AppWorks’ highly anticipated Demo Day brings the best of both AppWorks Accelerator #24 and Wistron Accelerator #2.This particular demo day will feature 20 (13 + 7) startups, with many in the web3 / NFT space to give you a glimpse into the innovative application of blockchain technology and the decentralized future. At the same time, many teams from the AI / IoT field are utilizing frontier technologies to transform our business and life. Among these rising stars, we’ll also have international teams joining us from Hong Kong, the US, and India.
This past half year, AppWorks Accelerator recruited 24 teams across AW#24, of which 12 are focusing on web3 specifically. There are 51 founders in total who span across 12 different markets including Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, the US, etc., and almost half of which are serial entrepreneurs.
We’re also pleased to introduce Wistron Accelerator #2. Over the past year, AppWorks has been working with Wistron, one of the world’s leading ICT manufacturers, to identify and cultivate startups that can help the organization charter new avenues of growth over the next decade, whether that’s through technology partnerships or PoCs.
You can find a brief introduction to each pitching team and founder below:
AppWorks Accelerator #24
1. BitShine 幣想: Fiat on-ramp and off-ramp for companies
If you are an investor or corporate representative and need more detailed information about the teams or want to connect with AppWorks Accelerator #24 or Wistron Accelerator #2 founders, please email us at [email protected].
We welcome all web3 / DAO, AI / IoT, or Southeast Asia founders to join AppWorks Accelerator #25.
We welcome all AI, IoT, cloud, cybersecurity, EduTech, and MedTech founders to join Wistron Accelerator #3.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN—On June 28, 2022, AppWorks Accelerator held its 24th demo day virtually, unveiling 12 startups operating across the frontiers of AI/IoT, NFT/blockchain projects, and Southeast Asia-focused startups.
As one of Greater Southeast Asia’s longest running independent accelerator programs, AppWorks Accelerator brings together founders building innovative businesses for Taiwan’s digital renaissance, the global web3 revolution, and Southeast Asia’s emerging digital economy. The event was broadcasted across the firm’s YouTube channel at 09:00am Taipei Time (GMT +8) for VIPs (including investors, corporate partners, ecosystem-builders, and more). The video will be exclusively available to VIPs for two weeks after which it will be available for the public to view. With the gradual resumption of international travel and face-to-face operations, AppWorks Accelerator #24 (“AW#24”) will feature a live in-person Demo Day on July 14 in Taipei.
AW#24 officially kicked off in March 2022, featuring 24 teams and 51 founders from 12 different home markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Singapore, and Hong Kong—with 17 Taiwan-based teams. The batch included 10 female founders (20%) and 20 serial founders (42%). Half of the batch’s founders are building projects for the web3 era.
For AW#24’s global demo day, the accelerator will feature the following companies:
“As investors across historical cycles in traditional and crypto startups, we’ve seen the rise and fall of trends—as well as dramatic shifts that permanently alter the way founders and companies innovate and iterate products. With macro and geopolitical headwinds playing a dominant role in shaping market dynamics, we are now at the beginning of a new cycle, representing a shift in attitudes towards early-stage value creation across all market verticals and geographies,” said Jessica Liu, Partner, AppWorks. “With AW#24, we’re seeing many exciting innovations in web3 and traditional startups, creating powerful new ideas for the next cycle of innovation and entrepreneurship.”
As one of Greater Southeast Asia’s largest accelerator programs, AppWorks holds its Demo Day twice a year, welcoming investors and business leaders seeking partnerships with carefully selected digital innovators from across the region and around the world. With the addition of AW#24, there are now 457 active startups (+43 YoY) and 1,448 founders (+53 YoY) in the community. The AppWorks community now accounts for US$17.5 billion in annual revenues (+36% YoY), creating over 21,000 high quality jobs in the digital economy (+15% YoY). In the firm’s rapidly growing web3 practice, the AppWorks ecosystem includes 93 active web3 startups, led by 181 founders from around the world.
AppWorks is currently accepting applications for AppWorks Accelerator #25 (“AW#25”), which will feature founders working on AI/IoT, web3/DAO, and Southeast Asia-related startups–with decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) as a major focus. AppWorks believes that DAOs represent a new frontier that will disrupt the way people build organizations, and welcomes decentralized teams from around the world to join the accelerator. AW#25 will be held from September 2022 to January 2023. The accelerator is equity- and cost-free, providing practical and hands-on mentorship to guide founders in achieving better product-market fit, win key business partners, and become a better founder.
