September’s month-end tech news snapshot for Taiwan
Tech news from Taiwan in September 2021 touched on items in subject areas including: the 500 Startups-run Taiwan Tech Arena Accelerator; the recent US Taiwan Startup Forum; and others.
September’s tech news snapshot for Taiwan is admittedly ‘light’ and so we’ve also included a snapshot of August’s tech news from Taiwan, to provide a wider view of the country’s recent tech and startup moves.
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- US Taiwan Startup Forum 2021 set for September 9-10, delivering a virtual showcase of 16 startups founded by Taiwanese and Taiwanese American entrepreneurs
- Taiwan: A brief intro to the 20 startups selected for the Taiwan Tech Arena Accelerator by 500 Startups
- Taiwan: A brief intro to the government’s Taiwania Capital and the 4 funds it manages, investing in IoT, biotech, medtech and early-stage startups
Taiwan’s tech news: August snapshot
- Taiwan: Neurobit secures $1.1M with artificial intelligence-backed diagnosis of neurological disorders
- Taiwan: Gov’t launches ‘Next Big’ project to promote the image of Taiwan as a creative hub overseas, selecting 9 companies to participate
- Taiwan: AppWorks VC firm closes oversubscribed 3rd fund, raising $150M to back around 40 startups across Series A-C rounds, and in seed-stage investments
- Taiwan’s Foxconn, world’s largest contract electronics producer, to build electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in US and Thailand next year; also mulling plants in Europe
- An iPhone with four wheels’: Inside Foxconn’s bid to build electric vehicles
- Taiwan: XREX secures $17M pre-Series A with focus on speeding cross-border businesses in emerging markets, via services including payment escrow and crypto-fiat exchange
- Taiwan’s space technology firm TiSpace to conduct test launches from South Australia having gained regulator approval, focusing on low-Earth orbit satellites
- Singapore’s JustCo to open new co-working centre in Taiwan in January 2022, located in Hsinchu Science Park, home to over 400 tech firms and 2 semiconductor foundries
- ICYMI: Taiwan Mobile invested $20M in Vietnam’s biggest Tiki Corp, country’s largest e-commerce firm, seeking a foothold in greater SE Asian markets
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