# Leander Yu

> Leander Yu is the founder and CEO of Graid Technology Inc., a Sunnyvale-based startup that invented the world's first GPU-accelerated RAID solution for NVMe SSDs - SupremeRAID. With over 25 years in the storage industry and a prior successful exit (Bigtera to Silicon Motion in 2017), Yu built Graid in 2019 to solve a fundamental bottleneck: traditional RAID controllers can't keep up with modern NVMe speeds. By offloading RAID computation to a GPU, SupremeRAID delivers up to 28 million IOPS and 260GB/s throughput from a single card. The company raised a $30M Series B in March 2025 led by Foxconn and CTBC joint venture, and signed a landmark licensing deal with Intel for VROC technology in late 2025.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Graid Technology Inc.
- **Organizations:** Graid Technology Inc., Silicon Motion Technology Corp., Bigtera Limited, EZ Cloud Tech, Trend Micro / TCloud Computing
- **From:** Taiwan
- **Nationality:** Taiwanese
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
- **Known for:** Founded Graid Technology and created the world's first GPU-accelerated RAID card for NVMe SSDs (SupremeRAID), Led Bigtera to a successful acquisition by NASDAQ-listed Silicon Motion Inc. in 2017, Raised $47.95M total funding across Series A ($15M) and Series B ($30M) rounds

## Career timeline

- **1998** — Graduated from National Taiwan University with a BS in Computer Science and Information Engineering
- **2008** — Joined Trend Micro / TCloud Computing as Senior Architect, focusing on cloud and storage architecture
- **2012** — Founded EZ Cloud Tech in Taipei, Taiwan, serving as CEO
- **2014** — Co-founded Bigtera Limited as CEO & CTO, building a software-defined storage solution based on Ceph
- **2017** — Bigtera acquired by NASDAQ-listed Silicon Motion Inc.; Yu transitioned to Vice President at Silicon Motion
- **2019** — Left Silicon Motion to found Graid Technology Inc. in December 2019, developing GPU-accelerated RAID for NVMe SSDs
- **2021** — Graid Technology named one of the Ten Hottest Data Storage Startups of 2021 by CRN
- **2022** — Raised $15M Series A led by Capital TEN; SupremeRAID gained market traction
- **2024** — Launched SupremeRAID SR-1001 for edge computing; won 2024 Tech Trailblazers Award
- **2025-03** — Closed $30M Series B funding led by HH-CTBC Partnership (Foxconn + CTBC) and Yuanta Ventures
- **2025-08** — Launched SupremeRAID HE (HPC Edition); won Best of Show at FMS 2025
- **2025-10** — Signed strategic license agreement with Intel Corporation for VROC technology
- **2025-11** — Finalized Intel VROC licensing deal, taking over continuity for existing VROC customers

## Achievements

- Founded Graid Technology and created the world's first GPU-accelerated RAID card for NVMe SSDs (SupremeRAID)
- Led Bigtera to a successful acquisition by NASDAQ-listed Silicon Motion Inc. in 2017
- Raised $47.95M total funding across Series A ($15M) and Series B ($30M) rounds
- SupremeRAID delivers up to 28 million IOPS and 260GB/s throughput from a single PCIe card
- Secured a strategic license agreement with Intel Corporation for VROC technology (2025)
- Won Best of Show at Flash Memory Summit (FMS) 2025
- Won 2024 Tech Trailblazers Award
- Named Top 10 Enterprises of the Year at the 19th Taiwan Golden Torch Awards
- Named one of CRN's Ten Hottest Data Storage Startups of 2021
- Over 25 years of experience in storage, cloud, and system architecture

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Finalized Intel VROC licensing agreement, ensuring continuity for existing VROC customers and accelerating enterprise storage innovation
- **2025-10** — Signed strategic license agreement with Intel Corporation for VROC technology
- **2025-08** — Launched SupremeRAID HE (HPC Edition) globally and won Best of Show at Flash Memory Summit 2025
- **2025-03** — Closed $30M Series B funding led by HH-CTBC (Foxconn + CTBC joint venture) and Yuanta Ventures, with participation from Delta Electronics Capital and Harbinger Venture Capital
- **2024-06** — Announced SupremeRAID SE Beta Program - a bring-your-own-GPU model supporting up to 8 NVMe drives

## Links

- Website: https://graidtech.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leander-yu-6b3a3026
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/graidtechnology
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leander.yu/

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Last updated: 2026-05-16