About AppWorks
Founded in 2009, AppWorks is a leading startup community and venture capital firm built by founders, for founders. We are committed to backing the next generation of entrepreneurs in Greater Southeast Asia (ASEAN+Taiwan) and helping them facilitate the region’s transition into the digital age. Just as how mobile and the internet completely transformed the status quo, we believe the current era of technology is currently being defined by major three paradigm shifts: AI, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia (ABS).
As such, whether it’s mentorship, investment, or talent, AppWorks has established a one-stop-shop for ambitious founders willing to bet against the consensus and drive a change they want to see in the world. We help startups build disruptive businesses from even an inkling of an idea into world-class enterprises through our three primary lines of service: Accelerator, Funds, and School.
AppWorks Accelerator is a launchpad for bold and ambitious entrepreneurs targeting Greater Southeast Asia (GSEA). Every six months, we take in startups with strong potential, equipping founders spanning all walks of life with the necessary resources, mentorship, and guidance to get their ventures off the ground.
There are now a total of 457 active startups and 1,448 founders in the AppWorks Ecosystem. Collectively, all companies produce a turnover of US$ 17.5 billion, 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$ 5.4 billion, an annual increase of 25%, with an aggregate valuation reaching US$ 32.6 billion, growing 87% YoY.
In mid-July, we will host an in-person Demo Day in Taipei, Taiwan, featuring startups that are facing the Taiwan market. We thought it would be great for the founders to showcase their product and team to the wider startup community from across the region and our network through a virtual Demo Day.
This past half year, AppWorks Accelerator recruited 24 teams across AW#24, with 51 founders from 12 different home markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, the United States, Singapore, and Hong Kong—with 17 Taiwan-based teams. The batch included 10 female founders (20%) and 20 serial founders (42%). Half of the batch’s founders are building projects for the web3 era.
This particular demo day will feature 12 startups, with many in the NFT / blockchain space to give you a glimpse into our digital future. We will hold an exclusive livestream for investors and corporate representatives on YouTube at 9 am (GMT+8) June 28th. The video will be officially open to the public after the exclusive 2-week campaign.
You can find a brief introduction to each pitching team and founder below:
1. The Iterative Collective: Incubator, developer & publisher for games
If you are an investor or corporate representative and need more detailed information about the teams or want to connect with AW#24 founders, please email us at [email protected].
We welcome all web3 / DAO, AI / IoT, or Southeast Asia founders to join AppWorks Accelerator.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN—On December 21, 2021, AppWorks Accelerator held its 23rd demo day virtually, unveiling 23 startups operating across the frontiers of AI/IoT, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia. The event is held in collaboration with AWS Activate, with support from Google Cloud, Flow, and Alchemy, and promptly follows the firm’s in-person demo day held on December 15 specifically for those teams in the batch targeting the Taiwan market.
As one of Greater Southeast Asia’s longest running independent accelerator programs, AppWorks Accelerator built off the success of AW#22’s fully virtual Demo Day earlier this year, attracting innovative founders from around the world. The event will be broadcasted live across the firm’s Facebook page and YouTube channel at 09:00am Taipei Time (GMT +8).
AW#23 officially kicked off in September 2021, featuring 34 teams and 66 founders from 16 different home markets, including Australia, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Reflecting the global embrace of digital work, 67% of the teams are internationally-based outside of Taiwan.
As an early mover in Blockchain and NFT investments, AppWorks proudly presents 11 DeFi- and NFT-related projects to showcase their products on the virtual demo day, leveraging the firm’s extensive experience in cryptocurrency to provide guidance and best practices in the space. Eight startups addressing dynamic opportunities in the Greater Southeast Asia region were represented in the batch, targeting verticals such as D2C brands, gaming, proptech, retail & e-commerce enablement, and more.
AppWorks is currently accepting applications for AppWorks Accelerator Batch #24, accepting qualified founders in AI/IoT, Blockchain/NFT, and Southeast Asia-related startups. AW#24 will be held from March to July 2022. The accelerator is equity- and cost-free, providing practical and hands-on mentorship to guide founders in achieving better product-market fit, win key business partners, and become a better founder.
For AW#23, the accelerator featured the following companies:
YouHomes: An all-in-one cloud based application to help real estate brokers save 50% operating cost and increase 30% sale transactions
The AppWorks Ecosystem Galvanizes in the New Digital Age
As one of Greater Southeast Asia’s largest accelerator programs, AppWorks holds its Demo Day twice a year, welcoming investors and business leaders seeking partnerships with carefully selected digital innovators from across the region and around the world. With the addition of AW#23, there are now 435 active startups and 1,402 founders in the community. Both the total funds raised and valuation have more than doubled in the last year. The AppWorks community now accounts for US$13.9 billion in annual revenues, creating over 20,000 high quality jobs in the digital economy.
