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專長：品牌研究
Tom Chiu 現任毅創投資基金合夥人和美國前五大天使團隊 Sand Hill Angels的董事會顧問。在著名育成中心 SparkLabs 和 PlugAndPlay擔任業師。至今投資超過50個項目，7個創投基金，擔任8家新創公司的顧問。經常在史丹佛大學商學院、卡內基美隆大學，加州大學柏克萊分校創新創業與科技中心，以及許多新創論壇或MBA課程擔任講師。擁有超過20年經驗 橫跨新創、中小和大型企業；在物聯網、行動、電子商務、虛實整合、消費性電子、專利授權等領域擁有豐厚經驗。
龔明鑫
副主委 @
國家發展委員會
Beware of the Gold Rush
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郭大經
總經理 @
開發創新管顧
50 Ways to Leave Your Problems
郭大經總經理在中華開發負責早期創業投資項目。目前負責籌集一檔早期創投基金，搭配創業加速器計畫，協助新創企業連結中華開發既有投資戶等之企業資源．同時負責阿里巴巴台灣創業者基金．
曾任宏全、州巧、新盛力等公司之董事。現擔任雲端科技公司Zentera 公司董事，自2008年即擔任時代基金會青年領袖培育計畫YEF及創業加速器Garage+之導師．
加入中華開發以前，曾共同創立MosArt Semiconductor Corp. 並擔任CEO，帶領研發及業務部門．
黃耀文
執行長@
阿碼科技
專長：資訊安全
阿碼科技創辦人，現任Proofpoint 技術副總
國際級資安專家，曾多次應邀 RSA、OWASP、SyScan、WWW、PHP 及 DSN 等全球知名科技年會發表演講，並為首位學術論文連續兩年(2003,2004)榮獲極富盛名的國際 WWW 年會最佳論文獎提名作者。合著有《21世紀之電腦安全》之〈網路應用程式安全〉（Springer US, 2005）。
曾任中央研究院資通安全專題中心（TWISC）資深顧問，及資訊科學研究所研究工程師。具國立交通大學資訊工程碩士學位、國立臺灣大學電機工程博士學位。
2005年創辦阿碼科技，獲得美國那斯達克上市公司Proofpoint用7.5億新台幣收購，創下近十年來台灣軟體商被收購的最高金額，成功打造一家躍上國際舞台的資安軟體公司。
簡志宇
投資人@
AME Cloud Ventures
專長：Entrepreneurship and venture investment
簡志宇是無名小站創辦人。無名小站在他帶領的團隊經營下成為台灣第一大社群網站並由雅虎併購。他在雅虎四年內管理數個國際團隊與產品。簡志宇現在是一名創投。他在取得史丹福商學院學位後加入雅虎創辦人楊致遠的創投公司AME Cloud Ventures.
陳播暉
大和企業投資@
副總經理
The Grass Is Greener on Your Side
陳播暉博士為台大化工系博士 (研究專長：生醫材料之開發及改良)，並擁有特許金融分析師(CFA)之證照，同時具備生醫及財務之背景。
陳博士曾服務於南港生技育成中心、經濟部生醫產業發展推動小組、財團法人生物技術開發中心等單位，負責企業育成、投資媒合、商務規劃、新創事業、產業推動等事務，期間歷任多項主管職務並參與多項重要專案，熟悉產官學研之協調運作，以及生技產業之商業模式。
於生技中心服務期間，陳博士代表生技中心與日本大和證券集團旗下之大和企業投資(DCI)合作，成立大和台日生技創投基金，隨後並加入大和團隊，負責生技領域之投資業務。
詹益鑑
合夥人 @
之初創投
The Pilot and the Crew
創業與創投雙軌經歷，自 2004 年起先後服務於誠信開發、台灣工銀及聯訊創投。於台北市政府服替代役時，參與了無線網路城市計畫。2007 年起投身新創事業，累積不少募資與事業發展歷練。於 2010 年與 Jamie 共同創辦 AppWorks，推動創業與投資環境變革。自許為務實的理想主義者，熱愛三項運動與閱讀思辯。台大電機博士，政大商學碩士
PAUL HICKS
CO-FOUNDER @
BROOKMAYER & SMITH
The Wealthy Mind
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PAUL HICKS
CO-FOUNDER @
BROOKMAYER & SMITH
The Wealthy Mind
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Speakers
Motivating International Investment, Prioritizing Startup Growth in Taiwan
Ming-Ji Wu
Director General@
Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, MOEA
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Director General, Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs(Feb 2014 – Feb 2017)
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Executive Secretary, Board of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan (July 2013 - Feb. 2014)
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Advisor, Executive Yuan (June 2013 - Feb. 2014)
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Deputy Minister, Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan (2012 - 2013)
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Director General, Department of Industrial Technology, MOEA (2009 - 2012)
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Deputy Director General, Department of Industrial Technology, MOEA (2007 - 2009)
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Director, IT Industries Division, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (2006 - 2007)
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Deputy Director, IT Industries Division, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (2004 - 2006)
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Section Chief, IT Industries Division, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (1997 - 2004)
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Engineer/Senior Engineer, IT Industries Division, Industrial Development Bureau, MOEA (1991 - 1997)
William Bao Bean
General Partner@
SOSV
Expertise：Pitch, fund-raising, China & International Market
William is a Partner at SOSV, a US$235m accelerator focused venture capital fund, and the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, China's first startup accelerator.
