AppWorks is a Taipei-based venture capital firm and startup accelerator that supports seed to early-stage technology companies across Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The organization provides seed funding through its accelerator and growth financing through its own funds, and operates AppWorks School to prepare engineers for tech careers. AppWorks focuses on sectors including artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things, web3 and blockchain, while also backing fintech, consumer tech and logistics initiatives in the region.

Sunsino Venture Group is a Taipei-based venture capital firm established in the early 1990s that invests in healthcare, technology and software companies. It has backed more than 200 companies in Taiwan and the United States, and reports assets under management of about US$150 million.

WI Harper Group is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm with a China-focused footprint, including offices in Beijing and Taipei. Founded in 1993, it invests in startup companies across the United States, Greater China, and the Asia Pacific in sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, fintech, sustainability, and new media. The firm targets early and expansion-stage opportunities, supporting companies from seed to later rounds and helping bridge U.S. and Greater China markets through cross-border expertise.

Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Founded in 2009, it manages funds across multiple stages, including Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary investments, and in 2022 launched an evergreen angel fund to enable nimble bets on promising early-stage teams, particularly from Taiwan’s universities and research institutes. The firm differentiates itself through cross-border and cross-stage exposure and by leveraging a technically strong team. Its investment focus spans biotechnology, software, consumer products, materials and equipment, semiconductors, healthcare, communications, and surveillance, with activity centered in Taiwan and Silicon Valley. Darwin Venture Management recently launched its eighth fund, Darjune.

Taiwania Capital is a Taipei City-based venture capital firm established in 2017 by the National Development Fund of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan along with private enterprises. The firm seeks to partner with companies worldwide to boost Taiwan's economic growth by linking technology and capital and cultivating an ecosystem centered on entrepreneurial innovation. It targets investments across sectors such as enterprise software, autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, information security, pharmaceutical product R&D, biotechnology, gene therapy, and medical technology, with a focus on healthcare technology, digital health, and related services. Taiwania Capital backs early- and growth-stage companies, pursuing opportunities across the United States, Asia, and beyond to support innovative ventures that connect global markets with Taiwan's tech strengths.

Morningside is a Boston-based investment firm founded in 1986 as a family office for the Chan family. It makes venture capital investments in companies with novel science and technology, with deep expertise in life sciences, digital health, artificial intelligence, materials, and technology. The firm takes a long-term approach to building companies and emphasizes ethical conduct. In addition to its investment activities, Morningside supports charitable initiatives in education, research and healthcare, including collaborations with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UMass Chan Medical School, and the MIT Morningside Academy for Design.

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors and venture capital firms that supports technology and healthcare startups across the United States, China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. It partners with entrepreneurs by offering hands-on operating experience and broad access to capital, talent, partners and customers to help build global businesses. The firm focuses on early to growth-stage investments in software infrastructure, developer tools, data, security, vertical SaaS, enterprise software and healthcare technologies, drawing on a wide international footprint that includes the US, Israel, Singapore and China. Vertex Ventures emphasizes active portfolio involvement and leverages the broader Vertex network to create value for portfolio companies through strategic guidance and partnerships.

Cool Japan Fund is an investment firm established in 2013 and based in Tokyo, Japan. As a public-private fund, it provides risk capital to companies across media and content, food and services, and fashion and lifestyle, with the aim of promoting overseas demand for high-quality Japanese products and services and supporting international expansion of Japanese brands.

Cherubic Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2014 that operates across the United States and Asia, with offices in San Francisco, Singapore, and Taipei. It concentrates on seed-stage investments intended to transform industries and supports early-stage startups during product development and market entry. The firm has backed a diverse portfolio of high-growth companies, including Flexport, Hims & Hers, Calm, 91APP, Paidy, Tezign, and Pinkoi.

TransLink Capital is a Palo Alto-based independent venture capital firm that provides seed-to-expansion stage investments in technology companies. Founded in 2007, the firm maintains offices across Asia and targets opportunities in the United States, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other regions including Europe and Israel. It backs early to growth-stage firms across sectors such as AgTech, Fintech, artificial intelligence, IoT, enterprise software and SaaS, mobility, digital health, retail tech, consumer platforms, robotics, and semiconductors. Typical investments span a few million dollars, reflecting a focus on companies poised to scale internationally and form strategic partnerships, particularly between the United States and Asia. By leveraging relationships with major Asian companies, TransLink Capital helps portfolio companies establish long-term partnerships and expand their footprint in Asia and beyond.

