10th Cycle - Virtual Program
Gain access to the Sports Brands Decision Makers, NOW!
Sports Tech Founder?
Join the leading sports tech startups from around the globe, and tap into the Asian market, gain direct access to investors, and leverage the opportunity to sign pilots or commercial agreements with global brands, clubs, and federations!
10th Cycle - Virtual Program
Gain access to the
Sports Brands Decision Makers,
NOW!
Sports Tech Founder?
Join the leading sports tech startups from around the globe and , gain direct access to investors, and leverage the opportunity to sign pilots or commercial agreements with global brands, clubs, and federations as well as tapping into the Asian market!
PROGRAM PARTNERS
HYPE GVA Taiwan
TAILORED VALUE
🎯 A 3 month program focusing on your KPIs
FUNDING
💸 Pitch to investors and VC's - Alumni startups have raised over $26.4M
MENTORSHIP
💡 1-on-1 Sessions with 100+ Expert Mentors from around the world
GROW YOUR BUSINESS
📈 Scale up your activities into the Asian market and beyond
Pitch to Brands
🗣️ On-going opportunities to pitch to top sport brands
About the program
HYPE Global Virtual Accelerator Taiwan, the renowned 3-month accelerator program, has been a launchpad for 95 startups from 20 different countries since 2018. The Sports Administration of the Ministry of Education Taiwan has collaborated with HYPE Sports Innovation, the largest Global Sports Tech Arena, on 9 previous cycles.
The HYPE GVA Taiwan Program provides tremendous opportunities and rewards experience to the startups who participate. With strong support from the HYPE GVA Taiwan community, the enrolled startups have raised more than $26.4M USD worth of investment and business value since the beginning of the program.
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.
After the conclusion of the GVA Taiwan program, startups will be incorporated into the ongoing GVA Program in which they will pitch to top-level sports properties.
JOIN THE WORLD LEADING SPORTS TECH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Join the Legacy of HYPE GVA Taiwan Alumni
Join over 95 startups that have paved their way to success through the past 9 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.
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.
Program Timeline
Submit your application.
What will you need? Basic contact information and a business one pager.
This will give us an initial evaluation of your startups status.
Be sure to get an early seat.
After applying, startups will be informed of all the need-to-know info around the program and application process.
Soon after we will email all applicants with an update on their status in the program.
The beginning of your journey to success!
Through the pitch competition judges will evaluate different directions, such as market potential, business model, target audience, product status, etc. Ultimately judges will select 8-12 startups into HYPE GVA Taiwan 10th Cycle program.
Startups will be incorporated into the Reserve Pitching Session pipeline.
In these Reverse Pitching Sessions, top global clubs & brands in the industry, will directly share with you their challenges key future focus points.
From there, you will be invited to create and share customized pilot proposals addressing their key specific challenges.
If selected, you will be invited to a private pitching session with them and have chance to secure a pilot/commercial agreement.
The mentors will analyze the startups’ structure and condition, providing suggestions and setting up individual milestones for the program.
*Date Subject to Change
Specific match-made meetings for the startups to discuss with the highest-level university professors from sports academia in Taiwan, seeking opportunities for industry-academia cooperation.
*Date subject to change
Startups will participate in a workshop to enhance their pitching skills and adjust/improve their pitch-deck design. The following practice competition will also let the startups find out the improvement levels.
The mentors will review the milestone progress of startups in this duration. Additionally, the mentors will keep coaching on the startups’ development.
Time to look back and see how far we’ve come to take the necessary steps moving forward!
Meet in front of a panel of industry leaders, experts, mentors, investors, and more in order to get instrumental feedback prior to the final Demo Day!
The startups will show their achievement(s) after going through the program. Judges, Mentors and Investors will evaluate the startups on different directions, such as market potential, business model, target audience, product status, etc.
Outstanding teams will receive awards from HYPE, the administrative unit, and additional advertising opportunities.
The HYPE & IAPS global Network
Rod Nenner
Former VPWashington Commanders CEO - PostitPlayit
Guy Laurent Epstein
Marketing Director
UEFA
Gayatri Sarkar
Founder
She VC
Sebastien Audox
Head of Digital
Sport Canal+
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.
Ed Dvorak
President NAGI, Ex SVP
Spalding
Jean Leclerq
Former Tennis GM,
NIKE
TAIWAN’S POWERFUL SPORTS KEY LEADERS & MENTORS
Marco Villela
Innovation Product Engineer Decathlon
Hermann Huang
Deputy Director of IoT and Platform Service Div
Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd
Jackey Wang
Senior Consultant at Hua-Chun Venture Capital
Kong-Ting Yeh
Professor,
National Taiwan Sport University
Nadia Kang
CMO at AiQ Smart Clothing Inc.
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
David Wu
Chief Strategy Officer at PChome eBay Co Ltd.
Jay Hsuah
Managing Partner at TX Venture
Marion Reichel
Former Innovation and Accelerator Program Manager 1.FC Koln
Darren Chua
CEO at IGAF Consultants
Ayelet Hashachar Baram
Founder & CEO of Eco-Nautical
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."
They truly have your back and becoming a HYPE GVA Startup it really feels like winning a new team member.
"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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