In 2018, AppWorks Accelerator graduated a total of 63 startups across 2 batches, AW#16 & AW#17.  Starting from AW#17, AppWorks Accelerator only recruited AI / IoT or Blockchain / Crypto startups. In this batch, 21 are AI / IoT and 13 are Blockchain / Crypto startups.

38%

Startups are International

(from outside of Taiwan)

Including the 63 AW#16 & AW#17 startups that have graduated from AppWorks Accelerator, The AppWorks Ecosystem has grown to:

Many AppWorks startups have gone on to achieve significant milestones in 2018.  Here are a few examples: 

AW#2

CHOCO TV

Raised US$ 10M+ & Established Strategic Partnership with LINE

AW#10

Nuwa Robotics

Closed US$ 10M Series A Round in 18Q1

AW#13

Ztore

Closed US$ 8M Series B Round

AW#12

AsiaYo

Closed US$ 7M+ Series B Round

AW#15

Origami Labs

Closed US$ 2.5M Seed Round

AW#12

Mr. Living

Mattress Raised US$ 700K+ through Crowdfunding

AW#9

Pickone

Closed US$ 500K Seed Round

AW#16

Cubo

AI Baby Camera Raised US$ 350K+ through Crowdfunding

In 2018, AppWorks Funds made 11 investments collectively worth US$ 15 million in several promising startups including 91APP, Carousell, Deep Sentinel, EMQ, Pickone (AW#9), Xrex (AW#17), while helping them raise a total of US$ 222 million across these rounds.

Since mid-2016, AppWorks School has graduated 106 newly trained software engineers (+47 from 2017) through our 16-week free coding program. 85% of these graduates went on to pursue successful software engineering careers in prominent internet companies such as 91APP, KKBOX, CHOCO TV, PicCollage, and UDN Group with a median starting salary of US$ 21,833 (annually).

Follow our 2019 on: