Apply for AppWorks Accelerator: http://appworks.tw/accelerator/
A small team working out of a garage is no longer the most efficient way to do a startup — you don’t have the time to keep track of what’s going on out there, and often caught off guard when things suddenly turn against you and competitors pop out of nowhere. You have limited knowledge around the fundraising scene. You don’t have good connections to quality mentors and investors. Suppliers and channel partners don’t pick up your calls. And even getting job candidates to come in for an interview is hard. On top of that, you make all the rookie mistakes simply because you don’t have a chance to learn from other startups’ failures.
As former founders ourselves, we started AppWorks Accelerator in 2010 because we want to help fellow founders solve all these problems. Starting up a startup in an accelerator, together with a big group of really smart and driven founders, is a much more efficient way to do a startup in the 21st century.
Every 6 months, we invite 35 of Asia’s most talented startups to join AppWorks Accelerator. The AppWorks Team, our 50+ mentors, and the alumni community are all there to help you fine tune your product and business model. And then at Demo Day, you get to tell your story in front of 1,000+ investors and potential business partners to win their partnerships.
9. Kick Off Day Mentor Day Demo Day
Accelerator
This is an official orientation.
Introducing AppWorks Team to
the startups, and have an
overview about the accelerator
schedule.
On 2nd month, startups should
launch products and pitch to the
mentors. And gain valuable
advice or potential partnership
from the mentors.
On 4th months, startups will
pitch biz model and tractions to
1500+ participants including
VCs, Corporate representatives
and media.
11. Weekly Demo
Weekly Schedule
• Debrief your product
status and future plan
• Share your take-aways
• Get advice from peers
& AppWorks Partners
Training Tuesday Speaker Series Happy Hour
• Digital Know-how
session
• Legal / Accounting
/ PR session
• connection with
experts
• Outstanding
startup founder
sharing
• connection with
exprienced
founder
• Alumni Reunion
• Chill down with
Beer & Pizza
• Networking
14. Venture Fund
The funds support startups
which have been through the
accelerator program, which
has been active since 2010.
Has drove more than US$
270M fund raised in the
community.
AppWorks leads seed,
Series-A and Series-B
rounds, invests US$100K
to $5M and aligns
co-investors based on
funding-fits.
Investors include the National
Development Fund, Cathay
Life, Phison Electronics, UDN
Group, CID Group, Fubon Life,
China Trust Ventures, and
CDIB Capital etc.
Fund SizeFocus onFund LPs
US $ 61ME-commerce, A.I., Ad
Tech...
Gov. &
Corporations
19. Total Startups
320
(+45% YoY)
AppWorks Ecosystem
Total Founder
720
(+140% YoY)
Total Raise
US$ 276 M
(+59% YoY)
Total Valuation
US$ 920 M
(+59% YoY)
Total Revenue
US$ 791 M
(+180% YoY)
Total Employees
3,721
(+35% YoY)
