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Garage+ Launches Its 2023 Open House for Must-See Startups in Taiwan
The
Startup Global Program is introducing 35 global startups bringing
revolutionary technologies through many diverse markets
[Taipei, Taiwan, November
30th, 2023] Garage+, a leading, zero-equity startup
incubator supported by the Epoch Foundation, is launching its 2023 Open
House in Taipei, Taiwan on December 6th. 35 must-see global startups
are exhibiting, offering revolutionary technologies across sectors
including AI, enterprise, energy, ESG, healthcare, supply chain, and
manufacturing.
The Startup Global Program is a bi-annual program that invites
international startups to connect with Taiwan’s considerable industrial
resources, its local entrepreneurial community, and act as a gateway to
explore Asian market opportunities. It is an ideal event for media and
investors to discover and meet some of the hottest new companies with
emerging ideas and unique developments.
Startups from around the world have a remarkable opportunity awaiting
them in Taiwan. Garage+ extends a gracious invitation, offering
subsidized air tickets, 8 days of comfortable accommodation, and the
chance to connect with top Taiwanese industries through personalized
one-on-one meetings. With the participating enterprises including
prestigious names like Wistron Corporation, Delta, Quanta, MediaTek,
Pegatron, Realtek Semiconductor, China Development Industrial Bank, and
Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, numerous fruitful matchmaking meetings
have been arranged to explore exciting business prospects.
Supported by Taiwan’s National Development Council (www.ndc.gov.tw),
the Startup Global Program, 2023 Open House event will include
companies from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India, Canada, the USA, the
UK,
Netherlands, Estonia, and Israel. Collectively they have received over
USD$100 million in investment to date from investors such as Epson,
Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsui Chemical, ABB, Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ,
Mizuho Bank, Mitsubishi Corporation, MUFG Bank, and TOYOTA TSUSHO.
Open
House Details
Profiles
of Breakthrough Global Startups
Clarius Mobile Health -
Established in Canada, 2014. Received USD 42M
investment.
A handheld ultrasound company specializing in high-end imaging, coupled
with AI for automating acquisitions at the point of care. Received
Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 Company of the Year for the North
America Ultraportable Ultrasound Industry.
SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc. -
Established in Japan, 2015. Received USD 27M
investment.
This software company has developed applications that use robotics such
as drones to improve the quality of large-scale infrastructure
inspections.
Zeroboard Inc. -
Established in Japan, 2021. Received USD 19M
investment.
Its self-developed 'Zeroboard' is a cloud service for calculating and
visualizing GHG emissions, consulting on decarbonization.
Elephantech Inc. -
Established in Japan, 2014. Received USD 14.8M
investment.
It created an industry milestone by becoming the first company in the
world to manufacture PCBs using metal inkjet printing.
High Lander - Established
in Israel, 2018. Received USD 14M investment.
It addresses drone fleet management and Unmanned Traffic Management in
UAV markets.
Orangewood Labs -
Established in the UK, 2017. Received USD 4.1M
investment.
Robots are hard to program and expensive to deploy which we are solving
for, so this company is streamlining AI robot creation, which means
factory robots today and space robots tomorrow.
Anique, Inc. - Established
in Japan, 2019. Received USD 4M investment.
Produces digi-physical anime merchandise, leveraging AI, blockchain and
XR. Currently collaborating with more than 50 Japanese anime/manga IPs,
and featured in Toyo Keizai's "100 greatest startups".
Innovative Mechatronic
Systems - Established in the Netherlands, 2016.
Received USD 3.27M investment.
The developer of the Archimedes Drive, a high-precision toothless
gearbox. This patented technology equips applications with enhanced
performance, opening new possibilities in automation.
Garage+
Awards & Recognitions
- "Best Incubator in Taiwan" awarded by the Ministry of
Economic
Affairs in 2015, 2017~2021.
- The first incubator attending Computex Taipei since 2015,
the world’s 2nd largest technology exhibition, organizing 230 startups
worldwide and receiving 130,000 visitors.
- The most recognized Asian incubator for international
startups, receiving more than 2,600 applications from 80 countries
since 2015.
About
Epoch Foundation
Epoch Foundation, founded in 1991 with the mission of facilitating
industrial development and economic prosperity, has been representing
20 Taiwan-based blue-chip companies closely allying with the world’s
top-notch academic institutes like MIT and UC Berkeley. Epoch has been
serving as the liaison office to bridge and consolidate the resources
between academic and private sectors, with programs focused on three
areas: industry and academia’s research collaborations, industrial and
economic policies, and entrepreneurial talent education.
About
Garage+
Garage+ is a zero-equity incubator supported by the Epoch Foundation. In
1998, Epoch initiated an educational program, Epoch School, to
cultivate young talents' entrepreneurship. It has generated more than
80 startups. In 2008, Garage+ was founded to support entrepreneurs,
focused on early-stage startups in AI, Big Data, IoT, Smart Devices,
Healthcare, and Green Tech. Since 2014, more than 555 startups have
resided in Garage+, including 284 international startups.