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Semiconductor knows no borders: Q&A with Silicon Catalyst partners
Monday 4 January 2021While many might be deterred by the hefty costs of starting a semiconductor company, there are still many other entrepreneurs with a silicon dream knocking on the door of Silicon...
Online counselling by Japanese venture capital experts helps Taiwan-based startups foray into Japan
Monday 4 January 2021IoT is poised to become the backbone for the future of smart living. Some research institutions have projected the IoT market will have 50 billion connected devices and reach a scale...
InnoCare to see sales momentum continue into 2021
Tuesday 29 December 2020InnoCare Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of Innolux focusing on developing flat panels for medical applications, is on track to see its shipments of X-ray image inspection detectors...
Oversight system: Q&A with Dover Microsystems CEO Jothy Rosenberg
Monday 28 December 2020Cyber security is a key issue for the era of big data, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in 2021 will fall victim to...
Understanding what customers really need: Q&A with AImazing founder Jun Ting
Thursday 24 December 2020AImazing, founded in 2015, was groomed by Taiwan-based accelerator AppWorks. AImazing, which set up its headuqarters in Singapore and R&D base in Taiwan in 2017, was about to...
Taiwan investors should change mentality towards startups, says Wistron chairman
Wednesday 23 December 2020Taiwan's investors should change their mentality about entrepreneurships, giving more support to startups, according to Wistron chairman Simon Lin.
Perception skills are key to success: Q&A with Laura Huang, associate professor at Harvard Business School
Thursday 17 December 2020The key to whether something sells or not is not the superiority of the product technology, but whether consumers are willing to pay for it. That's a key message Laura Huang, associate...
Vietnam sees FinTech boom
Friday 11 December 2020The number of FinTech startups in Vietnam has almost tripled from 44 to 121 between 2017 and 2020, with 31% of them operating in payments, according to a report released by Fintech...
IPO activity remains strong in Southeast Asia
Friday 11 December 2020Despite the pandemic and US-China trade tensions, Southeast Asian capital markets have remained resilient, with local IPO activity from January up to mid October 2020 reaching pre-pandemic...
iCAN-TTA demo day showcases Taiwan startup energy
Thursday 10 December 2020In view of the fact that academic research has always been a key force driving national economic development, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) commissioned the Center...
Startup tenacity: Q&A with SparkLabs Taipei founder Edgar Chiu
Friday 4 December 2020COVID-19 has been hammering the world, with many companies facing tremendous challenges amidst risks and uncertainties beyond their control. But many startup teams demonstrating their...
Taiwan Advanced Instrumentation Project drives commercialization of 10 research achievements
Thursday 3 December 2020A presentation to showcase the achievements of Taiwan Advanced Instrumentation Project (TAIP) took place in Taipei recently. As part of the government's Forward-looking Infrastructure...
MedicalTek adopts AUO 3D medical display
Thursday 3 December 2020LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) has cooperated with MedicalTek, a startup engaged in developing endoscope visualization systems for minimal invasive surgical operation, to develop...
Singapore and Indonesia lead in ASEAN startup scene, says AppWorks partner Jessica Liu
Tuesday 1 December 2020In terms of the maturity of the startup ecosystem and digital economy among Southeast Asian countries, Singapore is the leader, followed by Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, according...
Breaktime to tap markets in Southeast Asia
Wednesday 25 November 2020Breaktime, a startup operating an AI-based online publishing platform that integrates content for readers, will tap markets in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia...
MESOPHDIO breaking down the bottleneck of cancer cells recognition by artificial intelligence technology
Wednesday 25 November 2020The changing landscape of digital medical imaging solutions is enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. And the new challenges in the fast changing development of Bioinformatics,...
Taiwan advanced instrument development program expedites drug testing and enables drug prevention
Thursday 19 November 2020As part of its continuing efforts to tackle rampant drug abuse problems in the country, the Taiwan government looks to further drive anti-drug campaigns engaging citizens, families...
The true power of IoT: Q&A with Cavli Wireless CEO John Mathew
Wednesday 18 November 2020Connectivity has become an essential commodity that determines how people live, work and play, according to John Mathew, co-founder and CEO/CTA of Cavli Wireless, an Internet of Things...
Taiwan to head for smart digital economy, says science minister
Friday 13 November 2020Taiwan will focus its next wave of technology development on materializing smart healthcare, precision medicine, smart city and digital data governance by leveraging its robust semiconductor...
Qualcomm Ventures' Varsha Tagare: Best time to start up is now
Tuesday 10 November 2020In the "Insights 2020: Women in Startups" virtual forum co-hosted by Qualcomm Incorporated and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) on October 15, Varsha Tagare, senior director, Qualcomm...
Malaysia and Taiwan engage in industrial collaborations to drive AIoT in Southeast Asia
Wednesday 4 November 2020Under the efforts of the New South Bound Policy, Taiwan and Malaysia engage in active industrial collaborations to create win-win partnerships that foster the sharing of experiences...
Cryptography everywhere: Q&A with Chain Reaction CEO Alon Webman and CTO Oren Yokev
Tuesday 3 November 2020Less than one year after Mellanox was acquired by Nvidia for US$7 billion, Alon Webman, co-founder of Mellanox, started his second entrepreneurial project. The new company, Chain...
China CIS startup gets investments from Big Fund, Xiaomi, Huawei
Wednesday 28 October 2020China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) developer SmartSens Technology has just raised CNY1.5 billion (US$225 million) in a funding round led by the country's second-phase National IC...
TMU-KMU medical tech business matchmaking event spurs industry-academia communication
Wednesday 28 October 2020Taiwan maintains a leading edge in medical technologies with a myriad of academic research teams working on projects producing valuable achievements. However, these achievements have...
BSOS develops blockchain tools
Tuesday 27 October 2020BSOS has developd BridgeX enterprise tool for practicing blockchain, and Suplex platform for polycentric business ecosystem, according to the company.