Taiwan-based WeMo Corp, a pioneer in urban mobility technologies, today announced raising $15 million in its Series A+ funding round led by AppWorks, with participation from Taiwan National Development Fund. With this round of financing, WeMo plans to expand its service to Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on Indonesia and Thailand. In anticipation of rapidly […]

Taiwan-based regulatory technology (RegTech) developer and non-custodian (DeFi/NFT) wallet provider KryptoGO has raised a total of US$3 million in its recently concluded seed funding round. The round was participated by global venture capital firm Hive Ventures, alongside other VCs including Taiwan’s National Development Council, Red Building Capital, AVA Angels, New Economy Ventures, Hao Fong Investment […]

Taiwan-based social commerce platform LinkBy revealed today that it raised $1.54 million in an oversubscribed Series Pre-A funding round. The round was led by global venture capital firm Hive Ventures. The other investors who participated ranged from institutional/corporate investors which include Artesian Capital and Animoca Brands to private investors like Michelle Ho (Board Chairman of […]

Global venture capital investor 500 Startups announced that it has picked 13 Taiwanese and seven international startups to be part of the Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) Accelerator Program. The TTA program aims to impact Taiwan’s innovation ecosystem by nurturing local and international startups that have the potential to scale regionally and globally. The eight-week accelerator […]

XREX, a Taipei-based crypto-fiat fintech company that drives financial inclusion via blockchain, has announced raising $17 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by CDIB Capital Group. SBI Investment, Global Founders Capital, ThreeD Capital, E.Sun Venture Capital, System Corporation, Metaplanet Holdings, AppWorks, Black Marble, New Economy Ventures, and Seraph Group also participated in the […]

3 Square, a Taiwanese cloud kitchen startup, announced that it has secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round backed by Hanshin Department Store Co Ltd and food technology venture investor Foodland Ventures. Family offices and angel investors have also participated in the funding round that will finance 3 Square’s growth in Taiwan and prepare […]

Joey Chung is the Co-Founder and CEO at The News Lens. It is an Independent Digital Media Startup, now one of the largest independent media platforms in Taiwan and Greater China with offices in Taipei, HK, and other parts of Asia Pacific. With 14M+ unique readers monthly and investors from the previous manager of the […]