July, August & September 2020
Startup News Asia’s third quarter 2020 round-up of Taiwan’s startup news from July, August and September.
The news headlines below detail tech or startup news items from Q3 2020 connected with an aspect of Taiwan’s startup ecosystem; a Taiwan startup announcing a new service, product or VC investment, or an article covering something affecting the Taiwanese startup ecosystem in some way, such as a government or corporate startup investment program, for instance.
The focus is obviously on Taiwan’s startups, but technology and startup news headlines are included from the wider region and the world beyond where useful to provide points-of-reference, food for thought, and wider industry knowledge for Taiwan’s startups.
September 2020 | August 2020 | July 2020
Taiwan’s startup news: September 2020
- Taiwan: Startup Weekend Taipei set for September 11-13, with the COVID-19 theme of The New Normal
- Taiwan: Gov’t official raises possibility of jointly raising funds with Czech Republic to support enterprises of both countries, and particularly those in the startup sector
- Taiwan: Whoscall awarded fourth Presidential Innovation Award with caller ID and number management app, having blocked over 3BN unwelcome calls and texts
- US Taiwan Startup Forum set for September 11 and 25, a virtual event aiming to showcase startups and advance a collaborative startup community
- Taiwan: Mozilla Firefox starts downsizing with lay-off of 250 employees and closure of Taiwan operations
- Taiwan: A snapshot overview of the country’s tech, startup and funding news from the past month or so
- ICYMI: Google announces 2020 Intelligent Taiwan project, purchasing six plots of land to build the third of its Taiwan-based data centers
- Taiwan: An intro to MAKAR from Mifly startup, allowing users to easily create and edit AR and VR content without the need to code
- A video look at the recent Startup Terrace & Osaka Innovation Hub Online Pitch event, and the 6 tech startups that participated
- SEMICON Taiwan 2020 conference set for September 23-25 in Taipei, focusing on all things related to semiconductor technology
- Taiwan: Dragons’ Chamber 2020 pitch event for foreign entrepreneurs set for November 21st as part of Meet Taipei startup festival
- Taiwan: Fair Friend Group machine tool maker and Tunghai University Industrial Smart-Transformation Center launch ‘smart supply chains’ initiative
- Taiwan: HealthForAll cross-border collaboration platform launches to connect international healthcare ecosystems with Taiwan’s industries, boosting corporate-startup links
- Taiwan Pitch Night online event set for October 22nd, showcasing 10 of Taiwan’s tech startups to Silicon Valley
Taiwan’s startup news: August 2020
- Taiwan: HwaCom partnered by Germany’s Siemens Mobility and local research organizations, universities and enterprises for experimental 5G internet-of-vehicles facility
- Taiwan: Briefing session for Global Hack 2020 International Entrepreneurship Challenge, competition to match startups with corporates and investors, set for August 7th
- Taiwan: Internet of Things sector output totaled $43.6BN in value in 2019, in part attributed to government Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan
- Taiwan: “…Operation Skeleton Key…appeared aimed at stealing as much intellectual property as possible, including source code, software development kits, and chip designs.”
- Taiwan: CakeResume raises $900K seed funding to build tech talent database, with talent matching services already provided to 3000 companies
- Taiwan: Meet Taipei Startup Festival 2020 set for November 18-21 – global call now open for startup exhibitors to participate
- US Taiwan Startup Forum virtual event set for September 11th and 25th, aiming to advance a collaborative startup community and conversation on innovations
- Taiwan: UK’s Rainmaking Innovation inaugurates tech-focused Center of Excellence and Expertise in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, becoming the 3rd accelerator there
- Taiwan: iKala raises $17M with AI-based customer engagement platform, aiming for Indonesia and Malaysia launches and growth in existing SEA markets presence
- Taiwan: Microsoft to establish Internet of Things research and training center to develop artificial intelligence and IoT solutions for target industries
- Taiwan: MediaTek chip-maker claims world-first by connecting NB-IoT – narrow band internet of things – device with Inmarsat satellite 35K kilometres above the planet
- Taiwan: Lootex partners Digital Crafter game developer for limited edition blockchain-based 3D virtual figure and digital collectible for Fight of Animals game
- Taiwan: American Institute in Taiwan to host 5G Policy Forum to jointly declare determination of US and Taiwan to work together to safeguard internet security
- Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom partners Yang-Ming and Chiao-Tung universities to develop smart healthcare utilizing 5G and artificial intelligence of things technologies
- Taiwan: An intro to JustKitchen, ‘cloud kitchen’ startup running a hub-and-spokes model with local, lastmile cooking and completion of orders via Uber Eats
Taiwan’s startup news: July 2020
- Taiwan to launch platform showcasing its tech ecosystem, based on Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central
- Taiwan: A look at last month’s Vision Programme, a 4-day bootcamp for 25 selected tech teams delivered in partnership with 500 Startups
- Taiwan: Unblock Analysis gains recognition with AI-driven ‘know your customer’ tech, with likely participation in anti-money laundering standards-setting at G20 Summit
- Taiwan: START@ pitch applications open, aiming to provide a platform for Taiwanese startups to connect with the North American market
- Taiwan: TNL Media Group raises $8M for large-scale expansion of media verticals and data analytics businesses
- Indonesia’s InfraDigital gains funding from Taiwan’s AppWorks to digitize student data, automate back-office processes and facilitate online tuition payments for schools