Hotung Venture Capital is a Taiwan-based venture capital firm and a subsidiary of Hotung Investment Holdings. It is one of three investment-focused subsidiaries of Hotung Investment Holdings, formed through the merger of Hotung Venture Capital Corp, Litung Venture Capital Corp, and Futung Venture Capital Corp. The firm concentrates on venture investments in innovative businesses globally, supporting companies in the start-up and expansion stages with its network, resources, and experience to help them grow across diverse industries.

JAFCO is a Tokyo-based investment management firm established in 1973 that invests in private equity across Japan, Asia and the United States, with a focus on venture and buyout opportunities in technology-related sectors. It supports portfolio companies with financing and hands-on resources, including human resources, marketing and back-office operations. The firm maintains a broad Asia-Pacific footprint with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing, and has a long track record of exits in its technology portfolio. It has mobilized substantial capital commitments across its funds and backs entrepreneurs to translate ideas into scalable businesses.

CyberAgent Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of CyberAgent, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2006, it pursues seed- and early-stage investments in technology companies across Asia-Pacific and the United States, with a focus on internet and information technology sectors. The firm maintains a regional footprint in Asia, including South Korea, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and provides strategic support to startups as they scale.

Accord Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 that concentrates on technology investments. It supports Asian entrepreneurs and has backed more than 50 startups across Japan, the United States, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, with a focus on IT-enabled platform businesses and technologies such as IoT, AI, and fintech.

SB China Venture Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2000, it manages both USD and RMB funds and targets high-growth startups across technology-driven sectors such as TMT, software, fintech, healthcare, clean technology, consumer/retail, and advanced manufacturing, investing across stages. The firm provides strategic guidance and value-added support, including business development, recruiting, and resources deployment. SBCVC operates from Shanghai with regional offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Taiwan, enabling broad access to opportunities across Greater China. Its portfolio includes notable companies such as Alibaba, Taobao, Focus Media, GDS, BGI, Ankon, Di’an, and Edan.

Qualcomm is a U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets wireless technologies, processors, connectivity solutions, software, and charging products. Its Snapdragon processors and related platforms serve mobile devices, automotive, and Internet of Things applications, while its technologies span 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless networks, networking, and multimedia. Qualcomm operates through three main activities: chip business providing integrated circuits and system software; licensing of intellectual property for wireless standards; and strategic initiatives investing in early-stage technologies. The company serves industries including automotive, healthcare, smart cities, wearables, and smart homes, and maintains a broad ecosystem that supports developers and partners worldwide.

Hive Ventures is a venture capital firm backing seed to early-stage startups, with a global focus on artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and blockchain applications. It operates with a hands-on, regionally interconnected approach to help portfolio companies scale across markets, drawing on extensive operational experience in Asia and beyond. Based in Taipei since 2018, the firm targets early-stage opportunities in machine learning, data, and enterprise software, prioritizing the Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia ecosystems as growth hubs for technology innovation.

Giza Venture Capital is an Israel-headquartered venture capital firm founded in 1992 that focuses on seed and early-stage technology and healthcare investments. It backs companies across information technology, software, internet and digital media, mobile, semiconductors, clean technologies, life sciences, and related sectors, with a geographic emphasis on Israel and broader international markets in Asia. The firm has managed multiple funds, including five funds totaling more than $600 million, and has invested in over 90 companies with more than 30 exits, reflecting a sustained track record of building technology leaders.

Foodland Ventures is an investment firm and accelerator based in Taipei, Taiwan, that supports food tech entrepreneurs by providing venture-oriented and accelerator investments as well as resources across the farm-to-table supply chain. It focuses on technologies disrupting the restaurant and food industries, including restaurant technology, automation, consumer products, logistics innovations, alternative beverages, and innovative packaging, with a global market orientation.

InveStar Capital is a venture capital firm headquartered in San Jose, California. It focuses on early-stage and growth investments in semiconductors, communications and networking, and internet infrastructure companies. Since its founding in 1996, it has built a portfolio of more than 100 companies and manages funds totaling over 500 million dollars, with offices in the United States and Taiwan. The firm seeks to expand into mainland China and other Pacific Rim markets to connect technologies across regions. Its approach combines active venture support with strategic guidance, leveraging management experience and business connections to help portfolio companies scale.

