Startup@Taipei

AppWorks, founded in 2009 by Jamie Lin, is a free accelerator program dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs. Every six months, AppWorks admits the most promising startups in AI, blockchain, and Southeast Asia-focused technology, helping early-stage founders find Product-Market Fit, and supporting growth-stage teams in building sustainable and scalable business models.

Over the past 15 years, AppWorks has built one of the most vibrant startup communities in Asia, with a network of over 600 active startups and more than 1,800 founders. Collectively, AppWorks alumni generate US$15.3 billion in annual revenues, have raised US$6.4 billion in funding, and command a combined valuation of US$30.3 billion. Most importantly, they have created over 24,000 jobs across the Greater Southeast Asia (ASEAN + Taiwan) region.

In addition to the accelerator, AppWorks also manages four venture capital funds totaling US$350 million in AUM. We partner with forward-thinking investors from sectors such as technology, manufacturing, finance, media, and telecommunications.
AppWorks typically invests from Seed to Series C, completing 20–30 investments per year. To date, we have invested in over 100 startups, many of which are now leaders in their respective sectors — including Lalamove, Dapper Labs / Flow, Animoca Brands, 91APP, Figment, Carousell, ShopBack, 17LIVE, and KKday.

AppWorks Funds have also supported 6 IPOs (including Uber, Longzhong, YOHO, Songuo, 91APP, and 17LIVE), 4 IEOs, and helped foster 1 hectocorn, 2 decacorns, and 5 unicorns.