AppWorks
Venture Capital · Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators
121investments
5exits
$211Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
1,007open roles in its portfolio
Overview
AppWorks is a Taipei-based startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on founders in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. It runs an equity-free cohort accelerator program and manages venture funds that invest in early and growth-stage internet, blockchain, artificial intelligence and consumer technology companies across the region. The firm was founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Jamie Lin and has built one of the largest founder communities in Greater Southeast Asia.
Program
AcceleratorInvestments
121
56 of them startups
Hiring now
17
1,007 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
4
$211M raised
Exits
5
Focusshare of its companies
Blockchain & Crypto 29%Transportation & Logistics 16%Artificial Intelligence 16%Commerce 10%Financial Services 10%Internet Services 8%Health Care 6%Software 6%
Where its companies are
Indonesia 8%Taiwan 6%Singapore 5%United States 4%Vietnam 2%Canada 2%Hong Kong 2%Argentina 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 100%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 121 investments
OmnichatSeries A $10M · this month
CloutedVenture round $7M · 5 mo ago · 9 roles
NitraVenture round $187M · 8 mo ago · 61 roles
VauditSeed $7.3M · 14 mo ago
AI HaySeries A $10M · 16 mo ago
Deep SentinelSeries B $15M · 17 mo ago
BythenVenture round $5M · 21 mo ago
TallyVenture round $172M · 2 yr ago
BotsyncSeries A $5.2M · 2 yr ago · 1 role
Hypersonic Laboratories, Inc.Series A $7M · 2 yr ago
Teahouse FinanceVenture round $5M · 3 yr ago
SplinterlandsConvertible Note $1M · 4 yr ago
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
New in the portfolioadded to its portfolio page in 6 months
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
500 Global 
Coatue 
Antler 
January Capital 
Endeavor 
ParaFi Capital 
Z Venture Capital 
Ground Up Ventures 
Techstars 
NEA Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
SevenX Ventures
Blockchain Founders Fund
LongHash Ventures
Hack VC
Arrington Capital
DFG
Standard Crypto
RockawayXSources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 2 rounds in the press that name it
News
The New Shape of Work
with contribution from Natasha Chou, Alumni Relations Manager at AppWorks The most valuable part of working with AppWorks' large founder community is watching founders iterate, in person, every single day. Especially since OpenClaw arrived at the start of
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AI 時代的新組織形狀 The New Shape of Work
with contribution from Natasha Chou, Alumni Relations Manager at AppWorks 身處一個龐大的創業者社群最寶貴的事是能親眼見證創業者們每天的快速迭代尤其今年初 OpenClaw 龍蝦登場以來創業者們像是拿到了全新的火把正在探勘 AI 能帶組織走進多少過去走不進的隧道 自 2025 年 4 月起AppWorks 每個月在台北辦公室舉辦 AI Founder Circle同步也在我們有 98 家活躍校友新創的新加坡雙月舉辦十多場活動下來議題一
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Why We Invested: Samyak Jain, Founder of Fluid
DeFi already has Aave. So the first question anyone may ask is why build another lending protocol. Yet if one digs deeper, they will realize capital fragmentation still creates a huge structural inefficiency in DeFi today. The same dollar of collateral th
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AppWorks Demo Day #32 Wistron Demo Day #10：聚焦「製造業 AI」與「韓國新創出海」雙引擎全面輻射泛亞洲市場版圖
亞洲領先的創業加速器暨創投機構 AppWorks (之初加速器) 今天正式於 AppWorks Demo Day #32 揭曉最新一屆 AW#32 進駐新創陣容本屆招募以精準的 Requests for Startups (RFS) 方式鎖定製造業 AI (Manufacturing AI) 、國防科技 (Defense Tech) 以及鏈上金融 (On-Chain Banking) 三大垂直領域AppWorks 堅持不收費、不抽股權的新創加速計畫打造出亞洲最大創業生態系目前已達 663 家活躍新創、2,
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AppWorks Demo Day #32 Showcases Frontier Manufacturing AI and South Korean Startups Expanding Across Asia
SINGAPORE, 9 June 2026 - AppWorks Accelerator has officially introduced its latest batch, AW#32, a cohort that has marked the leading startup incubation program's deliberate shift toward deep tech through its specialized Requests for Startups (RFS) recrui
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The AppWorks Accelerator FAQ (for founders applying to AW#33)
Founded in 2010 by Jamie Lin, AppWorks Accelerator is a startup community created by founders, for founders. Every six months, we welcome founders who are building on the edge of what's possible - those pushing the boundaries of technology and creating wh
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我們為何投資 Tim HwangNitra 共同創辦人
在美國的醫療門診市場中真正限制診所成長的往往不是資金而是那些跟看診毫無關係的瑣事據統計美國診所平均要耗費高達三分之一的時間處理非臨床事務其中絕大部分是處理財務工作考慮到美國醫療業是個 5.9 兆美元規模的市場以及全美有著超過 35 萬家獨立診所這樣的不效率令人難以想像 長久以來為了解決這個痛點這些診所被迫使用非為他們量身打造的工具包含費用報銷平台、會計軟體採購系統等靠著東拼西湊來應付系統上的落差即便如此還是無法真正解決效率低落的問題 Nitra 正是為了填補這個缺口而生他們為美國診所打造了一站式的財務與工
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Why We Invested: Tim Hwang, Co-founder & CEO of Nitra
In US outpatient care, the limiting factor isn't capital. It's the operational drag. Physicians and clinic administrators spend up to a third of their work hours on non-patient-facing tasks, and a significant share of that burden falls on financial operat
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AppWorks 基金為何投資：FP LeeSanctum創辦人
我們很高興宣佈 AppWorks 投資了 Sanctum 的原生代幣 $CLOUD這項投資象徵著我們對 Sanctum 創始團隊的長期信念以及對於他們多年來建立的強大護城河的認可 在這篇文章中我們將分享為什麼我們認為 Sanctum 是 Solana 生態系中最重要的基礎建設之一它將如何重塑加密貨幣領域中最被誤解的垂直賽道以及為什麼現在 Sanctum 正處於爆發前夕 Sanctum：打破常規的 Solana LST 要理解 Sanctum我們首先需要了解 Solana 流動性質押代幣LST的歷史 很長一
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Taipei
Taiwan
HQ
500-1000 est. staff