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WELCOME 歡迎來到台灣
v.s.
Lake !Michigan
Taiwan!(Formosa)
58,000 km2!22,400 sqm
36,193 km2!13,855 sqm
Culturally, a Fusion of Asia�
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23.4 millions total population !• 19.7M Internet users, penetration 84%, 3rd in Asia"• 18M+ 4G users estimated by end 2016 "• >75% accessing web via multiple screens """
Social, Entertainment, Commerce !• LINE penetration 74% - Thailand 51%, Japan 42% "• Facebook penetration 70% - stickiness 5x of global average "• E-commerce 11% of overall retail (~US$31B) "
Highly Internet Addicted �
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Willing to Pay = Very High Mobile ARPU �
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Source: App Annie 2015 Retrospective
TOP COUNTRIES – 2015 Worldwide iOS and Android
POSITIONING & BRAND DNA �A Global Taste �
Monthly Reach 68%
Monthly Reach 87% Monthly Reach 96%
Monthly Reach 71%
Source: comScore Jan 2016 reach % by MAU
…except for local EC, news destinations �
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So, what’s in there
for Taiwan startups?
Lake !Michigan
Taiwan!(Formosa)
US$1M+ Investments 2015-2016/Q1 �Y2015 Month
1 Jan
2 Jan3 Jan4 Mar5 Mar
6 Mar
7 Apr8 Apr
9 May
10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun
13 Sep
14 Sep15 Oct
16 Nov
17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Dec
Y2016 Month21 Feb22 Mar23 Mar
Product Name Round Amount US$ Mil InvestorsMicrowave IDTechnology & Swipy N/A Around 3 millions SinoPac Holdings, InveStar Capital
LIVEhouse Pre A Around $1.2 millions GamaniaEZTable B Round $5 millions MediaTek, UMC & I-MeiMoBagel Seed $1 millions 500 Startups, CyberAgent, FundersClub, SingTel Innov8Viscovery A Round $5 millions N/A
91APP A Round $9 millions Appworks, CID, NineYi Capital, Pchome Hongzhi Jan, ShennaoPresident Bao-yong Lin
HyXen Technology Pre A $1.3 millions FoxconnPaGamO A Round $6 millions Foxconn
The News Lens A Round $1-2 millionsNorth Base Media, 500 Startups, Lionrock Capitalfounder&CEO Hari Kumar, Venture Capitalist Herbert Changs& Angel investor Jim Wu
HWTrek A Round $4 millions WI Harper, Lenovo Legend Star, JD, Global BrainWAVENET A Round Around $3 millions CDIBPal+ (ex Cubie) A Round $1.3 millions Asiasoft Corporation、Expert Idea Limited, FunP Co. Ltd.
Installments Seed $1.7 millionsMulti-Dimentional Angel Partners, WSGR, Silverlink-Arana,Shui-Mu Foundation of Chemistry, Darwin Venture
Deepblu Seed $1.5 millions SilverLink-Aranya Founders FundPinkoi A Round $9 millions Sequoia Capital India, GMO Ventures
Appier B Round $23 millions Sequoia Capital, TransLink, UOB Venture Management,JAFCO Asia
17 A Round $10 millions Infinity Venture Partners, Prometheus CapitalGogoro B Round $130 millions Panasonic, NDF, Samuel YinTutorABC C Round $200 millions GIC, RCIF, GoldmanSachsVMFive A Round $6 millions CDIB, Trend Micro, Gmobi, Cherubic Ventures
Product Name Round Amount US$ Mil InvestorsiCHEF A Round $5.6 millions Appworks, CID, ChinaTrust InvestmentKKDay A Round $4.5 millions Appworks, NineYi CapitalUmbo CV Seed $2.8 millions Appworks, Winstron, MESH
Total US$434M"• US$76M seed to A "• US$158M series B,
3 companies"• US$200M series C,
TutorABC"
Services �$5.6M
$5M
Service �Commerce �$4.5M
$9M
$9M
Service �Data & Ad Tech�$23M
$5M
$5M
Service �IoT�$2.8M
$1.5M
Service �A Live-stream App�
$10M
Service �A Senior Unicorn �
$200M
Service �Bigger Endeavors �
Service �500 Startups Portfolios in Taiwan�
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Source: iiiNNO Taiwan Startup Ecosystem Mapping Project
Go Global
Busy Startup Scene Since 5+ Years Ago �
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Government Involvement �
… could be better organized �
Service �Strengths!"World class, full stack engineers"Excellent hardware infrastructure"Savvy consumers "Low cost of living"
Weaknesses !"Traditional focus on hardware "Govn’t mandates everywhere"Outdated regulations "R&D/lab driven tech education "Startups lack a global mindset"
Opportunities!"More capital, regional & int’l $$"Service, entertainment, EC "Data technology, VR/AR?"Country as IoT destination "Re-focus on bio-med, materials"U.S., Greater Asia, China
Threats!!Talents leaving (to China) "Big global/regional players ""
• Asia expansion? !• R&D hub? !• Mentoring? !• Investing? !
"Write anita@startupstadium.tw"
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