AppWorks

AppWorks, founded in 2010 and based in Taipei, Taiwan, is a venture capital firm that focuses on supporting seed and early-stage startups primarily in Southeast Asia. It specializes in sectors such as artificial intelligence, the internet of things, web3, and blockchain. In addition to providing seed funding through its Accelerator program and growth financing via its funds, AppWorks offers educational initiatives through AppWorks School, which aims to equip aspiring engineers with the skills necessary for successful careers in the tech industry. The firm is dedicated to fostering innovation and growth within the startup ecosystem.

Jack An

Associate

Alyssa Chen

Principal

Nice Cheng

Partner

Sophie Chiu

Principal

Jamie Lin

Chairman, Founder and Managing Partner

Natalie Lin

Analyst

Michelle Lin

Analyst

Ching Tseng

Principal

Past deals in Eastern Asia

Kikitrade

Venture Round in 2022
Kikitrade is a cryptocurrency social investment platform founded in 2020 and based in Hong Kong. It caters to both beginners and experienced investors by offering a user-friendly and secure trading experience for digital assets. The platform is regulated by the Australian government financial intelligence agency, ensuring the protection of users' accounts. Kikitrade enables users to trade cryptocurrencies with zero commission fees while fostering an interactive and educational community within the app. This approach aims to make cryptocurrency investment accessible and engaging for mainstream investors.

PopChill

Seed Round in 2022
PopChill is a fashion luxury marketplace powered by AI authentication technology.

Numbers Protocol

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Numbers Protocol provides content verification for AI-powered companies and creativity tools. It offers efficient and low-cost digital provenance infrastructures and decentralized storage, which not only enhance trust in digital content but also provide a pathway for innovative content monetization strategies.

GoBuddy

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
GoBuddy provides online business software suite, online business operations management, gobuddy web solution, software development, operation management, and customized online business tech solutions.

EMQ

Series B in 2020
EMQ Limited is a Hong Kong-based financial technology startup established in 2014, with additional offices in Taiwan and China. The company focuses on creating a financial network across Asia, emphasizing remittance services. EMQ partners with financial institutions and strategic allies in various countries, including Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, to facilitate and settle cross-border remittances. The company has developed a mobile application that allows clients to borrow and transfer money efficiently. EMQ holds a Money Service Operator license from the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department and a Fund Transfer Operator license from Bank Indonesia, enabling it to provide affordable, secure, and real-time financial settlement services for users and global businesses.

WeMo Scooter

Series A in 2020
WeMo Scooter offers an innovative vehicle sharing service that enhances urban transportation in Taiwan. As the largest and most established provider in the region, WeMo provides users with the convenience of renting electric scooters through its app, accessible at various public and partner parking locations. The service operates around the clock, ensuring that riders can travel anywhere at any time. With features such as live tracking, 24/7 customer support, and insurance for all users, WeMo Scooter prioritizes a safe and seamless experience for its customers. By promoting the use of electric scooters, the company aims to reduce commuters' ecological footprints and transportation costs.

Omnichat

Seed Round in 2020
Omnichat is an omnichannel chat commerce platform for retail and ecommerce to increase sales and conversion. It helps brands to connect all social messengers such as WhatsApp, Line, IG & FB Messenger together and provide Sales, Marketing & Customer Service to retail and ecommerce brand

XREX

Seed Round in 2019
XREX is a blockchain-based financial institution offering secure crypto exchange, escrow services, and fiat-crypto transactions. The company offers crypto exchange, escrow services for global transactions, and fiat-to-crypto transactions.

