Mission économique China High Tech Fair. ICT Guided tour. Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping League for Entrepreneurs (TRIPLE) Introduction

1. Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping
League for Entrepreneurs
2015/12/1

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HW-related Startups Play Important Roles
in Crowdfunding Platform
(using Kickstarter as an example)
Successfully Funded Projects
(Total 80,766)
其他
50 (52%)
Design +
Technology
45 (47.4%)
其他
1,085 (67%)
Total Dollars Pledged (US$1.61B)
Design + Technology
US$525M (32.6%)
Few in number, but high in amount
Others
73,855 (91.4%)
Others
US$1,085M
(67.4%)
Others
50 (52.6%)
Design + Technology
6,911 (8.6%)
More Than US$1M Raised Projects (Total 95)
Note: There are 15 categories in Kickstarter, in which design and technologies are H/W-related.
Data Source: Kickstarter (2015/3/21); Compiled by ITRI 2

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• Among 362 HW-related successfully funded
projects with more than US$100K pledged
─ Failure: 12%
─ Late delivery: 81%
─ Only 7% delivery on time
• Lack of quick access to adequate prototyping
companies
─ Even Tesla Motors
The Pains of Startups:
Issues Happen After Successfully Funded
Note: Kickstarter data source: http://www.touheima.com/show/2.html (2014.10.28)
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IoT
Wearable
Devices
Advanced
Manufacturing
Advanced
Biomedical
Devices
ICT
臺灣創新快製媒合中心（簡稱快製中心）
Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping League for Entrepreneurs (TRIPLE)

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Service Types Industry Segments
TRIPLE’s Rapid Prototype League
• More than 328 members
─ Large Enterprises (20%)
─ Small and Medium Enterprises (74%)
─ R&D Organizations (6%)
Prototyping
Services
50%
Incubation
Services
1%
Design Value-
Added
18%
R&D Value-
Added
19%
Marketing
Value-Added
4% Others
8%
ICT
23%
Mechanical
27%
Biomedical
9%
Consumer
Goods
23%
Materials
3%
Design &
Marketing
Services
13%
Others
2%

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Product Development Process
Concept
/ Plan
EVT
Engineering
Verification
DVT
Design
Verification
PVT
Production
Verification
MP
Mass
Production
• Industrial design
• Mechanical design
• Molding test
• Electrical design
• Circuit Integration
• Pilot (~10 pcs)
• Molding
• Forming
• Micro production
(50~100 pcs)
• Scale
• Yield Rate
• Failure Analysis
• Packing
• Engineering prototypes
• Design goals and
specifications
• Mock-up
Startup TRIPLE One-stop Platform

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TRIPLE Prototyping Member Capability
IP
Respect
Mindset
Domain
Know-how
Supply
Chain
Management
Complete
Component
Supply
Chain
Cross-
Industry
R&D
Product
Reliability

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TRIPLE VIDEO

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• Product : Smart Suitcase
• Prototyping Request: Electronic module
• Region: US
• The Keys:
 After kick off the matchup process, we arranged conference
calls to link both sides
 Factory tour to Taiwan (visit 9 Taiwanese companies)
 Decide which manufacturing partner to work with the
capibilities:
 Flexibilities
 Specification identification
 Manufacturing chain management
 After visit Taiwan, visit Shenzhen also, finally still stay at Taiwan.
 prototyping, pilot production and also 2nd generation
prototyping orders are all at Taiwan now.
Successful Story

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Advantages of working with TRIPLE
• The accumulation of the past 30+ years of technological
manufacturing experience is a well-established ODM and OEM
ecosystem that encompasses a range of technologies including
PCs, smartphones, e-cars (like Tesla), and wearable technology
(like Fitbit).
─ Taiwanese prototyping partners have the expertise and
experience to support startups working on innovative
projects.
─ Intellectual property is valued and protected in Taiwan.
─ TRIPLE assigns a project manager for each startup to assist
them in the matchup process.

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Europe
Japan
North
America
ITRI International Inc.
Taiwan Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Center
(TIEC-TW)
2870 Zanker Road, Suite 140,
San Jose, CA 95134
+1-408-428-9988
ITRI Western Europe Office
Hohenzollerndamm 187, 10713
Berlin, Germany
+49-30-86093614
ITRI Tokyo Office
TTD Bldg. 3F,1-2-18
Mita,Minato-Ku, Tokyo
108-0073, Japan
+81-3-54193836
Global Representatives of TRIPLE
Taiwan-TRIPLE
Rm 605, 106 Sec. 2, Heping E.
Rd.,Taipei 10622, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel:+886-2-27377351
Web: www.triplelinkage.com
Email: triple_service@triplelinkage.com

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How does the process go?
IPM
TRIPLE assigns an IPM for each startup

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“Entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and
assembling a plane on the way down.”
-- Reid Hoffman, Founder of LinkedIn
We serve , through the strong industrial eco-force.
We care, not only your prototype but also your business.
With TRIPLE, you will
be landing safely.

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Please Visit
www.triplelinkage.com
Web: www.triplelinkage.com
Email: triple_service@triplelinkage.com
Tel: +886-2-27377351