Alcatel-Lucent Ventures is a strategic venture group within the communications industry. Our group values teamwork, open innovation and an intense dedication to creating value for service providers, enterprises and consumers.
Known for its technology leadership and market experience, Alcatel-Lucent Ventures has a strong track record for successfully introducing innovative new products, relevant to market needs, fast.
Areas of Focus
Alcatel-Lucent Ventures seeks to be the first to market with innovative and unique solutions that create new market opportunities with significant growth potential. The team has three dimensions to its investment strategy:
Incubation and commercialization of internal ventures
Alcatel-Lucent Ventures selects a set of game-changing innovations from inside the company and brings these ideas to market — fast. Alcatel-Lucent
is one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry, investing 2.5 billion euros in research and development in 2008. Bell
Labs its innovation engine boasts a portfolio of over 30,000 active patents spanning virtually every technology area. The team cultivates this community
of researchers using innovation, collaboration and entrepreneurial programs — working together to determine the right business models, partners and
path to the marketplace.
Strategic venture capital investment
Alcatel-Lucent Ventures invests in companies with innovative technologies that can provide strategic as well as financial return. Portfolio companies benefit from the global reach and industry-leading position of Alcatel-Lucent. Joint ventures
The Alcatel-Lucent Ventures team has deep hands-on experience with innovation and with the customers we serve. We seek industry leaders to jointly develop new products and services that are strategic to Alcatel-Lucent. |
