artistically crafted, broadly accessible interactive video games.
Raised $28,800,000.00 from Sequoia Capital, TPG and Alanda Capital Management.
Investor
2014
Magic Leap is a spatial computing platform that lets you see an interact with digital content in the world around you.
Magic Leap is a proprietary wearable technology that enables users to interact with digital devices in a completely visually cinematic way.
Raised $4,068,500,000.00 from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.
Investor
2019
The leader in knowledge transfer and training platforms for the connected worker.
Investor
2018
The VOID is a whole-body, fully immersive VR experience in location based entertainment.
THE VOID builds and operates virtual entertainment centers that primarily focus on exploring immersive virtual worlds and dimensions.
Raised $20,000,000.00 from Qualcomm Ventures, The Walt Disney Company, Fidelity and James Murdoch.