Investors in Taiwan

Based in Taipei, AppWorks is the largest startup accelerator in Greater Southeast Asia. AppWorks launched its Taipei-based accelerator program in 2010 to help Greater Southeast Asian Internet startups optimize their products and business strategies. Every six months, AppWorks Accelerator recruits 30-40 promising startups working on AI, blockchain, and other rapidly growing verticals. With 328 startups and 925 founders in its alumni network to date, the AppWorks Ecosystem is the largest of its kind in Asia. All AppWorks startups collectively generate US$ 2.5B in annual revenues, provide 9,586 jobs and are valued at US$ 3.6B. AppWorks also manages a total of US$61 million in VC funds, typically investing in seed to Series C companies.

Founded in 1993, WI Harper Group is an investment firm based in Beijing. The firm invests in start-up companies.

SoftBank China Capital (formerly known as SoftBank China Venture Capital) is a leading venture capital and private equity firm that manages both USD and CNY funds. We focus on high growth companies in TMT, healthcare, consumer/retail, clean technology, advanced manufacturing sectors across early and expansion stages. With our operational offices located in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Tianjin, Chongqing, Xi'an, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, we have extensive coverage of the Greater China region and access to potential investment opportunities.

Cathay Venture Inc. operates as an investment arm of Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. Cathay Venture Inc. is a venture capital firm specializing in seed, growth and late stage investments. The firm prefers to invest in fintech, biotech, overseas, electronics and software, consumer, manufacturing industry, automobile & motorcycle, cultural & creative and green. It is an evergreen fund. Cathay Venture Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

Taiwania Capital is a venture capital firm that establishes partnership with worldwide companies and to boost Taiwan’s economic growth.

Foresight Group is an alternative asset manager with a strong 30-year track record and specific expertise in environmental and solar infrastructure and private equity. Foresight Group is a leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing investment funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for 30 years. With current assets under management of over £2.2 billion, raised from the UK and international private and high-net-worth individuals, family offices, pension funds and other institutional investors, Foresight strives to generate increasing dividends and capital appreciation for its investors over the long term. Foresight has offices in UK, USA, Italy, and Australia.

HTC Corp is engaged in the design, development, and manufacture of smartphones and tablets in Taiwan. The company offers PDA phones and smartphones for mobile operators and distributors in Europe, the United States, and Asia. These machines are available as HTC devices and as products individually customized for operators and device partners. The company provides its own HTC self-branded products as well as supports operator-branded products and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners. It owns Dopod as a subsidiary company and is a member of the Open Handset Alliance. The company’s products are sold under various brand names such as HTC, Dopod, and Qtek and are often rebranded by major telecommunication carriers. Its products also include pocket PC phones (PDA Phone), ultra mobile phones, HTC kovsky (Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1), and HTC dream (T-mobile G1). HTC Corp was founded by Cher Wang and Peter Chou in 1997. It is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

We are the venture capital arm of the renowned R&D consortium – the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Since our creation in 1979, we have invested over US$400 million across virtually all stages, sectors, and timezones. Companies we have nurtured have gone on to define entire industries, and boast a combined market cap of well over US$200 billion. Since its inception, ITIC has been instrumental in leading Taiwan's initial ventures into technology-based businesses, such as integrated circuits, automation, opto-electronic display, etc. ITIC is an original shareholder of some industry leaders such as UMC, Taiwan Mask Corp., Acer Display Technologies, Inc.(renamed as AU Optronics Corp.).

AsiaVest Partners, TCW/YFY Ltd. is a leading venture capital firm investing in private companies in the Greater China Region, namely Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and the United States. Since its founding in 1995, the Firm has been nurturing companies with innovative technologies, competitive market positions, and strong management teams to develop high growth businesses. The Firm manages over US$980 million with strong presence throughout Asia and the U.S. There investment focus is on the semiconductor, information technology, wireless, software, manufacturing and consumer related industries. They have investments in over 145 companies located in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the US -- a portfolio representing a valuable network of business relationships in the region. At AsiaVest Partners, they are focus on companies that are strongly positioned to capitalize on the strengths and resources offered by the Greater China Region, and assist them in developing business and financing options. Their role with portfolio companies extends far beyond the provision of capital. Rather, they view our role as that of a service provider to portfolio companies. They work actively to assist them in securing critical business partners, developing new customer relationships, establishing distribution channels, formulating corporate strategy, and structuring financial transactions. Their value-added approach has helped to create many leading enterprises throughout the Greater China Region and the U.S.

KK Fund is a venture capital fund to invest in seed stage internet and mobile startups across South East Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.