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Thursday 6 August 2026
Unitree's impending IPO draws Meituan and Tencent as investors

Chinese robotics company Unitree is entering a critical stage in its initial public offering. The IPO is expected to raise about CNY4.2...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
Taiwan launches NT$10B fund to back biotech commercialization

Taiwan's National Development Fund Management Committee on the 4th approved a new NT$10 billion (US$308 million) investment program...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
China robot capital surges past US in global VC boom

Global venture capital has rebounded on the AI boom after the pandemic freeze, with total investment in the first half of 2026 already...

Monday 3 August 2026
Beijing's AI 'golden circle' draws Moonshot, Z.ai, US$14B in funding
Beijing is emerging as one of China's most prominent artificial intelligence clusters as competition in large language models intensifies. Moonshot AI's recently released open-source...
Friday 10 July 2026
Former chip designer turned VC delivers reality check on AI, CPO hype
A veteran chip engineer turned venture capitalist used a panel at Taipei's Asia VC Summit on Wednesday to challenge two of the semiconductor industry's most fashionable narratives:...
Thursday 9 July 2026
Wistron backs Taiwan open source AI model and boosts compute for startups
Wistron said it would support Taiwan's first open source language model over a three-year budget and provide more AI compute capacity in 2026 for startups and academic users. The effort...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Asia VC leaders call for deeper cross-border tech investment at inaugural regional summit
Heads of venture capital associations from Taiwan, Japan, and Korea gathered in Taipei today for the first Asia Venture Capital (VC) Summit, a historic trilateral meeting aimed at...
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Taiwan and South Korea to deepen startup investment ties

Taiwan and South Korea's venture capital groups have signed a pact to expand cross-border funding and exit opportunities, a move that...

Monday 22 June 2026
Column: Physical AI shifts from feature robots to smart robots
Over the past decade, annual venture capital invested in physical AI and robotics startups has surged from a few hundred million US dollars to nearly US$25 billion, more than a 10x...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
GlobalFoundries invests in Playground Global Fund IV to advance semiconductor technology innovation
GlobalFoundries announced on May 19 that it is making a limited partner investment in Playground Global's Fund IV through GlobalFoundries Accelerate, the company's venture capital...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
How Plug and Play is bridging Taiwan's deep tech startups with Silicon Valley capital
For much of the past decade, Taiwan watched from the sidelines as global venture capital poured into software. The island's world-class manufacturers, semiconductor giants, and precision...
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Early Anthropic funder reportedly raising US$3B in new funding as VC concentrates on AI leaders
Spark Capital, the first venture capital (VC) firm to invest in Anthropic, is reportedly raising roughly US$3 billion in new funds, according to The Information. This new...
Saturday 28 February 2026
UK self-driving startup Wayve secures US$1.2 billion to expand robotaxi plans
Wayve, the UK-based autonomous driving startup, has raised US$1.2 billion in a Series D funding round, pushing its valuation to US$8.6 billion. The round was led by venture capital...
Sunday 8 February 2026
AI startups capture majority of global venture capital in 2025, Best Brokers analysis shows
Artificial intelligence startups drew more than half of global venture capital funding in 2025, marking a significant shift in investor focus toward AI and machine learning companies,...
Friday 23 January 2026
India's semiconductor ambitions face hurdles echoing SEA as local IC design sector strives to grow
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, India's IT Minister outlined the country's efforts to boost its semiconductor industry, highlighting the emergence of 24 Indian IC design...