AppWorks Ventures
Venture capitalTaipei · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 32 people tracked
Investment thesis
AppWorks positions itself as a founder-first investor, drawing on its partners' own founding experience to play a supporting role to entrepreneurs. It aims to be the first investor to fund startups, favoring founders with passion, grit, and determination, and committing to support them through the full journey. Through the AppWorks Accelerator, launched in 2010, it works with seed to growth-stage startups, connecting them to one of Asia's largest founder networks. Its AppWorks Funds provide financing from early seed rounds through later growth rounds, making it one of the most active early-stage VCs in Greater Southeast Asia with 20-30 deals a year.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 28, 2026.
Team · 32 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 69 of 118 portfolio companiesFintech ×18Crypto & Web3 ×16Marketplaces ×16SaaS ×16Consumer ×15AI & Machine Learning ×12E-commerce ×10Enterprise Software ×10
HQs:Taiwan×17Indonesia×11United States×6Singapore×5Hong Kong×3Vietnam×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 49 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×302 founders×133 founders×44+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 38 founders with education data
Stanford University ×6Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) ×4National University of Singapore ×4AppWorks ×3Nanyang Technological University Singapore ×3University of California, Berkeley ×3Aryamehr University of Technology ×2Harvard University ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 40 founders with career history
Rocket Internet ×3Rocket Internet SE ×3Aquanow ×2Cartrack ×2
1 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 39 with degree data) · backed the same founder in 2+ companies: 2 founders
Investments · 118 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12 dated
Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)
Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*Across Capital PartnersAglae VenturesAkkadian Ventures+63 more
Omnichat is an omnichannel chat commerce platform that combines messaging integration (WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, LINE), marketing automation, and AI agents to help brands run conversational shopping and sales across channels.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceMarketing TechHong Kong, HK
Co-investorsAVA Angels
Taiwanese online job bank operating a job-search platform and recruitment apps for full-time, part-time and internship hiring.
17Life is a Taiwanese group-buying and O2O (online-to-offline) e-commerce platform offering deal vouchers, home delivery, and coupons across categories such as food, travel, and retail.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesRetail Tech
李易騰(董事長暨總經理 (Chairman & General Manager))
Taiwanese online platform matching homeowners with interior renovation and repair tradespeople and contractor crews.
91APP provides a SaaS commerce platform that combines branded e-commerce websites and native mobile apps with OMO (online-merge-offline) tools, helping retail brands build membership-based private traffic and integrate online and physical store operations.
E-commerceMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Steven Ho何英圻(Founder)in
Co-investorsCherubic VenturesVENTURE+
Vietnamese AI question-and-answer app combining large language models, local content and a social knowledge community.
Co-investorsSquare Peg CapitalAppWorksArgor CapitalNorthstar Ventures
AMODA provides prefabricated or modular building solutions for various business lines, offering design flexibility, timeline prediction, and transparency in production, cost, and scheduling.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechPropTech
Agusti Salman Farizi(Founder)in
Animoca Brands invests in blockchain and digital asset projects across gaming, infrastructure, culture, and real-world asset categories, with a portfolio of 600+ companies and a focus on Web3 ecosystem development.
B2B MarketplacesCrypto & Web3GamingSector Agnostic
Yat Siu(Founder & CEO)Robby Yungin
Co-investors2080 Ventures500 GlobalA'Z AngelsAdit Ventures Management, LlcAlpha Wave GlobalArcane Group+37 more
Authme provides an AI-powered identity verification and eKYC platform that includes ID document OCR across 192+ countries, ID fraud detection, NFC chip verification, face comparison, and liveness/deepfake detection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Andy(Co-founder)Dalton(Co-founder)
Basic.Space runs a curated digital marketplace selling pre-owned and vintage items alongside new limited editions and brand collaborations exclusive to the platform.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsPartners ResoluteRed Beard VenturesVenture Catalysts
Beam is a shared micromobility operator providing electric scooter services across Asia Pacific cities, committed to climate neutrality and Vision Zero safety standards through technology and rider education programs.
