= First quarter 2018 =
Taiwan’s Startup News
Below is a broad, uncategorised summary of Taiwan’s startup and tech scene as covered in the English-language press across January, February and March in 2018.
We also deliver a monthly Taiwan startup news round-up.
Accompanying this, we also deliver a daily startup news report
via social media, posting Taiwan’s startup news on Twitter,
on LinkedIn and via StartupAsiaNews on Facebook.
The collected quarterly items – spanning all countries in South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand – can also be ordered as a 90+ page publication in full-colour hardopy.
- Cabinet approves AI industry development plan
- Microsoft to set up $34M artificial intelligence R&D center
- citiesocial e-commerce startup secures US$2.75M led by China’s Alibaba
- Premier urges government agencies to subsidize mobile payment fees to boost fintech
- Space Cycle boutique fitness studio chain backed to $15.5M in part by China’s Alibaba fund
- AWS partners New Taipei City to establish Joint Innovation Centre
- Foxconn set to invest $342M in AI and industrial IoT
- Taiwan AI and Robotics Accelerator on the lookout for innovative tech startups and solutions
- Taipei City partners IOTA Foundation to leverage blockchain tech towards Smart City goals
- A look at the recently-launched Puzzle-up Taiwan Startup Ecosystem Initiative
- A look at the Taiwan-Silicon Valley connection, discussed at Taiwan Accelerator’s US Demo Day
- Citiesocial online retail platform eyes regional expansion following $2.75M fundraise
- Foxconn to dedicate minimum of $342M to artificial intelligence positioning
- A look at Gogoro – 50K scooters, battery swap stations every 800m, 30,000 exchanges daily
- KKday, platform helping travelers find local activities, secures $10.5M
- Taiwan steps towards liberalizing cryptocurrencies as other SEA nations tighten controls
- Rock the Mic ASIA 2018 applications open – 2 minutes, no slides, no product demo
- 2018 Taipei startup subsidy available to local startups for participating in overseas entrepreneurial programs
- Taiwan’s central bank looking seriously at blockchain tech for payment systems
- Taipei to partner IOTA for blockchain-driven digital ID program
- MOX, accelerator helping mobile startups tap emerging markets, showcases batch 4 at demo day
- Wistron Medical Tech partners hospital to test exoskeleton robots for rehabilition
- Taipei using blockchain alternative as part of smart city transformation
- government to introduce software to help businesses reduce labor costs and R&D time, with focus on startup growth
- TSSE student-founded agritech startup raises $3M
- A brief look at Cloud Computing and IoT Assoc’n and its corporate-startup innovation platforms
- Far Eastern Air Transport airline announces acceptance of bitcoin for payments
- Taiwan’s Garage+ incubator seeks tech startups for Startup Global Program 2018
- India’s Telangana government signs partnership with Taiwan’s Taoyuan city for economic exchange around technology
