Tech in Asia Tour arrives in Taipei next and you’re invited!

For the second time this year, the Tech in Asia Tour will be happening in Taipei. The tour – a prelude to our flagship conference, Tech in Asia Tokyo 2015 – seeks out Asia’s best startups to join our conference this September, where they get to rub shoulders with some of the movers and shakers in the rapidly-evolving tech industry.

During Tech in Asia’s last visit to Taipei, social app Trigger won the competition, earning themselves an exhibition booth and a sponsored trip to our Singapore conference in May.

Don’t miss out next Wednesday, July 1, as our panel of judges evaluate pitches and crown the next winner. The lucky winner startup will make its appearance at Tech in Asia Tokyo 2015.

Hear the pitches yourselves to learn more about your city’s finalists. Our judges will share insights during a fireside chat on how to build a world-class startup in Taipei. You can meet new people, and simply let your hair down for an evening of networking and free food.

Judges include Jamie Lin, partner at AppWorks; Tina Cheng, partner (chief representative of Taiwan) at Cherubic Ventures; and Yasuhiro Seo, general manager at IMJ Investment Partners.

Our partners for the Taiwan leg will also be present at the event: this includes social networking website MySpace, Taiwan based accelerator and venture fund AppWorks; as well as Taiwan’s leading tech blog, TechOrange.

There’s bound to be something for everyone – and best of all, entry is free! So if you’re in town on July 1, make sure to stop by.

Register below to get your tickets:

Venue

Your Space
No. 102, Guangfu S Rd, Da’an District Taipei City, Taiwan 106

Agenda

6.30pm – 7pm: Registration
7pm – 7.05pm: Welcome by Tech in Asia
7.05pm – 7.35pm: Fireside chat: How to build a world-class startup in Taipei
7.35pm – 8.30pm: Pitches by startups (5 min pitch, 5 min Q&A)
8.30pm – 8.35pm: Peek into Judges’ Backstage Discussion
8.35pm – 8.45pm: Announcement & Closing
8.45pm – 9.30pm: Networking

Please note that the event will be conducted in English.

See you there!

Judges

Jamie Lin, partner at AppWorks

Jamie founded AppWorks, the largest accelerator in Asia with 170 startups and 400 founders in its network. Twice a year, its six-month program takes in 25 startups. Star alumni include EZTABLE, CHOCOLABS and Fandora. AppWorks funds its startups, typically through leading seed or A rounds, investing US$100K to 1 million per deal, and aligning co-investors based on each startup’s needs.

Prior to AppWorks, Jamie was an associate at HSS Ventures and an analyst at All Asia Partners. During his life as an entrepreneur, Jamie co-founded Social Sauce, which is behind travel social network Sosauce.com and web 3D game production house Muse Games. Prior to that, he co-founded Intumit, the leader in Chinese big data analytics and search engine technologies, and Hotcool.com, a build-to-order online PC retailer.

Tina Cheng, partner (chief representative of Taiwan) at Cherubic Ventures

Tina is the partner at Cherubic Ventures’ Taiwan office. She has extensive experience working in the education and technology sector. Her past employers include Yahoo, Cisco, Trianz Consulting, and Ogilvy & Mather.

Yasuhiro Seo, general manager at IMJ Investment Partners

Yasuhiro Seo is a Jakarta-based venture capitalist and currently works for IMJ Investment Partners. He takes charge of investment in startups all over the Asia and as of June 2015, he has made 16 investments in two years. mClinica, Bukalapak, Orori, Zipmatch and Urbanindo are among the well known startups his portfolio. He previously managed web development projects in a digital agency, IMJ Corp.

Big thanks to our Tour partners for making this event possible: