AppWorks
Taiwan-based venture capital fund and accelerator backing tech founders across Southeast Asia.
🇹🇼 Taipei · Founded 2009
Checks $200K – $15M·Seed to Series C+·Leads or follows
AppWorks is a Taipei-based venture capital fund and startup accelerator founded in 2009. It runs a free six-month accelerator program and invests through four funds totaling $350 million, writing checks from $200K at seed up to $15 million at Series C. It backs founders across Greater Southeast Asia and Taiwan, and its portfolio of active startups has raised $8.1 billion in aggregate funding.
What they invest in
- Check size
- $200K – $15M
- Stage
- Seed to Series C+
- Role in a round
- Leads or follows
- Fund
- 4 funds · $350M combined
- Fintech
- E-commerce
- Logistics
- Blockchain
- AI
- Southeast Asia
- Taiwan
How to pitch
They read inbound pitches that match the criteria above.
Open to
- Pitches from founders
Portfolio
AppWorks has backed more than 100 active startups across Southeast Asia and Taiwan since 2009, spanning fintech, e-commerce, retail tech and blockchain.
Some of the companies they have backed
The portfolio at a glance · 8 companies · 1 exit
Sectors
- DeFi13%
- Fintech13%
- Media13%
- Retail tech13%
Where the companies are
- 🇸🇬 Singapore13%
Counted from AppWorks' own site and press mentions; its full portfolio spans 663 active startups, far more than listed here.
