Giza Venture Capital
Giza Venture Capital is a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm founded in 1992 that focuses on technology companies across seed, early, and growth stages. It targets information technology, software, internet, mobile, communications, life sciences, semiconductors, e-commerce, new media, security, clean tech, and related sectors, with a geographic focus on Israel and Spain and selective activity in Asia, Taiwan, and Poland. The firm typically invests between 0.3 million and 10 million and prefers minority stakes, though majority positions are possible in exceptional cases, and it seeks board representation for its portfolio companies. It has backed more than 90 companies and supports early-stage opportunities through programs such as the Ofek seed initiative. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, it also operates offices in Singapore and Warsaw to engage with regional markets.
Top Stages
Past deals in Taiwan
Applied Optoelectronics
Series F in 2012
Applied Optoelectronics designs and manufactures fiber-optic networking products for internet data centers, CATV, telecom, and fiber-to-the-home applications. The company offers a broad range of optical components, laser chips, transmitters, transceivers, sub-assemblies, and turn-key equipment to network equipment manufacturers, data-center operators, and service providers. It maintains a vertically integrated approach to production and supply chain management with manufacturing and research and development facilities in the United States, Taiwan, and China, supported by direct and indirect sales worldwide. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, the company serves customers globally from its U.S., Taiwan, and China operations.
Aleees
Venture Round in 2010
Aleees (TWSE:5227), founded in 2005 with main office and factory located in Taiwan, is a lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery material manufacturer with longest history as well as an IP licensor in the world, and is also one of the few companies outside China with LFP battery material manufacturing technology and patents. Aleees Taiwan owns more than 120 exclusive patents worldwide, with customers including world-renowned energy storage battery and EV battery customers across Europe, U.S., Japan, Korea, and Asia. At present Aleees co-develops various types of LFP, LFMP products with more than 40 global customers, and produces high-quality, low-cost, and long-life cycle LFP cathode materials. In the 17 years since its establishment, it has accumulated more than 15,000 tons of LFP product shipments totally from Taiwan facility.
Solapoint
Seed Round in 2007
Solapoint Corp. is a manufacturer of solar cells and components specifically designed for the High Concentration Photovoltaics (HCPV) industry, primarily serving the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 2007 and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the company specializes in producing standard III-V solar cells and epitaxial wafers for applications in spacecraft, as well as packaged chips on various substrates. In addition to its standard offerings, Solapoint provides custom-designed epitaxial wafers tailored to meet specific customer requirements. The company emphasizes a customer-oriented approach to technology, aiming to enhance the use of solar power in terrestrial commercial applications.
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