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MobiKwik Taps GMO Payment Gateway & MediaTek for Successful Series C Round

MobiKwik, a Gurgaon, India based mobile wallet company, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Japanese GMO Payment Gateway and Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek, according to a company press release. The round was part of Series C round raised last month, which included participation from its existing investors… Read More

What does Taiwan’s Cash Card Crisis Mean for Consumer Finance in Mainland China?

  A decade ago, bank salespersons were seen at almost every street corner in Taipei. Apart from credit cards, they also offered unsecured micro-loans to ordinary people. As long as you didn’t have a criminal record and could provide your basic information such as ID… Read More

Backer-Founder: First Crowdfunding Consultancy in Taiwan Celebrates Anniversary. Claims $10.1 Million Total Raised

Backer-Founder, a consulting firm in Taiwan that stakes claim to being the first of its kind in the country, celebrated its one  year anniversary of helping crowdfunding campaigns achieve their goals.  According to the company, the crowdfunding consultancy has managed over 50 projects in the… Read More

Jibo, Inc. Raises $11M in Series A Extension Financing

Jibo, Inc., the company behind Indiegogo success family robot, Jibo, has closed $11M in a Series A extension round with strategic investors from Taiwan, Japan, Korea and China. Participating investors include: Acer (Taiwan) – Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software + services company… Read More

The New Crowdfunding Market in Asia: Taiwan

  Crowdfunding is estimated to be commencing this May (2015) in Taiwan. To encourage the development of start-ups and SMEs, the financial authority in Taiwan, which is called Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), will provide a regulatory structure for crowdfunding. Since the Security Act in Taiwan requires the… Read More

Tim Cheng of FlyingV on Equity Crowdfunding in Taiwan

FlyingV may be the largest crowdfunding platform in Asia today.  Based in Taiwan, the platform has led the space in Taiwan, and in many respects Asia general.  Crowdfund Insider interviewed Tim Cheng, CEO of FlyingV, late in 2014 to hear about his viewpoint on the crowdfunding space…. Read More

Update: Smart Lock Sesame Continues to Find Success on Kickstarter; Captures Over $500,000 in Less Than Two Weeks

Stanford student, Jerming Gu, and his smart lock project, Sesame, have raised nearly $500,000 dollars after only a little over a week on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. Gu, founder of CANDY HOUSE Inc., is a mechanical engineering master candidate from Stanford University. Originall from Taiwan, he is a someone who… Read More

Taiwan Investment Crowdfunding Platforms to be Operated by Brokers

The National Development Council (NDC) of Taiwan is pushing forward with investment crowdfunding. According to a report in the Taipei Times, crowdfunding platforms will allow investors to purchase stakes in startups and small companies as soon as May of this year. “Startups are the fruits… Read More

Taiwan to Create New Crowdfunding Platform for Young Entrepreneurs

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) plans to create a new crowdfunding platform, with a website active as soon as March 2015. According to a report in the China Post, The site will help young entrepreneurs raise money, as well as be a type of “personal venture… Read More

Creators of Kickstarter’s 3D Printer Flux Share Details About the Project & Future Plans

Fresh off the closing of their hit Kickstarter campaign for the all-in-one 3D printer, Flux, creators and Taiwan college students Simon Ko and Jim Yu discussed the project and its future with Tech in Asia this week. Flux is described as an easy-to-use print that… Read More

Hong Kong-Based Bitcoin Platform KBBEX Partners with Taiwanese Bitcoin Platform BitoEX

KBBEX, a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin Exchange Platform, has formed a strategic partnership with the Taiwanese Bitcoin Platform BitoEX, to supply bitcoins in more than 5000 convenience stores located in Taiwan. Consumers may now buy bitcoins at all FamilyMart convenience stores in Taiwan. The alliance enables the development… Read More

FLUX 3D Printer is Next Crowdfunding Project to Top $1 Million

3D Printer Includes Scanner & Laser Engraver. Just when you thought the 3D printing craze had moved beyond crowdfunding and straight to retail, another really cool project comes along.  FLUX 3D printer is an “all in one” device that is crowdfunding on Kickstarter now and… Read More

Taiwan Startup Hits Kickstarter To Raise $50,000 For New iOS Free Space & Photo Organizer Gadget

Maktar, Inc., a developer of software and hardware products, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds that will be used to launch Piconzier, a pocket-sized storage device for organizing photos and videos on iOS devices. Piconizer is the first ever application with a corresponding iOS… Read More

FlyingV: The Largest Crowdfunding Platform in Asia

Recently during a trip to Southeast Asia I had the opportunity to meet Tim Cheng, CEO of  FlyingV – the largest rewards based crowdfunding platform across all of Asia.  Based in Tapei, Taiwan, FlyingV was launched just over 2 years ago in 2012.  Since that… Read More

Color Picking Stylus Mozbii Hits $40,000 in First Week on Kickstarter

Taiwan-based inventor, Jeremy Shu, has turned to the Kickstarter crowd to fund his new project, Mozbii. The device has been dubbed the world’s first color picking stylus and was seeking to raise only $30,000. Within one week, the Mozbii crowdfunding campaign hit its goals and… Read More

Tool Pen Passes $87,000 in First Week of Crowdfunding

Taiwan-based company mininch has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its brand new project, the Tool Pen. The campaign was launched last week with an initial funding goal of $7,000. According to the campaign’s page, the Tool Pen is a smart and versatile multi-tool… Read More

Kickstarter’s 3D Printing CrowdFunded Projects Shows A Diversity of Locations (Infographic)

It is an accepted norm that one has to be in Silicon Valley to make it big in an internet startup or New York City to get to the top of the finance industry or Los Angeles for the movie business. One of the reasons… Read More

HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour Kicks Off

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has kicked off its inaugural Asia Innovation Tour which features networking opportunities with billion-dollar hardware manufacturers and technology giants in Taiwan and mainland China. Organized with startups in mind, the tour started in Taipei, Taiwan, with… Read More

HWTrek Hosts Innovation Tour, Offers 15 Creators Expense Free Trip

HWTrek, a crowdfunding site and digital community for digital electronics, is now accepting applications for its HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, taking place April 8-9, 2014 in Taipei and April 11-12, 2014 in Beijing, China. The tour will offer hardware creators and startup organizations across the… Read More

HWTrek Releases Crowdfunding Guide

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has released their new Request for Quotation (RFQ) Tool and comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide. These features will further augment HWTrek’s newly launched community platform.   The tools enhance ease-of-use, streamline the RFQ process and provide best practices… Read More

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