Hotung Venture Capital

Hotung Venture Group is Taiwan's largest venture capital management group by assets under management, incorporated in 1987 and headquartered in Taipei. The holdings company, Hotung Investment Holdings Limited, has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since 1997 (SGX: BLS), making it the first and only Taiwan venture capital firm to list on the SGX. The group operates two business segments — venture capital and fund management — with investment coverage spanning Taiwan, China, and Silicon Valley. The team averages 19 years of accumulated investment expertise. Over more than 30 years of operation, Hotung has invested in over 700 companies with a total portfolio value exceeding $5 billion. More than 200 portfolio companies have been successfully acquired or listed on major stock exchanges including the TWSE, HKEX, NEEQ, NASDAQ/NYSE, and AIM/OFEX. The firm invests in companies at start-up and expansion stages across e-commerce, manufacturing, healthcare, biotech, agricultural innovation, AI, IoT, cloud services, and 5G. Known portfolio companies include Rivos, Indie Microelectronics, iKala, and Vancl, which achieved unicorn status in 2011. The firm has a team of 14 investment professionals. Hotung's approach centers on identifying technologies and innovations that meet underlying societal needs, with a long-duration holding philosophy shaped by decades of experience across multiple technology cycles. The combination of deep regional expertise, a public market track record on the SGX, and a portfolio breadth spanning early-stage startups to exchange-listed companies gives Hotung a distinctive position among Asian venture capital institutions.