ShopBack

Series A in 2017
ShopBack offers a one-stop lifestyle portal that powers smarter purchase decisions for consumers. Today, ShopBack is the dominant player in Southeast Asia’s e-commerce Cashback market, with an established presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan, powering over 1,000 orders per hour. ShopBack enhances shopping by providing up to 30% Cashback for consumers to boost their purchasing power while providing cost-effective marketing solutions for merchant partners. With over 1,300 merchant partners, including Uber, Expedia, and Lazada, ShopBack constantly strives to bring a smarter shopping experience to the consumers. In October 2015, ShopBack was awarded the winner of the Gold award in the Best Start-up (Growth Stage) category and a Silver award in the Best Innovative Infocomm Products (Consumers) category at the 7th Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) Awards. This is the local start-up’s maiden voyage in industry awards, pitting against more than 300 nominations for the esteemed titles. The company was recently awarded the Emerging Enterprise Award in September 2016, jointly organized by The Business Times (Singapore) and OCBC Bank, which recognizes outstanding small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore.

Intowow

Series A in 2017
Founded in June 2014, Intowow Innovation is devoted to the fundamental innovation of mobile video advertising. All the technology we develop, Distributed Ad Serving Technology, Predictive Pre-fetch Algorithm, Dynamic Media Transcoding Technology, Dynamic Ad Placement, Dynamic Time Variant Video Ad Engaging, 360-degree Panoramic Interactive Video, and more, are to create a premium ad experience for consumers.

KKday

Series A in 2016
KKday.com International Company Limited operates an e-commerce platform that connects travelers with authentic local tours and activities worldwide. Founded in 2014 and based in Taipei, Taiwan, the company offers a diverse range of curated experiences across numerous countries and cities, making it easy for users to search, discover, and book their desired activities. In addition to serving travelers, KKday supports travel suppliers by providing tools for product management and order fulfillment, facilitating their digital transformation in the travel industry.

Cybersocial Holdings

Seed Round in 2016
WeTalk Forum was established in 2013. Target they have set is to hope that through WeTalk current affairs forum for Traditional Chinese users in Taiwan and elsewhere, can have a space to discuss current events and important public issues. They hope to discuss current events WeTalk forum, is not subject to disturbance, transparent and open. They hope, WeTalk current affairs forum, Traditional Chinese to become the largest integrated forum. Their vision is to be able to exist through WeTalk affairs forum, so really important issues on the Internet encourages further discussion of positive and negative, so that more people can transmit WeTalk forum for pluralistic understanding of these important issues.

Johomy

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Johomy is an online shopping site.

NewsLeopard

Seed Round in 2016
NewsLeopard is a newsletter marketing company.

17Life

Series A in 2016
17Life is Taiwan's top two O2O platform to buy vouchers and Delivery of the two spindles, to meet consumer demand for various aspects of their lifestyles recreation also use original O2O buy Advantage dedicated path across the layout of the ecosystem, and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, family and other large lion pathways O2O project.

Lalamove

Series A in 2016
Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hire. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove operates in 21 markets across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million customers with a pool of over 700,000 driver-partners. The Lalamove way has revolutionized old van hiring call centers to being so streamlined, customers and drivers match with each other within 12 seconds. Local deliveries are fulfilled at a breakneck 55 minutes, door-to-door. Providing reliable and quick deliveries for customers, Lalamove also optimises drivers fleet and route to maximise their earning potential.

UrMart

Seed Round in 2016
Morning Shop was founded in 2015, is committed to provide consumers with carefully selected high-quality cereals from around the world, as well as nuts, dried fruit, honey, jam and other natural without the burden of snacks, light meals for busy modern people to build dynamic, healthy life style. . Core team members with excellent data analysis capabilities, to develop the majority of accurate cereal market, in early 2016, monthly turnover has exceeded 10 million Taiwan dollars, monthly sold 2,000 kilograms, about 4 million boxes of cereal, the cumulative height equivalent to three 101 building, the future is expected to become the largest online via Taiwan cereal commodities.

FashionGuide

Venture Round in 2016
FashionGuide, founded in 2008, is Taiwan's largest beauty community platform that focuses on providing integrated marketing services for beauty brands, including major customers in Europe and America. The platform serves as a social networking site where users can access fashion and beauty content, including customer reviews and discussions about cosmetics and fashion products. FashionGuide has successfully introduced a unique beauty product certification mark, awarded to 360 brands after thorough market research evaluations. Additionally, the company operates its own beauty brand, 1028, which has gained popularity among consumers.

KKday

Series A in 2016
KKday.com International Company Limited operates an e-commerce platform that connects travelers with authentic local tours and activities worldwide. Founded in 2014 and based in Taipei, Taiwan, the company offers a diverse range of curated experiences across numerous countries and cities, making it easy for users to search, discover, and book their desired activities. In addition to serving travelers, KKday supports travel suppliers by providing tools for product management and order fulfillment, facilitating their digital transformation in the travel industry.

EZTABLE

Series C in 2016
EZTABLE is a community in which everyone can find a restaurant that resonates to their lifestyle and caters to all their gatherings. EZTABLE is an online restaurant reservation platform, and the largest of its kind in Asia. Founded in Taipei, Taiwan, in Apr. 2008, its mission is to create the world's largest dining program.

iCHEF

Series A in 2016
iCHEF build the best restaurant POS in the world, and keep making it better. Believing technology should help but handicap entrepreneurship, iCHEF works with hundreds of restaurants owners to design and deliver POS technology and service that helps every restaurant to prevail in their own way. Turning enterprise level technologies into affordable and understandable for small restaurants, iCHEF is making opening restaurant a better business.

Fashion Subject

Seed Round in 2015
Fashion Subject

17 Media

Series A in 2015
17Media was established in 2015 in Taiwan. Having raised $10m during Series A, 17Media is considered as one of the fastest growing startups in Asia. 17app is a social media app that enables you to livestream, share photos, upload videos and interact with streamers. Celebrities, actors and singers are all live on the app, join us and interact with them. Who knows, you might be the next internet celebrity!

Lalamove

Series A in 2015
Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hire. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove operates in 21 markets across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million customers with a pool of over 700,000 driver-partners. The Lalamove way has revolutionized old van hiring call centers to being so streamlined, customers and drivers match with each other within 12 seconds. Local deliveries are fulfilled at a breakneck 55 minutes, door-to-door. Providing reliable and quick deliveries for customers, Lalamove also optimises drivers fleet and route to maximise their earning potential.

Sudo Inc

Seed Round in 2015
Sudo is an online recruitment platform for software engineers. It focuses on providing customized recruitment services for the software industry. Sudo offers referral services for various companies according to their business nature and needs. Launched in 2014 by Yvette Lin, the platform is operated from Taipei, Taiwan.

91App

Series A in 2015
91APP is a leading omnichannel commerce solution provider in Taiwan, providing brand-own shopping app and websites for retailers.

EZTABLE

Series B in 2015
EZTABLE is a community in which everyone can find a restaurant that resonates to their lifestyle and caters to all their gatherings. EZTABLE is an online restaurant reservation platform, and the largest of its kind in Asia. Founded in Taipei, Taiwan, in Apr. 2008, its mission is to create the world's largest dining program.

Lalamove

Series A in 2015
Originally known as EasyVan, Lalamove was launched to satisfy a specific logistical need - van hire. Started in Hong Kong in December 2013, Lalamove operates in 21 markets across Asia and Latin America connecting over 7 million customers with a pool of over 700,000 driver-partners. The Lalamove way has revolutionized old van hiring call centers to being so streamlined, customers and drivers match with each other within 12 seconds. Local deliveries are fulfilled at a breakneck 55 minutes, door-to-door. Providing reliable and quick deliveries for customers, Lalamove also optimises drivers fleet and route to maximise their earning potential.

Fandora

Series A in 2014
Fandora operates an online shopping platform that showcases a diverse range of merchandise featuring illustrations from nearly 2,600 Taiwanese creators. Since its inception in 2013, Fandora has accumulated over 70,000 works, providing artists with exposure and commercial opportunities. The platform allows users to purchase unique, original design products, effectively integrating artistic creations into everyday life. By collaborating with thousands of illustrators and designers, Fandora has facilitated the sale of customized merchandise, enhancing the shopping experience with distinctive visuals. This approach not only supports local talent but also offers consumers access to affordable designer products that reflect their preferences.

