Top 5 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Taiwan in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 5 angel investors that invest in Artificial intelligence startups based in Taiwan. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Artificial intelligence companies from Taiwan. We update this investor list every month.

Top 5 Artificial intelligence Angel Investors in Taiwan in January 2026

Investor	Artificial intelligence Taiwan investments
Steve Chen	1
Kevin Lin	1
Chris Wang	1
Pehong Chen	1
Jamie Lin	1

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Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Artue — Artue is pioneering the art industry's digital transformation.
E-Pal — E-Pal connects high-caliber gamers worldwide, offering you supportive gaming companions anytime, anywhere. You'll never battle alone!
Beaubble — beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] playground for beauty enthusiasts

Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Metatheory. He previously worked at Everyday Ventures as an Owner and Manager. Kevin Lin attended Yale University.

Investment focus

Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Catena Labs — Catena is a product studio where we transform complex computing advancements into accessible, practical tools for users and developers. Leveraging AI and web3 technology our aim is to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications that are easy to use.
Asterix — Asterix offers digital ownership and unlocks new possibilities.
Cosmology — Cosmology is building a unified developer experience for interchain dApps

Chris spent two years as a Google engineer before founding Playdom. Before officially joining Google, Chris received his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellonâ€”completed in a record-breaking two years and ten monthsâ€”and interned at, you guessed it, Google. Chris also holds a BA in computer science from Berkeley. However, his knack forprogramming and obsession with gaming goes much further back: As a high schooler, Chris took 14th place in the USA Computing Olympiad and spent countless days trying to program his first 3D RPG.

Investment focus

Software, IaaS, SaaS
Seed, Private Equity
United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Virtkick — Virtkick lets independent hosting companies increase conversion rates, simplify server management and take on the biggest players. Virtkick is a SaaS cloud management panel that offers simplicity and great user experience for our customers - hosting companies - and their end customers - software developers, software houses, designers etc.
CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
Numbers Protocol — Explore Numbers Protocol, a leader in blockchain-driven digital media authenticity aligned with C2PA standards. Join our robust platform to secure and verify digital content through advanced blockchain technology.

Pehong Chen is the Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President & Chief Executive Officer of BroadVision.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Machine Learning
Seed, Series B, Angel
United States, Taiwan, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Tresl — Segments by Tresl is a self-guided data analytics platform that helps you build long-lasting customer relationships.
Rosetta.ai — Acquire qualified traffic, implement personalized interactions, and strengthen member repurchases to enhance brand value and achieve true marketing automation.
FreeDecision — FreeDecision offers instant credit solutions to financial institutions and merchants.

1999 year old bones Internet entrepreneur, he has co-founded four Internet companies, successfully raised venture capital 300 million yuan. Middle also join the venture capital fund of experience in the All Asia Partners and HSS Ventures and so on. Proton Business School Master of Business History at New York University, NTU Chemical /Bachelor of Economics