The post-pandemic world is unleashing a wave of digital transformation through a wide variety of sectors. Facing a series of supply chain bottlenecks, the industrial sector has also been gripped by this wave of digital transformation, especially when a series of bottlenecks induced by the pandemic and geopolitical factors have made it ever more necessary to ensure more supply chain transparency and a higher level of resilience.

Recognizing the need, venture capitalists and corporates have been pouring into Industry 4.0 startups. Last year, CNBC reported a surge of VC investment into industrial startups. Likewise, a Crunchbase report in July 2021 noted that VC investment in industrial automation already reached US$1.4 billion, on track to beat the US$1.7 billion record in 2020.

Continuation of a 10-year trend

While the post-pandemic resurgence is undeniable, Momenta Ventures’ Ken Forster was unsurprised by the recent uptick in Industry 4.0 investment. “For us, it was a continuation of a 10-year trend,” said Forster, Founder and the Executive Director of Momenta, in a pre-event interview for Asia Venturing: The Great Convergence — Why is Industrial Tech the Next Big Thing, co-hosted by DIGITIMES and Anchor Taiwan.

Founded in 2010, Momenta Ventures aimed to accelerate the digitization of manufacturing, supply chain, smart spaces and energy. Since then, according to Forster, Momenta Ventures has already made 120 investments across 50 companies in Europe and North America with 7 exits. “In the first year of our investments, the digital industry space saw a total of US$176 million in investments across 28 deals. In 2021 this was almost US$3 billion across 231 deals,” observed Forster, “that was a 32% CAGR over ten years in terms of dollars invested.”

Back in 2014, Momenta began to note a surge of investment activity in industrial technology: ThingWorx, a Momenta portfolio company providing a software platform for IoT-based applications, was acquired by the industrial software company PTC for US$112 million. In the following year, another IoT application-related portfolio company, PLAT.ONE, was acquired by the enterprise software company SAP in the latter’s bid to invest US$2 billion on IoT.

As a “veteran” investor in the industrial sector, Forster noted the highly regulated and slow-moving nature of the industry: to succeed, startups and VCs alike require a deep knowledge of how the industry works. While Momenta itself is staffed by professionals familiar with the sector, Forster observed that the higher entry barrier of Industrial IoT investment was one of the reasons that early investment into the sector was dominated by corporate venture capitals (CVCs). In comparison, most VCs are not used to doing infrastructure and industrial investing, as it requires more value creation.

Away from cloud, the weight of industrial power is shifting

“The minute you choose industrial, you have to focus on a couple of investments with co-creation,” Forster pointed out. Solid knowledge of how the industry works is a key prerequisite for success, especially for young companies. Consequently, apart from capital, investors in the industrial sector are also expected to bring in additional values in the form of networks, knowledge and advice.

Momenta’s long presence in Industry 4.0 investment, meanwhile, has attracted major corporates to seek partnerships. “The industrial business is very small. Your investors, partners and acquirers are probably one of those largest industrial companies like Siemens, ABB and Rockwell,” Forster said. According to the Executive Director, it is important to get close enough to these major players. Once you are close enough, oftentimes they will also ask Momenta to help with investing, executive search and acquiring companies.

In 2021, for instance, Momenta partnered with Advantech’s CVC to launch an AIoT Ecosystem Fund. The world’s largest maker of industrial computers with a market cap of US$10 billion, Advantech has undertaken initiatives to move beyond being a mere hardware provider, seeking to become a full-stack solution provider. Such demand for a deep level of software-hardware integration prompted the Taiwanese industrial computer giant to look towards North America and especially Europe.

Meanwhile, a complementary development is underway in Europe. The EU has forecast that by 2025, 80% of data processing will take place at the edge, and 20% in the cloud. “Today is the opposite,” Forster observed, “there has been a heavy dependence on a handful of US-based hyper-scaler companies like Google and Amazon who are dominating cloud computing.”

The EU has always been a major player in the global industrial sector. Consequently, as the focal point of computing gradually moves from cloud to edge, European industrial players, driven by the momentum of deglobalization and data sovereignty, have been seizing the opportunity to provide more hardware-software solutions. This gives Asian manufacturers like Advantech an unprecedented chance to look westward.

