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Friday 5 February 2021
RISC-V: Q&A with SiFive head of global communications James Prior
RISC-V has grabbed headlines recently as the open-source technology is now viewed as a hotbed for innovation. It is also a source of intellectual properties (IP) freely open to the...
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Taiwan startup develops 5G private network simulation solutions
A Taiwan-based startup is ready to launch terminal simulation systems and 5G vertical applications to help local companies accelerate related efforts to develop, build, operate and...
Monday 1 February 2021
Challenges of cross-cultural management: Q&A with Evy Chang, head of investor relations at Wiziin
For startups expanding overseas, the most challenging is often not about obtaining capital or orders, but rather cross-cultural operations and collaboration. Evy Chang, head of investor...
Monday 25 January 2021
Vietnam investment opportunities: Q&A with Wiziin CEO Tien Nguyen
Many startups are confused about how to find angel investors, while investors are discouraged by the lack of transparency of information about startup investments. Nguyen Ngoc Tien...
Monday 4 January 2021
Semiconductor knows no borders: Q&A with Silicon Catalyst partners
While many might be deterred by the hefty costs of starting a semiconductor company, there are still many other entrepreneurs with a silicon dream knocking on the door of Silicon...
Monday 4 January 2021
Online counselling by Japanese venture capital experts helps Taiwan-based startups foray into Japan
IoT is poised to become the backbone for the future of smart living. Some research institutions have projected the IoT market will have 50 billion connected devices and reach a scale...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
InnoCare to see sales momentum continue into 2021
InnoCare Optoelectronics, a subsidiary of Innolux focusing on developing flat panels for medical applications, is on track to see its shipments of X-ray image inspection detectors...
Monday 28 December 2020
Oversight system: Q&A with Dover Microsystems CEO Jothy Rosenberg
Cyber security is a key issue for the era of big data, Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G. Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted that, globally, businesses in 2021 will fall victim to...
Thursday 24 December 2020
Understanding what customers really need: Q&A with AImazing founder Jun Ting
AImazing, founded in 2015, was groomed by Taiwan-based accelerator AppWorks. AImazing, which set up its headuqarters in Singapore and R&D base in Taiwan in 2017, was about to...
Wednesday 23 December 2020
Taiwan investors should change mentality towards startups, says Wistron chairman
Taiwan's investors should change their mentality about entrepreneurships, giving more support to startups, according to Wistron chairman Simon Lin.
Thursday 17 December 2020
Perception skills are key to success: Q&A with Laura Huang, associate professor at Harvard Business School
The key to whether something sells or not is not the superiority of the product technology, but whether consumers are willing to pay for it. That's a key message Laura Huang, associate...
Friday 11 December 2020
Vietnam sees FinTech boom
The number of FinTech startups in Vietnam has almost tripled from 44 to 121 between 2017 and 2020, with 31% of them operating in payments, according to a report released by Fintech...
Friday 11 December 2020
IPO activity remains strong in Southeast Asia
Despite the pandemic and US-China trade tensions, Southeast Asian capital markets have remained resilient, with local IPO activity from January up to mid October 2020 reaching pre-pandemic...
Thursday 10 December 2020
iCAN-TTA demo day showcases Taiwan startup energy
In view of the fact that academic research has always been a key force driving national economic development, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) commissioned the Center...
Friday 4 December 2020
Startup tenacity: Q&A with SparkLabs Taipei founder Edgar Chiu
COVID-19 has been hammering the world, with many companies facing tremendous challenges amidst risks and uncertainties beyond their control. But many startup teams demonstrating their...