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Total investments 67
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$19M
Portfolio companies 47
Rounds per year 2.91
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 21
Key employees 3
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Semiconductor
  • Big Data
  • Electronics
  • Information Technology
Summary

In 2001 was created UMC Capital, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in Asia in Taiwan. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the Hsinchu.

The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2015. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. This UMC Capital works on 5 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Thismoment, QSecure, AtScale. For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Semiconductor, Manufacturing. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

We also calculated 3 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the UMC Capital, startups are often financed by Storm Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Societe Generale Asset Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sierra Ventures, Comcast Ventures, XSeed Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Storm Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Sierra Ventures.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Silicon Box

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$200M09 Jan 2024 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

SiLC Technologies

3D Technology
Biometrics
Semiconductor
Sensor
$25M15 Nov 2023 El Monte, California, United States

Ramon.Space

Aerospace
Computer
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
Software
$26M28 Jun 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

NoTraffic

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Computer Vision
Government
Hardware
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Social
$50M27 Jun 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Hahow

Crowdfunding
Financial Services
Marketplace
Online Portals
$10M07 Apr 2022 New Taipei, Taiwan

LLVision

Apps
Augmented Reality
Electronics
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
$15M09 Nov 2021 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

JIMU Intelligent

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Transportation
$30M21 Oct 2021 Jiang'an District, Hubei, China

Sonatus

Apps
Automotive
Cloud Data Services
Information Technology
Software
$35M21 Jul 2021 Sunnyvale, California, United States

NeuroBlade

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Hardware
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$83M10 Jun 2021 Israel, North District, Israel
News
Sonatus Raises $35M in Series A Financing

– Sonatus, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based automotive software company, raised $35m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Translink Capital with participation from Hyundai Motor Group’s Kia Corporation, SAIC Capital, LG Electronics, Marvell, UMC Capital, and Wanxiang Group Company.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate global growth and further expand its roadmap of next-generation software-defined vehicle solutions.

SiLC Technologies Raises $17M Series A Funding Round to Advance Machine Vision Applications

– SiLC Technologies announced a $17m Series A funding round led by Alter Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital.
– The round was also supported by Fluxunit – OSRAM Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Epson, UMC Capital, Yamato Holdings and Global Brain.
– The additional financing will be used to expand SiLC’s operations, accelerate product development and gain additional production design wins – all in preparation for pre-production and product launch activities.
– Over the last year, SiLC has provided development systems to customers that are at the forefront of their respective market segments, including mobility, industrial machine vision, robotics, augmented reality, and consumer applications.
– The new funds will help further customer traction and support bringing these products to market.

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Total investments 67
Average round size 19M
Rounds per year 2.91
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 21
Group Appearance index 0.96

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Silicon Box

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
$200M09 Jan 2024 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

SiLC Technologies

3D Technology
Biometrics
Semiconductor
Sensor
$25M15 Nov 2023 El Monte, California, United States

Ramon.Space

Aerospace
Computer
Electronics
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
Software
$26M28 Jun 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

NoTraffic

Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Computer Vision
Government
Hardware
Internet of Things
Machine Learning
Social
$50M27 Jun 2023 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

Hahow

Crowdfunding
Financial Services
Marketplace
Online Portals
$10M07 Apr 2022 New Taipei, Taiwan

LLVision

Apps
Augmented Reality
Electronics
Enterprise
Enterprise Software
$15M09 Nov 2021 Dongcheng District, Beijing, China

JIMU Intelligent

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Manufacturing
Transportation
$30M21 Oct 2021 Jiang'an District, Hubei, China

Sonatus

Apps
Automotive
Cloud Data Services
Information Technology
Software
$35M21 Jul 2021 Sunnyvale, California, United States

NeuroBlade

Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Hardware
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$83M10 Jun 2021 Israel, North District, Israel
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