We invited representatives of venture capital and startup accelerators as external review to select Top 30 from 200 hundred startups we’ve interviewed in the past two years. In 2017 Meet Neo Star Demo Show, these Top 30 Neo Star will come here together to compete being Top 3.
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:20 - 09:30 | Opening Speech by the organizer |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Opening and Guest Remarks |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Disclosure of 2017 Business Next Startup Survey and Startup Genome Taipei report |
| 10:30 - 11:25 | 2017 Meet Demo Show Group Part 1 Tomorrow's Technology |
| 11:25 - 11:35 | Break |
| 11:35 - 12:30 | 2017 Meet Demo Show Group Part 2 Smart Hardware & IOT |
| 12:30-14:00 | Exclusive Networking Lunch for Judges and Neo Stars |
| 14:00 - 14:55 | 2017 Meet Demo Show Group Part 3 AI & Big Data Part 4 Mobile & Cloud Part 5 Consumer & Commerce (1) |
| 14:55 - 15:15 | Break |
| 15:15 - 16:25 | 2017 Meet Demo Show Group Part 5 Consumer & Commerce（2） |
| 16:25 - 17:25 | [Panel Discussion]The International DNA that Taiwanese must Have. Host |
| 17:25 - 17:40 | To name the winner |
Selected Team
Sinlead Incorporation
Sinlead Incorporation
We provide one-stop solution for New Retail: e-commerce platform, WMS, and O2O services (POS system and digital advertising machine).
Sunnyfounder
Sunnyfounder
A platform to match investors, rooftop/land owners and system integrators.
Smartpower
SMARTPOWER TECHNOLOGY GLOBAL CO., LTD.
Smartpower is a customized solution provider for over eight years. From last five years, we focused on Wireless Power module solution, SmartPower Technology is the first one for mid-power wireless charger module provider to support fast charge and quick charge in the world. Our module solution could support 1%~2% per minutes for cellphone.
MacroMicro
MacroMicro
MacroMicro is committed to consolidate and digest global economic data, for the purpose of uncovering the hidden clues on the economy's health and discerning where it is likely heading in the economic cycle. We believe that no investment decision should be taken without performing fundamental analysis. MacroMicro is changing the way people invest by providing sophisticated fundamental analysis as well as empowering investors to have more control over their investment decisions.
BQool
BQool Inc
BQool provides SaaS solutions for Amazon cross-border sellers to grow their business. We offer Product Research, Customer Service, Price Intelligence & UGC solutions.
Pointimize
Pointimize, Inc.
Pointimize is a sleek metasearch engine that allows users to easily compare miles, points, and cash deals across leading hotel and airline loyalty programs. It helps frequent flyers optimize travel rewards redemption. The points and miles managed by Pointimize has exceeded one billion and are growing 5.6% month-over-month.
mit.Jobs
Work Together Co., Ltd.
mit.Jobs is a social job platform that focusing on international and IT talents and has currently launched in 17 different countries and economies. mit.Jobs’ core values are Community Sharing and Information Transparency. mit.Jobs is leveraging on the Referral Model, through people’s connections, to link employers to the most appropriate candidates and to find talents the best stages to maximize their value in the world!
famicloud inc.
famicloud inc.
Country: Taiwan Industry: Cold Chain Logistics/ E-Commerce Products: Frozen Food/ Chilled Food/ Room-Temperature Food Founded: 2015
Flexwave
Flexwave
Flexwave turns ambient light into a source of power that is available everywhere — on-demand, stand-alone, and just-in-time. By using of the “invisible” solar technology, we are redefining how people engage with electronic devices. In near future, millions of IoT devices will generate their own power for a sustainable future.
AmazingTalker
AmazingTalker
AmazingTalker is a platform that connects online language teachers, and all the session will be conducted one-on-one via Zoom, a video calling app. You can take the class through smartphone, tablet or computer. The benefits of interacting with native speakers are not only learning the language, but also sharing your culture! We are creating a culture and knowledge sharing social network.
Ucarer
Ucarer Inc.
Headquartered in Taiwan and founded in 2015, Ucarer builds homecare service mobile eCommerce marketplace platform for both consumer end and caregiver service provider end, which can be a trained licensed individual, as well as a licensed institute.
Scanatic™
TG3D Studio
We have further expanded our specialty scope to building range data scanner, surface reconstruction, hybrid modeling, body measurement and physiques analysis, cloud computing technologies and have further obtained patents in areas including fit/ease evaluation, virtual clothing, body morphing and body animations.