Climate TechMobility & TransportationSingapore, SG
Deb Gangopadhyay(Founder)Alan Jiang(Founder)
Co-investorsArbor VenturesGobi PartnersIndex VenturesK2 GlobalLIONHEART VENTURESPartech Ventures+3 more
Taiwan-founded operator of Blocto, a multi-chain crypto wallet and dApp platform that wound down its core services in December 2025.
Co-investorsCatcherVCContinue CapitalRed Building Capital
Botsync develops mobile robots for warehouse and industrial automation.
Nikhil Venkatesh(Founder)inRahul Nambiar(Founder)in
Co-investorsBetatron Venture GroupCapital2BITERATIVELocus Ventures
Taiwanese digital media publisher operating Chinese-language news brands including TechOrange and BuzzOrange (報橘).
ByThen offers an AI text-to-video generator that turns a topic or written script into a full-length video, automatically producing visuals, narration, music, and editing up to 30 minutes long.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsOSK Ventures InternationalSkystar CapitalBEENEXTEast VenturesVectorVector Inc.
Cake is a career platform offering job search, company listings, AI-powered resume and portfolio building tools, and recruitment services for employers.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechMarketplacesSaaS
Singapore-based operator of a mobile-first online classifieds and secondhand marketplace across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Siu Rui Quek(Founder)in
Co-investors500 Startups VietnamEndeavor CatalystGolden Gate VenturesK3 VenturesQuest VenturesRakuten Capital+3 more
Clouted operates a "Virality Engine" that uses AI agents to produce and distribute native short-form video clips at scale across social and paid channels, drawing on a network of video editors and creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing Tech
Co-investorsTheory Forge Ventures
Concept Art House is an art outsourcing studio for game developers, producing character designs, 2D and 3D assets, animation, and VFX for AAA, mobile, and trading card games.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3GamingMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US
James(Founder / CEO)Jenny Chen(President & Founder)
BoardMatthew Le Merle(Chairman)
Co-investorsAnimoca BrandsDapper LabsPolymorphic CapitalRed Beard VenturesFabric Ventures
Singapore-based Cyber Sierra builds agentic AI governance, risk and compliance software for regulated enterprises.
Singapore, SG
Subhajit Mandal(Founder)Pramodh Rai(Founder)inSubhajit Mandal, CFA(Founder)in
Co-investorsLeo Capital VenturesSaison Capital
Dapper Labs is a venture studio building products and communities at the intersection of culture and emerging technology, focused on digital ownership, data control, and decentralized platforms for creators and collectors.
ConsumerCreator EconomyCrypto & Web3Sector AgnosticVancouver
Roham Gharegozlou(Founder)inDieter Shirley(Founder)inMikhael Naayem(Executive Officer)inJody Rebak(Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Pakman(Director)inAlex Shih(Director)
Co-investorsA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAndreessen HorowitzChaos VenturesChapter OneCoatue Management+32 more
Dappio Wonderland is a Solana-based yield aggregator combining DeFi and GameFi yields in one platform.
Co-investorsGhaf Capital PartnersRed Building Capital
Dcard is a Taiwanese anonymous social platform and forum used by millions of university students and young professionals.
Co-investorsTransLink Capital
Deep Sentinel provides AI-powered security cameras paired with live monitoring by professional remote guards who can speak to intruders through two-way audio and contact police in real time.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTPleasanton, US
Dave Selinger(Founder)inBrian Kendall(CFO)Morgan Bell(VP of Engineering)inTomasz Borys(VP of Marketing)Andi Woody(VP of Customer Care)
Co-investorsEgis Capital PartnersEudemian VenturesIntel CapitalLux CapitalTri-Valley VenturesShasta Ventures
Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat designed primarily for gaming communities and players.
ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingSocialSan Francisco, US
Jason Citron(Co-founder)inStanislav Vishnevskiy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)inClint Smith(Executive Officer)inHumam Sakhnini(Chief Executive Officer)Tomasz Marcinkowski(Chief Financial Officer)inBen Shanken(VP of Product)in
Co-investorsAccelAccess IndustriesAcquire FiAcrew CapitalArcane GroupArrington Capital+36 more
Docosan is a healthcare booking platform that lets families in Vietnam find and schedule appointments with hospitals, clinics, doctors, and testing centers, including in-person, at-home, and online consultations.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplaces
Natalia Moreno Hendrickson(Founder)in
Co-investors3CC | Third Culture Capital
快一點 (QuickClick) provides an AI-powered ordering and point-of-sale system for restaurants and food-service businesses, enabling online ordering via LINE, cloud-based order intake, and sales reporting with data analytics.
FoodTechRetail TechSaaS
EMQ operates a global payments network with last-mile endpoints that banks can integrate to enable cross-border money transfers and automate payment processes.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Genevieve LiJohn KangMax Liu(Chief Executive)in
Co-investors500 Global
Fandora is an online platform selling licensed merchandise and peripheral goods tied to creators, IP characters, and game/anime brands such as Monster Hunter Wilds and various illustrator characters.
ConsumerCreator EconomyE-commerceMarketplaces
Fetcch labs is a research firm that builds tools and infrastructure for decentralized, autonomous applications, including projects across DeFi, onchain loyalty systems, and prediction markets.
Crypto & Web3Deep TechFintech
Mandar D.(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlack Dragon
Figment is an independent provider of staking infrastructure, offering non-custodial staking, reward tracking, API integrations, and slashing protection to institutional clients such as asset managers, exchanges, wallets, foundations, and custodians.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Lorien Gabel(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)3cubed VenturesArchetypeB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBonfire Ventures+10 more
Flow is a blockchain network designed for consumer decentralized finance applications, offering institutional-grade financial products, yield optimization, and automated strategies with features like prediction markets, home equity credit lines, and scheduled transactions that require no cryptocurrency knowledge.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsa16z cryptoCeras VenturesMulticoin CapitalValor Capital GroupWhite Paper CapitalYoubi Capital
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesElectric Capital
GasHawk optimizes blockchain transaction costs by timing submissions to periods of lower Ethereum gas fees.
Graffle builds custom Web3 activations for brands, using blockchain tools and infrastructure to turn intellectual property and physical products into interactive digital assets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech
Andrew Chen(Co-Founder)inRyan Lambacher(CEO)in
Grvt operates a crypto derivatives and spot trading exchange offering classic perpetuals on crypto, equities, and commodities with up to 50x leverage settled in USDT, plus spot markets and yield products.
Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplacesSingapore, SG
Aaron Ong(Founder)Hong Gyu Yea(Founder)inGyu Yea HongMatthew QuekPatrick SuYong Lee
Co-investors500 GlobalCatcherVCFurther Ventures
Helix is a game development platform that provides scripting tools using Lua-style code to spawn and control in-game objects such as props.
Developer ToolsGaming
Co-investorsPlay Ventures
Hubble Protocol is a Solana-based DeFi protocol that lets users borrow the USDH stablecoin against deposited crypto collateral.
Co-investorsDigital Currency GroupMulticoin CapitalParaFi Capital
iChannels (通路王) is an affiliate marketing and CPA (Cost Per Action) advertising platform in Taiwan, connecting advertisers with tens of thousands of affiliate members who promote products on a performance-based payment model.
AdTechB2B MarketplacesMarketing Tech
Allen Wang(Founder)in
iCHEF provides a restaurant point-of-sale system for chain restaurant brands, with ERP/accounting integrations, cross-brand sales reporting, HR and payroll system connections, and integrations with payment and delivery platforms.
FoodTechRetail TechSaaSTaipei, TW
Ken Chen(Co-founder)程開佑(Co-founder)
Infina operates a fintech platform offering yield-generating accounts and integrated investment tools for retail users in Vietnam.
