CSC Venture Capital

ActiveVenture Capital

Updated: Dec 5, 2025 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Aug 1, 2025	Copper	$28.0M Series A	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
May 1, 2022	Elwood Technologies	$70.0M Series A	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Mar 1, 2022	Loadsure	$11.0M Series A	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Sep 1, 2021	Lapse	$1.0M Seed	—	42CAP, Adverb Ventures, Boosted Commerce, Brighteye Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Divergent Capital, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, Kindred Capital VC, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, NextView Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, RRE Ventures, Speedinvest, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Khaled Helioui, Marc McCabe, Nicolas Steegmann, Thibaud Elziere, Vishal Makhijani
Jul 1, 2021	PriceHubble	$34.0M Series B	—	Adverb Ventures, Antler, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Jan Deepen, Marc McCabe, Sascha Weiler, Stefan Jeschonnek, Vishal Makhijani
Mar 1, 2021	Proxifile	$2.0M Seed	—	Accelerator Ventures, Amplo, Blumberg Capital, First Bight Ventures, Flex Capital, Floodgate, Founders' Co-op, Greylock, ICONIQ Capital, IDG Ventures, Launchpad Capital, Lazerow Ventures, Long Journey Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, MS&AD Ventures, PivotNorth Capital, PruVen Capital, Quiet Capital, Radical Ventures, Rally Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Sinai Ventures, Staenberg Venture Partners, The General Partnership, Visionaire Ventures, Y Combinator, Charlie Songhurst, Immad Akhund, Jeremy Lizt, Samvit Ramadurgam, Scott Banister, Scott Faber
Jun 1, 2018	Mapfit	$6.0M Seed	—	Balderton Capital, First Bight Ventures, Flex Capital, Charlie Songhurst, Jeremy Lizt, Scott Banister, Scott Faber
Apr 1, 2018	Biobot Analytics	$3.0M Seed	—	2.12 Angels, 500 Global, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, Airbus Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Angelic Ventures, Atreides Management, Better Tomorrow Ventures, C2 Investment, Camber Creek, CapitalG, Citi Ventures, Cleo Capital, Coelius Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Colle Capital, Concrete Ventures, Convective Capital, Curious Capital, Dawn Capital, Matt Ocko, DCVC (Data Collective), DFJ, Kevin Ding, Dispersion Capital, Dreamers VC, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Forward Deployed VC, Founders Fund, Goat Capital, Goodwater Capital, Greylock, Hardware Club, Homebrew, Hyperplane Venture Capital, Shawn Modarresi, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures, LocalGlobe, Locus Ventures, Marcy Venture Partners, Matrix, Mayfield, Menlo Ventures, MMC Ventures, N49P Ventures, Nex Cubed, Norwest Venture Partners, Nyca Partners, Off the Grid Ventures, Operator Partners, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, Plum Alley Investments, Point Nine Capital, Prelude Ventures, sequel, Sinai Ventures, Soma Capital, South Park Commons, SV Angel, Target Global, Techstars, The Engine, The Hit Forge, Two Small Fish Ventures, Uncork Capital, UpHonest Capital, Verified Capital, Vine Ventures LP, Weekend Fund, Y Combinator, Alexandre Scialom, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Balaji Srinivasan, Brendan O'Driscoll, Chris Kelly, Daniel Graf, Don Hutchison, Drew Houston, Ed Baker, Emmett Shear, Eric Wu, Greg Brockman, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Immad Akhund, James Beshara, James Hong, Jared Leto, Jay Z, Jeff Seibert, Joe Greenstein, John Hennessy, Juha Paananen, Kyle Vogt, Louis Beryl, Marc McCabe, Marissa Mayer, Rob May, Ron Pragides, Sahin Boydas, Sam Altman, Shervin Pishevar, Tikhon Bernstam, Trevor Blackwell, Vishal Makhijani, Wayne Chang
Mar 1, 2018	Hedera Hashgraph	$18.0M Venture Round	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, DHVC (Digital Horizon Capital), FirstMile Ventures, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Nov 1, 2017	Overclock Labs	$1.0M Seed	—	Bonfire Ventures, Clocktower Technology Ventures, First Bight Ventures, Flex Capital, Fortress Investment Group, Kohala Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Charlie Songhurst, Jeremy Lizt, Kim Perell, Scott Faber
Jul 1, 2017	Workato	$10.0M Series A	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Storm Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Michel Meyer, Vishal Makhijani
Jun 1, 2017	CognitiveScale	$15.0M Venture Round	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
May 1, 2017	Embrace	$5.0M Seed	—	9Yards Capital, Kevin Hartz, Addition, Adverb Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Amplify.LA, Anorak Ventures, Audrey Capital, Balderton Capital, Bam Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate, Bonfire Ventures, BoxGroup, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, C2Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Creandum, Dynamo Ventures, ENIAC Ventures, Euclid Ventures, Fika Ventures, Founder Collective, Freestyle Capital, G20 Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Glasswing Ventures, Golden Ventures, Gotham Gal Ventures, Heavybit, H.I.G. Capital, IA Capital Group, iNovia Capital, IVP, Khosla Ventures, Kohala Ventures, Kreos Capital, KW Angel Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LOI Venture, Lowercarbon Capital, Math Capital, Blake Wu, Scott Sandell, NextView Ventures, Jeff Richards, Offline Ventures, Passion Capital, Pathbreaker Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Pitbull Ventures, Preston-Werner Ventures, Pritzker Group, RET Ventures, Ridgeline Partners, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Sandwith Ventures, Scout Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Signia Venture Partners, SLVC, Social Capital, Howard Lindzon, Techstars, Trajectory Ventures, Trinity Ventures, True Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, XSeed Capital, Zintinus, Clark Landry, Colin Carrier, Eric Marcoullier, Hugh Browne, Jennifer Lum, Julia Hartz, Kim Perell, Mark Cuban, Mark Goines, Matt Coffin, Matt Mazzeo, Othman Laraki, Peter Read, Tim Ferriss, Tom McInerney, Tom Williams, Yee Lee
