Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Taiwan in July 2025

Investor	Media (entertainment) Taiwan investments
Cherubic Ventures	3
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)	3
Headline Asia (formerly Infinity Ventures)	3
Cherubic Ventures	3
Steve Chen	2
MediaTek	2
Steve Chen	2
National Development Fund of Taiwan Government	2
National Development Fund of Taiwan Government	2
MediaTek	2
Yuanta Investment	1
DWeb3 Capital	1
GD1	1
OKX Ventures	1
SevenX Ventures	1
YOLO Ventures	1
Circle Ventures	1
Jump Capital	1
Hashkey Exchange	1
IVC	1
General Mobile Corporation	1
Sasa Vucinic	1
H&Q Asia Pacific	1
SeaX Ventures	1
China Creation Ventures (CCV)	1
Polygon US	1
iStart	1
Dialectic	1
Bukalapak	1
Yield Guild Games	1
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund	1
Chris Wang	1
Jump Capital	1
Solana Ventures	1
CDIB Capital	1
North Base Media	1
Hashkey Exchange	1
Crypto.com Capital	1
WI Harper Group	1
Expara IDM Ventures	1
Morningstar Ventures	1
CDIB Capital	1
GD1	1
UOB Venture	1
Rookie Fund	1
Solana Ventures	1
OKX Ventures	1
Winkrypto	1
Circle Ventures	1
Hari Kumar	1

Cherubic Ventures is an early stage focused venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and Greater China.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Habitto — Habitto by SJ Mobile Labs is a new financial services venture focused on the Japanese market. The team and its advisors have a breadth of experience ranging from insurance, banking, e-commerce, adtech and ventures across five continents. This provides them with a unique approach to entering new markets and building valuable businesses.
Bot Auto — Bot Auto develops and operates autonomous trucks for middle-mile freight.
Terminal 3 — We empower an equitable digital future

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Japan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ryulog — Ryulog is a recruiting company that helps job seekers find international work opportunities and migrate abroad.
Forest — Forest Co., Ltd. operates as an e-commerce aggregator, seeks to identify sustainable, high-quality products and brands that embrace the spirit of Japan and help them grow and enter the global market by using the power of technology.
Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.

Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Series B
Japan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

At Forest — At Forest is an end-of-life service provider that organizes circular burial services for the deceased.
PICK — PICK is a startup that provides a digital transformation platform for the real estate and construction industries.
RECOTECH — RECOTECH is a ClimateTech firm that collects and shares data to maximize resource value throughout its life cycle, offering circular solutions to organizations and municipalities in Japan and beyond.

Cherubic Ventures is an early stage focused venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and Greater China.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, China, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

iKala — iKala's mission is to enable AI competencies of our enterprise customers, to increase their customer acquisition capability and customer lifetime value.
Bot Auto — Bot Auto develops and operates autonomous trucks for middle-mile freight.
Anzen — USDz - stablecoin backed by real world assets

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

MediaTek is another name for incredible innovation that powers the brands you love. From smartphones to smart homes, we are always by your side.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Hardware
Series A, Series B, Series D
China, Taiwan, Israel

Portfolio highlights

UG Labs — UG Labs is developing an AI engine for voice-based digital engagement and conversation for young children. The company was founded in 2022.
Stathera — Stathera transforms the global timing market from Quartz-based to MEMS-based devices.
Rivos — Rivos is a high-performance RISC-V system startup targeting integrated system solutions for enterprises.

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

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile Apps
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!
Nest Wallet — A Wallet Engineered for Traders

The national development fund is the management unit of the non-business cycle budget fund, which is tasked with grouping. It aims to accelerate the industrial innovation value-added, promote economic transformation and national development, and help china's industrial innovation value-added, research and development and self-owned brands. Thefinancing method or assisting the competent authorities of the central government to handle the relevant plans to complete the purposes specified in article 30 of the "industry innovation ordinance".

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Taiwan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

FooSpace — FooSpace is an OMO smart retail solution provider enabling brands to start their offline and online business easily. With our technologies, much of the purchase, checkout, and payment steps associated with a retail transaction are completely automated. In the meantime, we focus on providing the right goods to the right people based on a variety ofdata collected by our innovative system.
PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
AnBogen Therapeutics — Harness the Power of Science to Cure Cancer.

