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MediaTek Inc. ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC AUDIT UPDATED 2026-08-28
Economic Score 3.98 /10 D MediaTek Inc. - BDS-1000 332
Economic 3.98

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Economic Audit: MediaTek

Supply Chain & Sourcing Relationships

MediaTek’s reviewed public disclosures and channel materials concern semiconductors, R&D, venture investment, and electronics distribution rather than food or agricultural procurement.1234
No public evidence identified for MediaTek sourcing from Israeli agricultural exporters, produce categories, or seasonal fresh-produce procurement in the reviewed source set.1234567
No public evidence identified for a dedicated Israeli importer-of-record entity for goods originating from the region in the reviewed public materials.567
The earlier claim that MediaTek had a controlled entity named MediaTek Semiconductor (Israel) Ltd. is not substantiated by the fresh primary-source review summarized in the updated memo, which reports no Israel hit and no MediaTek Semiconductor (Israel) hit in the live-retrieved 2022 English annual report text and no Israel entry on the current subsidiary-information page reviewed in this run.57
MediaTek had documented commercial distribution into Israel for chip products through third-party channel partners.8910111213
Rutronik stated on 7 March 2023 that it signed a franchise agreement to distribute MediaTek IoT chipsets in “Europe and Israel.”811
Mouser announced on its Israel site in September 2023 that it had signed a global distribution agreement with MediaTek for embedded processors and SoC solutions.912
DigiKey’s Israel site currently hosts a MediaTek supplier page, and the updated memo records that the live retrieval presented it as a current “Preferred Supplier” page, indicating publicly visible Israel-directed channel availability in 2026.101413
No public evidence identified for settlement-specific resellers, warehouses, or distributors in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights in the reviewed channel materials.8910111213

Product Origin, Labeling & Regulatory Compliance

The reviewed MediaTek materials do not describe consumer-goods sourcing or origin-labeling practices.1234
No public evidence identified for settlement-origin goods, “Produce of Israel” labeling issues, DEFRA or customs actions, or analogous origin-labeling findings in the reviewed source set.12341516
No public evidence identified for a public MediaTek policy on sourcing from, or labeling goods from, occupied or contested territories in the reviewed annual, ESG, and corporate materials.124
The updated memo preserves the conclusion that the reviewed MediaTek materials are semiconductor- and channel-focused rather than consumer-goods origin-labeling materials.124

