La Maison is a club of highly renowned investors, led by Michel Cicurel and Marc Levy.  La Maison gathers a pool of outstanding shareholders that are entrepreneurs from diverse professional and geographical backgrounds such as the Dassault family, Michel David Weill, Carlo de Benedetti, Xavier Niel, Jacques Antoine Granjon, Maurice Levy and many others.  La Maison’s DNA, based on the prestige of its shareholding, is to co-invest in growth stage / late stage deals with very exclusive and highly qualified Venture Capital / Private Equity teams.  After investing in various funds and growing companies in Europe, the US, and China, La Maison decided to create a platform fully dedicated to investments in technology in Israel.

La Maison Compagnie d'Investissement

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 Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

Qualcomm Ventures

Incorporated in February 2009, Beijing E-Town International Investment & Development Co., Ltd ( E-Town Capital ) is a State-owned investment and financing company with the mission of promoting industrial upgrading and technological innovation in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA for short). Oriented to real economy industrial development and adhering to financing service innovation, E-Town Capital has since its foundation combined the resources of both government and the market to constantly build platforms for diversified industrial investment as well as all-round financial service. It has established many professional subsidiaries including Beijing E-Town International Industrial Investment Management Co., Ltd., Beijing E-Town International Guarantee Co., Ltd., Beijing E-Town International Small-credit Co., Ltd., Beijing Mobile E-Town Co., Ltd. and E-Town International Holding (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. E-Town Capital was assigned by the Beijing municipal government as one of the five management institutions for municipal-level pooled equity investment funds. E-Town Capital practices long-term strategic investment and runs an all-around and total access Beijing E-Town Parent Fund Business System. It has also made overseas acquisitions of Nexteer Automotive, ISSI, and Mattson Technology Inc. and invested in the SMIC Phase II & Ⅲ project of the BOE and BAIC Group, which promotes the agglomeration of high-end industries, including integrated circuits, equipment manufacturing, and aerospace technology. By the end of June 2018, E-Town Capital has invested in 116 projects, with a total investment of more than 35.4 billion yuan ($5.10 billion). Its parent fund system owns nearly 60 funds in total and participates in the management of funds of more than 250 billion yuan. E-Town Capital gradually refines its finance service, including financial assurance, financial leasing, and petty loans; upgrades product systems and serves the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises. It has developed a base for industrial agglomeration and innovative incubators by building special zones, such as Beijing Mobile E-Town and E-Startup. Beijing E-Town International Industrial Investment Management Co., Ltd. was inaugurated in 2013 with registered capital of 1,000 million yuan. The company is a professional industrial investment management enterprise in the finance service system and focuses on the construction of strategic emerging industries funds, such as integrated circuits, biological medicine, equipment manufacturing, aerospace technology. Founded on February 5, 2010, Beijing E-Town International Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd., with registered capital of 1.3 billion yuan, is a government-led policy-oriented loan guarantee company and one of the first companies to obtain a 5-year business license from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Financial Work. Founded in 2013, Beijing E-Town Financing Leasing Co., Ltd. with registered capital of $120 million, is the first Sino-foreign joint venture financial leasing company in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area. Beijing E-Town International Small-credit Co., Ltd. is the BDA's first small-credit company approved by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance Work. As a construction platform of E-Town Capital’s industrial bases, Beijing Mobile E-Town Co., Ltd. focuses on the investment and development, investment promotion, and operation and management of the Mobile E-Town Park and offers innovative incubator services. In the future, E-Town Capital will stick to the business idea of “internationalization, marketization, and innovation” and use capital as a linkage to offer all-around financial service by integrating all kinds of data including information related to capital, technology, talents, and markets. The company is striving to become an investment group with international influence.

