# Top 15 Education Startup Investors in Taiwan in May 2026

## B Dash Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce

B Dash Ventures does seed to late stage tech investments in Japan, Asia Pacific, and the U.S. LPs include Japan's largest technology companies and financial institutions including NTT Docomo, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, GREE, NEC BIGLOBE, Fuji Television, and the Japanese government. B Dash Ventures also operates an incubation space inpartnership with Mori Building Co. and holds the invitation-based B Dash Camp conference.

## Coent Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Travel

Coent Venture Partners provides seed and venture-stage funding to brilliant entrepreneurs and companies across all sectors in Asia.
 
The company backed these entrepreneurs and companies with unparalleled support in funding, management, overseas business development, and exposure to their network.

## Jamie Lin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: iOS, Software, Natural Language Processing

1999 year old bones Internet entrepreneur, he has co-founded four Internet companies, successfully raised venture capital 300 million yuan. Middle also join the venture capital fund of experience in the All Asia Partners and HSS Ventures and so on. Proton Business School Master of Business History at New York University, NTU Chemical /Bachelor of Economics

## Trinity Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS

Trinity Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with passionate entrepreneurs to transform revolutionary ideas into reality. With over $1 billion under management, Trinity Ventures believes in personal engagement, mutual respect and goal alignment with the entrepreneurs. Trinity focuses on early stage and seedtechnology investments with particular emphasis on social commerce and entertainment, digital media, Saas, and cloud and infrastructure. Trinity Ventures has invested in such leading companies as Aruba Networks, 21Vianet, Blue Nile, LoopNet, Photobucket, SciQuest, Starbucks, BeachMint, Infoblox, Trion Worlds and Zulily.

## WI Harper Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

WI Harper Group is a venture capital firm that focuses on early and early expansion investments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1993. Made 300+ investments with 80+ exits. Manages 9 funds and over $1B in capital through 19 dedicated investment professionals located in Beijing, Taipei and San Francisco.Thefirm's focus is technology, clean technology and healthcare. Its track record includes 

## CDIB Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Information Technology

CCIC CDIB International Corp.

## Mark Hsu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Consulting, Higher Education

Mark Hsu - Partner @ Global From Day One Fund II

## Hotung Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Semiconductor, Software, Manufacturing

Hotung Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Taiwan which operates as a subsidiary of Hotung Investment Holdings. It is one of three subsidiaries of Hotung Investment Holdings focused on investments, joined by Daitung Development and Investment and Huiting Investments. It was formed through the merger of Hotung Venture Capital Corp,Litung Venture Capital Corp, and Futung Venture Capital Corp.Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd, a venture capital firm with operations in Taiwan, the US and China, was incorporated in March 1997 and has been listed on the Main Board of SGX-ST since August 1997. Hotung Investment Holdings Limited(和通投資控股有限公司)(“Hotung”) and together with its subsidiaries (the “Group”) is a premier venture capital investment management group, with almost 30 years of investment and fund management experience. Hotung has two business segments, namely, Venture Capital and Fund Management.Headquartered in Taiwan, the Group’s main core business is its venture capital business. Leveraging on its expertise and investment strategies, Hotung invests in innovative and promising businesses globally and across a variety of industries, that aim to improve general living standards. With a focus on companies that are in the start-up and expansion stages of development, Hotung works with its investee companies to build their business. Tapping on its strong network, resources and experience, Hotung is able to support the breakthrough in its investee companies’ products and services and grow along with its investees.The Group’s fund management business manages third party funds as well as the funds generated from its venture capital business. With its strong track record and sound investment strategy, Hotung has been engaged by the Taiwanese government since 2011, to participate in its investment programmes.To date, the Group has around 200 successful IPOs under its belt. Hotung’s portfolio of investee companies have not only been listed on major stock exchanges in Asia, but on exchanges in the United States and Europe as well. It has brought 38 companies to list on Nasdaq / NYSE and over 100 entities on the Taiwan Stock Exchange / Taiwan’s OTC market.Hotung has been listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) since 1997. It is the first and only Taiwan venture capital firm listed on the Singapore Exchange.

## Incubate Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

## TMI Holding Corp.
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Software, UX Design, Life Science

TMI Holding Corp. is a Taipei-based, institutionalized angel investment firm that funds internet and mobile startups.

## PineBridge Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Post-IPO Equity, Series A, Series C
- Focus: SMS, Medical, Education

PineBridge is an independent asset manager with over 60 years of experience in emerging and developed markets. Their globally integrated investment platform offers innovative, core and specialized alpha-oriented solutions across asset allocation, equities, fixed income, private equity and hedge funds. What differentiates us is their integration ofon-the-ground investment teams across asset classes, bringing investors the combined benefits of their global fundamental perspectives and analytical insights.The Benefits of A Globally Integrated Investment PlatformTheir globally integrated investment platform allows us to develop customized investment solutions that address clients’ investment needs for diversification and risk management through their ability to:• Be the bridge to global investment opportunities from emerging and developed markets• Enhance investment performance by leveraging experienced on-the-ground insights• Develop both region-specific and global investment strategies• Develop multi-asset class investment solutions

## Taiwan Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Education, Language Learning, Indoor Positioning

Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive into innovation-driven

## Viling Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: CAD, Apps, Software

We are an early-stage venture capital seed fund specializing in the education field, unprecedented type of VC in Japan. To create a company that cause innovation in education, we offer incubation office space, Seed Accelerator Program, and investment for a variety of independent companies ranging from seed level to early level. Viling Group has afoundation which tries to create schools for next generation of children, such as K-12. Goal of Viling Group is to develop innovators to rebuild the next generation of education.

## Pinehurst Advisors
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, News, Events

Pinehurst Advisors is an early stage angel & seed fund management company with an investment focus in the digital media, mobile, and ecommerce space.

## JAFCO Asia
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

Since its establishment in 1990, JAFCO Asia has grown to become a leading brand in the venture capital industry in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, JAFCO Asia has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul and Beijing.With more than US$1.2 billion funds under management in aggregate, JAFCO Asia's experienced investment team hasinvested in over 368 companies in 13 countries (Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Australia, India, Israel and Vietnam) and divested more than 260 companies of which at least 86 have been publicly listed.Since the new millennium, JAFCO Asia has shifted its focus entirely to technology related investments and is now one of the pre-eminent venture capital technology investors in the region. They believe that their existing portfolio in the Asia Pacific region and the worldwide business network offer their portfolio companies significant potential for synergistic partnerships.

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