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Does MediaTek support Israel?
MediaTek Inc.
MediaTek does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Background
MediaTek's record on Israel is commercial and narrow: two minority strategic investments in Israeli semiconductor startups — VisIC Technologies of Ness Ziona in October 2020 and proteanTecs of Haifa in September 2021 — and nothing beyond them. No donation, aid, in-kind gift, employee campaign or public statement of support for Israel was found, and neither investment was accompanied by one. The claim that the Taiwanese chip designer runs Israeli R&D does not hold up: MediaTek's own contact page lists its global offices — Taiwan, mainland China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Finland, the UAE and Egypt — and Israel is not among them. Israeli customers reach MediaTek through independent local component representatives such as CIDEV Group of Hod Hasharon, which lists MediaTek among the semiconductor lines it represents; that is a third-party sales agency, not a MediaTek subsidiary. MediaTek is listed in Taipei (TWSE: 2454), is not an SEC registrant and has no US corporate foundation, so US filing and 990 databases contain nothing about it in either direction.
MediaTek — Contact us / global offices (official) CIDEV Group (Hod Hasharon, Israel) — MediaTek product line page
Timeline of documented records
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment / program | 2020-10-19 | — | VisIC Technologies Ltd. (Ness Ziona, Israel) MediaTek Inc. joined the Series E financing round of VisIC Technologies Ltd., a gallium-nitride power-semiconductor company based in Ness Ziona, Israel. VisIC's own announcement of 19 October 2020 names MediaTek as a participant and quotes Dr. Lawrence Loh, a senior vice-president of MediaTek; neither the size of the round nor MediaTek's share of it was disclosed, so no amount is recorded here. This is a minority equity investment in an Israeli supplier — commerce, not a donation, aid or a statement of support. The SemiEngineering roundup cited alongside it reports the same deal and links back to VisIC's announcement, so the two citations are one witness, not two. | |
| Investment / program | 2021-09-23 | — | proteanTecs (Haifa, Israel) MediaTek's corporate venture arm, MediaTek Capital, was one of the strategic investors in a $50 million round for proteanTecs, a chip-telemetry company headquartered in Haifa, Israel, announced on 23 September 2021. proteanTecs described it as an extension of its growth equity round — led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and joined by Advantest, Porsche SE and Allied Group subsidiary Champion Motors along with existing investors — taking the company's total funding to $150 million; SemiEngineering reported the same money as a Series C. The $50 million is the whole round, not MediaTek's money, and MediaTek's own share was never disclosed, so no amount is recorded against MediaTek. Brian Hsu, managing partner of MediaTek Capital, was quoted in the announcement. A minority equity investment — commerce, not a donation or a statement of support. SemiEngineering links back to the same announcement, so this is one witness cited twice. |
Frequently asked questions
Did MediaTek donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Investment / program), which is not the same as support — see the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 6 distinct sources are cited for MediaTek. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-26
- VisIC Technologies — "VisIC Technologies raises Series E to support growing EV market" (company announcement, 19 October 2020) visic-tech.com
- SemiEngineering — Startup Funding: October 2020 semiengineering.com
- proteanTecs — "Strategic Investment in proteanTecs from Industry Leaders MediaTek and Advantest, Joined by Porsche Automobil Holding SE" (company announcement, Haifa, 23 September 2021) proteantecs.com
- SemiEngineering — Startup Funding: September 2021 semiengineering.com
- MediaTek — Contact us / global offices (official) mediatek.com
- CIDEV Group (Hod Hasharon, Israel) — MediaTek product line page cidevgroup.com