Vincera Capital

Since 1997, Vincera Capital has been emphasizing its investment strategy on CS-related industries, including mobile communications and electro-optics applications. Vincera's President, Mr. Richard Chen, who is an experienced VC veteran and has recently been elected the Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Venture Capital Association ("TVCA"), has identified... CS's exponential market potential and technological applications at the industry's infant stage ahead of many of his peers. Under his vision and leadership, Vincera's high-performance portfolio has covered a wide spectrum of the value chain in the wireless communication sector. This demonstrated capability of deal sourcing and execution is mainly due to Vincera's experienced team of professionals and specialists in CS and wireless technology. Vincera Capital has recently established subsidiaries in the Silicon Valley and Tokyo, Japan. Specifically, Dr. Robert Walker was retained to become the Managing Director of its US operation in 2001. Prior to joining, Dr. Walker was the Director of Marketing and General Manager for Pacific Rim of EMCORE Corporation, a global, NASDAQ-listed CS equipment leader. Dr. Walker's presence has greatly strengthened Vincera capability in the CS field. Additionally, Vincera's Managing Director in Japan, Mr. Hara Izumi, has an extensive network in business and finance in Japan. Vincera's Japan office will serve its investors and portfolio companies to obtain local market intelligence as well as discover potential technology transfer opportunities. Vincera Capital' value-added VC business model of servicing its portfolio companies and investors has come to fruition, connecting its US operation as the window to the next-generation technology, the Japan office as the market watch post, as well as Taiwan, along with mainland China, as the outsourcing manufacturing hub.Read More