Race Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco. It concentrates on early-stage investments in enterprise and infrastructure, spanning Web2 and Web3, with a focus on blockchain technology, fintech, data infrastructure, security, identity, and related ecosystem components. The firm seeks opportunities across the blockchain and infrastructure stack, including hardware and software solutions, and maintains a global outlook with activity in Asia and other emerging markets. The team combines diverse industry backgrounds and operating experience to support portfolio companies through their growth.

ACE Capital is a technology-focused venture capital firm headquartered in Taiwan that concentrates on seed and early-stage investments, primarily in North and Southeast Asia. The firm emphasizes opportunities where product timing aligns with market needs, strong founder and management teams, and a sizable total addressable market.

Biomark Capital is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on life sciences and healthcare. It makes investments across early, mid, and late stages in companies developing therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, molecular diagnostics, and digital health, as well as healthcare information technology. The firm targets opportunities in North America and Asia, with activity in Russia, Taiwan, India, and China. Formerly known as GBP Capital, Biomark Capital operates as a registered investment adviser and provides funding along with strategic support to accelerate growth for its portfolio companies.

Vive X, established by HTC Vive, is a global accelerator fund focused on the virtual reality sector. Its mission is to cultivate and enhance the global VR ecosystem by supporting startups through education, investment, and mentorship. The fund operates in major cities including San Francisco, Beijing, Taipei, Shenzhen, and Tel Aviv, and manages an assets under management totaling $100 million. By providing resources and guidance, Vive X aims to foster innovation and growth within the VR industry.

Yushan Ventures is a Taipei-based venture capital firm founded in 2011 that concentrates on early-stage investments in mobility, AI, energy storage, advanced materials, nanotechnology, sensor tech, IoT, biotechnology, and related visualization technologies. The firm operates with additional offices in Berlin, London and Las Vegas, supporting portfolio companies across Asia, Europe and the United States. It engages in pre-screening and due diligence, fundraising assistance, business-plan consulting, and introductions to venture capitalists and angel investors, and assists startups in developing sales channels and market presence in Asia, Europe and the USA. It also co-hosts technology networking events and represents clients at key investment conferences.

YFY Biotech Management Company is the corporate venture capital arm of Yuen Foong Yu Paper Manufacturing Company, based in Taipei, Taiwan. It focuses on biotechnology, including biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices, and related healthcare technologies, and engages in incubation, seed and startup, early and later-stage investments, growth, and buyouts.

Birch Venture Capital is a Taipei-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments across the United States, China and Taiwan. It maintains portfolios in California, Taiwan, and parts of Eastern and Southern China and focuses on high-tech sectors including semiconductors, optical displays, mobile and fixed communications, Internet services, software development, green energy, and environmental technologies. The firm supports portfolio companies through growth and provides exits beyond IPOs, including mergers and acquisitions. Founder and General Partner Max Wu, with over 30 years of experience in the global information technology industry and venture capital, leads the firm’s investment activities.

Fortune Venture Investment Group is an independent venture capital and private equity firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Established in 1995, it focuses on growth-stage and late-stage investments in technology and related real estate sectors, pursuing minority equity stakes in high-growth companies and providing strategic, financial and management guidance with a board seat to monitor portfolio companies. The firm targets startup, expansion and bridge financing in hi-tech areas such as information technology, telecommunications and electronics, typically investing between one and five million dollars (averaging around two to three million). FVIG operates across the United States, Southeast Asia and Greater China, and maintains a strategic alliance with Sino Tech Group to back high-tech firms in Greater China. It conducts a limited number of lead investments annually.

Acorn Pacific Ventures is a Santa Clara, California-based direct investment firm focused on seed to Series A rounds. Established in 2015, the firm concentrates on enterprise software, supply chain innovation, and fintech. It leverages deep industry knowledge and cross-border connections to support founders and portfolio companies as they scale, particularly leveraging ties between the United States and Taiwan. The firm emphasizes helping portfolio companies expand across North America and beyond, drawing on its experience to blend profitability with technology transfer.