Feb 1, 2017	JOBOX.ai	$2.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, C2 Investment, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, DNX Ventures, Drummond Road Capital, eFounders, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Highbury Group, Homebrew, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, LGF, LocalGlobe, LombardStreet Ventures, MMC Ventures, New Stack Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Otherwise Fund, Prelude Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Shine Capital, Target Global, The Hit Forge, Third Kind Ventures, Andreas Bodczek, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Christian Reber, Christian Vollmann, Don Hutchison, Elad Gil, J.D. Fagan, Marc McCabe, Matt Macinnis, Mike Vernal, Scott Belsky, Thibaud Elziere, Vishal Makhijani
Nov 1, 2016	Kit	$3.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Bow Capital, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, Long Journey Ventures, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Oct 1, 2016	CognitiveScale	$25.0M Series B	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Jan 1, 2015	Brandfolder by Smartsheet	$3.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Jan 1, 2014	Amitree	$3.0M Seed	—	75 & Sunny, Accel, Acequia Capital, ACME Capital, Adverb Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlantic Bridge, Balderton Capital, Bling Capital, Cipio Partners, Citi Ventures, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Cortical Ventures, Cota Capital, Dawn Capital, Zachary Bogue, Dell Technologies Capital, Kevin Ding, First Round Capital, Formation 8, Founders Co-op, Gigascale Capital, Goat Capital, Hardware Club, Homebrew, Ignition Partners, Iterative, Khosla Ventures, Kima Ventures, Kitchen Table Partners, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Glenn Solomon, Plug & Play Ventures, Prefix Capital, Prelude Ventures, Samsung NEXT Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, SLVC, SV Angel, Target Global, Think + Ventures, ThirdLove, Thomvest Ventures, Tribe Capital, True Ventures, Y Combinator, Adam D'Angelo, Adam Schwartz, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Biz Stone, Dennis Crowley, Don Hutchison, Erik Blachford, Esther Dyson, Jim Pitkow, Joshua Schachter, Marc Benioff, Marc McCabe, Marissa Mayer, Megan Quinn, Mike Slade, Richard Branson, Rudy Gadre, Shervin Pishevar
Oct 1, 2013	Gigster	$2.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, AngelPad, Coatue, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, DST Global, Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Immeasurable, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Pear VC, Polychain Capital, Practical Venture Capital, Prelude Ventures, RRE Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, Target Global, Transmedia Capital, Uncork Capital, Aaron Levie, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Dharmesh Shah, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Mike Abbott, Nickyl Raithatha, Richard Chen, Shri Ganeshram, Tikhon Bernstam, Vishal Makhijani
Aug 1, 2013	Younity	$4.0M Seed	—	Adverb Ventures, Bam Ventures, Bling Capital, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, DFJ, Kevin Ding, Homebrew, Infinite Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lifeline Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Outlander Labs, Prelude Ventures, Pro Founders Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Target Global, Upside Partnership, Yes VC, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Don Hutchison, Marc McCabe, Tim Ferriss, Vishal Makhijani
Aug 1, 2013	Parse.ly	$5.0M Series A	—	Adverb Ventures, Asylum Ventures, Blumberg Capital, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, ff Venture Capital, Grotech Ventures, Homebrew, Khosla Ventures, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Mouro Capital, MS&AD Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Prelude Ventures, Target Global, Tribeca Venture Partners, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Marc McCabe, Vishal Makhijani
Apr 1, 2013	Copper	$3.0M Seed	—	Addition, Adverb Ventures, ALPANA Ventures, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Benchmark, Betaworks Ventures, Bodega Partners, Coelius Capital, Colle Capital, Daffy, Dawn Capital, Kevin Ding, Fyrefly VC, Gigascale Capital, GPO Fund, Greylock, Hanabi Capital, Homebrew, Idealab, iNovia Capital, Kapor Capital, Khosla Ventures, LAUNCH, Leadout Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LocalGlobe, LOI Venture, Long Journey Ventures, MMC Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Practical Venture Capital, Prelude Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Science, Sequoia Capital, Social Capital, Spark Capital, Target Global, Techstars, TGM, Transmedia Capital, True Ventures, VitalStage Ventures, Western Technology Investment, XFactor Ventures, Zinc, Adam D'Angelo, Alison Pincus, Andy Rankin, Anshu Sharma, Anthony Soohoo, Clark Landry, Don Hutchison, Erik Moore, Kenny Van Zant, Marc Benioff, Marc McCabe, Marissa Mayer, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus, Matt Mazzeo, Robin Klein, Roger Ehrenberg, Rudy Gadre, Scott Banister, Taher Haveliwala, Tim Ferriss, Tim Kendall, Vishal Makhijani
Mar 1, 2013	Farfetch	$20.0M Series C	—	Balderton Capital, Betaworks Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Cerulean Ventures, Felix Capital, First Round Capital, GPO Fund, Greylock, Idealab, Index Ventures, iNovia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Republic, SciFi VC, The Hit Forge, VitalStage Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Zinc, George Burke, Kevin Jenkins, Marc Benioff, Mike Abbott, Mike Moloney, Phil Quist, Roger Ehrenberg, Rudra Peram, Seth Goldstein
Dec 1, 2012	Influactive	$7.0M Series A	—	Accelerator Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Audrey Capital, Betaworks Ventures, Catapult Capital, DNX Ventures, Expa, Flex Capital, GoAhead Ventures, GPO Fund, Greylock, Idealab, Illuminate Ventures, iNovia Capital, Kindred Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Science, Sound Ventures, The Hit Forge, VitalStage Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Zelkova Ventures, Zinc, Anthony Saleh, Daniel Rosensweig, Dharmesh Shah, Erik Moore, Jason Goldberg, Josh Spear, Karl Jacob, Marc Benioff, Michael Birch, Noah Goodhart, Robin Klein, Roger Ehrenberg, Ryan Sarver, Shervin Pishevar, Tim Ferriss
Aug 1, 2012	Influactive	$4.0M Seed	—	Betaworks Ventures, Bling Capital, GPO Fund, Greylock, Idealab, Illuminate Ventures, iNovia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Racers Edge Investments, Rainfall Ventures, Streamlined Ventures, TSVC Capital, VitalStage Ventures, Western Technology Investment, Y Combinator, Zinc, Ali Kutay, Marc Benioff, Robin Klein, Roger Ehrenberg, Tikhon Bernstam

