Top 5 Digital Media Angel Investors in Taiwan (October 2026)

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

Industry: Gaming, Software, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, India, Taiwan

Investor stats

Total investments: 134
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$9M; Pre-Seed $228k–$4.7M; Series A $6M–$25M
Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

Origin Lab — Origin Lab licenses premium content from game studios and 3D universes - delivering structured, multimodal data for AI training.
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 — Hybrid is the future

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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

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, Canada, Taiwan

Investor stats

Total investments: 70
Round size: Seed $350k–$12M; Series A $3M–$20M; Series B $6M–$40M
Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow

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!
Moonlake AI — Vibe code games and worlds into existence.

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Hari Kumar is the Founder and CEO of LionRock Capital & he attended The Wharton School. Hari previously worked at TPG-Axon Capital as Co Founder and Partner.

Investment focus

Industry: Digital Media, B2B, Apps
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: India, Taiwan, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 12
Round size: Seed $600k–$3.1M; Series A $3M–$11M
Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

MagicX — MagicX, has racked up 100,000 downloads since it was launched on Feb 24th 2016 and has also been the No. 1 new shopping app in Android.The app enables users to carry out day-to-day tasks like grocery shopping, bill payments, recharge, order food, book flight tickets and other utility services via a chat enabled, artificial intelligence platform andis currently available for free download in the Android store. MagicX has tied up with about 20 partners across e-commerce, bill payments, recharges, groceries, travel etc. In this short time, MagicX has successfully driven huge traffic to some of these partners – in some cases emerging among their top 10 transaction sources.
Pipa.Bella — Pipa.Bella currently offers custom-made and ready-made fashion jewelry at affordable prices to over 40,000 customers across India through an innovative online platform and aims to reach to 1.5 lakh customers over the next twelve months. With few branded players in the fashion jewelry segment, Pipa.Bella aims to solve a pain point that many womenface while shopping for jewelry - branded jewelry is either overpriced with high mark-ups, or unbranded jewelry is cluttered and lacks any proper curation or style guidance. Pipa.Bella launches approximately 100 new styles every week that are all priced well between INR 500 - 3000. The demand for fashion jewellery has grown significantly in the last few years due to high prices of gold and silver and is estimated to be a $6 billion market. The brand has hit operational profitability in FY 17-18 and is aiming to be cash flow positive in the next twelve months. Pipa.Bella targets the 22-35-year-old urban woman who is fashion-conscious, social media savvy and is quick to adapt to latest trends. Pipa.Bella derives its name from two European words that describe the company's range of products and customers. A typical "Pipa" woman is bold, edgy and always ready to experiment and a typical "Bella" woman is a classicist, graceful, more conservative. The brand celebrates the different styles that exemplify these two aesthetics through its product range, which consist of earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings, sterling silver jewelry, charms, personalized jewelry, wedding jewelry Pipa.Bella is a recipient of the Google SMB Heroes 2017 Award, Top 25 Startups by Singapore's Javelin Startup-O Victory Fund, and Digital Women in E-Commerce 2017 Award by Shethepeople.tv. The brand has been worn on top Bollywood celebrities and has been featured in International fashion and business publications such as Vogue, Harpers, Femina, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Economic Times, and Wall Street Journal.
The News Lens — The News Lens is an independent media for Chinese readers. The company aims to be a platform where a wide range of Chinese readers can engage in informed debates about important news, social, and political issues. The News Lens was established in August 2013.

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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

Industry: Software, Blockchain, Financial Services
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Private Equity
Geography: United States, Taiwan, Switzerland

Investor stats

Total investments: 6
Round size: Seed $882k–$9M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

CryptoSlam — An NFT industry data aggregator backed by Mark Cuban. Features project analytics, NFT values, rarity, scarcity, most popular collections, activity history & more.
Forge — Playtest, market and sell great Steam Games
Castle Finance — Castle Finance provides the safest way to earn yield for DAOs and their communities.

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