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Speed Dating

Face to face interaction with early stage investors to seek investment opportunity; link directly to international resources for development

  • As we aim to create opportunities for startups to interact individually with investors, there will be a Speed Dating on Sept. 7; the activity will proceed in a series of “10-minute dating”

  • Having 33 domestic and international investors present in total; we will openly select 30 startups to interact with investors; each startups will meet up with about 5 investors

  • Intensify communication between investors and startups; increase the success rate of investment and fund-raising

  • See the outcomes of 2016 Matchup in FAQ

Rules & Registration

7/3~8/1

Registration Opened to Startups

8/11~16

Startups Fill in Matchup Forms
Startups

8/16~24

The Organizer Arranges Matchups 

8/30、31

Pre-date Meeting

9/7

Startups Meet with Investors

Notice：

  1. The selected startups will have to participate in the pre-date meeting before speed dating (Participants could choose to attend the 2-hour meeting either on Aug.30 or 31).

  2. Restrictions on startup participants: admission is limited to co-founder/founder (with company management rights & decision-making power) only.

  3. The organizer is entitled to the right of arranging matchups for startups.

  4. Speed Dating opens to the selected startups and investors only.

  5. If startups are interested in meeting with foreign investors, English version of company profile and BP is required (PPT/PDF format are both acceptable) and the length should be within 20-25 pages(templates).

  6. Please find frequently asked questions in FAQ.

  7. To ensure rights of applicants and companies, if you can't arrive, please inform us in advance. The organizer reserves the rights to limit and refuse future application for absentees without reasonable explanation.

Matchup Institutions

Europe anf America

Global Technology Alliance Alliance GTA GmbH

  • Alexander Nowotny/Managing Partner

  • Investment rounds: Seed and Angel

  • Fields of Investment：

    • ​ICT​

    • TMT​

Infinity Ventures

  • Akio Tanaka/Co-Founder & Managing partner

  • Investment rounds:Early-Stag

  • Fields of Investment:

    • consumer Internet

    • media

    • SaaS platforms

Propel(x)

  • Swati Chaturvedi/Co-Founder and CEO、
    Lisheng Wang/Co-Founder and President

  • Investment rounds:Seed and A round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Life Sciences, Computer Sciences, Cleantech, Agtech, Space, Telecommunication, Transportation, Industrial Technologies

Asia

KK Fund

  • Alan Kuan Hsu/Co-Founder & General Partner

  • Investment rounds: Seed round

  • Fields of Investment:

    • Internet 
    • Mobile

Connector​

  • SL Ho​/President

  • Investment rounds:  Angel and Pre-A round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • AI

    • IoT

    • Smart Living

Vickers Venture Partners 

  • ​Terence Sim/Associate Director

  • Investment rounds:Series A、Series 

  • Fields of Investment:：​

    • Life sciences, Technology, Media, Telecommunications, Consumer and Financial services

Taiwan

Cherubic Ventures

  • Tina Chien/Partner & Chief Representative of Taiwan

  • Investment rounds: Angel and A round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • ICT

    • TMT

WI Harper Group

  • Kelvin Sun/Vice President

  • Investment rounds: Pre-A, A, and B round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Telecommunication

    • Cloud-based technology, IoT

    • AI

    • VR/AR

    • Digital Health

Walden International

  • Samantha Lee/General manager special assistant

  • Investment rounds: seed or startup and expansion stag

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Internet & Digital Media、Semiconductors、Software & IT Services、Emerging Technologies

Top Taiwan Venture Capital (TTVC)

  •  Xue-Yan Gu/Deputy Manager

  • Investment rounds: From A round to rounds before IPO

  • Fields of Investment 

    • Biotechnology and Healthcare

SinoStar Capital 

  • Ted Yao/President

  • Investment rounds: Angel and A round

  • Fields of Investment:

    • ​AI、IoT 、ICT

    • SaaS

    • Digital Media

    • EC ​、Industry 4.0

TEN Incubation Corporation

  • Liao, Siang-Ru/ President

  • Investment rounds: initiation stage and early stage

  • Fields of Investment：

    • No limitation, professional technologies for innovation or business model is required.

 China Development Industrial Bank

  • Shun-Zhen Qiu/V.P.

  • Investment rounds:

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Mobile Internet

    • IoT

    • Cloud Technology

    • E.C.   

