Quake Capital Partners is a venture capital fund and startup accelerator that makes Seed investments in new and early-stage ventures across a wide range of industries. Working closely with key advisers, and tapping into exclusive relationships developed over the last twenty-plus years, its team boasts unparalleled access to the top universities, graduate programs, and collegiate entrepreneurs.  The company was founded in 2016 with offices across the U.S. and Europe. Its accelerator programs in Austin, Los Angeles, and New York City recruit teams from all around the world, and its newest facility in Cologne, Germany was formed with leading European partners including Deutsche Telekom and RTL.

Quake Capital Partners

Draper University Ventures is a pre-seed fund in Silicon Valley focused on investing in early stage entrepreneurs.

Draper University Ventures

Hubraum connects tech entrepreneurs and startup companies with the network, capital and business opportunities of Deutsche Telekom.  For this hub:raum offers investments and also runs programs in focus fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Smart Home, Internet of Things and Big Data. Since 2012 Hubraum has built a portfolio of more than 20 investments and maintains an ecosystem of around 200 startups.

Hubraum

Bosch Ventures (Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH) is the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services. Bosch Ventures invests worldwide in innovative start-up companies at all stages of their development. Its investment activities focus on technology companies working in areas of business of current and future relevance for Bosch, above all, automation and electrification, energy efficiency, enabling technologies, and healthcare systems. Bosch Ventures also invests in services and business models as well as new materials that are relevant to the above-mentioned areas of business. Bosch Ventures invests from EUR 500k for a seed funding to more than EUR 15m per company for usually 10% to 25% equity position. Bosch Ventures prefers to syndicate their investments with existing or new investors in the company and can take the lead as necessary.

Bosch Ventures

Draper University was founded by venture capitalist Tim Draper. At Draper University, you will go from an idea to a product ready to pitch to venture capital investors as you learn from top-tier venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Past speakers have included Elon Musk (Tesla), Aaron Levie (Box), and Tony Hsieh (Zappos). Live and learn in Silicon Valley while building a strong network of life-long mentors and friends. Come join 780+ alumni who have launched their own startups, raised $220+M in in venture funding, and have sold their companies for multiple millions and have been featured in Forbes 30 under 30.

Draper University

Turbostart is a unique startup ecosystem enabler that combines the roles of an incubator, accelerator, venture studio, and early-stage fund to provide comprehensive, customized support for startups. With a vision to challenge the status quo, it offers continuous, hands-on assistance through its five Centers of Excellence, focusing on key areas like branding, product design, technology, strategy, and sales. Founded and led by experienced leaders with backgrounds as Big 4 partners, Fortune 500 executives, and successful serial entrepreneurs, Turbostart is designed to guide startups through early-stage challenges and drive sustainable growth. The leadership team brings a wealth of expertise from global markets, having led multiple successful exits in both Silicon Valley and India. This robust support system, coupled with strategic investment, makes Turbostart an attractive partner for founders aiming for long-term success. Turbostart is not 'founder friendly' merely on paper but also in action. Turbostart's vision is to be an innovative startup ecosystem enabler globally that combines the functionalities of an incubator, accelerator, venture studio, and early-stage fund to provide comprehensive support to startups. Unlike traditional models that often follow a ''one size fits all'' approach, we offer customized assistance tailored to the specific needs and stages of startups. This unique positioning helps address the critical early-stage challenges that many startups face, often referred to as the 'valley of death'.

Turbostart

PHYTunes

PHYTunes is a Palo Alto, CA based deep tech company focused on improving High Frequency 5G, 6G and Wi-Fi 6 coverage inside of buildings.  High Bandwidth mobile networks require high frequency, and high frequency signals do not propagate well through barriers such as walls, tinted windows and other building materials.  PHYTunes has addressed this critical problem by developing a wireless-wireline convergence solution that enables propagation of mid-band and mmWave 5G signals over existing in-building cabling such as cat 5, cat 6, and coax at a fraction of the cost of existing solutions.  PHYTunes leverages this same technology to efficiently increase 5Ghz (and above) Wi-Fi coverage with a stable, secure single frequency signal throughout the building.   These solutions allow for easy and fast deployments and breakdown the barriers to high bandwidth, low latency mobile communications.