FintechHo Chi Minh City, VN
James Vuong(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investors1982 VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesMyAsiaVCPeak XV PartnersSaison CapitalVenturra+1 more
Advanced ManufacturingConsumer
Khanh LêRaghav M S
Co-investors500 GlobalHoxton VenturesITERATIVESpiral VenturesAntlerOctopus Ventures
iSeller is a point-of-sale and e-commerce platform that lets businesses sell both in-store and online, with features for inventory management and accepting multiple payment types.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaSIndonesia, ID
Co-investorsIndogen CapitalIntudo VenturesOpenspace Ventures
Jiraffe Inc. is a Japanese company that plans, develops, and operates internet services, and also runs a used-equipment buying and resale business.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplacesTokyo, JP
Teruaki Aso(Representative Director (CEO))inHiroki Matsumoto(Director & COO, Head of magi Business Unit)Yuji Nagashima(Director & CFO, Head of Administration)
Co-investorsEast VenturesGreemint VCSkyland Ventures
Kargo Technologies provides a digital logistics platform that integrates shippers with a network of transporters and drivers in Indonesia.
Logistics & Supply ChainSaaSJakarta, ID
Tiger Fang(Founder)in
Co-investorsAC VenturesAgaeti VenturesAlter GlobalCapria VenturesTenaya Capital
KPK (karpatkey) is an onchain asset manager providing DeFi treasury mandates, vaults and tokenised funds.
Co-investorsBorderless VentureSaison CapitalThanefield CapitalWintermute
Kikitrade is a Hong Kong-based social cryptocurrency investing platform for retail investors across Asia-Pacific.
Taiwanese online travel agency selling local tours, activities and attraction tickets, plus Rezio booking software for operators.
Co-investorsZ Venture CapitalMonk's Hill Ventures
LiveArt provides financial intelligence for the art market, offering live valuations, lendable value estimates, and Hold/Sell/Accumulate signals on artworks, backed by a database of 30M+ auction records and daily-recomputed price indices.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsBlack DragonMapleblock CapitalAnimoca BrandsBinance LabsKuCoin Labs
Co-investorsBonfire Ventures
Migo is a Credit-as-a-Service platform that lets companies offer credit to their customers using AI-powered credit scoring.
松果購物 (PCone) is a Taiwanese online shopping platform where consumers browse product categories and make purchases, including via live-stream shopping.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
A gaming company that develops and operates online casual and iGaming titles including slots, fishing, and card games, and licenses local-network game systems.
Gaming
Newsleopard (快豹科技) is a Taiwan-based company offering email and SMS marketing tools, including automated marketing, AI-generated EDM content, landing page building, list health checks, and email/SMS APIs.
AdTechMarketing TechSaaSSales TechTaipei, TW
Louis Chang(Founder)in張國基(Founder)
Nitra provides a card, lending, and back-office platform built specifically for independent medical practices including ophthalmology, dental, aesthetics, and fertility clinics.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechNew York, US
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Dunamu & PartnersExpaFoundersX VenturesGold House VenturesHyphen Capital+7 more
NOBI is a crypto investment app offering earn products with rewards up to 8% APR, trading of various crypto assets, and educational content for beginner to intermediate investors.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsCapria VenturesSkystar CapitalAppWorksCakra VenturesGlobal Founders Capital
AI prospecting platform whose research agents build verified B2B lead lists from a natural-language prompt using live web search.
Finn Mallery(Founder)in
Co-investorsValor Capital GroupCambridge Innovation CapitalOctopus VenturesPruVen Capital Partners
Patisco (貿商道) is a B2B foreign-trade e-commerce platform that digitizes how export companies conduct international sales, providing per-customer differentiated quoting and connecting quotes through to shipping documents so each transaction becomes a reusable company asset.
B2B MarketplacesE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSales Tech
Future of Work venture capital company based in Stuttgart, founded 2018
Munich, DE
Hanno Renner(Founder)inArseniy Vershinin(Co-Founder (former Chief Architect))inJonas Rieke(Co-Founder & COO)inRoman Schumacher(Co-Founder (former CPO))in
Co-investorsAccelAlkeon InnovationGaldana VenturesGeneral CatalystIndex VenturesLa Famiglia+6 more
Pickone (挑場地) operates an online marketplace that matches venue owners with people looking to rent spaces, handling bookings, deposits, and commission fees between the two sides.
