PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
TAILORED VALUE
🎯 A Focused 3 month Program
FUNDING
💸 Pitch to investors and VC's
MENTORSHIP
💡 1-on-1 Sessions with Expert Mentors in your field
GROW YOUR BUSINESS
📈 Unprecedented Opportunity to Scale Fast
HYPE Global Virtual
Accelerator TAIWAN
Taiwan IAPS opens up its ecosystem together with partners such as National Taiwan Sport University, Decathlon Taiwan, and mySports aiming to help entrepreneurs shape the future of the Sports Tech industry.
About the 8th Cycle
The 8th cycle of the HYPE Global Virtual Accelerator Taiwan aims to bring startups from around the world together to convert their ideas into concrete revenue-generating solutions, showcase them on the world SportsTech stage and offer various priceless opportunities.
The program will be conducted 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 travel to Taiwan will also be optionally invited to attend the physical events.
JOIN THE
GAME-CHANGING SPORTS TECH ACCELERATOR
Program Timeline
Submit Your Application Now
Soon after we will email all applicants with an update on their status in the program.
The beginning of your journey to success.
This is where you will pitch to be selected for the 8th GVA Taiwan Cohort.
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.
*Subject to Change
You never need to worry when we can assemble the most prestigious professors
from all Taiwanese Sports Universities for you all at once.
*Subject to Change
Time to look back and see how far we’ve come to take the necessary steps moving forward!
Ready for the Demo day, you need some boost to make your pitch-perfect
You’ve perfected your pitch, now it’s time to put it to action in front of our panel of investors!
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 on the demo day.
The HYPE & IAPS global Network
Rod Nenner
Former VP
Washington Commanders
Guy Laurent Epstein
Marketing Director
UEFA
Gayatri Sarkar
Founder
She VC
Sebastien Audox
Head of Digital
Sport Canal+
Ed Dvorak
President NAGI, Ex SVP
Spalding
Uli Becker
Ex President & CEO
Reebok
Steve Schuster
CEO
Rainier Communication
Jean Leclerq
Former Tennis GM,
NIKE
Hank Huang
Director
Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy, NYCU
Yvonne Chen
Founder and Managing Partner
Ceres Capital
Max Huang
Founder
ACG Capital
Raymond Wang
Chairman
Asia Pacific Accelerator Innovation co., Ltd.
TAIWAN’S POWERFUL SPORTS KEY LEADERS & MENTORS
Ayelet Hashachar Baram
Founder & CEO of Eco-Nautical
Marion Reichel
Innovation and Accelerator Program Manager
1.FC Koln
Marco Villela
Innovation Product Engineer Decathlon
Hermann Huang
Deputy Director of IoT and Platform Service Div
Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd
Kong-Ting Yeh
Professor,
National Taiwan Sport University
Chen Yueh Chen
Professor, National Taiwan Sport University
Wei-Hua Ho
Professor, University of Taipei
Bruce Bateman
Chief Technical Adviser,
LITEON Technologies
Harvey Ma
Founder of Aedge Ventures
Quentin You
Consultant & Chief Business Officer Atelligent Global Consulting
Jeslin Bay
Co-Founder of BlackStorm Consulting
Here's what our alumni are saying.
HYPE teams are dedicated to support the entrepreneurs more than any other accelerators, if you are looking for a professional and enthusiastic incubator to start with, HYPE is a serious one to start with.
" Feels like being a part of a family where each member feels you, understands you and is devoted to helping you stand up on your feet."
"Thanks to HYPE Sports Innovation and SPIN Taiwan who didn't stop moving forward when so many people cannot even step out of their house."
"It was an energizing experience to participate in HYPE Taiwan.
The HYPE team was dynamic, challenging, & actively connected us to mentors, investors & potential clients."
"IAPS vertical was an amazing experience for Uniigym. We are grateful for all the mentorship, advice and networking
received during this time.
It is worth the effort! "
"Great team behind the program with top local and international mentors who are committed to assist the startups to grow."
It is very helpful to gather all the elites invited by HYPE and IAPS to help us know ourselves very well.
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Join the legacy of HYPE GVA Taiwan Alumni.
Join over 70 startups that have paved their way to success through the past 7 cycles of the HYPE GVA Taiwan Accelerator.
Once your startup completes the program, you stay close within the IAPS and HYPE families and will forever be able to tap into our industry resources and global network.
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Connect with like-minded founders & entrepreneurs
Each cycle brings with it a unique batch of global and local startups, forming a tight bond between the founders and establishing new connections and supports systems to push your company to the next level.