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Leadership Team

Key people at CSC Venture Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at CSC Venture Capital.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

CSC Venture Capital Corporation is a Taiwan-based investment firm established in 2016 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital Securities Corp. Its mission is to support innovative domestic businesses with cutting-edge technologies by providing long-term, stable financial resources and comprehensive assistance, including IPO consultation, share allocation, and financial services. The firm focuses on venture capital investments in startups both domestically and internationally, emphasizing sectors with innovative business models and advanced technologies. CSC Venture Capital also offers post-investment management and strategic advice, helping investee companies grow steadily and enhance Taiwan’s emerging industries by introducing advanced foreign technologies[1][4].

Origin Story

Founded in 2016 under the Capital Securities Corp. umbrella, CSC Venture Capital leverages its parent company’s capital market resources and extensive experience in venture capital and wealth management. The firm evolved to provide not only funding but also operational involvement and consultancy services to its portfolio companies, including corporate restructuring, M&A, and IPO advisory. This comprehensive approach reflects its commitment to nurturing startups through various growth stages and integrating international technological advancements into Taiwan’s ecosystem[1].

Core Differentiators

Integrated Financial and Operational Support: Beyond capital injection, CSC Venture Capital offers business advice, IPO consulting, corporate financing, and stock affairs management.
Strong Parent Company Backing: As a subsidiary of Capital Securities Corp., it benefits from robust capital market connections and resources.
Focus on Technology Transfer: Actively assists portfolio companies in introducing advanced technologies from abroad to enhance domestic industries.
Comprehensive Post-Investment Management: Involvement in investee operations and strategic planning to ensure sustainable growth[1].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

CSC Venture Capital operates at the intersection of Taiwan’s emerging industries and global technology trends. By channeling domestic capital into startups with innovative technologies and facilitating the introduction of foreign advanced tech, it supports Taiwan’s ambition to strengthen its high-tech ecosystem. The timing is critical as Taiwan seeks to boost its innovation capacity amid global competition, and CSC’s role in bridging capital and technology transfer positions it as a key player in this transformation[1].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, CSC Venture Capital is poised to deepen its impact by expanding its portfolio in high-growth sectors and enhancing cross-border technology collaborations. Trends such as digital transformation, AI, and biotech will likely shape its investment focus. Its comprehensive support model and strong capital market integration suggest it will continue to be a vital catalyst for Taiwan’s startup ecosystem and broader technological advancement[1][4].

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Integrated Financial and Operational Support: Beyond capital injection, CSC Venture Capital offers business advice, IPO consulting, corporate financing, and stock affairs management.
Strong Parent Company Backing: As a subsidiary of Capital Securities Corp., it benefits from robust capital market connections and resources.
Focus on Technology Transfer: Actively assists portfolio companies in introducing advanced technologies from abroad to enhance domestic industries.
Comprehensive Post-Investment Management: Involvement in investee operations and strategic planning to ensure sustainable growth[1].