ConsumerMarketplacesPropTechSaaS
PrimaKu operates a healthcare ecosystem in Indonesia connecting parents, pediatricians, and clinics, with apps for child growth monitoring, immunization tracking, and teleconsultations.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechJakarta, ID
Muhammad Indraputra, CFA(Founder)in
Co-investorsSave the Children Global Ventures
Taiwan-based web and mobile game publisher licensing Chinese-developed titles for Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Qoala is an online insurance platform that lets consumers compare and buy insurance products, including health, life, and car insurance.
ConsumerFintechInsurTech
Harshet Lunani(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsIndogen CapitalMandiri Capital IndonesiaSTRIVEAppWorksEurazeoFlourish Ventures+6 more
Raccoon AI builds Agentic AI (AaaS) conversational tools that automate repetitive customer inquiries and streamline workflows for enterprises, integrating with platforms such as Zendesk and Salesforce.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
James Chou(Founder & CEO)Stanley Chen(COO)in
Boulder-based game studio building the Unioverse, a community-owned, blockchain-linked sci-fi videogame franchise.
Boulder, US
ANTHONY HARMAN(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)ANNA FARR(Executive Officer)WYETH RIDGWAY(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investors2 Punks CapitalBrainstorm VenturesResolute VenturesAsymmetric
Indonesian climate-tech company operating waste collection, drop-off and material recovery infrastructure for households and businesses.
Ernest Christian Layman(Founder)in
Co-investorsIndogen CapitalSkystar Capital
Sanctum provides staking infrastructure for the Solana blockchain, including liquid staking tokens (LSTs), white-label validators, and custom LST launches for projects and exchanges.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsEquilibrium Ventures
Largest rewards and discovery platform in Asia-Pacific, powering over US$4 billion in annual sales across 12 countries.
Co-investorsEast VenturesQualgroQuest VenturesVenturraAsia PartnersCredit Saison+1 more
Hong Kong-based provider of institutional-grade options and derivatives trading, analytics and risk infrastructure for digital assets.
Co-investorsStratified Capital
SoopahGenius builds Catapult, an AI-powered platform that helps livestreamers find and edit key moments in long video.
Soul Parking offers Compact Motorcycle Storage (CMS), a patented parking system that fits up to 240 motorcycles in a 60m2 area to expand parking capacity for property owners.
HardwareIoTMobility & TransportationPropTechSaaS
Kenneth Darmansjah(Founder)in
Co-investorsAC VenturesCapria Ventures
Sparkball is a 4v4 'sports brawler' PC game by Opti Games, paired with Sparkadia, a companion platform for fantasy and league play.
Decentralized blockchain-based gaming application using non-fungible tokens
Matthew Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsAGE CryptoChainfir CapitalIlluminati CapitalTechMeetsTraderYoubi CapitalAlpha Sigma Capital+5 more
StableLab works on decentralized governance for DAOs and DeFi protocols, publishing research, tooling and a weekly governance newsletter.
Co-investorsCMCC Global
Staffinc provides comprehensive outsourcing and workforce management services, connecting businesses with a large pool of vetted workers across multiple cities.
Enterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Wisnu Nugrahadi(Founder)in
Co-investorsGolden Gate VenturesAltara Ventures
Fan platform where users join or create artist fan clubs to chat, access exclusive content, play games and shop.
Portland-based Sturdy uses AI to analyze unstructured customer conversations and surface churn and expansion signals.
Co-investorsTheVentureCityGrotech VenturesVoyager Capital
Taiwan-based digital advertising company offering AI-driven audience targeting, product feed optimisation and e-commerce ad services.
Tally provides a web application for viewing and participating in on-chain DAO governance, letting token holders track proposals, voters, and holders and cast votes for protocols such as those on Ethereum.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCBlockchain CapitalLemniscapPlaceholder VC
Teahouse is a decentralized finance platform that allows users to grow wealth on-chain through easy-earn pools and trading features.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsPantera Capital
TechCoop operates a validated supplier network for agricultural sourcing across Southeast Asia (ASEAN+), vetting producers on financial, physical, and delivery criteria and managing order execution, quality checks, and payments for buyers.
