Startup news, Taiwan
Taiwan’s tech, startup and VC funding news, as covered in the online press thru December 2019.
Our Taiwan tech news summaries focus mainly on Taiwan’s early-stage startup space, covering financial tech, blockchain, med-tech and beyond.
- Taiwan: A brief intro to Medical Augmented Intelligence, using X-ray, CT and MRI tech in VR to develop solutions for surgical simulation and medical education
- Taiwan: An overview of the AppWorks Demo Day 19 and the 18 AI and blockchain startups that presented
- Taiwan: An overview of the Startup Festival set for December 7-8, focusing on businesses startup by migrant women
- An intro to the 6 Taiwanese medtech startups that developed their businesses in the Netherlands and Europe via the Utrecht Region’s Rapid Health program
- LINE Pay Taiwan and iPASS Corp form collaboration with 4 major int’l payment brands to facilitate cross-border payments between Japan, Korea, Thailand and Taiwan
- Taiwan: XFail 2019 Conference set for December 14th, an event for entrepreneurs to share their experiences of failure and the improvements that came as a result
- Taiwan: Boston’s SmartLabs biomedical sciences incubator selects Taiwan for first Asia office, preps for SmartLabs Global Launch program
- Taiwan: Thousands of lies flood social media every day as Beijing seeks to exploit social divisions and undermine democracy in lead up to presidential election
- ICYMI: 7-Eleven in Taiwan expands unmanned store concept, rolling out 140 Mini 7-Eleven smart vending machines across the country
- Taiwan: National branding for Startup Island TAIWAN to be unveiled for the first time at 2020 CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in January
- Taiwan: An interview with Shuyang Lin, Co-Founder of Public Digital Innovation Space, from the Women in GovTech Special Report 2019
- Taiwan’s President opens Presidential Office building to an overnight stay for international online influencers
- Taiwan: An intro to 2 of the country’s medical tech startups, and the burgeoning ecosystem that supports their growth
- Taiwan AI x Robotic Accelerator to promote three rising AI startups to a global audience at CES Eureka Park 2020 in Las Vegas in January
- Taiwan: WaCare medical care social network launches to connect individuals and families with care professionals providing personalized preventive medicine
- Taiwan: SparkAmplify to launch AI-powered Press Release Assistant at upcoming CES2020 in Las Vegas
- New Zealand: Komodo Monitr selected for Taiwan’s Hype Spin sports accelerator with software to help amateur athletes develop skills and avoid injury
- One Country, One Censor: How China undermines media freedom in Hong Kong and Taiwan – from the Committee to Protect Journalists
Other subject-specific news from December 2019:
Blockchain in Asia • Crypto news, Asia • AI news • Fintech in Asia
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