SparkLabs Taipei Demo Day 7: Key Takeaways

SparkLabs Taipei Demo Day 7 took place this Wednesday (8/31) at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC). The seventh accelerator batch spanned a wide range of fields, including robotic process automation, healthcare, smart logistics, and legal tech.

In his opening remarks, co-founder and managing partner Edgar Chiu announced that the accelerator is now SparkLabs Taiwan. Through long-term partnerships with companies such as Qualcomm and Google, as well as public-sector partners, it aims to connect Taiwanese startups' solutions with the market, help them grow from Taiwan to the world, break tradition, and embrace innovation.

Break Tradition & Embrace Innovation: Taiwan's Startup Accelerator Model

“Break Tradition & Embrace Innovation” was Edgar's message to the seventh batch and to the wider startup community. “Only you know where you're headed.” “Dream first, then charge ahead, then make it happen.” “Rediscover what you're capable of, so you have more energy to take on challenges.” In the opening video, representatives of the seventh batch voiced what founders share and the effort behind it, and how coming together at SparkLabs Taipei gave them the strength to keep moving forward.

Let's look at the innovative solutions this batch brought to the stage.

Building Momentum: A Wide Range of Innovative Solutions

1. Emily.RPA | RPA / SaaS

Founded in 2020, Emily.RPA wants every employee to benefit from digital automation. Its Emily.RPA process automation robot combines browser technology with office robotic process automation (RPA, Robotic Process Automation) to handle all kinds of repetitive daily office tasks and free up constrained headcount. So far it has completed 15K automated tasks, freed up 5K+ person-hours, and improved work efficiency by more than 16%.

2. H2U | Healthcare

Founded in 2013, H2U started as an internal venture within Foxconn (Hon Hai Group). Drawing on its experience caring for the health of a million employees, it is building a corporate health service platform that delivers diverse, tailored employee health benefits across both B2B and B2C.

On the B2B side, it has become a dominant player in Taiwan's corporate health checkup information platform market, serving 1.2 million people a year and providing workplace care services to more than 500 companies. On the B2C side, it runs Taiwan's most visited health media outlet, “Good Morning Health,” and the fitness community “Running Notes.” Going forward, it aims to break down data silos, connect all data in one place, and offer a more complete healthcare solution.

3. BBTruck | Smart Logistics

Founded in 2019, BBTruck provides a smart logistics platform for manufacturers, retailers, cross-border e-commerce sellers, and more. Through API data integration, it brings together all the information needed across the First Mile (manufacturer to main warehouse), Middle Mile (main warehouse to regional distribution centers), and Last Mile (final delivery to customers). That frees up the time once spent on capacity planning, shipping documents, and reconciliation, and it integrates with existing ERP systems.

4. Nodeflair | Data-driven Platform

Founded in 2018, Nodeflair is Singapore's leading career platform for tech talent. With verified salary data and transparent information, it helps job seekers make better decisions based on data rather than opinion at every key career step: exploring, researching, landing offers, and upskilling.

Nodeflair has offices in Singapore and the Philippines and plans to expand into Taiwan and Vietnam in Q1 2023.

5. Evolut | Ecommerce

Founded in 2020, Evolut is a B2C e-commerce company selling health supplements and beauty products in ten markets worldwide. Evo builds content directly on social media through innovative product branding and design, which lets it price products 30–50% below typical retailers.

6. Foodprintku | AI / SaaS

‍Foodprintku, founded in 2015, uses AI to solve a long-standing problem: electronic component specifications have traditionally been available only as PDFs. Its automated conversion technology digitizes that data and, combined with a cloud platform and on-demand service model, delivers a customized digital data center for electronic components. Companies including Apple, Microsoft, and Google have adopted its solution.

7. AIPLUX | Legal Tech

Founded in 2019, AIPLUX uses database technology, AI computing, and natural language processing to tackle complex trademark applications and patent consulting. Since launching its trademark service in 2021, AIPLUX has secured trademark protection for 1,500 brands worldwide. It plans to launch an online cross-border patent filing platform and online trademark and patent management services in 2022, targeting overseas markets including the US, Singapore, Japan, and China.

(Startup information is based on notes compiled by the OakMega marketing team and the official SparkLabs Taipei Demo Day guide; startup photos were taken by the OakMega marketing team.)

Dream Big · Go Global

“It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to raise a start-up.”

Edgar returns to this line again and again to encourage himself and Taiwan's startup community, and it has driven SparkLabs Taipei's work building the startup ecosystem since 2018. OakMega was itself part of SparkLabs Taipei's fourth accelerator batch. We are committed to building better business solutions, offering first-party data solutions in the Social CRM space that help brands communicate precisely with customers on messaging apps while integrating every customer behavior in real time.

Applications for SparkLabs Taipei's eighth accelerator batch are now open. Startups can apply via this link and join us to Dream Big · Go Global!