VenGlobal Capital

VenGlobal Capital was a venture capital firm located in Cupertino, California, specializing in early-stage investments. The firm targeted companies with experienced management teams and clear market opportunities, particularly in sectors such as wire-line and wireless communications, internet software, and productivity enhancement software. VenGlobal Capital focused on businesses that demonstrated competitive advantages through proprietary technological innovations.

James Lung

General Partner

Phil Mak

General Partner

11 past transactions

CoAdna

Series B in 2007
CoAdna Photonics is a manufacturer based in Sunnyvale, California, specializing in dynamic and tunable fiber-optic solutions for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) optical networks. The company develops a range of products, including wavelength-selective switches (WSS) and reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADM), which enhance data center networking through advanced cross-connect architectures. CoAdna's LightFlow platform leverages over four decades of research in liquid crystal technology to deliver innovative components that significantly improve the performance of DWDM systems.

Auvitek International

Series B in 2006
Auvitek International, Ltd is a privately-owned fabless semiconductor company focused on digital television signal demodulation technology. The company specializes in providing advanced HDTV receiver and interface solutions for manufacturers of digital televisions, set-top boxes, and PC-TV applications. Auvitek's product offerings include the AU852X series, which features demodulation integrated circuits for various applications, and the AU88XX series, which comprises single-chip DTV demodulators and compliant DTMB receivers. Auvitek supports its clients through a global network of direct sales, distributors, and field support staff, ensuring high levels of design assistance and product performance for its customers and manufacturing partners.

AirMagnet

Series B in 2002
AirMagnet is a security and troubleshooting Wireless LAN software provider. Other products include WLAN site survey and design, RF interference detection, remote diagnostics, and the voice over WiFi analysis software.

Averant

Venture Round in 2002
Averant, Inc. is a startup electronic design automation (EDA) company specializing in verification technology solutions for complex integrated circuits (ICs) and digital intellectual property (IP). Founded in 1997 and based in Hayward, California, Averant addresses the growing complexity in design that often leads to costly errors if identified post-production. The company's flagship products include Solidify, a static functional verification engine offering vectorless verification and code coverage; SolidAC, which detects common design issues automatically; SolidPC, an AMBA protocol verifier; and SolidTC, which verifies timing constraints. These innovations help ensure that design blocks are functionally correct before production, mitigating potential costly mistakes. Averant serves diverse sectors, including internet networking, telecommunications, and consumer electronics, distributing its products through direct sales in the United States and partnerships in Europe and Asia.

Sequence Design

Venture Round in 2002
Sequence Design, Inc. specializes in power and signal integrity software solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of tools aimed at enhancing power efficiency in system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Its product lineup includes the Power-Aware SoC Design Flow, which facilitates power-aware design from the system level to signoff, and PowerTheater, a collection of tools focused on optimizing power usage. Additionally, the company provides Columbus-RLC extraction for nanometer SoC designs, Columbus-Turbo for standard-cell designs, and Columbus-AMS for analog applications. CoolTime is another critical offering, allowing for concurrent analysis of various electrical integrity aspects such as voltage drop and timing. Sequence Design's tools serve a diverse range of markets, including wireless, graphics, mobile computing, networking, and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Founded in 1995 and based in Santa Clara, California, the company was formerly known as Frequency Technology, Inc. and became a subsidiary of Apache Design Solutions, Inc. in 2009.

ViaQuo

Venture Round in 2002
ViaQuo Corporation is a prominent provider of Internet-based access permissioning software focused on data protection. The company offers ViaSeal, a web-based platform designed to manage access permissions for enterprise-wide information and digital content. This software enables carriers, Internet service providers, content vendors, enterprises, and exchanges to secure and tamper-proof digital packages containing media or sensitive information, facilitating safe distribution over the Internet.

Luxnet

Venture Round in 2001
LuxNet Corporation specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of optical semiconductor devices and packaged optical components, primarily based in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Founded in 1999, the company produces a range of products, including laser and photodiode chips, transmitters, receivers, and optical sub-assemblies. These components facilitate high-speed voice, video, and data communications across various applications, such as networking, storage, and cable television. In addition to its core manufacturing activities, LuxNet is also involved in the processing and sale of electronic components and active components for optical communication. Its operations extend beyond Taiwan to include markets in China and the United States.

Get2Chip

Venture Round in 2000
Get2Chip is a developer of Volare, an architectural platform designed for chip manufacturers and IP providers to facilitate rapid system-level synthesis. The company offers an integrated front-end design environment for system-on-chip (SoC) development that encompasses tasks typically handled by separate behavioral, logical, and physical synthesis tools, as well as a floor planner and a static timing analyzer. By providing a comprehensive solution that includes ESL, RTL, and gate-level design, Get2Chip aims to streamline the design process and enhance efficiency in the semiconductor industry.

Allayer Technologies

Venture Round in 2000
Allayer Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures, markets and supports advanced semiconductor products that improve the edge network system by providing silicon solutions that make switches smarter and links between workgroups faster. The corporate name -- pronounced "All-layer" --represents the company's long-range intention to provide silicon solutions for all levels of the OSI networking model. Founded in 1997, Allayer uses a Modular Systems Standard Product or MSSP approach to design the most flexible, high performance and scalable ICs for Ethernet LAN switching and fiber optics applications. Allayer products are used by systems OEMs who manufacture local area networking equipment in the edge network that provides the interface between individual workstations or workgroups and the enterprise network backbone system.

Symmetry Communications

Venture Round in 2000
Symmetry Communications is creating the "Information Super Sky Way" of seamless global IP-based services for mobile wireless users. They are a leading provider of wireless packet data solutions for Internet and next-generation telecommunications services. Their packet data solutions enable wireless network operators to provide flexible service differentiation and new data services to market quicker than ever before.

Allayer Technologies

Venture Round in 1999
Allayer Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures, markets and supports advanced semiconductor products that improve the edge network system by providing silicon solutions that make switches smarter and links between workgroups faster. The corporate name -- pronounced "All-layer" --represents the company's long-range intention to provide silicon solutions for all levels of the OSI networking model. Founded in 1997, Allayer uses a Modular Systems Standard Product or MSSP approach to design the most flexible, high performance and scalable ICs for Ethernet LAN switching and fiber optics applications. Allayer products are used by systems OEMs who manufacture local area networking equipment in the edge network that provides the interface between individual workstations or workgroups and the enterprise network backbone system.
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