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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Venture Capital startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cherubic Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia | ||
AppWorks | Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia | ||
UMC Capital | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Hsinchu, T’ai-wan, Taiwan, Asia | ||
National Development Fund of Taiwan Government | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia | ||
Hive Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia |
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We’ve ranked the top Venture Capital Seed investors in Taiwan. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
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Top Venture Capital Investors & Funds (Taiwan)
Cherubic Ventures
Founded in 2014, Cherubic Ventures is the only early-stage venture capital firm that’s active in both US and China, with a total AUM of 250 million USD. Our team spreads across San Francisco, Beijing, and Taipei. We focus on seed stage investments that aim to transform industries. Some of our notable portfolio companies include Flexport, Virgin Hyperloop One, Wish, Ring, hims, TianGe Interactive, LiuliShuo, and Pinkoi.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Venture Capital
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AppWorks
Based in Taiwan, founded in 2009, AppWorks is a leading startup community and venture capital firm built by founders, for founders. AppWorks Accelerator, the renowned 6-month free accelerator program, admits 30 – 40 AI, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia startups per batch from across the region and boasts 457 active startups and 1,448 founders in its alumni network. Collectively, all companies produce a turnover of US$ 17.5B, an annual increase of 36% compared to the same time last year, and provide 21,353 jobs, 15% more than the year prior. Altogether, the Ecosystem raised a total of US$ 5.4B, an annual increase of 25%, with an aggregate valuation reaching US$ 32.6B, growing 87% YoY. As a VC, AppWorks manages three venture capital funds totaling US$ 212 million. We’ve attracted a diverse array of LPs who believe in our vision, including Taiwan Mobile, Axiom Asia Private Capital, Fubon Life, Wistron, Cathay Life, and Taiwan’s National Development Fund. We fund 20 deals a year, now with more than 80 names in our portfolio, including leading startups in several verticals such as Dapper Labs / Flow, Animoca Brands, 91APP, Figment, Carousell, ShopBack, Tiki, 17LIVE, and KKday, while having produced 5 IPOs, 4 IEOs, 1 hectocorn, 2 decacorns, and 5 unicorns. 【If you are a founder working on web3 / DAO, AI / IoT, and Southeast Asia, apply to AppWorks Accelerator:https://bit.ly/3bbDw7Q】
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Incubators, Venture Capital
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UMC Capital
UMC Capital was established in February 2001 as the direct investment arm of world leading semiconductor foundry UMC. By leveraging the resources of UMC and its affiliates, UMC Capital is well positioned to deliver significant strategic values to startup companies. The mission/objectives of UMC Capital are: identifying innovative technologies, forming mutually productive relationships with entrepreneurs, exploring and expanding emerging and applications, and earning financial returns for the parent company UMC.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Hsinchu, T’ai-wan, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Finance, Semiconductor, Venture Capital
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National Development Fund of Taiwan Government
The national development fund is the management unit of the non-business cycle budget fund, which is tasked with grouping. It aims to accelerate the industrial innovation value-added, promote economic transformation and national development, and help china’s industrial innovation value-added, research and development and self-owned brands. The financing method or assisting the competent authorities of the central government to handle the relevant plans to complete the purposes specified in article 30 of the “industry innovation ordinance”.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Government, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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Hive Ventures
Hive Ventures is a global seed to early stage VC, with a focus on AI, IOT, Blockchain and its applications across Taiwan, HK & SEA regions. We believe that the key to producing superior performance, is by exercising a hands on approach on a concentrated and interconnected portfolio, to help them scale across regions with our wealth of operational experience regionally and globally. We also believe that Taiwan will be a hotspot for AI, IOT and Blockchain technologies development.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Venture Capital
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Red Building Capital
Red Building Capital invests in early-stage tech startups which contribute to migration from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, such as Blockchain, Cyber Security.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Cyber Security, SaaS, Venture Capital
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Rookie Fund
Rookie Fund is where investors and entrepreneurs start their careers. We are a student-run venture fund, powered by Rookie Fund management team and mentors. We are proud to support the strongest community of student investors and entrepreneurs across the Asia region. Rookie Fund currently runs in three locations, Taiwan, Xiamen, and Hong Kong.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital
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flyingVest Ventures
Started in 2020 with a team of extensive experience in the financial sector as well as the startup ecosystem. Our mission is to provide critical assistance to ensure efficient growth. The flyingVest network includes flyingV, the premier crowdfunding platform in Taiwan with over $ 2 billion funded, as well as the only licensed equity crowdfunding securities brokerage in Taiwan, and also extensive fund management experience with over $1 billion invested. OUR SYSTEM flyingVest Securities (flyingvest.cc) The only licensed equity crowdfunding securities brokerage in Taiwan, with a million to provide small businesses more flexible financial options to grow, and for investors to find early opportunities. flyingV Crowdfunding (flyingv.cc) The premier crowdfunding platform in Taiwan with over $2 billion funded, over 400 campaigns, over 1 million members, and a part of Taiwan’s evolution in the last 10 years. Taiwan Tech Arena (taiwanarena.tech) Taiwan Tech Arena champions entrepreneurship and innovation with the goal of building a vibrant international startup ecosystem in Taiwan. Venue (venue.tw) A renovated motel which has been a hub for co-working, exhibitions, performances, product launches, etc. and has been a great demonstration of the creative diversity of taiwan. OUR SERVICES Corporate Planning — Production Analysis, Localization Strategy, Mentorship Programs Capital Panning — Cap Table Planning, Investment Matching, Crowdfunding Planning
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Taipei, T’ai-pei, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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XR1
XR1 provides founding funding and seed funding alongside governance support to pre-revenue startups with protectable intellectual property, who are operating in the immersive computing, IoT, Fintech or AI sectors. Founders are expected to initially co-locate within the PROJECTR® XR Centers in New Zealand or Taiwan to develop their technology and expand their export business from these countries.
Stages: Seed
Location: Kaohsiung, T’ai-wan, Taiwan, Asia
Industries: Venture Capital
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