The national development fund is the management unit of the non-business cycle budget fund, which is tasked with grouping. It aims to accelerate the industrial innovation value-added, promote economic transformation and national development, and help china's industrial innovation value-added, research and development and self-owned brands. Thefinancing method or assisting the competent authorities of the central government to handle the relevant plans to complete the purposes specified in article 30 of the "industry innovation ordinance".

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Taiwan, China, Japan

Portfolio highlights

ensage — ensage aggregates quality sports services to create picturesque tour experiences. Start your trips with our variety packages and professional support van drivers.
PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
AnBogen Therapeutics — Harness the Power of Science to Cure Cancer.

MediaTek is another name for incredible innovation that powers the brands you love. From smartphones to smart homes, we are always by your side.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Semiconductor
Series A, Series B, Series D
Taiwan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rivos — Rivos is a high-performance RISC-V system startup targeting integrated system solutions for enterprises.
Path Robotics — We create manufacturing robots that autonomously scan, position, and weld your parts without the need for skilled welders or robot programmers.
InfiniLink — Empowering Hyperscale Datacenters Building Energy-Efficient Ultra-High-Speed Connectivity Solutions

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Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series B, Series C, Series A
South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

Mepsgen — Mepsgen is a biotechnology research organization that focuses on pharmaceutical services and drug development.
Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)

Digital fund focused on crypto & digital assets investments related to blockchain technology, Decentralized Finance DeFi, web 3, NFT, metaverse, Bitcoin, & more

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
Singapore, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Releap Protocol — Releap Protocol is a decentralized social graph on Sui and zkSync Era
Rivalz Network — Rivalz is creating the World Abstraction Layer for AI and AI Agents.
Martial Arts Awakening — Martial Arts Awakening is a blockchain game developer focused on the long-term development of blockchain, Web3.0, Metaverse, and NFT ecosystems.

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
New Zealand, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Rilla — Demonstrating 90% reduction in cost-to-serve for live-streaming, Rilla is rewiring the content economy, directing the value generated back to creators and their communities.By leveraging audience bandwidth and rewarding them with ownership in the network, the savings are equivalent to a free month subscription every year for a moderate level ofviewership.Founded by the technical founders behind Altered State Machine, acquired for 214m. Together for 5+ ventures, collectively raising 130m+ and valued at 1b+.
NextWork — Building the best online learning experience to switch careers and upskill. Join the waitlist today, we are waiting for you!
Type One Energy — At Type One Energy, we are mission-driven to provide sustainable, affordable fusion power to the world over the coming decade.

OKX Ventures focus on the discoveries and investments in various aspects, including blockchain basic infrastructures, Layer2, DeFi, WEB3.0, NFT and Metaverse.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Arch — The pioneering network for building bridgeless apps directly on Bitcoin. Arch makes it easy to deploy interoperable smart contract-like programs on the L1, without fracturing liquidity or taking on bridge risk.
Hyperion — Hyperion is an on-chain DEX that combines an order book and AMM, built for Aptos.
Camp Network — Camp Network is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain to power AI agents.

SevenX Ventures is a Research-driven Crypto Venture Capital founded in 2020.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Castile — Castile is a Web3 gaming platform that promotes a revolutionary game model that enables users to earn more sustainably.
Ion Protocol — Ion is an Open Source Protocol built to support Ethereum stakers and restakers, to unlock a world of new applications for their assets.
Curio Research — Creative studio building crypto powered games.

YOLO stands for You Only Live Once. Established in 2012, YOLO Ventures is a private venture capital firm based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded with one goal in mind: Enable people to focus on the things they WANT to do, and not on what they HAVE to do.

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Ethereum
Funding Round, Seed
United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

VELVET — Velvt is an investment platform that engages in liquidity of asset.
Ex Populus — Our vision is to bring joy to people around the globe with the world's most compelling games and entertainment at the highest level possible.
Roolz — Roolz is a crypto based community driven web3 gaming & entertainment studio.