Vincera Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in start-up, early-stage, late-stage, growth, mature, expansion, and mezzanine investments. The firm primarily targets opportunities in the Asia-Pacific and Greater China regions, with a major focus on Taiwanese-owned enterprises operating in China and a secondary focus on Taiwan. It invests across sectors including electronic components, green energy, consumer retail and products, services, industrials, cloud computing, mobile networking, medical treatment, healthcare, high-end materials, specialty chemicals, and technology. The typical investment size ranges from $500,000 to $20,000,000. Founded in 1997, Vincera Capital is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and maintains an additional office in Menlo Park, California.

Symphony International Holdings is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on the Asia-Pacific region, investing in consumer-facing businesses across healthcare, healthcare-related services, luxury branded real estate, hospitality and lifestyle sectors. The firm pursues long-term, direct investments and often seeks lead or sole positions in collaboration with management, aiming for control where appropriate. Its activities emphasize innovative, high-growth companies in markets such as Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka, with a history dating to 2004, and it is based in the British Virgin Islands. The company seeks to deploy growth capital and participate across stages to support expansion, restructurings and special situations, including opportunities in real estate development.

Grand River Capital Management is an investment firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with offices in Beijing and Auckland and a global presence that includes Taipei and Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on green technology, energy efficiency, and healthcare innovations, and engages in private equity and venture capital activities across Asia, Oceania, and North America. It backs early-stage and growth companies developing sustainable technologies, smart infrastructure, and related industrial solutions, with an emphasis on governance and long-term value creation.

Taiwan Global Angels is an angel group and network of experienced investors founded in 2022, with roots in the United States and Taiwan and a base in Berkeley, California. It backs early-stage startups across manufacturing, healthcare, hardware, industrial automation, finance, deep tech, and artificial intelligence, leveraging domain expertise in these sectors to support growth.

Global Communication Semiconductors designs, manufactures, and sells compound semiconductor wafers and foundry services, while also licensing intellectual property. The company focuses on optoelectronics technology, producing radio frequency integrated circuits, millimeter‑wave integrated circuits for wireless markets, power devices for power electronics, and photodetectors and lasers for optical communications. Its revenue is primarily generated in China, with additional sales in the United States, Taiwan, and other regions.

North Base Media is a venture capital firm based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, founded in 2013. It specializes in digital media investments, supporting companies such as IDN Media, Pocket Aces, TheNewsLens, and Capital Digital. The firm’s leadership includes co-founders Marcus Brauchli, former editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, and Sasa Vucinic, former CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund. North Base Media focuses on identifying opportunities in the digital media landscape and seeks to back emerging platforms and content businesses with global reach.

SB China Venture Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, with additional offices in China and Taiwan. The firm targets high-growth technology and information-driven sectors in Greater China, including information technology (artificial intelligence, internet, big data, mobile internet, cloud, fintech, IoT, and business services), telecommunications, new materials and energy technologies, medical devices and digital health, green and environmental technologies, batteries, and consumer and advanced manufacturing. It invests across all stages of company development, from early and growth stages to late-stage and buyouts, providing capital and strategic support to accelerate expansion and innovation in its portfolio companies. The firm seeks opportunities across multiple rounds and partners with founders to scale technology-driven businesses in the Greater China region.

KK Fund is a Singapore-based venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology startups in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with activity also extending to South Korea. It backs seed and early-stage companies operating in mobile and internet technologies across diverse sectors, including fintech, edtech, healthtech, IoT, blockchain, HR tech, mobility, entertainment tech, and proptech. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs to help accelerate product development, go-to-market efforts and regional expansion.

Kronos provides workforce management solutions that help organizations control labor costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity. Its applications are designed for businesses, healthcare providers, educational institutions, and government agencies of all sizes. The company was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Concord Venture Capital Group is a venture capital firm based in Taipei, Taiwan, with an office in Shanghai. The firm concentrates on early-stage and seed investments in consumer goods and technology companies, targeting opportunities in the United States, China, Japan and Taiwan, and it also pursues buyouts, acquisitions, restructurings and special situations as part of its investment activities.

Nippon Angels Investment is a venture capital and private equity firm that specializes in incubation, seed and general early-stage investments. It primarily targets IT, environment, and welfare-related sectors. Typical investments range from 20,000 to 3 million in companies based in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. The firm provides capital, active management and financial advice and takes seats on the boards of its portfolio companies. Established in 2000, it is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Crimson Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded in 1993, with offices in Nashville, Menlo Park, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. It invests across technology, financial services, real estate, industrial and healthcare sectors, with a focus on e-Business infrastructure and communications companies.

