Venture Capital & Angel Investor Workshop: How To Secure Funding For Your Business in Taiwan
Wed March 8, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Enspyre Headquarters, 12F, #181 Fuxing North Road, Taipei City; (www.enspyre.com)
Date: Wed March 8, 2017; 7:30pm
Tickets: Free
RSVP: Required, Spaces are limited for this exciting event, so be sure to RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/sgwOMNyLiENhVjxQ2
Are you interested in learning how to find and land venture capital or angel investor money for your business? Dragons’ Chamber Taiwan, organized by Enspyre and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan, is an annual start-up competition focusing on foreign entrepreneurs in Taiwan.
We have invited one seasoned venture capital investor and three foreign entrepreneurs who have successfully secured funding from these sources, to come in and discuss the real-world nuts and bolts of finding and securing funding for a business. So, if you currently have a new business or are planning to start one, you will definitely want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to hear from industry experts and people who have successful landed funding.
Speakers:
Kelvin Sun
Senior Associate at WI Harper Group – www.wiharper.com
WI Harper Group focuses on early- and expansion-stage investments in companies with significant operations in China. The firm invests primarily in information technology, medical technology,
healthcare services and clean technology. They seek to invest in technology-driven companies at early, early growth and expansion stages. WI Harper has invested in several companies founded by
foreign entrepreneurs in Taiwan.
Nick Budden
Co-Founder of Vectr – www.vectr.com
Vectr is a free, collaborative, vector graphics editor, for both web & desktop. After traveling the world as a freelancer for 3 years, Nick decided that Taiwan was the right place to
create his own company. Armed with funding from US investors, Vectr began building a team in
Taiwan. Vectr is a free, collaborative, vector graphics editor, for both web and desktop.
Sean Moss-Pultz
CEO of Bitmark – www.bitmark.com
Enabling digital ownership of every type of data. Moss Pultz has lived in Taiwan for over a decade and is now the CEO of Bitmark. In 2016, Bitmark raised USD1.7 Million from various investors, including WI Harper. The company enables ownership of
every type of digital data, be it digital art, personal health location data, or a digital trust of your digital wealth.
Tero Aalltonen
Founder and CEO of Augmenta – www.augmenta.com
Augmenta develops AR solutions for smartglasses. Originally from Finland, now based in Taipei, Tero is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the high tech industry, having worked in various capacities over the years, from engineering to sales, and from startups to industry heavyweights. Augmenta has already secured two rounds of venture capital funding, and is currently working on a third round of funding.
RSVP: Required, Spaces are limited for this exciting event, so be sure to RSVP at: https://goo.gl/forms/sgwOMNyLiENhVjxQ2