Daiwa Corporate Investment (DCI)

  • Brian Chen/Vice President
    Investment rounds: Angel, A, B, and C round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Biotechnology

King’s Bridge International Investment Management Corporation

  • Johnny Chen/CEO

  • Investment rounds: Angel round

  • Fields of Investment ：

    • Technology

    • Culture and Creativity Industry

    • Agriculture and Creativity Industry

    • Big Data

    • Biotechnology

Coming soon...

TA Taipei Angel Investment

  • Vincent Lu/ General Partner and Director

  • Investment rounds: Seed, Angel Round, A Round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Biotech & Clean Tech

    • Cultural Creativity Industry

    • Mobile & Commerce, 
      Software & Services,
      Technology & Hardware

SAGA UNITEK

  • Alex Tsai/Assistant Vice President

  • Investment rounds:Angel Round to C round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Biotech, Agriculture technology, optoelectronic, ICT, Internet, Software

FungLy Venture Capital

  • Light Lin/Chairman

  • Investment rounds: Angel and A round 

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Internet/ E-commerce

    • Digital content/Cultural and Creative Industry

    • Biotech

Pisces Capital

  • Anderssen Tu/Partner

  • Investment rounds: Angel

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Communication, IC Design, Photonics Medicine, Mobile Game, Architecture Design, Interactive Commerce, Social Enterprise, Gardening, Magazine

WISKEY CAPITAL

  • Wu, Siang-Syun/ Business Development Manage

  • Investment rounds: Pre-A

  • Fields of Investment：

    • IoT

    • Fintech

    • Revolutionary Industrial Technology(mainly focus on Medical Devices) 

GD1 Fund II

  • Beverly Chen/Vice President 

  • Investment rounds: Pre-A, A, and B round

  • Fields of Investment 

    • Enterprise Software

    • Internet

    • IoT

Trinity Investment Corporation

  • Huang, Yu-Wen/ Senior Vice President

  • Investment rounds: Angel and A round

  • Fields of Investment:：

    • ​Software

Taiwan Accelerator

  • Alex Tsai/Founding Partner

  • ​Investment rounds: Seed and Angel

  • Fields of Investment:

    • No limitation

CTBC Venture Capital Co., Ltd

  • Frank Wu/Sales Director of
    Investment Dep

  • Fields of Investment:：

    • ​Cultural and Creative Industry

    • Biotech

    • Consumer

    • Communication

    • Fintech

    • Mobile App

New Future Capital

  • Kurt Chen/Vice President

  • Investment rounds: Angel, A, B round and special situation

  • Fields of Investment：

    • TMT, New tech, Sports 

    • Buy-out/Consolidation    

Hotung Group

  • Steve Pan/Manager

  • Investment rounds:Angel Round to C round 

  • Fields of Investment:

    • AI、ICT、IoT

    • Others (with inonvative professional skills or business model)

Gamania Group

  • Lin Jiun-Ting/Manager of Business Investment Dep

  • Investment rounds: A round, B round

  • Fields of Investment:

    • Digital Entertainment, Mobile Internet, E- commerce, Film & Audio/ Media, AR/ VR, Advertising Technology

Guan-yin Capital

  • Huang, Yan-Xian/director

  • Investment rounds: Angel and A round

  • Fields of Investment:：​

    • ICT

    • ​IOT
    • Medical Devices
    • Cultural and Creative Industry

Angel Venture Capital

  • Benson Kao/Co-Founder

  • Investment rounds:Early Stage

  • Fields of Investment:：

    • Angel Venture Capital aims at early stage teams. We combine incubation and provide them comprehensive counseling and investment.

IKL Enterprise Co., Ltd.

  • Scott Chen/General Manager

  • Investment rounds: Seed Round, Angel Round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Biotech

    • Internet

    • Automobile    

Integral Group

  • Charles Chen/
    Investment Manager

  • Investment rounds: A, B round

  • Fields of Investment：

    • Biotech

    • Consumer

    • IoT

    • Internet  

Catalyst

  • Sunnie Lin/
    Vice President

  • Investment rounds:Angel Round, A round 

  • Fields of Investment:

    • ICT

    • TMT

WISTRON(Strategic Alliance)

  • Si-Ben Wu/Senior Special Assistant of President、
    Jian-Zhi Qiu/Marketing Manager

  • Tentative Investment rounds:Angel,Pre-A, A, and B round

  • Field of Cooperation：

    • Semiconductor, Optoelectronics, Electronic Components/ Engineering, precision Instrument, Computer & Computer Peripherals

Compal Electronics (Strategic Alliance)

  • Johnny Li/ Deputy Manager

  • Tentative Investment rounds:Angel and A round

  • Field of Cooperation：​

    • Software

    • IoT

    • ICT

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