PRESS RELEASE: Taiwan Celebrating Startups 3-7 December 2018
November 21, 2018 -
Taiwan’s Entrepreneur Community comes together during first regional Startup
Week
Taipei, 21 November, 2018 – Techstars Startup Week Taiwan Powered by Taiwan Tech Arena has announced a 5-day long startup community celebration, which will bring business leaders, funders, founders and all startup enthusiasts together to celebrate Taiwan’s and Asia’s thriving innovation community by the end of 2018.
Happening December 3 – 7, Techstars Startup Week Taiwan Powered by Taiwan Tech Arena is a weeklong celebration of the Taiwan entrepreneurial community, offering completely free learning opportunities to business owners of all kinds. The event is volunteer-led and community-driven, offering attendees access to dozens of programs, influential keynote speakers, and funding opportunities. Businesses of every type and stage, from tech startups to long-standing place-based businesses, will come together over five days to build momentum and opportunity.
Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) serves as the sponsor of Techstars Startup Week Taiwan and facilitate tracks with the support from accelerator partners in Taiwan. The events were created to inspire and strengthen Asia’s and Taiwan’s entrepreneurial community through more than 25 free networking and workshops sessions on topics such as AI, healthcare, Fintech, advanced manufacturing, and corporate innovation. The week also includes mentoring sessions with CEOs, funders and more, where participants can connect through these activities hosted at TTA and various venues across the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area.
“Techstars is excited to organize Techstars Startup Week Taiwan. The week-long celebration of startups and entrepreneurship showcases Taiwan’s growing entrepreneurial ecosystem. We are looking forward to more initiatives to support Taiwan’s innovation economy in the future” said Techstars Co-CEO David Brown.
Techstars Startup Week Taiwan Powered by Taiwan Tech Arena is made possible by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) of Taiwan and TTA and supported by many generous sponsors. More information can be found at taiwan.startupweek.co and on Facebook @TaiwanStartupWeek.
About Techstars
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies. Techstars operates three divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,400 companies with a market cap of $15.9 Billion. www.techstars.com
About Taiwan Tech Arena
Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA), sponsored by Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), is a tech innovation and entrepreneurship program which aims to connect the whole tech startup ecosystem under one dome. Its main mission is to foster tech entrepreneurship, innovation, and build a vibrant international tech startup ecosystem in Taiwan.
TTA hopes to attract global and domestic talents and actively foster the innovation of technology industries by building a co-creation platform for startups, accelerators, venture capital, and corporate partners under one dome.
TTA is seeking to cultivate and work with startups who have the ambition and passion to provide innovative solutions with new technologies such as artificial intelligence, software, semiconductor and more.
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