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      Ericsson Ventures

      Ericsson Ventures

      Ericsson Ventures invests in leading companies to drive innovation in new areas, accelerate our core business, and generate strong returns. We leverage our global reach and deep customer relationships for the benefit of our portfolio companies.

      Investment strategy

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      Accelerate our core business

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      Drive innovation in new areas

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      Generate strong financial performance

      Investment areas

      We invest across all stages and focus on emerging growth areas for Ericsson and our customers, as well as our core businesses.

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      Next-generation Networking

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      Core Technologies

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      Artificial Intelligence

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      IOT

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      Security

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      Quantum Technology

      Cloud Computing

      Cloud Computing

      Data Analytics

      Data Analytics

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      Enterprise Software

      Leadership

      Jose Suarez

      Jose Suarez

      Head of Ericsson Ventures

      José has more than 20 years of experience in venture capital and private equity.  He was previously a Managing Director at Investor Growth Capital, where he focused on infrastructure technologies ranging from semiconductors to hardware systems and software. Currently he is also a Senior Advisor to Wallenberg Investments, SEB, and Patricia Industries.  José holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

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      Graham Ackerman

      Vice President

      Previously, Graham oversaw corporate development including venture investing, mergers, and acquisitions, as well as capital markets activities including investor relations for Telcordia Technologies. Graham's previous companies include AT&T Corp and Putnam, Hayes, & Bartlett, an economic and management consulting firm.

      Graham earned his BA at the University of Chicago and MBA at Dartmouth.

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      Vik Li

      Vik Li

      Vice President

      Vik has over a decade of Telecom and IoT experience across sales, commercial, strategy and product management, with a strong track record of closing deals with new customers in new industries. Prior to joining Ericsson Ventures, she led AI & automation innovation projects within Ericsson.

      Vik earned her BS in Computer Science from Sun-Yat Sen University and an MBA from University of Surrey.

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      Porter Ontko

      Porter Ontko

      Investment Principal

      Porter previously worked at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst in the Partners Coverage group within the Consumer and Investment Management Division, providing full service private wealth management coverage for current and retired Goldman Sachs partners alike. Following Goldman, Porter joined VU Venture Partners where he specialized in the Fintech space.

      Porter earned his BA from Dartmouth College in 2018 and was a member of the Dartmouth football team.

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      Global Reach

      Ericsson Ventures’ most important differentiator is our ability to leverage Ericsson’s global reach and relationships with virtually all network operators. We provide access to these customers for our portfolio companies – benefitting our customers, our portfolio companies, and Ericsson.

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