AgTechB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsAVVCapria VenturesTNBAura
TeleSwap by TeleportDAO is a trustless cross-chain bridge that lets users swap and bridge assets such as BTC, WBTC, USDC, USDT and ETH between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, TON and various EVM chains.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Niusha Moshrefi(Founder)in
Co-investorsCandaq Fintech GroupDefinanceX
TeleSwap is a decentralized cross-chain bridge for swapping BTC, WBTC, USDC, USDT, ETH and other assets between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, TON, and EVM chains like Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Optimism and BNB Chain.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
Mahyar Daneshpajooh(Founder)inNiusha Moshrefi(Founder)in
Vietnamese e-commerce platform selling products and services online, including insurance distributed with AIA Vietnam.
Tinvio was a platform for managing supplier transactions that has now been integrated as a feature within Jaz, an accounting platform for businesses.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Ajay Gopal(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsPeak XV PartnersRocket Internet SE
TONX builds on-chain finance infrastructure for the TON blockchain ecosystem, including liquid staking solutions (KTON), multisig wallets (TonKey), and a blockchain API for institutions and developers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsAssembly PartnersMEXC Ventures
trac is a music distribution and monetization platform for artists, managers, and labels, offering distribution to streaming and social platforms, payments in cryptocurrency or USD, artist profile pages, on-demand merch, and AI-powered analytics.
Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Media & Entertainment
TransTRACK provides a fleet telematics and management platform that tracks vehicle location, performance, and driver behavior, and includes tools for maintenance scheduling, route optimization, transportation management, and port operations.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
Anggia Meisesari(Founder)inAris Pujud Kurniawan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAccelerating AsiaCocoon Capital
Travelio appears to operate a property rental and accommodation booking service in Indonesia, based on a booking modification and refund policy notice.
MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality
Christina Suriadjaja(Founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalGobi PartnersIndogen CapitalInsignia Ventures PartnersVynn Capital
UrMart is a Taiwan-based sports nutrition brand selling protein and fitness products, with an active YouTube presence.
陳家翔(Founder)in
FWD is a mobile app for tracking prediction markets, letting users follow public activity and market trends in real time.
ConsumerData & InfrastructureFintech
WeMo operates a shared electric scooter service in Taiwan, allowing users to rent and return scooters on demand via an app for urban commuting and travel.
IoTMarketplacesMobility & Transportation
XREX is a Taipei-based blockchain financial institution offering crypto-fiat exchange and payment escrow for cross-border trade.
Taipei, TW
Wayne Huang(Founder)in
Co-investorsMetaplanet
Co-investorsBitDAOCatcherVCEmooteMantle Networkgumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
Yummy Corp provides tailored food facility management services including daily catering, food court operations, and custom branded outlets for corporates, offices, schools, and hospitals in Indonesia.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechJakarta, ID
Mario Suntanu(Founder)in
Co-investorsAC VenturesAgaeti VenturesQuest VenturesAppWorksBRI VenturesIntudo Ventures+3 more
PopChill is a C2C marketplace for buying and selling second-hand luxury fashion items such as designer bags and wallets from brands like Chanel, Hermès, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton.
Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Andy Kuo
Co-investors500 GlobalAcorn Pacific VenturesAVA Angels
Asia-based technology company providing on-demand delivery services by connecting users with drivers.
Gary Hui(Founder)in
Co-investors01vcArcherman CapitalGaldana VenturesHongShan Capital GroupRedwood VenturesXiang He Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has AppWorks Ventures made?
- AppWorks Ventures has 113 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does AppWorks Ventures invest at?
- AppWorks Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is AppWorks Ventures's typical check size?
- AppWorks Ventures typically writes checks of $200K – $15M.
- What sectors does AppWorks Ventures focus on?
- AppWorks Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Data & Infrastructure, E-commerce, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Gaming, Healthtech, InsurTech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketplaces, Media & Entertainment, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is AppWorks Ventures located?
- AppWorks Ventures is headquartered in Taipei, TW.
- Does AppWorks Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, AppWorks Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does AppWorks Ventures co-invest with?
- AppWorks Ventures most often shares deals with 500 Global, Capria Ventures, Indogen Capital, among 233 tracked co-investors.
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