YOCTOL
YOCTOL
YOCTOL' s chatbot solution enables our clients not only to respond customer service in real-time, but also to push personal recommendation proactively. To complete our chatbot solution, we have developed YOCTOL BOT PLATFORM, which is consist of core technologies for bot development (e.g. bot framework, natural language understanding, recommendation engine, and web crawler) and bot maintenance tools.
XPUMP
Embrace Audio Lab Inc.
XPUMP, a smart audio booster that can real-timely transform any normal stereo speakers or headphones into a premium and portable home theater. The gum-sized XPUMP is embedded with XROUND processing technology, a patented, exclusive audio digital signal processing algorithm. The innovative and sleek gadget is built with features to upgrade your listening experience to the next level.
iCarry
Direct Current Co.,Ltd.
No time to pick out souvenirs or carrying the shopping bag has always been a problem ? No problem , just shop at iCarry. A variety of souvenirs is offered and fast shipping to airport , hotel and requested location. Saving time and effort to make trip more fun !! After leaving Taiwan, just order it online easily to bring back memories of the trip.
iParking
FinData Finance Technology Corp.
KitchBot
KitchBot
KitchBot can turn average cooks into master chefs. Overnight. Eating over cooked meals is one of the worst things, or undercooked. Knowing the right temperature and the right process for cooking can not only be a challenge, but it can also make you feel terrible when it's done wrong. For entertaining or anything. Our device, the KitchBot allows anyone to become master chef by simply connecting to the kitchen appliance itself and helping you control the process. We use different algorithms that allow us to control different kinds of kitchen appliances, helping you control the temperature and the readiness of any meal that you're doing and help you along with an app that gives you guide by guide, step by step process to understand what you're doing and make it easy for anyone to make any meal.
ELECLEAN Co., Ltd.
Digital Asset Exchange Platform, Blockchain Technology Consulting Services
AMIS
AMIS is a consortium of financial institutions and technology companies developing the core technology for, and applications on top of, distributed ledger (blockchain) technology. Its initial investors include Fubon Financial, Taishin Financial, and the Industrial Technology and Research Institute of Taiwan.
Freescan
Maisense Inc.
Heart Performance Monitor(HPM) is the one device that can monitor your health data from your mobile phone at anytime from anywhere, while even allowing you to share the data with others. It also has a dual mode for 2 people to use. HPM is small, portable and fits in any trouser pocket. Each measurement only takes 15 seconds. It allows you to regularly observe the vascular status, pulse wave, heart rate and physical stress, thereby alerting you of the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
Demo Show Review
Chih-Ping (Andrew) Lee
Executive Director of Alibaba’s Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund Limited
Mr. Andrew Lee is the Executive Director of Alibaba’s Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund Limited (the “Fund”). Mr. Lee supervises the operations of the Fund which focuses on venture investing in growth stage companies founded by Taiwanese entrepreneurs. The Fund was established in 2015 solely by Alibaba Group with a committed capital of US$300 million dollars.Mr. Lee received his BA and MBA in finance from National Taiwan University.
Tony Liu
Investment Representative, Advantech
Tony works for Advantech, an international IoT and intelligent system company, and is in charge of M&A, joint venture investment and business development between new IoT startups and Advantech business units. The past working experience of Tony includes equity research analyst, product manager of Advantech intelligent system group, and Advantech corporate investment.
Jackey Wang
Venture Partner,500 Startups
A full-time entrepreneur, part-time world traveller. A proud graduate of UC Berkeley in engineering. Passionate about innovation and you can often find her tackling great problems everywhere. Jackey is the co-founder of Tickle Labs and now is the 500 Startups’ venture partner in Taiwan.
Eric Liang
Senior Industry Mentor, StarFab Accelerator
With 30 years of experience in ICT product development, validation and management, Eric has worked for companies in the Taiwan and US, including ITRI and Foxconn, and was also in charge of overseeing the joint research project in advanced technology between MIT CSAIL and Foxconn. Currently coach startups on new product development and promotion in his role as an advisor with StarFab Accelerator, NCTU IAPS, Atelligent, and Hsinchu Science Park.
Amanda Liu
CEO, StarFab Accelerator
Founder and CEO of StarFab Accelerator, Amanda has over 20 years of experience in the development and global marketing of wireless communications, broadband internet and cloud products. She also co-founded the Cloud & IoT Association of Taiwan Startup Incubation Program in 2013, the most successful corporate-startup incubation program in Taiwan. Amanda has held positions as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Taiwan Intelligent Aerotropolis Association, COO of TRIPLE (Taiwan Rapid Innovation and Prototyping League), Deputy Division Director at ITRI’s Commercialization and Service Industry Center, and Marketing Manager at Faraday Technology. Amanda holds a Masters in Management Science from NCTU.
