AppWorks
Venture Capital and Private Equity PrincipalsTAIPEI, Taiwan, Province of China51-200 Employees
Based in Taiwan, founded in 2009, AppWorks is a leading startup community and venture capital firm built by founders, for founders. AppWorks Accelerator, the renowned 3-month free accelerator program, admits 30 - 40 AI, Blockchain, and Southeast Asia startups per batch from across the region and boasts 563 active startups and 1,746 founders in its alumni network. Collectively, all companies in the ecosystem generate annual revenue totaling US$17.4 billion, and have created 23,625 jobs. Altogether, the ecosystem raised a total of US$6 billion, with an aggregate valuation reaching US$33 billion. The AppWorks web3 ecosystem now has 138 startups and 324 founders. AppWorks web3 companies generate revenue totaling US$519 million, and raised US$1.1 billion, with an aggregate valuation of US$14 billion. AppWorks manages four venture capital funds totaling US$350 million, collaborating with investors who share our vision, including leading enterprises in sectors spanning technology manufacturing, finance, and media and telecom. We invest in startups ranging from Seed Round to Series C and fund around 20 to 30 deals a year, now with 100 names in our portfolio, including leading startups in several verticals such as Lalamove, Dapper Labs/Flow, Animoca Brands, 91APP, Figment, Carousell, ShopBack, 17LIVE, and KKday, while having produced six IPOs (Uber, GameSparcs, Kuobrothers, Pcone, 91APP, 17LIVE), four IEOs, one hectocorn, two decacorns, and five unicorns. 【If you are a founder working on web3, AI / IoT, and Southeast Asia, apply to AppWorks Accelerator: bit.ly/3bbDw7Q】