Kuo Brothers

Series B in 2014
Kuo Brothers is an Ecommerce retail company focused on the B2B2C Ecommerce market. Their services include non-store online retailing, online trading platform operations, and creating price competitiveness for products.

Bill Master

Angel Round in 2013
Bill Master is a smart plug developer.

bring4U

Angel Round in 2013
bring4U, which develops a background for purchasing agents, integrates operating indicators accumulated on major platforms, accurately analyses the market, systematically operates online stores, and more. It is a purchasing media matching platform.

Doremi Star

Angel Round in 2013
Doremi Star is a Taiwanese social game developer whose main product is Sword Quest.

CHOCOLABS

Seed Round in 2013
CHOCOLABS was established in September 2011 in Taiwan. Its current portfolio adds up to total of 62 APPs, more than 12M downloads and 1.8M monthly active users. CHOCOLABS aims to create the perfect living circle by offering users the APPs to ease their daily lives. In present mobile era, CHOCOLABS continues to be dedicated to making users lives more convenient through “App Your Life” experience.

Kuo Brothers

Series A in 2013
Kuo Brothers is an Ecommerce retail company focused on the B2B2C Ecommerce market. Their services include non-store online retailing, online trading platform operations, and creating price competitiveness for products.

PubGame

Series A in 2013
PubGame is a Web and Mobile Games publishing platform operated by Net Publishing. Net Publishing helps Web and Mobile Games developers and publishers worldwide reach more players and generate more revenue in Southeast Asian markets. Net Publishing specializes in marketing, distributing and monetizing of games, so that its partners can focus on building the best games.

Migo Corporation

Seed Round in 2013
In 1998 MIGO launched as a company with years of expertise in information technology and computing. Assembled from disparate backgrounds, the Minds of MIGO are experienced leaders from the following disciplines: - Computer Science - Business Intelligence - Marketing Strategy Today they have evolved and implemented applications that incorporate principles of precision algorithms and result in machine learning so the software can learn to think for itself. By integrating commercial, technical and BI data, it spots patterns, predicts results and actually makes marketing recommendations in real time. Actionable customer intelligence drives more revenue for marketers and more satisfaction and engagement for shoppers. Through MIGO's proprietary D.I.E.T. blueprint - Data integration, Intelligence, Engagement & Tracking - you turn data into business opportunities. From campaign to channel to segment to individual shoppers. To date, MIGO has garnered over 600 clients through their unique application of Big Data concepts to the multi-channel retail environment.

Tagtoo

Series A in 2012
Tagtoo is a big data ML and AI Solution start-up, we focusing provides Brands and Agencies with tools and insight to maximize the conversion from their Ads budgets. With third-party data deprecation, Tagtoo enables brands to turn their first-party data into ID-based user insight.

Beautymemo

Angel Round in 2012
Beautymemo provides a platform for users to browse the works of manicurists and share nail art with others. They allows consumers to directly buy using a web browser or a mobile app.

EZTABLE

Series A in 2012
EZTABLE is a community in which everyone can find a restaurant that resonates to their lifestyle and caters to all their gatherings. EZTABLE is an online restaurant reservation platform, and the largest of its kind in Asia. Founded in Taipei, Taiwan, in Apr. 2008, its mission is to create the world's largest dining program.

Gameape

Seed Round in 2012
GameApe is a pioneering mobile games information portal based in Taiwan, specializing in iOS and Android platforms. The website serves as a comprehensive resource for gamers, providing detailed information on game strategies, evaluations, pricing, ratings, and reviews. By offering insightful content about various mobile games, GameApe aims to enhance the gaming experience for users, helping them make informed decisions when selecting games to play.

GoodLife

Angel Round in 2010
GoodLife is a provider of a website that offers a daily deals information platform. Their platform allows clients to experience steep cuisine and spa services at a reduced cost while also providing a variety of deals for salons, restaurants, transportation, drug stores, cafes, and other associated industries. Users can purchase offers from many companies and online merchants directly on their websites.
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