AsiaTech Management is a venture capital firm that concentrates on early-stage technology companies. The firm primarily invests in startups in Silicon Valley and Greater China, leveraging a seasoned team with experience in technology industries and capital markets. Founded in 1997 and based in Cupertino, California, AsiaTech Management maintains additional offices in Taipei and Hangzhou. The firm emphasizes identifying innovative technologies with strong market opportunities and supports portfolio companies through early growth, drawing on a network of executives and industry professionals across the Pacific region.

ForMED Ventures, founded in 2015 and based in New Taipei City, Taiwan, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments within the healthcare and medical technology sectors. The firm primarily targets opportunities in life sciences, medical devices, digital health, and biotechnology. With a mission to enhance healthcare by addressing unmet medical needs and improving quality of life, ForMED Ventures focuses its investments mainly in Israel, the United States, and Europe. By supporting innovative companies, the firm aims to contribute to advancements in healthcare solutions.

Hardware Club is a Paris-headquartered venture capital firm that focuses on seed-stage investments in technology hardware and related hardtech sectors. It operates globally across Europe and the United States, with a network that includes offices in Taipei, Tokyo and San Francisco. The firm backs early-stage hardware and hardware-enabled ventures spanning digital health, artificial intelligence, new sensors, connected buildings, smart transportation and consumer hardware. Typical investment sizes range from 0.5 million to 1.5 million. Hardware Club supports founders with capital, resources and collaboration through its ecosystem of startups and partners.

Sunway CVC, established in 2018, is the corporate venture arm of Sunway Group, based in Selangor, Malaysia. The firm focuses on investing in early-stage startups, particularly in the series-A and early series-B stages, across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Its investment strategy targets sectors such as fintech, enterprise solutions, logistics, media and entertainment, and digital health. Sunway CVC operates in collaboration with KK Fund, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, to enhance its reach and impact in the burgeoning startup ecosystem of the region.

eLab Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 with offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and California. It backs early-stage technology startups across artificial intelligence, big data, IoT, security, and biotechnology, seeking disruptive ideas, strong teams, and capital-efficient business models. The firm aims to connect entrepreneurs to capital and expertise, helping them access markets outside Silicon Valley by leveraging Midwest innovation and Silicon Valley networks for customers, partnerships, and growth.

RA Capital Management is a Boston-based investment firm that specializes in life sciences and healthcare companies. The firm provides investment management and venture capital services, backing companies developing drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and biotech tools. Its team combines expertise in biology, chemistry, and medicine with industry and business development experience. RA Capital supports companies across multiple stages, from seed funding to growth financings, including private and public rounds, and often takes board seats and seeks co-investment opportunities. Through its activity, it aims to identify technologies with potential to advance prevention and treatment, genetic testing and personalized medicine, and other patient-focused innovations.

Mercury Fund is a Houston-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology companies across the United States, with additional activity in Ann Arbor. It concentrates on software, SaaS, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence, and emphasizes an operationally oriented approach to accelerate growth. Mercury Fund partners with both first-time entrepreneurs and experienced founders, offering strategic guidance and access to a broad growth-partner network to help startups scale, particularly in Middle America and other midcontinent markets. The firm manages multiple early-stage funds and maintains a focus on technology-driven businesses.

SOSV is a global venture capital firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1995, that focuses on seed to growth investments in deep technology across health, environmental tech, hardware, robotics, and cross border software, with a particular emphasis on Asia. The company runs accelerator style startup development programs, including HAX and IndieBio, which provide facilities, engineering resources, and lab equipment to help founders accelerate product development, acquire customers, and attract later stage funding. SOSV pursues a limited number of high potential startups, offering extensive hands on support to speed commercialization and scale, and aims to back innovations that improve human and planetary health.

ATW Partners is a New York-based private equity and hybrid venture capital firm, founded in 2016, that invests in growth-oriented companies across financial services, energy, healthcare and technology. The firm pursues a flexible capital approach, deploying debt and equity with tailored structures to support portfolio companies at various stages, and aims for high risk-adjusted returns. Its credit strategy helps clients reduce near-term debt servicing and borrowing costs, while its equity strategy provides growth capital and strategic value through deep industry relationships. With a global remit, ATW Partners collaborates with entrepreneurs to build scalable businesses across multiple regions.