Canesta has had four successful funding rounds with participation from leading venture capital organizations and has raised $60 Million to date.
Major investors include:
Quanta Computer
Quanta Computer is the underlying manufacturer for many name-brand PCs and notebook computers, as well as a broad-based supplier of sub-assemblies. Quanta's consolidated sales in 2008, at today’s rates, were approximately US$25 billion.
SMSC
SMSC is a leading developer of Smart Mixed-Signal Connectivity™ solutions. The company is focused on delivering connectivity solutions that enable the proliferation of data in personal computers, automobiles, portable consumer devices and other applications. SMSC is headquartered in New York and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia, Europe and India. Additional information is available at www.smsc.com.
Carlyle Growth Partners
The Carlyle Group is one of the world's largest private equity firms, with more than $44.3 billion under management. With 42 funds across four investment disciplines (buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance), Carlyle combines global vision with local insight, relying on a top-flight team of more than 350 investment professionals operating out of offices in 16 countries to uncover superior opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Since 1987, the firm has invested $22.4 billion in over 500 transactions for a total purchase price of nearly $95 billion. In the aggregate, Carlyle portfolio companies have more than $68 billion in revenue and employ more than 300,000 people around the world.
Visit www.carlyle.com for additional information.Hotung Venture Group
Hotung Group ("Hotung") was established in 1987. The founding shareholders include Tai Lung Capital, DaiWa Securities, now NIF SMBC Ventures Co., Chiatung Bank, now Mega International Financial Holding Corp. and Feng Tay Enterprise, et cetera.
After 20 years' successful investments and proven track records, Hotung has evolved and become one of the top venture capital firms in Taiwan with over $350M under management. More than 130 companies in our portfolio went public in Asia and USA. Over time, Hotung Group has invested in more than four hundred and sixty companies worldwide, of which more than ninety are in US. This network is a very important resource for our value adds and future investments. Hotung has since returned more than $600M capital to its fund investors.
Korea Global IT Fund (KGIF)
KGIF is a $100M international venture capital fund created in 2002, with offices in Menlo Park, Seoul and Tel Aviv, co-managed by SFK Technologies, KDB Capital, and STIC Ventures. With the South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) as anchor investor, KGIF is investing in Korean and Korean related IT companies that have the potential to become a worldwide leader in their category. Key areas of focus for investments include semiconductor, wireless, broadband to the home, display, enterprise software, and on-line gaming.
Venrock
Venrock was founded as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller Family and today continues a six-decade tradition of funding entrepreneurs and establishing successful, enduring companies.
Venrock's activities have focused on early stage companies in information technology and healthcare, with investments in such companies as Intel, Apple Computer, Stratacom, Check Point Software, Visual Networks, and DoubleClick in the IT sector, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Genetics Institute, Oratec Interventions, and Caliper Technologies in the healthcare sector.



