作者: Joy

STARTBOARD and Startup Vietnam Foundation (SVF), the first Socialized and Non-profit Fund to support startups in Vietnam, officially make our commitment to work together to internationalise professional service and connect the startup community in both Taiwan and Vietnam.

As part of our ongoing efforts to grow and expand international opportunities in STARTBOARD’s target regions ASEAN – India market specifically in Vietnam, we hope there will be more collaboration to share our best practice in the professional services. This partnership will facilitate batch member development, improve support for international audiences and help both organizations provide an excellent incubation experience.

On 27 Nov 2017, STARTBOARD and our batch 1 Vietnam team – Innoviz, had a meet up with Taoyuan’s city deputy mayor potential collaboration in the application of 3D,AR/VR in real estate, education and other areas.

We had a great time discussing with the officials of Taoyuan, introducing to them about STARTBOARD as well as Innoviz’s technology which might help with the new development dream of the city.

It would be such and honour for us and Innoviz if we could help the chance to collaborate with one of the leading city in high technology in Taiwan in the future.

 

MEET Taipei Since 2014, has been a festival for startups from all over the world. Here, investors, startups and resource providers get together to have more opportunities for communication and make more possibilities. Moreover, through this big event, it is conveyed how startups are so important that it deeply influence whole industrial structure and even Taiwan’s future.

Image Source: MeetTaipei Website

Because of bringing together different nations, ideas and opinions, Meet Taipei is a platform for all startups to co-create, co-found and co-grow. In other words, Meet Taipei is definitely a microcosm of the startups ecosystem.

This year STARTBOARD participated in MEET Taipei 2017 event held at the Taipei EXPO Dome from November 16^th~18^th. It was an amazing experience meeting all the innovative startups and entrepreneurs there who were all so enthusiastic and positive about the event. Our teams Innoviz, Biotegy and Research Stash were also present at their individual booths.

With 4 stages dedicated to 20 different programs with over 100 International startups from over 14 countries made its way to the biggest startup event this year and STARTBOARD was proud to be one of them.

Mahantesh Biradar of team RESEARCH STASH

We were present at the Meet Taipei 2017 for all three days. During these three days, we met a lot of curious students studying in Taiwan who were interested in knowing more about STARTBOARD’s future goal and wanted to learn about our current prospects.

We are so grateful to our mentors who despite being some of the most influential people from Taiwan’s corporate world, made time from their busy schedule to visit us and our booth and make us feel that they are so proud of our work and our team members.

 

Last but not the least, we would like to thank every team member of STARTBOARD family for their undying support and constant help and support without which STARTBOARD would not be what it is today. Thank you everyone who visited us and our teams’ booths. We look forward to attending more of such events like Meet Taipei and hope to continue meeting enthusiastic entrepreneurs of tomorrow! Cheers!

Juvina Lai

STARTBOARD

 

On late September, STARTBOARD and teams – Research Stash, Amazing Talker and Halal.TW – got the chance to be in Hit the future – an event for startups which is hosted by 創創點火器 Rock the Future and powered by Business Weekly!

It was an amazing experience for us sharing the idea of STARTBOARD to so many concerned people coming to the event and see the more and more important of cooperation in startup ecosystem in Taiwan as well as aboard!

STARTBOARD is very excited and delighted to announce its new collaboration with Indian partner Startups Club.

Startups club are based in India and are an Open, Collaborative and Inclusive platform for Back-of-the-napkin Stage to Growth Stage Startups. They work with over 20,000 members across the World to help them with Knowledge, Growth and Investment. Startups club is our first collaboration in India and we just can not contain the excitement.

Startup World Cup is a series of startup conferences and competitions that welcomes all stages of tech startups to join and compete to win US$1,000,000. For the Startup World Cup Taiwan Regional on November 16th 2017, STARTBOARD is proud to be a partner of the big event!

The event is a huge event in startup ecosystem, consists of 15 regional startup competitions in 13 different countries around the world. The top startups of each region will be flown to Silicon Valley for the Grand Finale event, where they will compete for US $1,000,000 prize in investment. These startups will pitch in front of a distinguished judging panel! This is a huge opportunity for startups from all over the world to join and test themselves.

Startup World Cup is led by Fenox Venture Capital. Fenox is a native of Silicon Valley with presence in 14 different countries globally. Fenox’s limited partners are large corporations from around the world, and Fenox has been leveraging its strong global network to connect startup ecosystems.

Halal.TW is a platform to let users living their best in the Islamic-friendly environment in Taiwan. This project aims to deliver the possible system and experience for everyone to explore Halal things in Taiwan via a mobile app (iOS, Android, and Windows Phone).

The included services are, providing guidelines to users, leading them to Halal food products, prayer spaces, tourism destinations… and importantly, connecting Muslim community together in Taiwan.

This app is developed by Muslim students from different background and nationalities; therefore, multiple- languages will be another advantage for Halal.TW to grow.

Right now, Halal.Taiwan supports languages including Traditional Mandarin, Bahasa, English and will soon be upgraded to Arabic and Urdu.

Halal.TW is planning to build its network and expand the market to the whole Taiwan since many core team members are currently studying in National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.

“ We figure out that, either for Muslim  immigrants or Muslim foreign students, it is not easy at first to look for Halal food products, pray rooms or Halal restaurants in Taiwan so we come up with this idea just to help Muslim community,” said Nur Najman Ade Putra, co-founder of  Halal.TW, according to Metro Xinwen.

This APP is designed with 4 fundamental values :

• Easy to set up : Available FOR FREE, just search for “Halal.TW” on App Store or Google Play.
• On the go : The app features offline sync, no need Internet connection.
• Connect socially : Give contribution for the society, share your findings and your reviews about  venues, you will get rewarded later.
• Support dedicately : Always assist whenever you need.

Taiwan is now ranked the 7th best destination for Muslim travelers outside the Organization of Islamic Cooperation by Mastercard and CrescentRating, a leading rating service on halal travel and tourism. That is why Taiwan becomes a promising ground for more Muslim startups to stamp into.

However, Muslim community in Taiwan still encounter many issues about Halal certification information, which is difficult to authenticate, as well as the lack of interactive Muslim spaces and platforms.

Through Halal.TW app, the team hopes that every Muslim can quickly find the adjacent Halal friendly services so that when you come to Taiwan, you can feel at ease and find it convenient to integrate into.

The team will continue to optimize the map information system, improve the construction of Muslim exchange learning platform, complete Halal certification one-stop service, provide Halal commodity electricity business platform, also the financial system to make Halal.TW – the first Halal services ecosystem in Taiwan.

Halal.TW app is now ready for users to download.

Stay tune about Halal.TW’s update at the here