Startup Showcase : Taiwan

Sachin Unni
Shoguncapital
Published in
4 min readApr 1, 2021

March 26, 2021

Startup Showcase : Taiwan — March 26, 2021

Taiwan is a sub tropical country in East Asia with a rich past and even richer future. The whole foundation of the nation is being built around the talents and ‘go-getter’ attitude.

The urge to be one of the best tech hubs in Asia has brought the Taiwanese entrepreneurs into the innovative startup world. This entrepreneurial spirit brings Shogun Capital & Meet Global by Business Next Media to conduct Startup Showcase 2021 Taiwan edition on March 26th.

An introduction :

Shogun Capital : is an entrepreneurial fund. We will invest and support tech startups from the early stages to the series level. We as a team believe that the world needs entrepreneurs to help build a safer future. Our investment strategy is to back brilliant minds & provide continuous mentorship to all.

Meet by Business Next Media : Meet is a go-to platform for startup community, news, events, talents, partners, funding and more. Meet is the pioneer fostering the startup ecosystem and social network in Taiwan, by providing various online and offline service. Meet Taipei Startup Festival, powered by Meet, is bound for the largest tech startup conference and exhibition in Asia.
Thank you Claire for introducing Meet to everyone!

Since the past few weeks, as hosts — Shogun Capital & Meet were brainstorming on the approaches that can be taken together to grow and build the startup ecosystem in Taiwan.

The startup sector in the country has been successful in attracting venture capital firms and global interest in recent years. Technology and electronics startups are on the rise in Taiwan. To have a stable ecosystem is the goal & that can be achieved with global collaboration. Wonderful partnerships similar to Shogun Capital & Business Next Media is possible only when there is a supportive tech environment. We are glad and excited to be part of this journey.

Startup Showcase received a good number of startups applications and reviewing them has been a learning experience. We had shortlisted the startups for the event and the founders pitched to the investors. A highly interactive session always plays a vital role in knowledge sharing & that’s been great!

The Startups:

  • AR One Inc. provide a NoCode AR app builder for marketer of retail companies to develop retail use AR app

Austin Lo spoke about the value that AR One brings to retail industry.

  • Tico : Wondercall is an embeddable video call platform that empowers enterprises to have built-in video call systems in seconds.

Howie Young put up a quick demo & the ease of setting up Video Call Systems in couple of minutes.

Jay Chen detailed on how Fast-AI helps users training AI on multiple GPUs and deploy AI in just a few clicks.

Wax Tsai told us all about a futuristic coffee bar, is specialized in the advanced technology of food and beverage service. What a future to look forward to Coffee Fans!!

As always, the take aways from the event were very valuable:
1. Innovative products
2. Solutions with AI, AR & Robotics
3. Happy customers
4. Experienced investors and interactive discussion
5. Deal flows to investors
6. Investor introductions to startups.
7. Happy hosts

In the month of April, we bring you Startup Showcase : South Korea along with Born2Global.
Entrepreneurs who wish to join the Startup Showcase South Korea must meet the criteria below :

Funds raised must be below 500, 000 USD.

Product is already in the market.

Structure — 3 Minute Pitch, 3 Minute Q&A

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See you soon!

Photo by Anthony DELANOIX on Unsplash

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Sachin Unni
Shoguncapital

Tech Entrepreneur & Investor. Eager to switch my regular writings to a digital platform but never did.