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Friday 4 August 2017
AR, VR, IoT applications highlighted at 2017 Cross-Strait Startup Contest
Young startup talent across the Taiwan Strait have amassed strong innovation momentums in IoT, AR, and VR applications as well as 3D printing, smart retail, smart living, and Internet+...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan first IoT venture capital of NT$4 billion to be available by end of September
Taiwan's government is very likely to complete raising NT$4 billion (US$130 million) in venture capital fund dedicated to investment in IoT (Internet of Things) startups by the end...
Monday 3 July 2017
Credo partnering with Foxconn to deliver 10M 100G active copper cable solutions
Credo Semiconductor, a developer of serializer-deserializer (SerDes) circuits, technology and IP cores, and Foxconn Interconnect Technology, a supplier of interconnect solutions,...
Friday 28 April 2017
Ex-HTC executive launches startup to promote VR solutions
Former HTC North Asia president Jack Tong has announced the establishment of JPW International Technology, a startup to develop and promote VR (virtual reality) motion solutions and...
Tuesday 24 January 2017
China market: Foxconn to produce bicycles for startup Mobike
China-based bike-sharing startup Mobike has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Foxconn Electronics to jointly design, develop and integrate the global supply chain for...
Thursday 3 November 2016
Foxconn team creates startup for digital signage products
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is planning to nurture an internal team to create a new startup to push into the digital signage market. The team recently established...
Monday 3 October 2016
Foxconn invests in China-based startup Megvii
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has said that one of its subsidiaries, Foxteq Holdings, has bought 2.275 million shares, or a 3.286% stake, in China-based start-up Megvii Technology...
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Former Acer executive to helm optical fiber sensor startup
Former Acer Taiwan's president Towny Huang has recently joined Internet of Things (IoT) startup Citpo Technologies and become the chairman of the firm.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Fingerprint sensor startup raises nearly NT$200 million
Eminent Electronic Technology, an Elan Microelectronics subsidiary specializing in the design of fingerprint sensors, has completed a capital increase by raising nearly NT$200 million...
Wednesday 4 November 2015
Taiwan startup Appier lands funding from global investors
Taiwan-based startup Appier has successfully closed US$23 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital, UOB Venture Management, TransLink Capital, JAFCO Asia and MediaTek Ventures,...
Thursday 1 October 2015
Digitimes Research: Startup UPQ, Sony, Kyocera highlights of Japan portable CE market in 3Q15
Japan's portable consumer electronics market in the third quarter of 2015 was highlighted by the rise of innovative startup UPQ, Sony's introduction of H.ear headsets, and Kyocera's...
Friday 31 July 2015
Acer pushing investments in startups
Acer has announced to cooperate with Taiwan's Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, which will be represented by Institute for Information Industry...
Thursday 4 June 2015
Computex 2015: Startup company Endless pushing PC for developing countries
Startup company Endless, an operating system developer, has participated at Computex 2015 showcasing its first product, the Endless PC, priced from US$169-229, targeting mainly developing...
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Alibaba to set up venture capital fund in Taiwan
China-based Alibaba Group has said it plans to set up a NT$10 billion (US$319 million) non-profit venture capital fund in Taiwan to finance local young entrepreneurs to build up a...
Friday 19 April 2013
Startup offers USB 3.0 PHY IP on TSMC 40nm
M31 Technology, a Taiwan-based silicon IP startup, has announced that its USB 3.0 PHY (physical layer interface) technology is silicon proven on TSMC's 40nm HKMG technology node....