Investment, Capital & Financial Exposure

MediaTek’s 2024 consolidated report disclosed current equity positions held through MTKC Global Holdings Co. Limited in NeuroBlade Ltd. and PROTEANTECS LTD. as of 31 December 2024.17
The report listed NeuroBlade Ltd. at 2,437,370 shares, USD 5.539 million, and 4% ownership at year-end 2024.17
The same report listed PROTEANTECS LTD. at 251,981 shares, USD 3.846 million, and 1% ownership at year-end 2024.17
MediaTek’s 2023 consolidated report similarly listed NeuroBlade Ltd. at 2,437,370 shares and 5% ownership and PROTEANTECS LTD. at 251,981 shares and 1% ownership as of 31 December 2023.18
MediaTek’s 2023 consolidated report also listed Valens Semiconductor Ltd. at 846,010 shares, USD 2.073 million, and 1% ownership as of 31 December 2023.1918
NeuroBlade’s official materials identify NeuroBlade, Ltd. in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and the updated memo states that current public materials describe the company as operating from Tel Aviv and Palo Alto and identify MediaTek among its investors.2021
proteanTecs lists offices in Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel, alongside Taiwan and other locations.2223
A 2021 PR Newswire release stated that MediaTek made a strategic investment in proteanTecs alongside other investors.24
MediaTek’s Ventures page states that it operates a USD 300 million balance-sheet venture fund and is “not constrained by geography,” which is consistent with the Israel-linked startup positions disclosed in its financial statements.251726
Valens announced in April 2017 that MediaTek was a new investor in its USD 60 million financing round.27
Valens announced again in May 2021 that MediaTek participated in its PIPE financing for the NYSE listing transaction.28
Valens’ 2026 Form 20-F states that Valens is organized under Israeli law and has principal executive offices in Hod Hasharon, Israel.29
MediaTek’s 2021 consolidated report disclosed additional Israel-linked portfolio exposures through MTKC Global Holdings Co. Limited, including Innoviz Technologies Ltd. at 1%, VisIC Technologies Ltd. at 1%, NeuroBlade Ltd. at 6%, Valens Semiconductor Ltd. at 1%, PROTEANTECS LTD. at 1%, and an interest in Viola Ventures VI, L.P..30
Innoviz’s current public contact page identifies Innoviz Technologies Ltd - HQ in Rosh Ha’Ayin, Israel.31
VisIC’s current public contact page lists an Israel address in Ness Ziona, Israel.3233
Viola’s current public site describes Viola as “Israel’s leading technology investment group” and states that Viola Growth is an Israeli-based technology growth capital fund.34
The reviewed 2024 MediaTek report excerpt did not surface Valens, and the updated memo materially narrows the later-status conclusion by stating that text searches of the live-retrieved 2025 consolidated report did not surface NeuroBlade, PROTEANTECS, Valens Semiconductor, Innoviz, VisIC, Viola, or Israel in the extracted PDF text reviewed in this run.17192935
The same 2025 consolidated report still shows MTKC Global Holdings Co. Limited as a British Virgin Islands general-investing subsidiary, but no Israel-domiciled controlled operating subsidiary was identified in the reviewed schedule.35
MediaTek’s 2026 shareholder-meeting agenda records 2025 “proceeds from disposal of equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income” of NTD 865,180,979, but the reviewed filing extracts do not identify which portfolio positions were sold.3637
Accordingly, the reviewed 2025 parent-company-only and 2025 consolidated materials do not establish whether the previously disclosed Israeli portfolio positions in NeuroBlade, proteanTecs, Valens, Innoviz, VisIC, or Viola-related funds remained held, were reduced below disclosure thresholds, or were exited in 2025.363839354037
No public evidence identified in the reviewed MediaTek disclosures for Israeli sovereign bonds, Israel Bonds, underwriting of Israeli state debt, or similar state-finance exposure.171938393537
The reviewed Israel-linked items were equity stakes in technology companies and funds rather than disclosed state-debt instruments.1719253026
No public evidence identified for MediaTek-owned factories, data centers, logistics hubs, or real estate in Israel or occupied territories in the reviewed source set.1231735
No public evidence identified for a current Israel-based MediaTek R&D center, accelerator, or innovation lab in official current site maps or subsidiary information reviewed in this expansion run.2367
No public evidence identified for any acquired Israeli operating company or current controlling stake in an Israeli operating company; the reviewed Israel-linked items are minority portfolio positions rather than controlling operating ownership.17191835

Operational Presence & Market Activity

MediaTek’s current office-locations page lists Taiwan headquarters and offices in the UAE, Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Singapore, the UK, and the US, but not Israel.3
MediaTek’s current office-locations page also lists Hsinchu headquarters and offices in Dubai, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mainland China, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK, and the US; Israel is not listed on that current public location page.416
MediaTek’s current subsidiary-information page, as reviewed in the updated memo, also did not surface Israel in the reviewed page text.7
MediaTek’s 2024 ESG overview states that the company had 19,335 staff across 32 sites at year-end 2024, and the reviewed site map does not name Israel.2
The reviewed current careers openings page does not list Israel among searchable hiring locations.42
MediaTek’s current careers home page likewise highlights Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, India, USA, UK, Japan, and Mainland China, and the reviewed current careers materials did not surface Israel as a current recruiting geography.41
MediaTek’s 2024 annual report gives headquarters at No. 1, Dusing 1st Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and the updated memo states that a text search of that annual report returned no Israel hit in the reviewed run.43
No public evidence identified for MediaTek-operated retail locations, warehouses, or support centers in occupied territories in the reviewed materials.389106111213
No Israel-specific workforce count, tax registration, or Israel revenue breakdown was identified in the reviewed annual report, ESG overview, subsidiary-information page, or shareholder materials.12743
The quantified workforce disclosure reviewed was global and regional only, including 19,335 total staff, 5,747 in Asia-Pacific outside Taiwan, 352 in Europe, and 752 in the Americas.2
MediaTek’s 2025 parent-company-only report states that the company had 12,304 average employees in 2025 at the parent-company level; no Israel-specific headcount was identified there either.3840
No Israel-specific market characterization was identified in the reviewed 2024 annual report or current corporate overview.14
No Israel-specific revenue breakdown, tax registration line, or market characterization was identified in the reviewed current MediaTek annual-report, ESG, careers, office-location, subsidiary-information, or shareholder materials.12436446743
Authoritative UN and OHCHR materials relevant to settlement-activity screening were identified in the research memo, but the reviewed source set did not establish a directly verifiable MediaTek naming from those materials.45461516
Trusted local canonical-library full-text checks supplied with the expansion run found no mention of MediaTek in the reviewed local copies of the OHCHR settlement-database updates, A/HRC/59/23, DBIO 2024/2025, PAX Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers (2024), Ensuring Genocide insurance screening, KLP exclusions, and other named NGO reports; this was a document-scoped absence in the checked reports rather than a claim of universe-wide absence.4546