PHYTunes is a deep tech startup based in Palo Alto, California, focused on delivering seamless 5G connectivity inside buildings. The company's patent-pending technology utilizes existing wireline infrastructure, such as telephone lines, fiber-optic cables, Ethernet wires, and coaxial cables, to transport high-frequency wireless signals, enabling the delivery of full 5G speeds without signal degradation within residential, commercial, and enterprise buildings. This innovative approach addresses the challenge of poor signal propagation of high-frequency spectrums, like 5G and Wi-Fi 6, through physical barriers, ensuring optimal performance and user experience.

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PHYTunes is a deep tech startup based in Palo Alto, California, focused on delivering seamless 5G connectivity inside buildings. The company's patent-pending technology utilizes existing wireline infrastructure, such as telephone lines, fiber-optic cables, Ethernet wires, and coaxial cables, to transport high-frequency wireless signals, enabling the delivery of full 5G speeds without signal degradation within residential, commercial, and enterprise buildings. This innovative approach addresses the challenge of poor signal propagation of high-frequency spectrums, like 5G and Wi-Fi 6, through physical barriers, ensuring optimal performance and user experience.
PHYTunes empowers service providers and enterprises to offer extraordinary connectivity, fostering brand loyalty and enabling digital transformation through IoT solutions. The company's technology facilitates mission-critical connectivity, driving service innovation across various sectors, including gaming, healthcare, hospitality, industrial IoT, and retail. In March 2022, PHYTunes secured a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant to accelerate research and development, bridging the digital divide and lowering costs associated with 5G deployment.
Additionally, in April 2023, PHYTunes announced a funding round led by Bosch Ventures, preparing for commercial launch and product optimization trials. The company was acquired in 2024, with details of the acquisition disclosed in this overview section.

Astranis is a San Francisco-based company that designs and manufactures small, low-cost telecommunications satellites to provide broadband internet access in remote and underserved areas. The company's unique approach involves building compact geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites weighing around 400-600 kilograms, significantly smaller than traditional GEO satellites that can be the size of a school bus.
Astranis' satellites utilize a proprietary software-defined radio payload technology, allowing for frequency and coverage flexibility, as well as efficient spectrum utilization. The company's first commercial satellite, Arcturus, launched in April 2023, was designed to provide over 7.5 gigabits per second (Gbps) of throughput in the Ka-band to triple satellite internet capacity across Alaska through a partnership with Pacific Dataport Inc. However, Arcturus experienced solar power issues post-launch, limiting its capabilities.
To address this, Astranis deployed a multi-mission satellite called UtilitySat in 2023 as an interim solution. UtilitySat can provide connectivity across Ku, Ka, and Q/V bands and has the ability to reposition multiple times within the GEO belt, thanks to its dual chemical and electric propulsion system.
Astranis' satellites have a designed lifespan of around 8-10 years, roughly half that of conventional GEO satellites. The company operates the satellites it builds and leases the capacity to customers, including telcos, Fortune 500 companies, and governments. In 2024, Astranis unveiled plans for its next-generation Omega satellites, designed to provide over 50 Gbps of throughput, five times more than the current generation. The Omega satellites will feature solid-state power amplifiers instead of traditional vacuum tubes, improving efficiency and reducing weight.
By the end of 2024, Astranis aims to have contracts worth over USD 1.2 billion in revenue from satellites sold, with customers in countries like Mexico, Argentina, Thailand, and the Philippines. The company has also expressed interest in competing for the Protected Tactical SATCOM - Global (PTS-G) program, a US government initiative for a proliferated GEO telecoms constellation.

