Phison Electronics and Kingston Technology were among the investors in the data centre technology developer, which is still in stealth mode.

Liqid, a US-based data centre technology startup still operating in stealth, raised $5.7m in seed funding yesterday from investors including electronics manufacturer Phison Electronics and computer hardware producer Kingston Technology.

The round, which included venture capital fund manager ABR Capital Management and additional investments aggregated by investment banking partnership DH Capital, will go to accelerating research and development as well as Liqid’s path to market.

Darwin Chen, vice president of Kingston Technology’s specialty flash storage business, said: “Liqid is poised…