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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

With the government’s New Southbound Policy, more ASEAN-Indian startups are focusing on Taiwan

On Sept 11th, STARTBOARD was invited to meet the President of Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center Datuk Adeline Leong. We are so grateful to have a chance to meet with some of the most senior officials in the Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center and discuss with them the future of Malaysian Startups in Taiwan.

We are so happy and grateful to the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Center for such a warm welcome and positive response. STARTBOARD really looks forward to working together with the Center and creating new success stories here in Taiwan

STARTBOARD is extremely happy & excited to announce our new partner abroad TechGrind. TechGrind offers incubation to companies at a very early stage – even if they are not yet ready for seed investment. Based in Thailand, TechGrind shares the same view like STARTBOARD. Together we want to encourage great startup ideas in ASEAN countries & India. We are here to ensure that our startups get precisely what they need.

Our team 東遊 Dong Yo was in Thailand at the mid of August, they represented STARTBOARD on last Tuesday and helped STARTBOARD and TechGrind sign the MoU.

We would like to congratulate TechGrind on our new collaboration. Welcome aboard guys~

On August 17th, STARTBOARD and GGC ambassador Sophera Vath got the opportunity to meet and talk with legislator Lin Li-Chan. During couple hours of the meeting we shared our thought about foreign talents in Taiwan and how to help them with their dream in this country.

Legislator Lin has always been a dedicated person in improving the right of international talents as well as new immigration in Taiwan since herself – as a new immigration – went through a lot of difficulties when se first came to this country.