2016 InnoVEX Pitch Contest: It’s A Wrap! Taiwanese Startup MoBagel Wins 30,000 USD
After three rounds of intense competition, the first edition of InnoVEX Pitch Contest had a successful wrap-up with Taiwanese startup MoBagel taking home the 30,000 US dollar prize. Besides the grand prize for the champion, the competition also provided 4 special awards, sponsored by LINE, Acer, TIEC, and IDEAS Show respectively, which eventually announced 9 winning startups. The winners are listed as below:
•InnoVEX Award : MoBagel Inc.(Taiwan)
•TIEC Special Award : Skywatch Innovation Inc.(Taiwan)
•IDEAS SHOW Special Award : Flexwave (Taiwan)、MoBagel Inc.(Taiwan)、Skywatch Innovation Inc.(Taiwan)
•LINE Special Award : Easy Order Network Co.Ltd (Taiwan)、IPHOSON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Taiwan)、KitchBot (Taiwan)、Konolabs (United States)、WonderVoice Technologies (Israel)
•Acer Special Award : ENHEART Inc.(Taiwan)、MoBagel Inc. (Taiwan)、Skywatch Innovation Inc.(Taiwan)
Finalists
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Embrace Audio Lab Inc.
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Flexwave
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Intraix Pte Ltd
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Lucid VR
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -MoBagel Inc.
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Skywatch Innovation Inc.
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -Connecterra
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COMPUTEX InnoVEX Pitch Finalists -VOR, INC.
Special Awards
LINE
由LINE贊助
LINE, with over 2.15 hundred million active users monthly, has cooperated with COMPUTEX this year and established [LINE Protostar Special Award]. This special award offers free account, internet service, and application for qualified teams. The winning team can also obtain one-year free usage of official LINE account with customized application to maximize its product's value, in order to create further commercial opportunities.
IDEAS Show
由資策會贊助
Institute for Information Industry offers a special award - chelon ASIA SUMMIT 2016, with one free exhibit spot and flight allowance for Taipei-Singapore roundway trip (one member from each winning team can obtain up to TWD$15,000 flight allowance). The Institute for Information Industry will choose 3 teams from the final contest and grant this special award to the winning teams.
The MOST Special Award
由科技部贊助
The MOST (Ministry of Science & Technology) Special Award
Reward: The winning team is eligible for a USD20,000 travel subvention upon sending at least two teammates to Silicon Valley and trained by TIEC contracted local accelerators for two months.Subject: MOST will select ONE Taiwan Startup from the finalists