Circle Ventures invests in projects that accelerate global crypto innovation and adoption in service. They foster crypto innovation by assisting founders and teams that are committed to open access, financial inclusivity, and programmable commerce, all of which may contribute to global economic success.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
Anzen — USDz - stablecoin backed by real world assets
Centrifuge — Centrifuge is an open, decentralized operating system to connect the global financial supply chain. It allows participants to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data, including their validated company details, their reputation, business relationships, and subsequent transactions. The company's team built multiplecompanies together over the last 18 years and they still enjoy working as a group. Together, they created software that transacts billions of dollars each day and is used by 97 out of the Fortune 100. With the help of their world-class investors, advisors, partners, and team they started Centrifuge to go on building real software, solving real business problems.

Jump Capital is a thesis-led venture investor specializing in scalable software opportunities in fintech, crypto, IT and data infrastructure, the future of commerce, digital media, and vertical SaaS solutions. In addition to capital, Jump provides advocacy and support for entrepreneurs, complemented with institutional-level resources.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Raiinmaker — Multi - Chain Layer 2 Network. Powered by AI, Secured by Bitcoin.
Sanctum — Sanctum offers the ability to launch millions of new LSTs utilizing solana.
Indico Data — Learn how the Indico intelligent intake solution allows you to drive better outcomes with better intake.

Hashkey they offers investment opportunities and solutions to institutions, family offices, funds, and professional accredited investors across the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

AltLayer — AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2.
Supra — Supra is the world's highest-performing, fully vertically integrated L1 blockchain, and it's about to change everything.
Panoptic — The Panoptic protocol enables the minting, trading, and market-making of perpetual put and call options.

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Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rover — Rover is a liquid staking protocol on Botanix that exchanges Bitcoin for rovBTC.
Tarta Labs — Tarta Labs is dedicated to building a next-generation anime IP ecosystem and aims to innovate within the anime gaming space by blending engaging narratives, high-quality visuals, and community-driven gameplay experiences.
Orange Cap Games — Orange Cap Games is a game and experience design studio that creates digital and physical trading card games featuring Pudgy Penguins.

General Mobile Corporation, a Cayman-based company that provides mobile internet service to emerging markets via its content management and application store hosting platform

Investment focus

Advertising, Mobile, Big Data
Series A, Convertible Note
Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

VMFive — Founded in May 2014, VMFive is a Taiwanese startup company specializing in cloud technology with its world's largest cloud virtual mobile platform. With the integration of its leading core technologies: Cloud, Virtualization, Streaming, Ad Tech, and Big Data, VMFive creates AdPlay - Playable Ad Solution, which turns mobile apps into playablead unit, and enables users to instantly try apps before downloading. AdPlay becomes an effective advertising solution, which acquires higher quality game users while providing a better user experience than traditional ads.VMFive has won top prize at TechCrunch Beijing in 2014 and Slush Asia Tokyo in 2015, and it is moving on to the Asia-Pacific market, actively engaging potential collaborators to create a brand new mobile advertising model.Learn more about VMFive and AdPlay：http://vmfive.com
Bubbleye — Their team hails from Italy, Taiwan, USA, and the UK with tech backgrounds from NTU (臺大) and MIT (麻省理工)。 They are alumni of Silicon Valley backed MOX Accelerator and recently closed Series A venture funding from Taipei based Darwin Ventures. They're also backed by several notable angel investors and advisors, including Duncan Clark (Alibaba),Chris Reitermann (CEO Ogilvy Asia), Olivier Glauser (Steamboat Capital, Qualcomm Ventures). Their clients are world leading game publishers from across the Americas, Europe and Asia.Started by an international team of AI experts and mobile gaming fanatics, Bubbleye is a fast growing AI startup now with R&D headquarters in Taipei and biz dev teams working across the globe. They are solving mobile user acquisition inefficiencies through automation and inferential algorithms. And to achieve that, They pick the best of the best. A select team with an international DNA, a very open culture mix across nations and continents, driven by the same powerful driving force: a passion for innovation and growth, guts to disrupt, and skills to implement.They are ahead of the global race to solving mobile user acquisition, with unique tech and talent.

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Investment focus

News, Social Media, Digital Media
Angel
Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

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.