Asia meets Europe at the edge

“Advantech is a world leader in industrial PCs and gateways, and there are few industrial settings where you will not find their offerings, so partnering with them was a natural fit for our investment focus and their offerings,” said Forster. In the partnership, Momenta has been helping to refine Advantech’s vision and strategies to build an ecosystem of edge software (edgeware) partners. “We have weekly discussions with Advantech leadership on patterns across Asia-Pacific, EU and North America to refine our investment thesis, co-creation efforts and commercial market development.”

In the long term, Forster sees an opportunity for greater convergence between Asia and Europe, emphasizing the opportunities unleashed by edge computing. “Computing is the basis for this trend, with small-footprint, power, computing and communications-constrained devices positioned close to where the sensing and activation is happening,” observed Forster, “this has been a sweet spot for Asian manufacturers.”

Beyond edge computing, Forster believes there are more opportunities for Asian companies to get more involved in Europe. Beyond the manufacturing and supply chain sectors, Forster also sees the possibilities of greater Asian participation as Europe moves to decentralize energy generation and speed up the adoption of renewables. Even digital health presents opportunities for Asia. “All of our digital industry sectors are transforming,” Forster said.

As the shift from cloud to edge comes to grip the industrial sector, Asia finds itself at an unprecedented juncture. What is the way forward? Join us in the next session of Asia Venturing: The Great Convergence — Why Industrial Tech is the Next Big Thing (7 PM APR 25 SF | 10 AM APR 26 Taipei). Together with Ken Forster, Nicolas Sauvage, President of TDK Ventures, and Elisa Chiu, CEO of Anchor Taiwan, we will walk you through the landscape of Industry 4.0 investment and where Asia stands.

About Asia Venturing:

Asia Venturing is a series of monthly roundtables with roadmaps to the future focusing on the hype v.s. the reality of Asia’s supply chain-boosted innovation ecosystem, jointly powered by DIGITIMES and Anchor Taiwan. We bring together leading industry luminaries, corporate strategists, experienced investors, and entrepreneurs to expand your network and redefine the possibilities of cross-border opportunities. The replay of the latest session can be seen on DIGITIMES or Anchor Taiwan)

By Misha Lu, Anchor Taiwan | Read it on DIGITIMES: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20220419VL206.html?chid=11

On March 25, 2022, the Foxconn-initiated MIH Alliance held its inaugural member event, bringing together MIH partners from across Taiwan’s supply chain.

“While the MIH Alliance began with Foxconn, it is at its heart a platform where all members work toward innovation together,” remarked Young Liu, Foxconn chairman, in the opening speech of MIH Partner Gathering. The chairman also pointed out that whoever mastered semiconductors, batteries, motors, ECU and software would dominate the EV market.

Taking the driver’s seat

Until now, Foxconn had been taking a backseat since founding the MIH Consortium in 2021, giving the open EV platform a much-needed neutrality to attract worldwide partners. However, Foxconn has been increasingly seen in the driver’s seat. Chairman Liu, in addition to a few C-suite executives in Foxconn, remains deeply engaged throughout the event.

“Foxconn has realized that most MIH members are drawn by Foxconn’s brand and prowess as the world’s largest electronics manufacturer,” observed Elisa Chiu, founder and CEO of Anchor Taiwan, who also sits on MIH’s advisory committee. “It is delightful to see Foxconn becoming the most supportive MIH founding member and spearheading this revolutionary platform.”

Indeed, using the occasion of the gathering, Foxconn positioned itself as more than a mere supplier of software and hardware platforms to MIH, but as a bridgehead to the global market.

Anchoring Taiwan into the global EV supply chain

Before a room fully packed with eager Taiwanese suppliers ready to contribute to the global EV market, leaders of MIH’s overseas partners, including American EV makers Lordstown Motors’ President Edward Hightower, Fisker’s CEO Henrik Fisker, and the Executive VP of Thailand’s PTT Group, Ekachai Yimsakul, also presented their EV roadmaps, demonstrating MIH’s commitments to build a global EV platform.

Jack Cheng, CEO of MIH Consortium, remarked that Taiwan could become the best bridge connecting China and the global EV supply chain. “Taiwan does a superb job on offering transparency, while demonstrating flexibility in collaboration with Tier 1, 2, and 3 suppliers”, Cheng observed, “Taiwan is a force to be reckoned with in the International semiconductor and EV market.”

More than an open EV platform

Using the event, Cheng laid out MIH’s strategic roadmap in five years, including the necessity to localize the construction and operation of EV plants. By the end of this year (2022), MIH will begin to invite partners to partake in the regional production of MIH’s Model C and Model E vehicles as well as releasing its L2 and L4 ADAS reference designs. By 2025, MIH expects to expand its oversea market.

