UMC Capital

UMC Capital is an evergreen venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan with offices located in Sunnyvale, California and Shanghai, China. UMC Capital was founded in 2001 and is the fully owned subsidiary of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), a semiconductor foundry which provides advanced IC production for applications spanning every major sector of the electronics industry. The firm seeks to invest in semiconductors, automotive related, industrial automation and digital health sectors.



By leveraging the resources of UMC and its affiliates, UMC Capital is well positioned to deliver significant strategic values to startup companies.



The mission and objectives of UMC Capital are: identifying innovative technologies, forming mutually productive relationships with entrepreneurs, exploring and expanding emerging and applications, and earning financial returns for the parent company UMC.

Investment

UMC Capital has made investments in NextInput, AtScale, Cerebrex, CNEX Labs, Alpine Data Labs, FangCloud Technology, EZTABLE, SwiftStack, Thismoment, Glympse and Cloudwords.



They have exited their investments in Nexenta Systems, Alpine Data Labs, Fuhu, Metacloud, Enverv, SandForce, Ubiquisys, MaxLinear, Intellon Corporation, SiRF Technology and ChipX.