Corporate Structure & Foundational Ties

MediaTek’s 2024 annual report gives headquarters at No. 1, Dusing 1st Rd., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.143
MediaTek’s corporate overview identifies MediaTek Incorporated, listed on TWSE as 2454, as a global fabless semiconductor company.4
The reviewed sources did not identify MediaTek as founded in Israel, headquartered in Israel, principally managed from Israel, or Israeli tax-resident.14643
MediaTek’s current office-locations page still identifies Hsinchu as headquarters, and MediaTek’s anniversary page states that MediaTek was founded on 28 May 1997.4147
MediaTek’s anniversary and corporate materials state that MediaTek was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.4743
MediaTek’s current corporate overview describes MediaTek as operating with “offices and research facilities across the globe,” but the current public office list does not include Israel.4416
As of 4 January 2025, the reviewed annual report listed top shareholders including Ming-Kai Tsai at 2.61%, Chui-Hsing Lee at 2.46%, and the Government of Singapore at 2.37%.1
MediaTek’s 2024 annual report lists top shareholders as of 4 January 2025, and no shareholder at 10% or more was identified there.43
The reviewed sources still do not identify an Israeli shareholder at 10% or more in MediaTek.143
MediaTek’s 2026 shareholder-meeting agenda lists director shareholdings as of 31 March 2026, including Chairman Ming-Kai Tsai at 2.61%, and no Israel-linked controlling shareholder was identified in the reviewed materials.37
The updated memo affirmatively weakens the earlier Israel-subsidiary claim by reporting that the direct re-review of the 2022 English annual report found no Israel hit and no MediaTek Semiconductor (Israel) hit in the retrieved PDF text.5
The 2021 English annual report confirms that Richtek IC Design Ireland Limited is an Ireland entity established in November 2020, which the updated memo cites as support for correcting an earlier erroneous “Israel” reading of that note.48
No public evidence identified for a disclosed acquired Israeli operating company with acquisition date, acquisition price, and current controlled operating footprint.492545357
No public evidence identified for Israeli government board appointees, Israeli state ownership, Israeli critical-infrastructure designation, or governance devices structurally tying MediaTek to the Israeli state in the reviewed source set.14363743
No public evidence identified in the reviewed authoritative materials for personal or family-office investments by MediaTek’s named controlling principals into Israeli companies that were disclosed as corporate-governance-relevant holdings.3743

Profit Repatriation & Economic Contribution

No public evidence identified for a disclosed Israel revenue line, Israel segment reporting, or Israel profit contribution in the reviewed MediaTek annual report and ESG materials.12
No public evidence identified for a disclosed Israel revenue line, Israel segment reporting, or Israel profit contribution in the reviewed MediaTek annual-report, ESG, consolidated, unconsolidated, or current shareholder materials.12364435403743
MediaTek’s 2024 related-party tables show intra-group revenues, dividends, and loans among MediaTek and non-Israel subsidiaries, but no Israel-specific profit-repatriation line was identified in the reviewed disclosure set.17
MediaTek’s 2024 and 2025 related-party and investee materials reviewed here do not surface an Israel-specific profit-repatriation line.1738393540
No public evidence identified for public assessments naming MediaTek itself as a key employer, sector anchor, infrastructure provider, or critical economic actor in Israel.17891022203567232133
The documented Israel-linked economic footprint in the reviewed sources is limited to portfolio investment in Israeli chip companies and Israel-directed distribution channels.1789102220
The documented Israel-linked economic footprint in the union record remains limited to minority portfolio investment in Israeli technology companies and funds and Israel-directed electronics distribution channels.172589103031323426111213
Because no current Israel-domiciled MediaTek operating entity was verified in the updated memo’s fresh primary-source review, no public evidence identified for ongoing profit flows from a current Israeli MediaTek subsidiary to Taiwan or other MediaTek group entities.53567
The current public MediaTek site does not explain whether any historical Israel-specific entity reference remains active, dormant, renamed, or wound down, and the updated memo preserves that the current public record does not verify a current Israel-domiciled MediaTek operating entity.4138567

Footnotes

  1. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/728015/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Annual%20Reports/2024-English-Annual-Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17