Astranis

Baicells Technologies is a provider of disruptive 4G LTE and 5G cellular solutions that connect more than 50 countries globally. The company's innovative solutions leverage the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, enabling enterprises, service providers, and various industries to access premium mid-band spectrum for private cellular networks. Baicells' end-to-end solutions are designed to be cost-effective and operationally simple, making it easier to provide wireless broadband connectivity to underserved areas.
Baicells' solutions include LTE and 5G access points, customer premises equipment (CPE), mobile core, and management platforms. The company's Nova-233 eNodeB, for instance, can deliver up to 112 Mbps downlink and 20 Mbps uplink, serving up to 96 concurrent users per LTE base station. Baicells' offerings cater to a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, sports venues, wireless internet service providers (WISPs), education, airports, outdoor events, and multi-dwelling units.
In February 2023, Baicells, along with partners CELLocity, ALEF Edge, and LittleBird, deployed a private LTE solution for a residential rental community in Phoenix, Arizona. This deployment, recognized by the OnGo Alliance, demonstrates the growing adoption of Baicells' solutions across various sectors. Additionally, in January 2020, Baicells partnered with Streakwave Wireless, a global distributor, to expand its market reach.

BaiCells Technologies

Business Mobility Systems is a technology company focused on developing solutions for mobile workforce management. The company offers a range of products and services to help organizations optimize the productivity and efficiency of their mobile employees.

Business Mobility Systems

Aispire specializes in providing advanced data analytics solutions for industries with demanding data requirements. The company's platform enables businesses to collect, process, retain, and analyze massive amounts of data where it resides, offering insights at extreme scale, speed, and efficiency. Aispire's technology allows seamless analysis across all data sources, with the ability to drill down to granular levels without the need for redesigning, reloading, or restructuring data. The platform supports the deployment and training of machine learning models without requiring businesses to build their own MLOps infrastructure. Aispire emphasizes data security by retaining data close to its point of creation, thereby maintaining data sovereignty. The company claims to deliver solutions from concept to production in a matter of days, providing fast time to value for its clients.Aispire's offerings include Network Intelligence for communication service providers, Smart Manufacturing solutions to enhance efficiency in industrial settings, and Embedded and White Label options for businesses looking to incorporate data insights into their products. The company's technology is built on patented innovations that unify data source integrations, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and in-stream AI/ML capabilities with a data mesh storage architecture. This architecture is designed to optimize the analysis of geographically distributed data sources, whether on-premise, in the cloud, or at the edge. Aispire's product lineup includes Aispire Pipelines, which offers production-ready operational pipelines with integrated MLOps, and AispireDB, a geo-distributed analytical database.

Aispire

Illuminate Technologies is a cybersecurity company specializing in solutions for mobile and carrier IP networks. The company's products cover security requirements across 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile infrastructure, as well as virtualized network infrastructure. Illuminate combines three decades of experience in telecommunication networks, remote sensing, and enterprise-scale data analytics with innovations in cloud computing, IoT, edge computing, and artificial intelligence to address complex customer challenges. The company's offerings include a Roaming Visibility capability, which was selected by a key customer in a European country. Illuminate also provides security solutions that address the adoption of P5G networks, which are increasingly being used to enhance national security and military performance. The company has offices in Los Angeles, California; Columbia, Maryland; and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Key customers and partnerships
Illuminate serves customers in the telecommunications sector, including mobile network operators. The company has provided its Roaming Visibility capability to a key customer in a European country.

Illuminate Technologies

Companies that offer 5G/6G connectivity solutions for enterprises to use in private telecommunications, using cell towers, base stations and other terrestrial infrastructure

Companies that offer 5G/6G connectivity solutions for enterprises for use in private telecommunications, using satellites and other space-based equipment

Companies that develop hardware and equipment for mobile service providers and enterprises to build, maintain and optimize private 5G/6G networks, including switches, antennas, microchips, and routers

Companies that develop next-generation software solutions for mobile service providers and enterprises to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure and network services

Provides 5G/6G telecom technologies to offer lower latency and increased capacity and coverage

Earth-based hardware and telecom software companies adopt AI/ML for design and RAN automation

Some network optimization companies offer a single network to connect users and IoT devices globally

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