Notably, the MIH Alliance will be more than a platform developing EV reference designs. At the event, Cheng also raised MIH’s future potential to be a platform certifying EV technologies. Last year, in an exclusive fireside chat with Anchor Taiwan’s Elisa Chiu and Fisker’s co-founder, Geeta Fisker, Cheng also revealed MIH’s potential to be an incubator for EV–related startups.

“When nobody knew how to develop a phone without buttons, Foxconn found ways to manufacture this revolutionary product,” remarked Geeta Fisker, confirming Foxconn’s innovative potential. “Foxconn brought the world’s most innovative product to market…we could not think of a better partner than Foxconn.”

Since its inception, the MIH Alliance has seen its membership grow to more than 2,300 members worldwide. As the world races to bring forward affordable electric vehicles, Foxconn might once again make Taiwan a global EV industry leader much in the same way it consolidated Taiwan’s leadership in the global smartphone manufacturing industry.

Written by: Misha Lu

Each month Anchor Taiwan puts together a list of startup ecosystem events in Taiwan. Be sure to check us out each month for a chance to connect with tech professionals or to expand your network!

▸ 7 ║ Startup@Taiwan 青年創業家啟動金計畫- 替你的新創爭取資金 (MOEA, The Hive Taiwan, CH)

▸ 14 ║ Inventing Tomorrow：Driving Growth in the Time of Crisis 高峰論壇 (Garage+)

▸ 14 ║ Meet the Future：Top 50 Startups to Watch 新創展會 (Garage+)

▸ 15 ║ AppWorks Demo Day 2020 (AppWorks)

▸ 15 ║ Insights 2020: Women in Startups (Qualcomm, Taipei Computer Association)

▸ 16 ║ Ground Zero: Build & Scale a Six-Figure Business with a Full-Time Job (The Hive Taiwan)

▸ 21 ║ Anchor Roundtable: Corporate Venturing | 企業創投沙龍系列 (II) (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 21 ║ 創業小聚118｜MarTech數據戰開打！快、狠、準！從行銷趨勢看行銷科技 (Business Next, Meet, CH)

▸ 22 ║ Entrepreneurs Assemble: Supercharge Your Team (Taiwan Startup Stadium)

▸ 22 ║ Taiwan Startup Pitch Night (10X Innovation Lab)

▸ 28 ║ Early Stage Startups: From Ideas to Fundraising (FutureWard)

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Taiwan Startup Funding is a bi-monthly series created by Anchor Taiwan. This is a list of Taiwan related startups that successfully raised their funding in recent months. Make sure to subscribe to keep track of all the latest news!

Taiwanese Startups

▸ Heroic-Faith║ Series A — $4m

Date of Announcement: July 20

Lead Investor: Integral Capital (厚德投資)

Investors: AmTRAN (瑞軒科技), Top Taiwan (益鼎創投), Taya Venture (大亞創投), BE Capital (比翼資本).

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▸ The News Lens║ Series D — $8m

Date of Announcement: July 29

Lead Investor: Palm Drive Capital

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▸ CakeResume ║ Seed — $900k

Date of Announcement: Aug 10

Lead Investor: Mynavi

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▸ iKala ║ Series B — $17m

Date of Announcement: Aug 19

Lead Investor: Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company

Investors: Hotung Investment Holdings, Pacific Venture Partners.

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▸ InfraDigital║ Series A

Date of Announcement: July 1

Lead Investor: Appworks

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▸ EMQ ║ Series B — $20m

Date of Announcement: July 28

Lead Investor: WI Harper Group

Investors: AppWorks, Abu Dhabi Capital, DG Ventures, Intudo Ventures, VS Partners, January Capital, Hard Yaka, Vectr Fintech Partners, Quest Venture Partners, SparkLabs.

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▸ Fractyl Laboratories ║ Series E — $55m

Date of Announcement: Aug 10

Lead Investor: Taiwania Capital (台杉投資)

Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Domain Associates, Mithril Capital Management, Emergent Medical Partners, True Ventures, Google Ventures, Catalio Capital Management, CDIB Venture Capital, YJ Capital.

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▸ 3Data Analytics ║ Seed — $1.3m

Date of Announcement: Aug 11

Lead Investor: Mark Cuban Companies

Investors: HTC VIVE.