“Our mission has always been to help founders be the best they can be, capitalize on mega paradigm shifts and maximize their impact on Taiwan and Southeast Asia. At this current stage, we are most optimistic about the disruptive potential of AI, blockchain/NFT, and SEA (ABS). We are at the cusp of the web3 revolution. 20 years from now, a few of the web3 startups or “DAOs” will become killocorns, and dozens will turn into hectocorns. Many of them can and will be born out of Taiwan and Southeast Asia. When that day comes, I am not sure where today’s tech giants or financial empires will be. Many might have fallen like what AOL, Yahoo and Nokia did. There’s really no better time to be a founder. AppWorks will be here to help them on this long journey, become the best founder they can become and build the most impactful startups/DAOs they can build,” said Jamie Lin, Chairman and Partner of AppWorks.
【We welcome all AI, Blockchain, NFT, or Southeast Asia founders to join AppWorks Accelerator】
AppWorks
Founded in 2009, AppWorks is a leading startup community and venture capital firm built by founders, for founders. We are committed to backing the next generation of entrepreneurs in Greater Southeast Asia (ASEAN+Taiwan) and helping them facilitate the region’s transition into the digital age. Just as how mobile and the internet completely transformed the status quo, we believe the current era of technology is currently being defined by major three paradigm shifts: AI, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia (ABS).
As such, whether it’s mentorship, investment, or talent, AppWorks has established a one-stop-shop for ambitious founders willing to bet against the consensus and drive a change they want to see in the world. We help startups build disruptive businesses from even an inkling of an idea into world-class enterprises through our three primary lines of service: Accelerator, Funds, and School.
AppWorks Accelerator is a launchpad for bold and ambitious entrepreneurs targeting Greater Southeast Asia (GSEA). Every six months, we take in startups with strong potential, equipping founders spanning all walks of life with the necessary resources, mentorship, and guidance to get their ventures off the ground.
There are now a total of 435 active startups and 1,402 founders in the AppWorks Ecosystem. Collectively, all companies produce a turnover of US$ 13.9 billion, an annual increase of 72% compared to the same time last year, and provide 20,169 jobs, 16% more than the year prior. Altogether, the Ecosystem raised a total of US$ 4.7 billion, an annual increase of 100%, with an aggregate valuation reaching US$ 27.8 billion, growing 152% YoY.
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 70 names in our portfolio, including leading startups in several verticals such as Lalamove, Dapper Labs / Flow, Animoca Brands, 91APP, Carousell, ShopBack, Tiki, 17LIVE, and KKday, while having produced 5 IPOs, 2 IEOs, 1 hectocorn, 2 decacorns, and 4 unicorns.
Established in 2016, AppWorks School has strived to cultivate a pipeline of skilled engineers to help our community meet the technical demands of tomorrow. Quality talent has always served as the bedrock of innovation, yet shortages still remain the foremost challenge that tech companies in GSEA face today.
Within five years, AppWorks School has graduated 352 aspiring software engineers; 90% of these graduates went on to pursue successful software development careers in prominent companies such as momo, 91APP, KKBOX, WeMo Scooter, and Gogoro. AppWorks School currently provides five courses: Android, iOS, Front-End, Back-End, and Data Engineering.
In mid-December, we hosted an in-person Demo Day in Taipei, Taiwan, featuring startups that are facing the Taiwan market. And we thought it would be great for the founders to showcase their product and team to the wider startup community from the region through a virtual Demo Day.
This past half year, AppWorks Accelerator recruited 34 teams across AW#23, of which 8 are focusing on NFTs specifically, while 5 teams are focusing on DeFi / other blockchain solutions, 11 teams on Southeast Asia, and 14 teams on AI/IoT. It is one of the largest and most diverse batches to-date, with 66 founders in total who span across 16 different nationalities. Over 20% of them are women and 45% of the founders are serial entrepreneurs.
This particular demo day will feature 23 startups, with many in the NFT / blockchain space to give you a glimpse into our digital future. Tune into our livestream on YouTube or Facebook at 9 am (GMT+8) December 21st.
You can find a brief introduction to each pitching team and founder below:
If you are an investor or corporate representative and need more detailed information about the teams or want to connect with AW#23 founders, please email us at [email protected].
We welcome all AI, Blockchain, NFT, or Southeast Asia founders to join AppWorks Accelerator.