William joined SOS Ventures from SingTel Innov8 where he, as Managing Director, supported China investment activities and led investments in Yodo1, Gmobi, Lekan, and Massive Impact among others. Previously, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, where he led investments in Silk Road Telecom, Playspan, Punch Entertainment and Peacesoft.
William began his career as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for Internet and Telecom Equipment across Asia and China technology, media and telecom. In addition he covered Digital Media and Telecom Equipment companies at Bank of America Securities in San Francisco and PCs and Enterprise Hardware at Bear Stearns in New York. William began his technology investment career 18 years ago as a technology analyst in Taiwan.
Swati Chaturvedi
Co-Founder and CEO @
Propel(x)
Expertise：Startups, Investing, Angel investing, VC
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Swati Chaturvedi founded the Propel(x) investment platform as a way to enable large-scale global investment in science and technology companies. As the CEO of Propel(x), she has pioneered a systematic, data driven approach to investing. Prior to starting Propel(x), Swati founded the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group and drove the syndication of multiple investments within the first year of formation. After starting Propel(x), she continues to be on the screening committee of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors Group.
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Previously Swati worked as an investment professional in Private Equity and Venture Capital, and as a management consultant.
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Swati has an MBA from the Sloan School of Management, an M.S. from MIT (Technology and Policy Program) and an M.S. from UC Berkeley (Civil Engineering). She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
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Outside of work, Swati loves to spend time with family, watch movies and read.
Early Stage Investment Trend and Technical Development under the Era of Internet +X
Ting-An Wang
Deputy CEO @
Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency(ASVDA)
Expertise：Science and technology administration、Management
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Dr. Ting-An Wang serves as Deputy CEO of Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA) and concurrently Counselor of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)of Taiwan.
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From 2012 to 2016, Dr. Wang was the Director of Science and Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural office (TECO)in San Francisco representing the interest of MOST in Silicon Valley.
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Dr. Wang was the Director of Science and Technology Division of TECO in Canada between 2007 and 2012.
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Prior to his foreign post, Dr. Wang was the Executive Secretary of Science & Technology advisory Group (STAG), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan, which is responsible for the planning of the national science and technology policy, the strengthening of the national innovation system and the development of emerging industrial technology strategy. He also served as the CEO of National Information & Communication Security Taskforce (NICST), as well as the Executive Secretary of National Information and Communication Initiative (NICI) committee, and actively promoted National Development Programs such as e-Taiwan, M-Taiwan and UNS project, moving Taiwan into a Ubiquitous Networks Society.
Alexander Nowotny
Managing Partner@
Global Technology Alliance GTA GmbH
Expertise：Building, selling and investing in ICT /TMT companies in fast moving markets
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+15 yrs experience in senior positions in ICT and TMT
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Involved in building up Incubator Labs in Berlin and Munich, Germany
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Executed all aspects of the business, from founding, acceleration, alteration, negotiation, purchase and sale.
Ted Yao
General Manager @
SinoStar Capital
Expertise：Business Model, Industries Network, Supporting and Coaching Entrepreneurs
Managing Emerging Fortune Capital and Emerging Creation Capital venture funds. Focus on early investment on AI, IOT, Industry 4.0, EC, Media and SaaS. Served VC business for 25 years and was president of Taya Venture and Sino Photonics Venture Holdings. Supported more than 30 companies through IPO, over ten of them was invested since seed money. Now still serve as board member of some listed IT firms such as Youngtek, Jentech, Ledilink. Full of passion to accompany and incubate young entrepreneurs to develop business model, connect partnerships, and overcome bottlenecks.
SL Ho
President@
Connector
Expertise：Marketing、A.I.、Digitialisation、IoT
Serial entrepreneur, passionate in A.I., sport and nurturing younger generation.SL served in New World Group, PCCW, ST Electronics, and the Chinese Public Security Bureau since moving to Hong Kong in 2008. SL was the Program Director and leads the project team of the EYE Program (powered by Google) in 2016, and after the successful of EYE Program in Hong Kong and Asia, SL become the president of Connector, inter-connect resources such as co-working space, talents, training resources, corporates, government resources, investors, and business connection between different sectors and countries, to co-create a mutual entrepreneurs ECO across APAC, SL is also the judge of HKUST one million dollar entrepreneurship competition. SL delivers training of Marketing & Strategy and AI in varies universities across Hong Kong & Taiwan, and FITI program by MOST. SL becomes the Executive Committee of Wanchai Sports Federation since early 2017, to promoting sports to younger generation in Hong Kong.
Terence Sim
Associate Director@
Vickers Venture Partners
Expertise：Investment, Equity, Financial Analysis, Venture Capital
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Mr. Terence Sim joined Vickers in 2009 and is based in Singapore. He works closely with the investment committee and he is focused on advising current portfolio companies on their business strategies, helping the companies drive subsequent funding rounds and seek potential exit opportunities. Mr. Sim is also focused on sourcing potential deals for Vickers, making investment recommendation to the investment committee and conducting due diligence for potential investments.
