# John Lin Yu Chang

> John Lin Yu Chang is a seed investor at JIF Capital backing Information Technology and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JIF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-asia)
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-lin/13/953/b7a

John Lin Yu Chang is a seed investor at JIF Capital in Taipei focused on Information Technology and Software. John Lin joined JAFCO Asia in 2007 and is currently Senior Director, responsible for investments activities in Taiwan. John brings with him more than 9 years of venture capital experience.Prior to JAFCO Asia, John was Vice President in CTB Financial Management & Consulting Co., Ltd. (CTB FMCC) from 2002 to 2007. CTB FMCC was established inDecember 2001 by Chiao Tung Bank to be the venture capital arm for Mega Holding Co., Ltd. During his 5 years at CTB FMCC, he had at least 5 successful exits including E2O Communication Inc., GeoVision Technologies Inc., Taiwan IC Packaging Co., Ltd., Harmony Electronics Corporations and Advanced Analog Technology Inc.From 2001 to 2002, John served as Assistant Vice President at KG Venture Capital Corporation (KG VCC), a new venture capital start up company with total funding of US$170mil. Prior to KG VCC, John was an Investment Manager at Hantech Venture Capital Corporation/H&Q Taiwan from 1998 to 2001.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Electronics | 1 | 50% |
| Semiconductor | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NEUCHIPS | NEUCHIPS is an AI ASIC solution that provides deep learning inference accelerators to deliver the lowest TCO for data centers. Their management and R&D team has decades of experience from leading semiconductor companies and hold patents in signal processing, neural networks, and circuit design.NEUCHIPS is a founding member of MLCommons andone of the founding members of the OCP community. | $20M | Series B | Oct 17, 2022 |  |
| Aiello | Aiello provides End-to-End Open Voice Platform(AOVP) to reduce the entry barrier for business customers and enable own voice service for domain-specific applications. | $5.8M | Seed | Sep 26, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wistron Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wistron-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cornerstone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-ventures-%E5%9F%BA%E7%9F%B3%E5%89%B5%E6%8A%95) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/powerchip-semiconductor-manufacturing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Raydium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raydium-ef05) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About JIF Capital

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing.With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia's experienced investment team hasinvested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed.Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships.

5 contacts available at JIF Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Lee | Senior Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-lee |
| Ben Li | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-li-2 |
| Jerry Cai | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-cai |
| John Lin Yu Chang | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lin-yu-chang |
| Kelly Lim | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-lim |

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## FAQ

### What does John Lin Yu Chang invest in?

John Lin Yu Chang invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Electronics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Lin Yu Chang last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Lin Yu Chang closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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