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▸ Canoo║ Series Unknown — $110m

Date of Announcement: Aug 20

Lead Investor: TPK Holding

Investors: Yageo.

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Each month Anchor Taiwan puts together a list of the startup ecosystem events in Taiwan. Be sure to check us out each month for a chance to connect with tech professionals or to expand your network!

▸ 3 ║ Becoming an Effective Startup Mentor — Separate Fact from Opinion (Qualcomm)

▸ 4 ║ Meet The Anchors | Ideas, partners & more (Sep 2020) (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 7 ║ Digital Transformation: When Imagination meets Reality (ASVDA)

▸ 9 ║ 新創財會超前布局 (SparkLabs, CH)

▸ 10 ║ 2020 識富天使新創加速計畫 Demo Day (Smart Capital, CH)

▸ 10–11 ║ Startup Bootcamp III: Show It Off (Taiwan Startup Stadium)

▸ 11–13 ║ Startup Weekend Taipei: The New Normal (Startup Weekend Taipei, Techstars)

▸ 16 ║ 創業小聚#117｜突破限制與枷鎖的創業之路，迎戰 Fintech 新時代 (Meet, CH)

▸ 21–25 ║ Asia Pacific Social Innovation Digital Summit (Impact Hub Taipei, CH)

▸ 22 ║ Anchor Roundtable: Corporate Venturing | 企業創投沙龍系列 (I) (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 23–25 ║ SEMICON Taiwan (SEMI)

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Each month Anchor Taiwan puts together a list of the startup ecosystem events in Taiwan. Be sure to check us out each month for a chance to connect with tech professionals or to expand your network!

▸ 7 ║ Meet The Anchors | August 2020 (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 7 ║ Young Professionals Workshop — Business Communication (British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei)

▸ 14 ║ MOX Global Happy Hour | VC Panel (MOX)

▸ 15–16 ║ 2020 台灣科技就業博覽會 Summer Tech Career Fair (CakeResume, CH)

▸ 19 ║ The Experience Series with Elisa Chiu (The Hive Taipei)

▸ 19 ║ 創業小聚#116｜教育 X 科技 X 創新！z世代來臨，翻轉教育產業的數位化浪潮！(Meet, CH)

▸ 20║ FC Talks 09｜會員經濟落地，他們這樣走到飛 (Business Next, CH)

▸ 26 ║ MOX 9 Global Demo Day (Mobile Only Accelerator)

▸ 26 ║ 2020台灣早期投資論壇-新創閃約媒合報名 (SMEA & Findit, CH)

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Taiwan Startup Funding is a bi-monthly series created by Anchor Taiwan. This is a list of Taiwan related startups that successfully raised their funding in recent months. Make sure to subscribe to keep track of all the latest news!

Taiwanese Startups

▸ aetherAI ║ Series A — $6m

Date of Announcement: May 1

Lead Investor: Quanta Computer

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▸ PicSee ║ Pre A — $1m

Date of Announcement: May 8

Lead Investor: Hive Ventures

Investors: National Development Fund

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▸ M17 ║ Series D — $26.5m

Date of Announcement: May 17

Lead Investor: Vertex Growth Fund

Investors: Stonebridge Korea Unicorn Venture Fund, Innoven Capital Singapore, Kaga Electronics, ASE Global Group.

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▸ WeMo Scooter ║ Series A — Amount N/A

Date of Announcement: June 17

Lead Investor: AppWorks

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▸ 麻布記帳 Moneybook║ Seed — Amount N/A

Date of Announcement: June 22

Investors: CTBC (中國信託), Angel Investor Masaru Sunny Sunagawa (天使投資人砂川大), Vinno Capital (和創投資), Smart Capital (識富天使會).

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▸ Deep01 ║ Seed — $2.7m

Date of Announcement: June 22

Lead Investor: ASUS

Investors: BE Capital, Digital Economy Fund.

Global Startups with Taiwanese Investors

▸ ecoinno║ Series A1— $6m

Date of Announcement: May 7

Lead Investor: Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF)

Investors: Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund II

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▸ VanMoof ║ Series A1 — $6m

Date of Announcement: May 13

Lead Investor: Balderton Capital

Investors: SINBON Electronics

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▸ Arris Composites║ Series B — $48.5m

Date of Announcement: June 8

Lead Investor: Taiwania Capital Investors: NEA, Valo Ventures, AVG.