Raymond Chu
Assistant Director (Entrepreneurship & Commercialization), Institute for Entrepreneurship, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Currently serving as Assistant Director of Institute for Entrepreneurship of PolyU, Raymond’s works focus on promoting and executing University’s knowledge transfer and commercialization projects, as well as “out-of-classroom” entrepreneurship development activities, with an aim to nurture Do Well Do Good entrepreneurship for positive impact to our society. Through various programmes, more than 200 startups and around 500 social enterprises and young entrepreneurs were supported and nurtured. He is also in charge of PolyU InnoHub at campus and in Shenzhen, a co-working and co-creation space to promote innovation and entrepreneurship development.
Sting Tao
Independent Non-executive Director , FIH Group Chairman, We Interactive Ltd.
Sting Tao is currently chairman of We Interactive (TW) Ltd. and also an independent non-executive director of FIH group(HK:2038). Before this, he was the vice president in Next Entertainment (HK) Ltd., which is a start-up focusing on providing pan-entertainment live streaming platform. Before this, and he was the general manager of LINE Taiwan as well as the director and general manager of LINE PAY Taiwan. He has over 15 years of experience in start-up, growth, management and consulting, and particularly deep insights in business model innovation, mobile application industry, and digital trend.
Charles Yen
Co-founder and Principal of AAMA Taipei Cradle Program
Mr. Yen is currently the co-founder and principal of AAMA Taipei Cradle Program, Director of Social Enterprise Insights Co., Ltd. and principal of iLab incubation center. He serve as Independent board Director of Eslite Spectrum Co., Ltd. / Sinyi Realty co.,Ltd and Changhwa Telecom Co.,Ltd. Mr. Yen has focused on establishing nonprofit entrepreneurs mentorship platform to help grow Taiwan's startup team by connecting mentors and other resources in recent years. Prior to build the entrepreneurs mentoring platform , he spent three decades in international management consultancy / accounting firm in Taiwan, the United States and Mainland China, specializing in business model, business growth strategy and IPO listing.
James Chou
Managing Director and CEO of Microsoft Accelerator Shanghai
James Chou is Managing Director and CEO of Microsoft Accelerator Shanghai where he leads the effort within Microsoft to scale up the business for some of the best and most innovative startups in China by providing unprecedented access to top Microsoft partners and customers, venture capitalists, and technical knowledge. Through the acceleration, he helped his portfolio companies raising hundred of million dollars and increased their valuation more than 300% in average in only 4 months. He has more than 20 years experiences in TMT space in China and US. Before joining Microsoft, he was a serial entrepreneur and a venture investor.
Ronald Song
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd./Senior Executive Vice President
Ronald Song is the Chief Investment Officer of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s largest integrated telecommunications services company that provides fixed-line, mobile, broadband, and internet services. In the past, Ronald Song has worked at S.G. WARBURG Securities, Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Goldman Sachs and CIMB Securities, work experience of investment banking nearly 30 years.
Jeff Chang
Vertex Ventures Holdings, Venture Partner
Mr. Jeff Chang is the Venture Partner and Legal Representative of Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd. (Taiwan Representative Office), heading the Fund Raising Activities and Portfolios Value Added Supports for Vertex’s Various regional Funds in Taiwan. He joined Vertex Group in 1995 and was actively involved in Vertex Group's Asian investment activities. Before joining Vertex Group, Mr. Chang served as Vice President of WK Technology Fund. He served as Vice President at Alexander Proudfoot.
Alan Kuan Hsu
General Partner, KK Fund
Alan Kuan Hsu is the General Partner of KK Fund, leveraging his expertise in the TMT sector, consulting background, finance expertise and his investment experience. Kuan started his career in management consulting with McKinsey & Co. in the US, then focused on supply chain management in the US and China while at Solectron, an Electronics Manufacturing Services provider.