H&Q Asia Pacific (H&QAP) is a leading Asian private equity firm. Originally founded by Dr. Ta-lin Hsu as a division of U.S. investment banking firm Hambrecht & Quist, H&QAP is currently an independent organization that conducts both later-stage control investments and earlier-stage venture capital investments. It focuses on growthsectors including technology, technology manufacturing, consumer brands and financial services. The firm's offices are located in the principal markets of Asia as well as in the Silicon Valley, providing it with a unique combination of local market presence and global perspective. H&QAP is dedicated to identifying superior commercial potential in Asia and working closely with companies to unlock that untapped potential. Throughout its rich history, H&QAP has developed an extensive network specifically geared towards helping its portfolio companies emerge into global business leaders.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, China, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

FST NETWORK — Data Preparation Made Easy FST Network helps Associate, Curate & Oversee Data Process within Data Pipelines with Full Lineage & Audibility with a seamless integrated low code platform.
EOC Pharma Group — EOC Pharma is an integrated biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the manufacturing, development and commercialization of innovative global oncology products in China. They have adopted a licensing model in order to build EOC’s innovative pipeline by plugging their partner’s molecule into EOC’s “core engine” of local manufacturing,clinical development, regulatory filing, and commercialization. The company has a pipeline of seven novel products from global biopharmaceutical partners that are potentially first- and best-in-class. Until now, EOC has obtained four Class I innovative drug CTA approvals and initiated clinical studies of four lead products in China.,EOC has a team of entrepreneurs and consultants with overseas background that boasts of first-class pharmaceutical R&D expertise as well as rich industry experience. The company owns an 8,000 square meter cGMP manufacturing facility in Taizhou, China Medical City and has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Los Angeles.EOC will leverage forward-looking licensing which will provide product opportunities to their integrated platform, generating a highly strategic portfolio. Ultimately, this will position EOC at the top of oncology innovation in China.
Hyphen Group — MoneyHero Group is a portfolio of digital finance companies that exists to bridge the gap between people and finance. We accelerate the digitisation and growth of the financial industry, and empower consumers to build healthier financial lives.

SeaX - Southeast Asia Exponential Ventures is a venture capital firm investing globally in early-stage companies with game-changing “exponential” technologies. We deliver a unique access to a highly selective group of innovative companies from around the globe. We combine our strong entrepreneurial, investing, and scientific background withextensive professional networks across Asia and the US to identify the best investment opportunities. Most importantly, we aim to achieve both financial returns and strategic advantages for our investors.Some of the key highlights - Access: We provides our investors access to deal flows globally with a primary focus in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. - Accelerate: Our fund leverages RISE's platforms and networks which has over 1000+ startups alumni across Asia and several hundred corporate partners to help startups scale quickly. - Advantage: Our investors are top multinational corporations and family offices, collectively we can become the network of entrepreneurs, business partners, and co-investors.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Thailand, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

AiFi — AiFi offers fully customized, AI powered retail solutions to help retailers of all sizes become fully autonomous. Discover our flexible solutions.
Globaleur — Thousands of travelers from around the world rely on Globaleur for travel. Leverage Globaleur's software and APIs that include dynamic destination data and AI-powered developer tools to change the way we travel the world.
Verdant Robotics, Inc. — Verdant Robotics manufactures robotics machinery and components. The company's technology transforms grower profits by digitally mapping the entire farm across time and space, automatically tracking and treating every part of every plant.

China Creation Ventures (CCV) was founded by the former KPCB China Managing Partner, Wei Zhou, and his TMT investment team of many years in KPCB China. With the majority of members from KPCB China, CCV has developed deep domain expertise and insight in the TMT industry. The companies they invested at early stage include JD.com (NASDAQ:JD),CreditEase (NYSE:YRD), Rong360 (NYSE:JT), ID5.com, Himalaya FM, Tan Tan Mobile Social (acquired by Momo, NASDAQ: MOMO), VenusTech (SZ:002439), Manzuo.com (acquired by SuNing), Miaopai Mobile Video (Yixia.com), ULUCU (NEEQ:837110), Miaozhen Systems, Asia Innovation Group, Meican.com, Scinor Water (acquired by TRCE:300332), KJY Water (NEEQ:835159), Arrail Dental, etc. Many of the CCV’s portfolio have seen significant business growth and closed a new round of financing, including JD Digit, Wanka Online (HKSE:1762), Perfect Corp, Perfect, Ice Kredit, Zuzuche, Veer VR, Menya, Bizvane, Joyrun, Cowa Robot, Lomotif, Dingdong Class, Shukun Technology, Yunhu Health, etc.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, Taiwan, Nigeria

