InveStar Capital
InveStar Capital, Inc., founded in 1996, is a venture capital firm with offices in the United States and Taiwan, focusing on investments in semiconductors, communications and networking, and internet infrastructure sectors. The firm manages several funds totaling over $500 million and has built a diverse portfolio of more than 100 companies, with 73% located in the United States and 27% in Taiwan. InveStar aims to expand its investment targets to include companies in mainland China and the broader Pacific Rim. The firm is dedicated to bridging technologies between the West and East by connecting its portfolio companies with investors and strategic partners across Asia. InveStar emphasizes integrity, dedication to service, and fairness, while its investment philosophy centers on identifying visionary entrepreneurs with innovative technologies and strong commitment. Beyond providing venture capital, InveStar actively engages in offering strategic advice and sharing management expertise and business connections with its portfolio companies.
Past deals in Taiwan
Alchip Technologies
Venture Round in 2010
Alchip Technologies, Limited, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, specializes in providing silicon design and manufacturing solutions for application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Established in 2003, the company offers a range of services, including SoC design, production, and intellectual property solutions, as well as multi-project wafer services. Its products are utilized across various sectors, including network, storage, computing devices, HDTVs, mobile phones, digital cameras, entertainment systems, and medical equipment. Alchip Technologies operates internationally, with significant market presence in China, Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Europe. The company focuses on delivering high-quality, reliable services while ensuring timely production and efficient cost management, aiming to support clients in successfully bringing their products to market.
Alchip Technologies
Series C in 2004
Alchip Technologies, Limited, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, specializes in providing silicon design and manufacturing solutions for application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Established in 2003, the company offers a range of services, including SoC design, production, and intellectual property solutions, as well as multi-project wafer services. Its products are utilized across various sectors, including network, storage, computing devices, HDTVs, mobile phones, digital cameras, entertainment systems, and medical equipment. Alchip Technologies operates internationally, with significant market presence in China, Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Europe. The company focuses on delivering high-quality, reliable services while ensuring timely production and efficient cost management, aiming to support clients in successfully bringing their products to market.
Zona
Venture Round in 2001
Zona, Inc., delivers a complete network solution to support Massive Multi-Player Online Games (MMOG) throughout the entire product development cycle of a game -- from conception, all the way through the full life of a game. Founded in August 2000, the company is applying their unique solution called Terazona(R) to support tens of thousands of simultaneous MMOG players in a seamless, fault-tolerant universe of gameplay. Unlike many legacy systems of today, Terazona(R) will allow developers to focus more resources on game design to enhance player experience, spend less time and money on server and infrastructure issues, and significantly shorten a game's time to market. Zona, Inc., is a privately held company based in Redwood City. In addition to the U.S., the company is actively introducing their complete solution for MMOG to Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan through Zona's foreign offices. Zona, Inc., also has secured Tools & Middleware licenses from Microsoft's Xbox and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation(R) 2.
Chief Telecom
Series A in 1996
Founded in 1991, Chief Telecom specializes in providing comprehensive telecommunications services, including Internet Data Center (IDC) facilities, enterprise networking solutions, voice communication services, and cloud computing solutions. Headquartered in Taipei City, Taiwan, the company caters to both local and international clients.
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