# Darwin Venture Management

> Darwin Venture Management is a VC fund backing Software and Manufacturing. See 151 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Total investments: 151
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last fund: Mar 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/darwin-venture-management
- Website: http://www.darwin-venture.com.tw/en/index.html

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 onpromising 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$3.1M |
| Series A | $3M–$45M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 23 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 16 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 9% |
| Health Care | 10 | 7% |
| Internet | 8 | 5% |

120 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 57 | 38% |
| Seed | 19 | 13% |
| Series A | 15 | 10% |
| Series B | 8 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Taiwan | 42 | 28% |
| United States | 15 | 10% |
| Japan | 11 | 7% |
| China | 6 | 4% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Yang | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-yang-bc7a |
| Emily Wu | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emily-wu-568d |
| Jason Lu | Investment Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-lu-eaa3 |
| Kay Lin | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kay-lin-e474 |
| Kazuaki Konno | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kazuaki-konno |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| bestat | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Ball Wave | 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 | EMoBi is a transportation company that provides freight transport, and electric vehicle services with reservation facilities. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |
| EMobi | EMoBi is a transportation company that provides freight transport, and electric vehicle services with reservation facilities. | $2.1M | Seed | Aug 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 151 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Development Fund of Taiwan Government](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-development-fund-of-taiwan-government) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [IT-Farm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/it-farm) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Accord Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accord-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [DG Daiwa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dg-daiwa-ventures-6537) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Global Brain Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-brain-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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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 Seed stage. Most of the 151 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Taiwan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Darwin Venture Management's check size?

Darwin Venture Management typically joins rounds of $350k–$3.1M at Seed and $3M–$45M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Darwin Venture Management participates 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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