HYPE GVA Taiwan – Gateway to Asia
Pitch to over 100 SPORTSTECH Investors & Leaders
Taiwan IAPS opens up its ecosystem and together with partners such as: Decathlon Taiwan & Dragons Professional Baseball Team aim to help entrepreneurs shape the future of the sports industry.
ABOUT HYPE GLOBAL VIRUTAL ACCELERATOR TAIWAN – 5TH CYCLE!
“The more you dream, the further you get”– Michael Phelps
With partnerships on four continents, HYPE Sports Innovation has built the first global sports innovation startup accelerator network, hosted by academic institutions and sports clubs.
The 5th cycle of the HYPE Global Virtual Accelerator – Taiwan Gateway to Asia helps startups from all over the world to convert their ideas into a bona fide innovation and solutions, showcase it on the world stage and offer various opportunities to connect, learn from and interact with industry leaders. The program will conduct in a HYBRID format – International Startups will have a 100% Virtual program and local Taiwanese startups will be invited to several physical events. *International startups that will be able to arrive to Taiwan will also be invited to attend the physical events.
ABOUT IAPS
IAPS, Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy, is a university-owned accelerator founded in 2013. IAPS supported 100+ startups to reach A-Round fundings and beyond, and also been credited as the top 1 accelerator in the APAC region and top 7 globally by UBI Global in 2015.
SCHEDULE
24/8/2020
Applications Open
Submit your application
14/10/2020
Applications Close
20/10/2020
Results
We will notify anyone who applies for this batch of the program by email. Good Luck
3/11/2020
Bootcamp & Kickoff Day
The beginning of something new, you are not applying for a program, you are applying for a winning future. every selected startups should join.
10-11/11/2020
Meet The Big Shots – Full Body Check
A full body check is the first thing to do before you run and run in this adventure. We invite TX Ventures to send out full crews to polish you out and set goals to reach your dream.
23/11/2020
Sports Universities Meetup
You never need to worry when we can assemble the most prestigious professors from all Taiwanese Sports Universities for you at once.
15-16/12/2020
Midterm Review & Pitch Perfect Workshop
Anyone can run but it takes a special kind of idiot to run a half marathon. It’s always good to know how you feel after half way of the run.
20/1/2021
Demo Day
A startup must run with a dream, the world is quick but we are quicker, let’s show them something they have never seen before at the demo day.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
3-month intensive program
Pitch to top industry figures
Speak to global sports brands
Gain valuable mentorship
Virtual Coffee with top execs
Expo at pertinent events
IAPS INVESTMENT BOARD
Hank Huang
黃經堯
(產業加速器暨專利開發策略中心 主任 since 2013)
Yvonne Chen
陳儀雪
穀神星資本
Max Huang
黃志遠
亞聯資本
Raymond Wang
王景南
亞力價創
Kuan-Chung Lin
林冠仲
Patrick Li
李培僑
豐利管理顧問
TAIWAN’s POWERFUL SPORTS KEY LEADERS & MENTORS
Dorothee Berard
迪卡儂
Brian Lee
李翔麟
再興高爾夫俱樂部
IC Jan
詹益鑑
Marco Villela
迪卡農
Bruce Bateman
光寶科技
Ayelet Hashachar Baram
Quentin You
游森楨
悅智全球顧問
David Wu
吳德威
味全龍領隊
T.Y. Shiang
相子元
國立臺灣師範大學
Wei-Hua Ho
何維華
臺北市立大學
Chen Yueh Chen
陳成業
國立體育大學
Kong-Ting Yeh
葉公鼎
國立體育大學
F.T. Lin
林房儹
國立臺灣體育運動大學
CiCi Lee
李欣禧
飛立威能源科技股份有限公司
Danny Fok
Sam X. Li
Eddy Huang
黃永裕
天來智慧健康科技
Nancy Liu
劉乃瑄
Maxime CLAISSE
臺灣迪卡儂
Antoine Cullier
臺灣迪卡儂
Cory Lu
呂彥翰
共享棒球
Morris Sim
沈洊良
Miko Pan
潘姿吟
台灣運動產業協會秘書長
Harvey Ma
Jeslin Bay
Jin Hui Wong
Benjamin Chang
章揚
悅智全球顧問
Jay Hsueh
薛睿騰
台速創新
Rock Wu
吳佳倫
台灣運動健身產業協會 創新創業委員會執行長
Prior Huang
悅智全球顧問
Jean Leclercq
Uli Becker
Ed Dvorak
Gayatri Sarkar
Guy-Laurent Epstein
Rod Nenner
Sebastien Audoux
Steve Schuster
FAQ
Didn’t find the answer you were looking for?
Email us at: elinor@hypesportsinnovation.com
Absolutely. Applications are welcome from outside the hosting region and country. If you see yourself as high potential company in the areas of sports-innovation, do apply. Some of our programs may offer travel and support assistance as well.
We are looking for sports innovation companies with the highest potential for growth and return on investment. Selected startups cover a wide range of sectors, product stages and sizes. Whilst significant revenue is a strong validation of your business model, we still value other metrics to assess your growth potential.
We are excited about working with founders who are really passionate about solving a big problem and have taken the first steps to building something that customers find valuable. While we have found that teams with multiple co-founders are able to dramatically improve their positioning and offering following the program, we do occasionally invest in single founders. Typically a single founder has a product with customer traction and is actively seeking a co-founder, which is something we can also help you with.
We are looking to identify great founders who are proposing products that solve real problems or create meaningful innovations. We rate applications mainly according to your market segment and potentials, quality of founders and teams, revenue model and a technical assessment.
The duration of the accelerator program is 3 month, including the Bootcamp period.
Didn’t find the answer you were looking for?
Email us at: elinor@hypesportsinnovation.com
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