Portfolio highlights

Aventurier — Aventurier offers cleaning robots that relieve workers of repetitive cleaning jobs while drastically increasing the efficiency and intelligence of cleaning operations.
U Power — U Power is an intelligent electric vehicle company that builds cars for scenarios. It aims to enable scenario owners to define cars through standardized UP super chassis and to achieve Car as a Service. The company is headquartered in Xuhui District, Shanghai, China.
WeZhi Airlines — WeZhi Aviation focuses on medium and large general unmanned transport aircraft , and the company aspires to be a global provider of intelligent aviation-related technological goods and services.

Polygon provides informed engineered solutions for temporary climate control, Document Recovery, and emergency drying commercial industries in the United States. Contact us today for a quote!

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Energy
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Taiwan, Lithuania, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Ertha — Build The World You Want To Live In
Overnight — Overnight is a DeFi protocol behind USD+, a yield generating stablecoin with daily profit payout
Router Protocol — Router Protocol is a Cross Chain Bridge. Currently live on Ethereum, Polygon, and more. Building an interoperable cross chain future of the blockchain ecosystem.

iStartis is a customizable online platform for organizations running business competitions around the globe. It has become the go-to site for entering business competitions from around the world, browsing pages of idea summaries, and networking with hundreds of entrepreneurs.iStart is now the networking site for entrepreneurs, mentors, andadvisors to connect with each other and bring potential business ideas to market. It is conducted by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Investment focus

Video, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round
Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Viscovery — Viscovery offers an easier way to self-checkout for product items that are unlabeled (pastries, food) or labeled, using the latest vision AI.

Dialectic is a machine that solves cyphers to unlock exceptional value for our members.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Anoma — An intent-centric architecture for decentralized counterparty discovery, solving, information flow control, & multi-chain atomic settlement
nftperp — First perpetual futures dex for NFTs
Fuel Labs — At Fuel, we are building the fastest execution layer for the modular blockchain stack.

Beli sampai bayar dapet gratis ongkir/cashback, game hadiah jutaan, dan Serbu Seru pake recehan. Makhluk sejagat raya aja pake aplikasi Bukalapak!

Investment focus

Gaming, Ethereum, Logistics
Seed, Series A
Taiwan, Indonesia

Portfolio highlights

Crewdible — Crewdible partners with office or homeowners who have free space to make fulfillment warehouses. By using existing homes and offices, Crewdible can reduce large operational costs, so as to provide a very affordable price and suitable for SMEs.
Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia — YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain.

Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for investing in non fungible tokens (NFTs) used in virtual worlds and blockchain-based games. The organization’s mission is to create the biggest virtual world economy, optimizing its community-owned assets for maximum utility, and sharing its profits with its token holders.

Investment focus

Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
United States, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

LOScoin — LOScoin is a web3 gaming and social application based on telegram bot. LOScoin is committed to profoundly combining Web3's novel interactive experience with the passion of LOScoin's MEME community, creating a highly engaging, entertaining, and economically active DAO community, and providing users with a completely new gaming and socialexperience.
Sapien — Sapien offers Data Labelling Services with RLHF to fine-tune your LLMs potential. Improve model performance with better data to improve outcomes. Consult us now!
Pixion Games — Pixion Games is a studio focused on building competitive esports games for mobile device.

The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific programs in each place.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vpon Holdings — Vpon Holdings is an AI big data analysis and advertising company.
Ziwu Technology — Ziwu Technology offers the conversion of bio-based waste into sustainable new materials and provides environmentally friendly solutions.
Rice Robotics Limited — The friendliest robot at your service.

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.

Jump Capital is a thesis-led venture investor specializing in scalable software opportunities in fintech, crypto, IT and data infrastructure, the future of commerce, digital media, and vertical SaaS solutions. In addition to capital, Jump provides advocacy and support for entrepreneurs, complemented with institutional-level resources.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Deeto — Deeto provides an AI‑driven customer activation platform that automates sourcing, sharing customer testimonials, and reference engagement.
AskElephant — AskElephant is an AI-powered platform that automates workflows for go-to-market teams. It streamlines tasks such as pre-meeting preparation, CRM note-taking, and team handoffs. The platform also provides personalized coaching and insights to optimize sales processes, enhance sales calls, and update real-time data and analysis. AskElephant aims torevolutionize the way sales leaders and teams operate by leveraging AI technology.
TrueFoundry — TrueFoundry provides Data Scientists and ML Engineers with the fastest framework for Post Model Pipeline. Using best DevOps practices, we enable instant monitored endpoints for models in 15 minutes!

Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Unite — We started Unite because we saw a problem.Two problems, in fact. A problem faced by marketplace sellers like you, who see high- quality traffic on your pages but have no way of retargeting shoppers who don’t end up purchasing, leaving potential sales on the table. And a problem faced by the marketplaces where you sell, which win by helping youdrive sales but aren’t equipped to offer you the sorts of online advertising tools like retargeting pixels, audience creation, and campaign management platforms that big brands have been using for years.That’s where we come in. Understanding these constraints and sharing the frustration faced by both sellers and marketplaces over lost revenue and lost customers, we created the perfect platform to put the industry’s most powerful advertising technology capabilities in the hands of people like you, building them into the marketplaces where you already sell. The result? Higher traffic and higher conversion rates. In other words, higher sales.Today, thousands of sellers across the Internet are using Unite to advertise like a big brand and drive sales. It’s time to join them.
Regolith Labs — Regolith Labs is the operator of a software company dedicated to assisting token airdrops in defending against sybil assaults and spam.
Permissionless Labs — Permissionless Labs is redefining digital content distribution by pioneering the free and safe movement of content around the world.

CCIC CDIB International Corp.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
Taiwan, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
QT Medical — World's leading medical ECG/EKG machine company that aims to make hospital-grade 12-lead ecg machines available for everyone. Best portable ecg device during the pandemic. Focusing on innovations in the field of telemedicine and home care, we continue to invest in research and development of products that will bring better cardiac care to patients.
Beijing Ansong Technology — Beijing Ansong Technology Co., Ltd. is an enterprise focusing on the research and development, production, and sales of orthopedic medical devices. The company cooperates with domestic and foreign universities, research institutes, and doctors in hospitals, and is committed to creating original orthopedic products with independent knowledgeproducts.Beijing Ansong Technology was founded on June 27, 2011 by Liang Tao in Fengtai, Beijing.

NBM is a specialized firm that successfully pioneered global digital-media investing over the last decade, backing successes like IDN Media in Indonesia, Pocket Aces in India, TheNewsLens in Taiwan and Capital Digital in Mexico. Its first venture fund, launched in 2015, consistently ranks in the top quartile of media and global venture funds. TheFund, which has been backed by several of the world’s leading media brands, is now open to other investors as its investment team moves to take advantage of the sudden rise of opportunities and new valuations in the global media landscape. NBM’s co-founders are Marcus Brauchli, the former top editor at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Sasa Vucinic, the longtime CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). The firm’s general counsel is Stuart Karle, former COO of Reuters and General Counsel of the Journal.

Investment focus

Digital Media, Advertising, Publishing
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Vietcetera Media — Vietcetera Media - Understanding Vietnam
Kaleidoscope — Kaleidoscope Content, bringing vivid stories from around the globe. Listen in color!

Hashkey they offers investment opportunities and solutions to institutions, family offices, funds, and professional accredited investors across the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

AltLayer — AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2.
Supra — Supra is the world's highest-performing, fully vertically integrated L1 blockchain, and it's about to change everything.
Panoptic — Panoptic is a perpetual, oracle-free, instant-settlement options trading protocol on the Ethereum blockchain. Panoptic enables the permissionless trading of options on top of any asset pool in the Uniswap v3 ecosystem and seeks to develop a trustless, permissionless, and composable options product, i.e., do for decentralized options markets whatx*y=k automated market maker protocols did for spot trading.Read the whitepaper behind our product here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.14232

A $500 million venture arm of Crypto.com dedicated to investing in crypto start-ups at Seed and Series A Stages.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
United States, Singapore, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

Chillchat — We're Club Penguin... on steroids. Pixel art virtual worlds powered by Solana and created by you. Discord: https://discord.gg/jKNpZ6Q2SD
Nomad — Nomad is a novel approach to blockchain interoperability that leverages an optimistic mechanism to increase the security of cross-chain communication.
Magic Square — Discover, use, and manage all dApps, DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and engage with the community in one convenient place. Magic Square - It's all there.

