An earlier version of this article was published by Tech in Asia on November 27, 2019. Shannon Kalayanamitr of Gobi Partners — a premier VC fund with US$1 billion AUM and 13 funds — is a battle-hardened entrepreneur herself. In… Continue reading “Hard-won lessons from a Gobi Partners exec and serial entrepreneur”…

Taipei, November 22 — BigGo, the product search engine and price comparison platform, has completed the first close of its Series A round at US$5M. The first closing is led by Silicon Valley-headquartered venture capital firm SOSV, Uni-President Group, and Kyber… Continue reading “BigGo Product Search Engine Raises $5M Series A for International Expansion”…

Please introduce yourself, your team, and your company. I am Pascal Nizri, the founder and CEO of Chekk, a digital identity startup. I have 20 years experience in the Financial Industry, having worked for HSBC across geographies (France, UK, Hong-Kong,… Continue reading “Chekk on the future of digital identity”…

The SOSV-backed accelerator graduates a new cohort of global startups pioneering health tech, education, social commerce and entertainment.  MOX, the Mobile Only Accelerator that propels mobile app startups into the world’s emerging markets, graduates Batch 7 on August 27. For… Continue reading “MOX 7 Demo Day Press Release”…

MOX, the Mobile Only Accelerator backed by Silicon Valley-headquartered venture fund SOSV with US$550M assets under management, kicked off its 6th batch in mid-January with six companies selected out of hundreds of applicants. The teams will pitch to investors and… Continue reading “MOX 6 Demo Day Press Release”…

According to Jamie Lin, “If you missed the China boat, then Southeast Asia is your salvation.” Lin, the founder of Appworks, Taiwan’s earliest and most established startup accelerator program, with a fund of US$150M, foresees Taiwan potentially making a shift… Continue reading “Taiwan’s potential in Southeast Asia”…

MOX is celebrating 3 years supporting mobile startups with a party at its new office at Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA). Besides enjoying this house-warming party for our new space, we will look back on accomplishments of MOX and its parent… Continue reading “MOX to host its 3-year anniversary party at Taiwan Tech Arena”…

MOX partners with government for Taiwan’s biggest startup hub MOX has from Sept 2018 moved its main office as part a new partnership with Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), a major government initiative designed to consolidate the major players in Taiwan’s… Continue reading “MOX partners with government for Taiwan’s biggest startup hub”…

MOX is helping international startups go global with our new 3+1 program, beginning with the upcoming Batch 5. Read below for the details on our program, and how we help you acquire new users for free in some of the… Continue reading “New MOX 3+1 Program”…

The world’s first accelerator for emerging mobile markets will graduate its fourth cohort of startups in Taipei on March 6th MOX, mobile only accelerator backed by venture fund SOSV with $300M AUM operating seven global accelerators, is unveiling 6 mobile… Continue reading “MOX 4 Demo Day Press Release”…