Beijing E-town International Investment & Development

Shanghai Liuhe Capital is a professional investment management company started in August 2004 in Shanghai China. The company currently manages around RMB 4 billion assets, in the form of trust security funds, PIPE funds, and VC/PE. Liuhe Capital is managed by nine partners, majority of whom have been working together for more than ten years. Dr. Xia Xiaohui, CEO & General Manager, was ranked among the TOP 10 of 2012 China's Best Private Fund Managers, by Forbes (Chinese version). Liuhe's security trading business is managing eight trust security funds, which are also called private funds. Among the eight funds, Liuhe Fortune Yinzhan and Liuhe Sunshine Age were set up in 2008 and 2009 respectively, which are the early private funds in China. Liuhe Sunshine Age was ranked among the TOP 10 of 2012 China's Best Private Funds for its three-year performance. Liuhe's VC/PE business started in 2006. Among the seventeen deals invested, six have successfully gone public in China. Liuhe Capital is ranked as one of the TOP 50 PE managers by Qingke Group in its 2012 China VC/PE ranking report. PE/VC business focuses upon investing in small to middle-sized, high-growth companies in high-end manufacturing, advanced materials, consumer product and services sectors. PIPE is a relatively new business in Liuhe Capital. It started in 2011, and has invested in more than ten PIPE deals with total amount over RMB 2.7 billion. ''Growth, Change and Fair Valuation'' is the core investment philosophy of Liuhe Capital. Liuhe Capital believes that changes and growth are the key driving forces of a company's value increase. Liuhe's culture is ''Pursuing Excellence, Sharing and Being Benevolent.'' Liuhe's core values include putting the customer's interest first, respecting facts, and encouraging responsibility and innovation. Liuhe's goal is to become one of the most respected investment management companies in China.

Shanghai Liuhe Capital

China Internet Investment Fund focusing on network security, cloud computing, big data, network information services, and artificial intelligence. The company mainly adopts equity investment and focuses on investment in the Internet field. It also selects growth models that are in line with national strategies and have good prospects. China Internet Investment Fund utilizes the platform resources of the fund and the professional capabilities of the team to actively build a post-investment management system to help the company develop healthily and rapidly. The company provides diversified services such as docking capital markets, supporting market expansion, promoting strategic synergy, strengthening team incentive, coordinating policy resources, supporting market expansion, and improving governance structure. It was based in Beijing, China.

China Internet Investment Fund

Greenland offers real estate development services. They develop landmark buildings, urban complexes, rail stations, and commercial centers. They also offer real estate investment, energy and financial services.

Greenland Group

ChinaEquity is China's private merchant bank engaging in VC, PE, Direct investments as well as investment management. It provides one-stop cross-border VC PE and direct investments to high-tech enterprises throughout the Greater-China Region. The company uniquely positions itself to the booming Chinese technology, media, telecommunications, biotechnology and environmental technology, sports, medicine and the natural resource industries, and aims to equilibrate the demand and the supply in the capital market and provide total solutions to all parties on the capital flow chain. Clear development strategy and innovative business model has helped ChinaEquity to achieve outstanding performances. Its resources and networks extend all over the Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Europe and Greater China. International strategic alliance and partnerships allow the company to be able to cover all stages of investment and financing. Since inception, ChinaEquity has achieved a promising portfolio of investments and has established a high-quality customer base. ChinaEquity fully understands the political, economic and cultural environment in Greater-China, is well experienced in international capital market operations, and familiar with development trend. The company maintains long-term and favorable communications with Chinese governmental bodies, international financial institutions and high-tech enterprises. ChinaEquity was founded in 1999 by Mr. Chao Y. Wang, formerly the Vice President and Beijing Chief Representative of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The senior partners and executives joined ChinaEquity from international and domestic renowned financial institutions and high-tech enterprises.

China Equity

BaiCells Technologies

Baicells Technologies provides wireless broadband access solutions. Its technical solutions include Light4G which is a deployment solution for mobile operators to improve coverage and expand capacity in hotspot; BroFi WBB solution which is a multi-carrier intelligent broadband access system that triples the user capacity and provides 300 Mbps high-speed concurrent broadband; and WeLTE 4G wireless industry network solutions which provide multi-media services covering voice, cluster service, positioning, data collection, picture transmission, video call, high-definition monitoring ,and emergency communication for various industries.  Baicells Technologies also manufactures elfCell which helps mobile operators to build digital home integrated platform. Additionally, it manufactures pico cell, micro cell, and customized TDD/FDD customized frequency bands.  Lixin Sun and Mingyu Zhou founded Baicells Technologies in 2014. It has its headquarters in Plano in Texas with additional location in Beijing in China.

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.

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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.

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

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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