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Each month Anchor Taiwan puts together a list of the startup ecosystem events in Taiwan. Be sure to check us out each month for a chance to connect with tech professionals or to expand your network!

▸ 1║ MOVE FORWARD：善用危機，加速升級轉型 (Taiwan Circular Economy Network, CH)

▸ 1 & 8║ Meet Global Salon 國際沙龍：矽谷創業家觀點 (Meet)

▸ 2║ How to be a Programmer (The Hive Taipei)

▸ 3║ Meet The Anchors: July 2020 (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 7║ 疫後出擊，台灣新創如何挑戰世界 | 斷鏈之後線上讀書會 (DIGITIMES & Anchor Taiwan, CH)

▸ 8║ 循環經濟系列性沙龍#021：環保與生活的平衡 X 簡單快樂的循環(CircuPlus, CH)

▸ 8║ AI焦點論壇-2020人工智慧應用時代 實現產業AI落地 (Taiwania Capital, CH)

▸ 8║ CO-CREATE：循環合作，攜手邁向未來 (Taiwan Circular Economy Network, CH)

▸ 14║ 投資經理的職涯路徑－AppWorks創投心法解密！(Skyline Talents & Horizon Talents, CH)

▸ 15║ Anchor Roundtable: Women in Venture (VIII) — Holly Liu (Anchor Taiwan)

▸ 15║ 創業小聚#115｜Nice to Have or Must Have? 疫情過後，數位轉型轉什麼？ (Meet, CH)

▸ 31║ 2020 Term Sheet BootCamp- Fundraising Level-Up (TSS)

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Still remember what happened in 2007–09? Subprime Mortgage Crisis hit the world catastrophically. Dow Jones Index halved, companies went bankrupt, and people were panic. Sounds familiar right? However, it was during that time when the best companies we know today were founded. Just like what Michael Jordan shared with us, "The best comes from the worst!”

Here are some examples we would like to share with you:

EZTABLE

Founded in 2008

EZTABLE is a Taiwan-based restaurant booking service. After failing 4 different markets, EZTABLE eventually entered and succeeded in Jakarta, Indonesia. They are now the largest online restaurant reservation platform in Asia!

Plurk

Founded in 2008

Plurk is the Asian version of Twitter with fully customized emoji. Plurk has an extremely high user retention rate and is now one of the largest micro-blogging sites for subculture in Taiwan!

ACCUPASS

Founded in 2009

Accupass is a Taiwan-based event ticketing service company. By losing more than 6.6 million, they overcome the edge of bankruptcy and become the biggest platform of their kind in Asia now!

KDAN

Founded in 2009

KDAN Mobile is a Taiwanese startup that makes cloud-based software for content creators. By starting early in the APP market, they managed to thrive and have more than 200 million downloads already!

We all know the economic downturn is happening. But most importantly, we must stay focused and keep up the mentality of whatever we value. Just like what EZTABLE, Plurk, Accupass, and KDAN had done, and continue going forward!

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Each month Anchor Taiwan puts together a list of the startup ecosystem events in Taiwan. Be sure to check us out each month for a chance to connect with tech professionals or to expand your network!

▸ 2║ 6/2 超夯電商 App 如何改變印尼人的生活？ (Startup Terrace, CH)

▸ 4║ DeepTalks 深談時刻｜開啟數位社會的對話與想像 (Business Next, CH)

▸ 4║ CakeResume 科技職涯探索 #6 | MoBagel 知名 AI 新創故事分享 (Cake Resume)

▸ 4║ [Qualcomm & Techstars Startup Series Mentor Workshop 新創系列導師工作坊 #3] (Qualcomm, Techstars)

▸ 5║ MOX Virtual Happy Hour: Startups Talking Growth (MOX)

▸ 6║ Entrepreneur Forum : Starting from Scratch (Rotaract Club of Taipei)

▸ 8║ Technology・Startups・Post-COVID-19 How Does It All Fit Together? (InnoVEX)

▸ 16║ 2020 企業數位創新策略高峰會 (Startup Terrace, CH)

▸ 16║ Investor Series — Valuation and Venture Math 新創估值計算與創投鑑價分析 (SparkLabs, TTA, CH)

▸ 17║ Chinaccelerator Batch 17 Virtual Demo Day (MOX)

▸ 18║ Startup Bootcamp II: Show It Off! (Taiwan Startup Stadium)

All events listed are in English unless specified.

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