Ryan Kuo
President, CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors President, CDIB Capital Innovation Accelerator
Ryan Kuo is the Vice President of CDIB Capital Management and President of CDIB Capital Innovation Advisors , focusing on early stage investment. He is the leader of CDIB Innovation Fund. This new startup fund will have an accelerator program to help new startup to access CDIB’s portfolios’ corporate resources. Ryan is also the fund manager of Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund. Ryan served on the board of directors of Honchuan, JoChu and STL. He currently serves on the board Zentera, Fiiser, Viscovery, and so on. He was the co-founder and CEO of MosArt semiconductor corp. He leads R&D and marketing department
Edward Chyau
Managing Partner, Mesh Ventures
Edward is a Managing Partner at Mesh Ventures. He helps early-stage technology companies succeed by working closely alongside founders and connecting them with resources in Taiwan, China, and the US. He specializes in multidisciplinary engineering and business strategy. Edward received both his Bachelor’s in Materials Science and Engineering and Master’s in Applied Biology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Tina Cheng
Partner, Cherubic Ventures
Tina is the partner at Cherubic Ventures, an early-stage VC fund with over 100+ portfolio companies in Greater China and the US. Some of the fund's notable investments include Flexport, Wish.com, Pinkoi, Virgin Hyperloop One. Prior to joining Cherubic Ventures, Tina worked as a consultant in Silicon Valley with Fortune 500 companies, and later moved back to Asia to co-found a company that better connects students in emerging markets with education institutions around the world. Tina holds an MBA degree from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a bachelor degree from the College of Communications at National ChengChi University in Taiwan.
Stephen Ho
Managing Director, DBS Bank (Taiwan) Ltd
Stephen joined as a managing director DBS’ Investment Banking Group in Singapore in June 2001. Prior to joining DBS, Stephen was the Head of Global Telecom, Media & Technology Group in Asia at JP Morgan Chase since 1998. He started his career with Chase in 1989 as a M&A generalist in New York before specialising in media and telecom sectors in New York and subsequently in Asia. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University, a M.S. from M.I.T. and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.
Edgar Chiu
Managing Partner, SparkLabs Taipei
"Edgar Chiu is the Managing Partner of SparkLabs Taipei, an international accelerator helps Taiwanese entrepreneurs go global. The mentorship-driven program targets startups in IoT , AI, VR/AR, mobile, fintech, healthcare, and other verticals. Edgar cofounded Jumpstart Program, cultivating over 90 entrepreneurial leaders for organizations. He was previously the COO of Gogolook, developing partnerships in Japan, Korea, the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the Whoscall app. Gogolook was subsequently acquired by Naver in 2013. Prior to Gogolook, Edgar worked at IBM and HP. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Finance from National Tsing Hua University. "
Mingto Yu
CEO, Kaiyu Consulting Inc.
"Mingto Yu was MediaTek’s CFO and Spokesperson. Besides managing financial and accounting divisions, he was also responsible for leading investment relationships, public relations, and the human resources teams. After Mediatek, he then joined Xiaomi as the CFO. He helped set up its financial and legal teams, as well as finishing its D-round funding.Mingto Yu is currently the CEO at Kaiyu Consulting. He is now a mentor at AAMA, guiding new startup businesses and is an active angel investor. Mingto Yu received his MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. "
Stella Yeh
ITIC VP of business development
Ms. Yeh currently serves as a Vice President at ITIC, with more than 10 years of experience in investor-relations, corporate strategy, developing partnership with strategic alliances including business corporation and investment for publicly listed companies. Previously managed OEM operations at Asustek Computer. Ms. Yeh has more than 4 year experiences in driving resource development and business strategy as Chairman of a start-up company and doing early stage investment as venture partner.Ms. Yeh is Independent board director of public listed company. Ms. Yeh received Masters in Urban Planning from UPenn and MBA from University of Pittsburgh.
Pingchao Fang
Partner & Managing Director of Cyzone Angel Fund
Mr. Fang achieved Media EMBA from Tsinghua University and Bachelor degree from Beijing Institute of Technology. Hejoined Cyzone in 2007, and has been in charge of Cyzone Angel Fund since 2012. Mr. Fang has ten-yearcexperience in entrepreneurship and investment field. His investment mainly focuses on innovative technology, business service, and excessive entertainment area. He has successfully invested over forty companies, such as Insta360, shuidihuzhu, Gifttalk, Easy flower, Huodong xing, EasyTransfer, Dongpingzaixian.
Jessica Huang
Vice President, CDIB Capital Innovation Accelerator and CDIB Capital Management Corporation
Jessica is the vice president of CDIB Capital Innovation Accelerator and the CDIB Capital Management Corporation. Before joining CDIB group, she had worked at Paclink Management Corp., an investment affiliate of Yulon-Group for 20 years accumulating prolific investment experience covering several industries, including semiconductor, TMT and Internet. In addition, she served as vice president of a listed software company. Jessica is currently the board director of 4Gamers Entertainment, Citiesocial and Umbo CV.
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