Cherubic Ventures is the only institutional angel investment firm active across both China and the U.S., with teams based in San Francisco, Beijing, and Taipei. Founded in 2014, it currently manages assets of over US$300 million. Representative investments include Flexport, hims, Calm, Virgin Hyperloop One, Wish, Ring, Liulishuo (LAIX), Pinkoi, and iKala.

WI Harper Group, established in 1993, is a U.S.-based venture capital firm specializing in early- and growth-stage investments. It currently manages eight venture funds with nearly US$1 billion in assets under management. Its investment focus lies in high-tech, digital new media (TMT), and healthcare, with a track record of over 350 portfolio companies and more than 80 successful IPO and M&A exits.

With the recent rise of innovation and entrepreneurship in Taiwan, Hoton completed the establishment of the “CDIB Innovation Acceleration Fund” in 2017, with a fund size of NT$1.29 billion. The fund focuses on four areas: cloud networking, IoT, mobile internet, and next-generation e-commerce. It also collaborates with Taiwan’s largest entrepreneurial community, Meet Digital, to build Taiwan’s largest innovation and entrepreneurship resource platform, integrating resources from CDIB Financial Holdings, industry, educators, communities, and media to accelerate the growth of startups and assist Taiwanese companies in entering overseas markets.

CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. was established on May 17, 2002, with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and more than 27,000 employees worldwide. Its subsidiaries include CTBC Bank, Taiwan Life Insurance, CTBC Securities, CTBC Venture Capital, CTBC Asset Management, CTBC Investment Trust, CTBC Security Services, and Taiwan Lottery. CTBC Bank, its main subsidiary, has 150 branches in Taiwan and 108 overseas offices across the U.S., Canada, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mainland China, Myanmar, and Australia, making it the most internationally oriented financial institution in Taiwan.