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1993. Made 300+ investments with 80+ exits. Manages 9 funds and over $1B in capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.Thefirm's focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Taiwan, China

Portfolio highlights

GDMC — GDMC is a pharmaceutical company that engages in manufacturing and designing genetic medicines.
Blackpanda — Asia's premier digital forensics and cyber incident response firm.
Phase — Design and prototype websites and apps visually and intuitively, in a new powerful product reworked for the digital age.

Expara IDM Ventures (EIDMV) is a leading provider of incubation and mentorship to early-stage interactive and digital media (IDM) companies in Singapore. EIDMV was one of the first private companies to be appointed as an incubator in the Interactive Digital Media Office (IDMPO)’s iJAM Microfunding Scheme supported by the National ResearchFoundation (NRF) in October 2007. Since then, we’ve invested S$5,000 on top of the S$50,000 disbursement from IDMPO into 16 start-ups. EIDMV’s iJAM I program has been highly successful, exceeding each of its KPIs and generating several of Singapore’s most exciting early-stage IDM companies. The team has a proven track record of successful follow-on fundraising for our incubatees; three companies have raised more than S$1MM in follow-on funding. EIDMV was again reappointed as an incubator in IDMPO’s new iJAM Mircofunding Scheme in April 2012, also known as iJAM Reload. EIDMV II was established late 2012 for the purpose of investment and incubation of future portfolio start-ups. The new scheme allows EIDMV II to match IDMPO’s funding of S$50,000 with an additional S$5,000 in Tier 1(similar to the initial program), followed by S$100,000 to S$100,000 match of IDMPO’s funding in Tier 2. The new management team which includes Douglas Abrams adds to the incubation experience and network which will strongly benefit these portfolio companies. EIDMV has close ties with two entities: Expara Pte Ltd, a venture creation company that develops and teaches entrepreneurship and innovation experiential-exercise-based learning programs for entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies and public institutions in Asia; and Extream Ventures Pte Ltd, an early-stage venture fund supported by NRF under the Early Stage Venture Funding Scheme. Douglas has helped raise S$20 million for Extream Ventures, in which he is one of four GPs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Singapore, United States, Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

salutat — intelligent communications for financial institutions
Novocall — Novocall is THE business phone system for SMBs. Capture website leads, automate cold call campaigns & track inbound calls to their marketing source.
Advantir Innovations — Serve more than 100 flavours of Swirls with just 1 machine, without the need to clean the machine. The Swirl.GO soft serve ice cream machine is scalable, compact, and does not require water points, hence suitable for usage in F&Bs, lounges, offices and events.

We are a proprietary investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology, primarily focused on the Elrond Ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Gudchain — Gudchain operates a game creation firm that specializes in web-3 games. The company's platform incorporates blockchain technology into its games, allowing gamers to play and earn simultaneously.
Nexio — Nexio is a bitcoin scaling solution platform that helps to improve cryptocurrency's scalability by using parallelizing Bitcoin rollouts.
KIP Protocol — KIP Protocol is a decentralised AI framework unlocking digital property rights of Knowledge Assets in the AI-powered future.

CCIC CDIB International Corp.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Series B, Series A, Series C
Taiwan, China, United States

Portfolio highlights

QT Medical — World's leading medical ECG/EKG machine company that aims to make hospital-grade 12-lead ecg machines available for everyone. Best portable ecg device during the pandemic. Focusing on innovations in the field of telemedicine and home care, we continue to invest in research and development of products that will bring better cardiac care to patients.
Micronbrane Medical — Even today, with a multitude of tests and technologies, the exact cause of infectious diseases can go undiagnosed. Understanding bacteria, viruses, fungi and
Beijing Ansong Technology — Beijing Ansong Technology Co., Ltd. is an enterprise focusing on the research and development, production, and sales of orthopedic medical devices. The company cooperates with domestic and foreign universities, research institutes, and doctors in hospitals, and is committed to creating original orthopedic products with independent knowledgeproducts.Beijing Ansong Technology was founded on June 27, 2011 by Liang Tao in Fengtai, Beijing.

