Tagged: taiwan

September 22, 2014 @ 9:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently during a trip to Southeast Asia I had the opportunity to meet Tim Cheng, CEO of  FlyingV – the largest rewards based crowdfunding platform across all of Asia.  Based in Tapei, Taiwan, FlyingV was launched just over 2 years ago in 2012.  Since that… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taiwan-based inventor, Jeremy Shu, has turned to the Kickstarter crowd to fund his new project, Mozbii. The device has been dubbed the world’s first color picking stylus and was seeking to raise only $30,000. Within one week, the Mozbii crowdfunding campaign hit its goals and… Read More

July 7, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taiwan-based company mininch has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its brand new project, the Tool Pen. The campaign was launched last week with an initial funding goal of $7,000. According to the campaign’s page, the Tool Pen is a smart and versatile multi-tool… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It is an accepted norm that one has to be in Silicon Valley to make it big in an internet startup or New York City to get to the top of the finance industry or Los Angeles for the movie business. One of the reasons… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has kicked off its inaugural Asia Innovation Tour which features networking opportunities with billion-dollar hardware manufacturers and technology giants in Taiwan and mainland China. Organized with startups in mind, the tour started in Taipei, Taiwan, with… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a crowdfunding site and digital community for digital electronics, is now accepting applications for its HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, taking place April 8-9, 2014 in Taipei and April 11-12, 2014 in Beijing, China. The tour will offer hardware creators and startup organizations across the… Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Taiwan based HWTrek, a global community for digital electronics, has released their new Request for Quotation (RFQ) Tool and comprehensive Crowdfunding Guide. These features will further augment HWTrek’s newly launched community platform.   The tools enhance ease-of-use, streamline the RFQ process and provide best practices… Read More

February 10, 2014 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Taipei based HWTrek (Hardware Trek) has announced their new consumer electronics community platform aimed to enhance the communication and data exchange between hardware inventors, design and manufacturing experts and financial backers to bring next-generation hardware dreams to market. The new feature enables hardware inventors in the… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hardware Crowdfunding Campaigns Compete to Receive Matching Funds. Unique hardware crowdfunding platform HWTrek (Hardware Trek) has announced public beta of their site.  The company had announced their intentions to move into the Hardware crowdfunding space earlier this year.  HWTrek unites makers, design and manufacturing experts… Read More