Founders After Hours: Taiwan Innovation Meets Capital
Tue, Oct 13
|760 Market Street
Meet Taiwan’s next generation of startups across AI, MedTech, digital twins, space, energy, healthcare, and frontier tech, an Official TechCrunch Side Event connecting founders with Silicon Valley investors and corporate leaders.
Time & Location
Oct 13, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
760 Market Street, 760 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
About the event
Founders After Hours: Taiwan Innovation Meets Capital brings 15 promising Taiwanese startups to San Francisco for an evening of technology, investment, and high signal networking during TechCrunch Disrupt week.
At the IP2 Scale Out Founders Pitch Night, founders will present technologies spanning artificial intelligence, MedTech, digital health, digital twins, space and defense, secure drone communications, renewable energy, spatial computing, advanced displays, biotechnology, sustainability, and consumer technology. The lineup includes everything from AI powered energy infrastructure and satellite intelligence to surgical training, drug discovery automation, fertility technology, naked eye 3D, and next generation healthcare.
This is an opportunity for venture investors, corporate venture teams, technology executives, strategic partners, and founders to get an early look at technologies emerging from Taiwan and meet the teams building them directly. Come for the pitches, stay for the conversations, and discover where Taiwan innovation meets global capital.
This event is hosted by Taiwan's Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Startup Terrace, Innovation to Industry, Innoventure, and Sustainable Impact Capital.
Who’s Pitching
Meet 15 Taiwan startups building across AI, MedTech, digital health, space, defense, energy, advanced displays, and next generation digital platforms.
AI, Digital Platforms & Advanced Interfaces
Optiqb AI Technology Ltd.
Jye Lin, Founder & CEO
Product: AI powered glasses free 3D technology combining optical hardware, machine vision, eye tracking, and real time 2D to 3D conversion for mobile devices and digital content.
Taelor AI
Anya Cheng, Founder & CEO
Product: AI personal stylist and menswear subscription platform using proprietary data to curate personalized outfits while applying a circular fashion rental model.
TwoSevenths
Chien Hsun Chu, Founder
Product: AI travel and lifestyle platform combining content discovery, itinerary planning, GEO recommendations, booking, and sharing into an end to end travel experience.
MedTech, Digital Health & Biotech
Coherence Biotech Co. Ltd.
Cole Wu, Founder & CEO
Product: Keystone, a programmable benchtop laboratory automation platform integrating cell culture, liquid handling, imaging, and data capture for AI driven drug discovery.
SleepWell Technology Corp.
Rayleigh Ping-Ying Chiang, Founder
Product: AIoT powered sleep health platform combining clinical sleep medicine, data analytics, remote care, and personalized treatment.
Aztron Medtech Co. Ltd.
Ben Huang, Co-Founder & CEO
Product: TendMIN minimally invasive Achilles tendon repair technology designed to reduce incision size and support faster recovery.
iPreg Inc.
Chen-Yen Chung, Founder & CEO
Product: FDA cleared sperm sorting biochip designed to improve sperm quality for infertility treatment and support higher pregnancy success rates.
Lixel Inc.
Alex Yang, CEO
Product: Spatial interface technology combining glasses free 3D displays, AI assisted 3D reconstruction, gesture control, and human AI interaction for healthcare and professional applications.
KURA Care Inc.
KJ Yang, CEO
Product: Agentic AI virtual care platform for post acute patients that predicts health and behavioral risks and integrates with EMR and remote patient monitoring systems.
Xensur Medical Co., Ltd.
Yush Huang, CEO
Product: Surgical training technology combining real instrument AR simulation, AI digital twins, and high precision motion tracking for ophthalmic microsurgery.
iNAP Sleep
Chung-Chu Chen, Founder
Product: Mask free treatment for obstructive sleep apnea using intraoral negative pressure therapy, combined with connected treatment data and personalized sleep technology.
Space, Defense & Secure Communications
Phasetrum Inc.
Wayne Tsai, Founder & CEO
Product: High performance RF chips and phased array antenna technology for satellite communications and AESA radar, designed to reduce terminal cost, size, and power consumption.
LongLink Solutions Co. Ltd.
Jane Chien, Founder & CEO
Product: NDAA compliant secure UAV communication and video transmission technology with electronic warfare resilience and physically isolated dual communication links.
DATAYOO APPLICATION CO., LTD.
Shaw Wu, CEO
Product: Satellite and AI intelligence platform using spectral data to infer underground soil and crop conditions for agriculture, water management, food security, and disaster prevention.
Energy & Sustainability
KiWi New Energy Inc.
Steve Huang, CEO
Product: AI powered Energy Operating System that matches renewable energy supply and demand, reduces curtailment and electricity costs, and delivers Energy as a Service.
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