STARTBOARD X STARTUP VIETNAM FOUNDATION

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.

We welcome anyone who is interested in gaining more knowledge about Vietnam entrepreneurial culture and contributing to build up the startup ecosystem to pay a visit to Startup Vietnam Foundation official website, as well as STARTBOARD website for further info.

SVF now supports creating and developing innovation programs for startup ecosystem, engaging with other stakeholders such as universities, incubators, co-working spaces, laboratories, mentor communities, investor clubs, local and international enterprises.
SVF also empowers provincial ecosystem by sharing framework, transferring knowledge, developing communities, enhancing local advocate competencies.

SVF Website : https://svf.org.vn/what-we-do/

With this collaboration, we officially have a partner in Vietnam and hopefully we can cooperate with more and more different organization, startup incubators or accelerators in Asia to create a better startup ecosystem for everyone !!

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SB X Innoviz meeting with Taoyuan’s Deputy Mayor on 27 Nov 2017

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.

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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.

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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.

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STARTBOAD AT MEET TAIPEI 2017

 

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.

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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.

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This year STARTBOARD participated in MEET Taipei 2017 event held at the Taipei EXPO Dome from November 16th~18th. 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.

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Mahantesh Biradar of team RESEARCH STASH
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Team BIOTEGY, INNOVIZ and RESEARCH STASH in their booths

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.

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Team INNOVIZ demonstrating their model to Taiwan’s Legislature Lin (林麗蟬)
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Alex Nguyen of team INNOVIZ presenting on Meet Taipei 2017 stage

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.

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Team STARTBOARD with our mentor Ching-Yao Huang, the director of Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy
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STARTBOARD team with our mentors Winnie Fang, Vice Chairman of KPMG Taiwan & Raymond Yu, Manager Partner of Louis & Charles Attorneys
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STARTBOARD with teams from Batch 1 ( team INNOVIZ, HALAL.TW & RESEARCH STASH)

 

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

 

SB X NTU CAMPUS ROADSHOW 2017

With the title of “Emerging ASEAN & Indian Entrepreneurs in Taiwan”, the 4th destination of STARTBOARD’s first Campus Roadshow was National Taiwan University – No.1 University of Taiwan!

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The main purpose of our Campus Roadshow is to come closer to the international talents who studying in Taiwan and motivate their passion of building their own business in this country – which is also the main goal of STARTBOARD. The Campus Roadshow is organized in different universities across Taiwan.

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The sharing and interacting between STARTBOARD team and international students at NTU was conducted with an enthusiastic atmosphere. It was great to know that there are so many students who are passionate for doing startup and how great their ideas are. We really hope that through the event, they got the needed information which can be helpful for them on the way of making their dreams come true!

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SB at “New strategies for Asia Pacific invesment” forum

Such an honor of STARTBOARD for co-organizing [New strategies for Asia Pacific investment: The forum of sharing business opportunities for biomedical industry event] in National Taipei University of Technology, on Oct 26.

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Biomedical industry manufacturers from Asia Pacific region participated in the event and exchanged their professional experiences among international companies. Since New Southbound Policy, Taiwan has emerged as a promising market with high demand for biomedical industry to extend its internal and external sizes.

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Also STARTBOARD officially set up our collaboration with Healthcare Industry Development Association across the Strait (Hidas) by holding the MOU ceramory, during “New strategies for Asia Pacific investment”.

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Collaboration with TAVAR Taiwan

Its great to share that we are officially a partner of Taiwan Association of Virtual and Augmented Reality TAVAR 台灣虛擬及擴增實境產業協會– Taiwan’s first VR/AR association and trade group dedicated to promoting virtual and augmented reality technology and accelerating industry growth through government collaboration.

The purpose of TAVAR is to provide experts from different fields a community of software, hardware and talents as well as a communication platform so through TAVAR they can build a network of corporations, contacts and resources achieving a high value industry. TAVAR aims to promote and expand Taiwan’s VR/AR industry, actively form alliances and cross-field cooperation, to bridge the Taiwan IT industry to international markets and establish a leading position in the world.

With this partnership between STARTBOARD and TAVAR, we hope to collaborate and give a hand on building a better startup ecosystem for all startups to develop in Taiwan as well as international.

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STARTBOARD at Hit the future

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!

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STARTBOARD X STARTUPS CLUB OF INDIA

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

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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.

Through our collaboration in India, we will be able to provide our startup teams as well as our partner’s startup teams a whole new avenue to explore. From our international collaboration, opportunities such as, international networking, insight to potential market abroad, 100% authentic and trustworthy guidance and assistance in the early stage of expanding the business outside the respective home country are just some of the key services that will be made available. Our motto is to provide complete assistance here in Taiwan as well as across borders because we truly believe innovation has no boundaries or limits!!

Congratulations to everybody from team STARTBOARD and team Startups Club!!! Thank you everyone, who supported us and continue to support us in this endeavour.

STARTBOARD welcomes team Startups club to join our team of multinational and multicultural talents.

Come be a part of this dynamic community!

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STARTUP WORLDCUP REGIONAL IN TAIPEI – STARTBOARD IS A PARTNER OF THE EVENT

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!

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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.

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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.

STARTBOARD welcomes the amazing Halal.TW into the big family

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).

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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.

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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