Jackie Yang
Co-Founder and Managing Director @ Translink Capital
San Francisco, United States
Jackie Yang is a co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. He brought over 10 years of venture investment experience to the team and was one of the most active investors in the semiconductor industry during that period. Jackie is responsible for TransLink's investments in Adwo, Memoright, Montage, SandForce (acquired by LSI),Tango, and Winking Entertainment.Before starting TransLink, Jackie was the Senior Vice President at UMC Capital and was responsible for UMC's investment activities in the United States and China. During his tenure at UMC Capital, he was the founding investor in Maxlinear (NYSE: MXL), Montage Technology Group, and Parade Technologies, and served on the boards of Aicent, Aurora Systems, ForteMedia, Praesagus (acquired by CDNS), Triscend (acquired by XLNX), and WisChip (acquired by Micronas).Jackie started his venture career at InveStar Capital in 1996, where he specialized in semiconductor and telecommunication companies. He was actively involved in InveStar U.S. portfolio companies including Advanced Analogic Technologies (NASDAQ: AATI), AltiGen Communications (NASDAQ: ATGN), Centillium Communications (NASDAQ: CTLM), Marvell Technology Group (NASDAQ: MRVL), and Sage (NASDAQ: SAGI, merged with Genesis Microchip).Jackie received his MBA degree from University of Missouri, Columbia and BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Tsinghua University, Taiwan.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Jackie Yang invests in
Stages Jackie Yang invests in
Countries Jackie Yang invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 3 (23%)
- Manufacturing 3 (23%)
- Health Care 2 (15%)
- Biotechnology 2 (15%)
- Information Technology 2 (15%)
Stage
- Series B 5 (38%)
- Series A 2 (15%)
- Funding Round 2 (15%)
- Seed 1 (8%)
- Debt Financing 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 4 (31%)
- China 3 (23%)
- Taiwan 3 (23%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Atolio
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Get internal RAG-based chat with document-level permissions...but ensure your IP stays behind your firewall. | $24M / Series A / Sep 08, 2025 | |
Iweecare
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Founded in Taiwan Taipei 2014, iWEECARE is collaborating with electronics manufacturers and TSMT (Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology) to create the best user friendly product- Temp Pal® All their team members are parents and expecting couples, who have experienced the morning hassle of checking BBT (Basic Body Temperature) chart and sleeplessnights worrying about child fever. That’s why they put their engineering and medical expertise to developing Temp Pal®, a device designed to make temperature monitoring easier and more comfortable. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 24, 2020 | |
ATGENOMIX
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Atgenomix is a cloud-native biomedical informatics platform that scales genomics-centric data analysis workflows to deliver on the promise of precision medicine by empowering healthcare organizations to build their own fully-managed precision medicine operation. Atgenomix platform implements GA4GH APIs that orchestrate industry standards, OpenWDLspecification, and cloud computing technologies, allowing clinical laboratories to manage dataset integration, workflow automation, regulatory compliance, and to ensure code, data, and execution integrity. | $2.6M / Series A / Feb 01, 2020 | |
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Iweecare
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Founded in Taiwan Taipei 2014, iWEECARE is collaborating with electronics manufacturers and TSMT (Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology) to create the best user friendly product- Temp Pal® All their team members are parents and expecting couples, who have experienced the morning hassle of checking BBT (Basic Body Temperature) chart and sleeplessnights worrying about child fever. That’s why they put their engineering and medical expertise to developing Temp Pal®, a device designed to make temperature monitoring easier and more comfortable. | $1M / Seed / Jun 04, 2019 | |
Appier
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Appier is a technology company providing an AI-powered platform to brands and retailers to help increase customer engagement. The company makes it easy for businesses to use artificial intelligence to grow and succeed in a cross-screen era. It also offers a platform that facilitates real-time bidding and programmatic media buying, artificialintelligence, data, and cross-screen targeting solutions. They also provide deep learning to help publishers and brands discover new audiences for their products. Its products help retailers retain customers and advertisers understand and capitalize on consumer tendencies, predicting user behavior using its AI platform. Using a technology known as automated machine learning, which enables clients to better target users without the hassle of hiring specialized AI engineers. | $23M / Series B / Nov 03, 2015 | |
HZO
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HZO delivers customized protective nano and conformal coatings that safeguard electronics from the most demanding environments. It provides water protection solutions for electronics manufacturers by introducing a durable film to components during assembly. The company specializes in the fields of nanotechnology, waterproofing, electronics,nano-coating, full-submersion.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. | $20M / Series B / Jul 01, 2014 | |
Winking Entertainment
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Winking Entertainment is a game development company that also provides art outsourcing services. Winking Entertainment was founded by Jin Liu in 2000 and is based in Taiwan, Jiangsu. | Series B / Dec 01, 2012 | |
Memoright
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Established in 2006, Memoright is an innovative company who is dedicated to collaborating with customers and partners to develop and manufacture first-rate Solid State Drives (SSDs). With proprietary core technologies, Memoright is capable of providing customized solutions and efficient support for various applications. Today, we are one of theworld's leading SSD companies. | Series B / Nov 02, 2012 | |
MaxLinear
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MaxLinear is a provider of highly integrated, radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions for broadband communications applications. Their high performance radio-frequency, or RF, receiver products capture and process digital and analog broadband signals to be decoded for various applications. These products include both RFreceivers and RF receiver systems-on-chip, or SoCs, which incorporate their highly integrated radio system architecture and the functionality necessary to demodulate broadband signals. | $20M / Jan 29, 2007 | |
Luxul Technology
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Awoken by environmental concerns and dreams to shine the world, Luxul Technology Inc. was established in 2010 in Santa Clara, California, to provide customers with high quality LED lamps to save energy bill and installation cost.Our EazyLux T5 and T8 LED Lamps are the world’s first LED tube lights that are fully compatible with existingfluorescent lamps using E-ballasts. Through our devoted efforts, we have made this dream come true: long life LED lamps that are extremely easy to install while reducing your energy bill by 50%. Founded by James Pan, Ph.D. of Stanford University, our research and development teams in the US and Taiwan consists of the most dedicated engineers from all disciplines: such as electrical, optical, mechanical, software, graphic and art designs. Backed by more than 50 worldwide patents, our goal is to apply world class technologies to lighting products that benefits everyone’s life while conserving our environment. Luxul’s products represent Quality, Beauty and Simplicity.With increasing demand in the US and Mexico, we are expanding our manufacturing facilities and sales offices in the US and Mexico. | $3.9M | |
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Co-Investors
About Translink Capital
For US-based startups, identifying and accessing strategic partners in Asia can sometimes seem like a daunting challenge. With TransLink Capital’s support, guidance, and relationships with the most significant companies in Asia, our portfolio companies can develop the necessary long-term partnerships to transform their businesses and expand in Asiaand beyond.
Translink Capital Contacts
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DC Cheng
Venture Partner
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Eric Hsia
Managing Director
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Brian Tomogane
Principal
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Hong Chen
Venture Partner
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Jackie Yang
Co-Founder and Managing Director
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FAQ
What does Jackie Yang invest in?
Jackie Yang invests primarily in Internet, Manufacturing and Health Care startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Jackie Yang last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jackie Yang closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 13 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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