WI Harper Group

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm with cross-border operations in the United States and Greater China. Founded in 1993 and based in San Francisco, the firm maintains a presence in Beijing and Taipei and invests in early and early-expansion stages across the United States, Mainland China, Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. It focuses on technology, healthcare, biotech, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability and new media, supporting portfolio companies from seed through growth rounds and working to help them scale globally through international collaboration.

Paul Chau

Senior Partner

Yvonne Chen

Venture Partner

Eric Fu

Director

Vincent Gao

Vice President and Partner

Shahi Ghanem

Managing Director

Winnie Hsu

Partner

Joyce Lee

Principal

James Lee

Venture Partner

Terry Li

Analyst

Calvin Liao

Associate

Tong Liu

Investor

Edward Liu

Partner

Jimmy Lu

Managing Director

Louie Lu

Associate

Kelvin Sun

Principal

Yigong Wang

COO

Phoebe Wang

Partner

Harrison Wu

Director

Earl Yu

Vice President and Principal

Past deals in Networking

Pica8

Series C in 2021
Pica8 Inc., founded in 2009 and based in Palo Alto, California, develops systems and database management software for networking solutions. The company's key products include AmpCon, a tool for automated switch orchestration, configuration, and management, and PicOS, a network operating system designed for white box switches. Pica8's technology enables the integration of various white box and brite box switches with existing layer-2/layer-3 networks, enhancing scalability through OpenFlow. The company aims to fulfill the promise of true software-defined networking (SDN) by providing open, hardware-independent switching systems that offer greater flexibility, adaptability, and cost savings for cloud and virtualized applications. Pica8 markets its products globally through authorized resellers.

Platina Systems

Series A in 2017
Platina Systems Corp., established in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializes in manufacturing network equipment, primarily switches. The company's core business involves producing high-quality networking hardware designed for efficient data management and transmission within organizational infrastructures.
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