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 … read more

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 … read more

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 … read more

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. … read more

廣受外界期待、由 AppWorks (之初加速器) 主辦的 AppWorks Demo Day #23 + Wistron Demo Day #1，在今日 (12/15) 於台北熱鬧登場，有 16 支來自 AppWorks Accelerator #23、5 支來自 Wistron Accelerator #1，共 21 支新創團隊輪番登場，展現過去 3 個多月的加速成果。 11 年來每年舉辦兩次的 AppWorks Demo Day，早已是大東南亞 (東協 + 台灣) 新創圈的盛事之一。舉辦的主要目的，在於為當期 AppWorks Accelerator / Wistron Accelerator 團隊提供舞台，並促進新創社群的國際交流、投資、商務媒合，以及創造更多的可能性。受到疫情影響，本次 Demo Day 改為邀請制，進行入場人數控管，AppWorks 總共邀請了約 500 位來自創投、企業、新創以及其他相關單位的代表蒞臨，持續為大東南亞地區的創業生態系挹注能量、創造蓬勃發展。  AppWorks 自 2010 年啟動第一屆創業加速器以來，就持續積極結合各方資源，累積更大的影響力，為創業者打造最佳的協助平台。AppWorks 董事長暨合夥人林之晨指出：「AppWorks 的長期目標一直都沒有改變，我們希望協助優秀的創業者，掌握典範轉移所帶來的顛覆機會，最大化他們對台灣以及整個大東南亞區的影響。在這個階段，我們最看好三大板塊位移，也就是 ABS – AI、Blockchain、Southeast Asia。此外，在過去兩年，我們也看到 NFT 成為另一個快速崛起的典範轉移。NFT 是 Blockchain 技術中，快速成長的巨型應用，為數位資產的擁有權帶來突破性改變，並成為實現 Web3 世界的關鍵基礎。正因為 NFT 帶來如此廣泛且重要的影響力，因此，我們相信值得將它自 Blockchain 領域獨立出來看待，就好像電子商務之於 Internet 的關係。」 在結合各方資源下，本屆 Demo Day 也呈現截然不同的風貌，相較於過往，本次 Demo Day，共有三大堪稱里程碑的亮點： 1. AppWorks Accelerator: 新創成熟度高、策略結盟區塊鏈 Flow  自 AW#23 起，AppWorks Accelerator 正式與區塊鏈一線公鏈 Flow 策略結盟，共同推動區塊鏈生態系。AppWorks 自從 2019 年投資 Flow 以來，就一直與 Flow 公鏈、同時也是 CryptoKitties 與 NBA Top Shot 開發團隊的 Dapper Labs 保持非常密切的合作，有計畫地持續推動建構在 Flow 公鏈上的各式 NFT 應用與生態系。從遊戲與娛樂起步，在基礎建設日趨成熟下， … read more