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Mr. Sim is also responsible for monitoring the stock markets in the region and managing the sale of the shares of the portfolio companies upon their IPO listing and the treasury positions of the Group, using his experience and knowledge from his time as an analyst in a hedge fund.
Lisheng Wang
Co-Founder & President@
Propel(x)
Expertise：Startups, Financial Model, Corporation Strategies
Lisheng has 15-year experiences in financial service, management consultant, and technology industry. He worked in risk management (Wells Fargo), business strategy (KeyBank), public strategy consultant (World Bank), and software engineering (Microsoft). Lisheng is the Co-Founder of MIT Alumni Angels and now also participates in its Advisory Committee.
Prospects of Taiwan’s Next Promising Stars: Startup Valued above Billion Dollars
David Weng
CIO @
Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency(ASVDA)
Expertise：Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Software engineering, IoT Technology
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David Weng is an angel investor with a track record of bringing start-up companies to successful IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. He has invested in about 80 early stage high technology companies. Some of the more notable successes include the Netscreen Technologies IPO and its acquisition by Juniper Networks for US$4 billion in 2004, and Protego Networks’ acquisition by Cisco Systems.
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Prior to his investment projects, David served as Software Engineering Director at Cisco Systems and at Hewlett-Packard before that. He has over 20 years of experience in software engineering and Internet Technologies. He is President of the Silicon Valley Taiwan Angels Group and on the board of the San Jose State University Tower Foundation as he received his M.S. in Computer Science Engineering from San Jose State University in 1983.
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Asia Silicon Valley Development initiative, which aims to make Taiwan a hub for internet-based innovation and entrepreneurship in Asia, is a major component of Taiwan’s economic reform agenda. David is one of the architects of Asia Silicon Valley Development Initiative and serves as the Chief Investment Officer.
Yvonne Chen
Partner@
WI Harper Group
Expertise：International wireless & telecommunications industry and corporate investments
Yvonne began her professional life as a system engineer for Taiwanese satellite communications pioneer Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI); later as Account Manager, she was stationed in the Silicon Valley to support MTI’s largest customer DMC. Yvonne returned to Taiwan in 2000 and started her career in venture capital, working under former Finance Deputy Minister Yang Zi-jiang at CDIB & Partners Investment, with a focus on wireless and telecommunications investments in Silicon Valley, San Diego, and Taiwan. In 2002 she was invited to join H&Q AP, where she continued to focus on early stage investments but expanded her scope to mobile, security and software in Silicon Valley, Taiwan, and France.
Tina Cheng
Partner@
Cherubic Ventures
Expertise：Competitive Analysis, Marketing Strategy
Tina is the partner at Cherubic Ventures' Taiwan office. She has extensive experience working in the education and technology sector. Her past employers include Yahoo, Cisco, Trianz Consulting, and Ogilvy & Mather.
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A serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Arthur works as the Executive Director at BE Capital, a healthcare focused investment firm, where he manages and invests a portfolio of medical technology ventures in the USA and Greater China. Meanwhile, he is also an impact investor at #43 Ventures, with strong dedication to supporting youth entrepreneurship. Prior to VC/PE experience, Arthur was the CEO of Kenyataa Light World- the start-up he founded in 2010, to develop transformational technologies and business models that revolutionize the economics & daily tasks of improvised families in Africa and developing countries.
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Arthur received his EMBA from Columbia and London business Schools, and is taking Stanford GSB’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. He is also an amateur Jazz sax and basketball lover.
Arthur Chen
Executive Director@
BE Capital
Expertise：Venture Capital, Private Equity
Alan Kuan Hsu
General Partner@
KK Fund
Expertise：Venture Capitalist, Private Equity, M&A, Supply Chain Management, Management Consulting
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Alan Kuan Hsu is the Co-Founder and General Partner of KK Fund, focusing on early stage internet and mobile investments in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He started his career in management consulting with McKinsey & Co. in the US, then focused on supply chain management in the US and China while at Solectron, an Electronics Manufacturing Services provider.
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Alan obtained an MBA/MA joint degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and became an investment banker in the US with Goldman Sachs executing M&A deals in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector.
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He subsequently moved to Singapore, executing PE deals at Temasek throughout the region prior to becoming a Venture Capitalist responsible for GREE Ventures' Southeast Asian operations.
Akio Tanaka
Co-Founder & Managing Partner@
Infinity Venture Partners
Expertise：Startups, Venture Capital
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Akio invests and sometimes co-founds early stage ventures in Asia, specializing in consumer Internet, media, and SaaS platforms. Some of the past and current investments include AppAnnie, 36Kr, Farfetch, freee, Groupon Japan, Soracom, DeNA China (WapTX), Strikingly. Previously co-founded Groupon Japan and Farfetch Japan and in Taiwan currently sitting on the boards of KKBOX, Pinkoi, Mixerbox and 17.
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Akio was formerly the head of venture investment program for Adobe in Asia and was responsible for Adobe's corporate venture investment in Greater China, Japan, and India.