  2. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/MediaTek_ESG_Highlight.pdf?hsLang=en ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14

  3. https://corp.mediatek.com/about/office-locations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  4. https://www.mediatek.com/company/discover ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  5. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/728015/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Annual%20Reports/2022-English-Annual-Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  6. https://corp.mediatek.com/about/office-locations ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  7. https://www.mediatek.com/company/subsidiary-information ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  8. https://www.rutronik.com/article/rutronik-and-mediatek-bring-cutting-edge-iot-solutions-to-device-makers-in-europe-and-israel ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  9. https://www.mouser.co.il/newsroom/publicrelations-mediatek-new-manufacturer-2023final ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  10. https://www.digikey.co.il/en/supplier-centers/mediatek ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  11. https://www.rutronik.com/article/rutronik-and-mediatek-bring-cutting-edge-iot-solutions-to-device-makers-in-europe-and-israel ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  12. https://www.mouser.co.il/newsroom/publicrelations-mediatek-new-manufacturer-2023final ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  13. https://www.digikey.co.il/en/supplier-centers/mediatek ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  14. https://www.digikey.co.il/en/supplier-centers/mediatek ↩

  15. https://www.un.org/unispal/document/a-hrc-59-23-from-economy-of-occupation-to-economy-of-genocide-report-special-rapporteur-francesca-albanese-palestine-2025/ ↩ ↩2

  16. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session31/database-hrc3136/23-06-30-Update-israeli-settlement-opt-database-hrc3136.pdf ↩ ↩2

  17. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2024/Q4-Consolidated-Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14

  18. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2023/%E7%AC%AC4%E5%AD%A3-%E5%90%88%E4%BD%B5%E8%B2%A1%E5%8B%99%E5%A0%B1%E5%91%8A.pdf?hsLang=zh-tw ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  19. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2023/Q4-Consolidated-Report.pdf?hsLang=en ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  20. https://www.neuroblade.com/contact-us/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  21. https://www.neuroblade.com/about/ ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.proteantecs.com/contact ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  23. https://www.proteantecs.com/contact ↩ ↩2

  24. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/strategic-investment-in-proteantecs-from-industry-leaders-mediatek-and-advantest-joined-by-porsche-automobil-holding-se-to-advance-electronics-health-monitoring-301384033.html ↩

  25. https://www.mediatek.com/company/ventures ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  26. https://www.mediatek.com/company/ventures ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  27. https://www.valens.com/newsroom/valens-raises-60m-to-boost-growth-innovation-in-automotive-industry/ ↩

  28. https://www.valens.com/newsroom/valens-semiconductor-market-leader-in-high-speed-connectivity-to-become-public-company-and-list-on-nyse/ ↩

  29. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1863006/000121390026020108/ea0276757-20f_valens.htm ↩ ↩2

  30. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2021/Q4-Consolidated-Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  31. https://innoviz.tech/contact-us ↩ ↩2

  32. https://visic-tech.com/contact-gan-technology-expert/ ↩ ↩2

  33. https://visic-tech.com/contact-gan-technology-expert/ ↩ ↩2

  34. https://www.viola-group.com/ ↩ ↩2

  35. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2025/Q4%20Consolidated%20Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  36. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Shareholder%20Meetings/Meeting-Agenda/Meeting%20Agenda_2026.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  37. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Shareholder%20Meetings/Meeting-Agenda/Meeting%20Agenda_2026.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  38. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2025/Q4%20Unconsolidated%20Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  39. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2025/Q4%20Consolidated%20Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  40. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Financial%20Reports/2025/Q4%20Unconsolidated%20Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  41. https://yourcareers.mediatek.com/en ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  42. https://careers.mediatek.com/en/jobs ↩

  43. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/728015/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Annual%20Reports/2024-English-Annual-Report.pdf ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

  44. https://www.mediatek.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services ↩ ↩2

  45. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session31/database-hrc3136/23-06-30-Update-israeli-settlement-opt-database-hrc3136.pdf ↩ ↩2

  46. https://docs.un.org/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2

  47. https://www.mediatek.com/tek-talk-blogs/mediatek-28th-anniversary-our-continuous-journey-together ↩ ↩2

  48. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/728015/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Annual%20Reports/2021-English-Annual-Report.pdf?hsLang=en ↩

  49. https://www.mediatek.com/hubfs/728015/MediaTek%20Assets/Pdfs/Annual%20Reports/111%E5%B9%B4%E8%81%AF%E7%99%BC%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E5%B9%B4%E5%A0%B1.pdf?hsLang=zh-tw ↩