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
New Zealand, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

EarnOS — EarnOS is the fully remote company that provides Global Ad & Payments Platform powered by Web3.
Auror — The platform for retailers focused on improving safety, productivity, and profitability. Auror is used by leading Loss Prevention teams in thousands of stores.
Ivo — Ivo reduces the time, effort, and cost of negotiating agreements.

UOB Venture, an investment firm, finances privately-held companies through direct equity investment, mainly in Southeast Asia and China.

Investment focus

Cryptocurrency, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series B, Series A
United States, Singapore, China

Portfolio highlights

BlonkFi — BlonkFi enables users to borrow stablecoins with volatile mid-market money, such as Meme tokens, as collateral.
Pichi Finance — Pichi Finance Points are typically stored off-chain and linked to wallet addresses, limiting their tradability on the open market.
Vanilla Finance — Vanilla Finance could be a trading platform designed to facilitate buying and selling of assets, possibly with a focus on cryptocurrencies or other financial products.

Rookie Fund is where investors and entrepreneurs start their careers. We are a student-run venture fund, powered by Rookie Fund management team and mentors. We are proud to support the strongest community of student investors and entrepreneurs across the Asia region. Rookie Fund currently runs in three locations, Taiwan, Xiamen, and Hong Kong.

Investment focus

Apps, Internet, Messaging
Pre-Seed
Taiwan

Portfolio highlights

XO (former Rooit) — Rooit is an internet company that provides a gamified application that specializes in communication guided by chatbots to facilitate interaction between two users by providing fun games. The company is driven by its mission is to disrupt the way young people communicate and make friends.Rooit was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Taipei City,Taiwan.

Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

FrodoBots Lab — FrodoBots Lab is pioneering advancements in Embodied AI research at the intersection of crypto and gaming.
Starpower — Starpower: On-boarding now, Share 30,000,000 STARs
Exponent Finance — Exponent Finance is a Solana Network DeFi fixed price market that creates time-locked tokens that can generate set returns or be traded for yield.

OKX Blockdream Ventures is a fund focused on exploring high-quality blockchain projects with great potential.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Singapore, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

PlaysOut — PlaysOut is a mini-game platform that helps developers publish mini-games on superAPP platforms
Memes Lab — Memes Lab is a multi-level meme infrastructure on TON, integrated with Telegram Stars, which allows users to purchase meme coins without a wallet.
Cygnus Finance — Cygnus is a tool that helps different blockchains work together by allowing to share security and keep their networks safe.

Winkrypto focuses on decrypting the integrated marketing of the crypto world and communicates the value for innovation projects. As a Greater China resource integrator, it enjoys deep partnership with technology communities, mainstream media, and financial institutions that have great insights into trends on Blockchain and FinTech.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Gaming, Ethereum
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

StarSharks — StarSharks is a NFT-GameFi ecosystem based on the BSC chain developed by game players, governance committees, and game developers. The game integrates different types of games and breaks down barriers found between games by allowing players to use the same character to enter the Shark-metaverse. It enables players come together to build and govern a new metaverse and create a community culture in the Shark-metaverse.
Aleph.im — Aleph Cloud delivers confidential computing, decentralized GPU power, and serverless functions for secure AI, scalable dApps, and next-gen Web3 infrastructure.
Cumulus Encrypted Storage System (CESS) — CESS revolutionizes AI, DeSci, RWA, Enterprise, and more with secure, transparent, and traceable data solutions. Delivering AI computing and data infrastructure, CESS enables data privacy and sovereignty with a focus on AI Agent applications and frameworks.

Circle Ventures invests in projects that accelerate global crypto innovation and adoption in service. They foster crypto innovation by assisting founders and teams that are committed to open access, financial inclusivity, and programmable commerce, all of which may contribute to global economic success.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Anzen — USDz is a stablecoin backed by a diversified RWA portfolio, allowing holders to mitigate volatility and earn rewards through all market cycles
Abound — Live your best NRI life with Abound. Transfer money to India at the best exchange rates and earn cashback on your everyday shopping!
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.

Hari Kumar - Partner @ LionRock Capital

Investment focus

Digital Media, B2B, Social Media
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
India, Taiwan, Singapore

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.