Darwin Venture Management
VC Fund
Taipei, Taiwan
Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Since our founding in 2009, we have managed eight funds, investing primarily in Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary funds. In 2022, we also launched an evergreen angel fund to enable more nimble bets on promising early-stage teams, and especially those coming from Taiwan’s superb academic and research institutions. This exposure across stages and borders, coupled with the strong technical background of our team, is the source of Darwin’s differentiation. We recently launched our 8th fund Darjune.
- Total investments:
- 158
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 16%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Darwin Venture Management invests in
Stages Darwin Venture Management invests in
Countries Darwin Venture Management invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $350k–$3M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.8M–$70M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 23 (15%)
- Manufacturing 18 (11%)
- Information Technology 15 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 14 (9%)
- Health Care 12 (8%)
Stage
- Funding Round 42 (27%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 33 (21%)
- Seed 25 (16%)
- Series A 18 (11%)
- Series B 8 (5%)
Country
- Taiwan 52 (33%)
- United States 17 (11%)
- Japan 12 (8%)
- China 6 (4%)
- Germany 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Yang
Director
|
Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Emily Wu
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Jason Lu
Investment Director
|
Investment Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Kay Lin
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Kazuaki Konno
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| bestat is a developer of platforms for 3D data creation, management, and utilization using AI and offers digital twins services. | $19M / Series A / Jul 22, 2026 | ||
| PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items. | $3.1M / Series A / Sep 15, 2025 | ||
| Phamily has delivered results at the quality and growth-focused health networks and medical groups around the country. It is a provider of a patient engagement platform intended to make ccm possible and profitable. Its platform replaces the telephone and difficult-to-use patient portals, enabling existing clinical staff to efficiently manage allthe day-to-day ccm work with minimal involvement from busier practice leads and physicians. | $10M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Findy Japan helps engineering organizations and individuals improve their development experiences. The company uses machine learning and natural language processing technology to provide innovative human resources services, with a focus on engineering recruitment. Findy was created by fusing algorithms and humanity. will build a universal platformon which all engineers can take on challenges without fear. Individual opportunities should be created, organizational productivity should be improved, and a virtuous cycle for human resources in society should be established. | $14.4M / Series D / May 26, 2025 | ||
| Instalimb is the world's first 3D printing prosthesis business. It uses advanced 3D printing, 3D-CAD, and machine-learning technologies to produce affordable, high-quality prosthetic legs. By integrating these tools into its manufacturing process, the company delivers reliable and low-cost 3D-printed prosthetics and orthotics. | $7.3M / Series B / Mar 26, 2025 | ||
| BitBiome is a biotechnology company focused on analyzing microbial genomes and discovering enzymes and proteins that can be applied across industries such as pharmaceuticals, food production, and sustainable manufacturing. The company uses single-cell microbial sequencing technology to study microbes that are difficult to culture throughconventional laboratory methods, enabling the creation of a large microbial genome database called bit-GEM. Its platform supports enzyme discovery, genome analysis, and bioengineering efforts aimed at developing bio-based alternatives for industrial processes. bitBiome also works with academic institutions and commercial partners on research projects involving areas such as biodegradable materials, biomass conversion, and pharmaceutical ingredient synthesis. The company positions microbes as a resource for advancing the bioeconomy by providing tools and data that support biotechnology research and industrial applications. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| KKday is an e-commerce travel platform that offers 10,000+ experiences around the world. It provides a wide breadth of experiences, including theme park tickets, cooking classes, multi-day tours, airport transfers, sim cards, and hidden sights off the beaten path. KKday was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in T'ai-pei, Taiwan. | $70M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Ballwave uses the ball SAW sensor based on a new principle as the core of the differentiating factor, and becomes the human eye and the nervous system, and invites it to the horizon of technology. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| EMoBi is a transportation company that provides freight transport, and electric vehicle services with reservation facilities. | $2.1M / Seed / Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Phamily has delivered results at the quality and growth-focused health networks and medical groups around the country. It is a provider of a patient engagement platform intended to make ccm possible and profitable. Its platform replaces the telephone and difficult-to-use patient portals, enabling existing clinical staff to efficiently manage allthe day-to-day ccm work with minimal involvement from busier practice leads and physicians. | Jul 25, 2024 | ||
| See all 158 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Darwin Venture Management invest in?
Darwin Venture Management invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 158 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Darwin Venture Management invest in?
Darwin Venture Management typically joins rounds of $350k–$3M at Seed and $1.8M–$70M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Darwin Venture Management's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Darwin Venture Management took part in.
How do I contact Darwin Venture Management?
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Who are the partners at Darwin Venture Management?
The team at Darwin Venture Management includes Andrew Yang (Director), Emily Wu (Partner) and Jason Lu (Investment Director), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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