The two strategic backers in computer processor company SandForce have returned as part of a venture consortium investing $25m in the company’s series D round.
US-based LSI and Taiwan chip maker UMC through its corporate venturing division, UMC Capital, had previously joined as new investors in SandForce’s $21m series C round in November.
Venture capital firm Canaan Partners led SandForce’s D round, with VC peers DCM, Storm Ventures and Translink Capital also participating.
The company did not mention its other C round investors: A-Data Technology, storage equipment makers and VCs Red Maple Ventures and Darwin Ventures.
Founded in December of 2006, SandForce completed its series A financing in April 2007 and series B in April 2008, both of undisclosed sizes.