Taiwania Capital
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Taiwania Capital is a venture capital firm founded in August 2017 by the National Development Fund of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan and private enterprises. Our mission is to establish a partnership with companies worldwide and boost Taiwan’s economic growth.We focus on investing in early-stage companies and have managed six funds till 2022.We focus on financial returns, but more than that, by linking technology and capital, we aspire to create a robust ecosystem in Taiwan that is rooted in entrepreneurial innovation.
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Syncell Announces $15 Million Series A Funding to Accelerate the Global Commercial Growth of Its Protein Purification and Spatial Proteomics Technology
Syncell, a leader in next-generation subcellular protein purification and spatial proteomics analysis, today announced the close of a $15 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to $30 million. The investment will be used to expand and accelerate the global commercialization and commercial support for the company’s groundbreaking Microscoop platform. The round was led by Taiwania Capital, with participation from new and existing investors.
The pioneering Microscoop platform enables high-precision, unbiased, spatial proteomic discovery in subcellular tissues or cells, and has the ability to accurately discover new protein components from predetermined regions of interest. The technology also enables spatial protein purification for proteomic discovery, helping researchers identify cell subtypes and states, novel protein drug targets at disease-associated locations, biomarkers for disease, and mechanisms of biological pathways. The technology can power research focused on oncology, neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, and developmental biology, as well as a range of drug discovery applications. Syncell recently won a Biotech Breakthrough Award with the Microscoop platform named “Proteomics Solution of the Year” for 2024.
Slovakia’s Sensoneo raises €6.2M, sets sights on largest smart waste installation in Europe
Slovakia-based green tech scale-up Sensoneo announced on Thursday that it has secured €6.2M in a Series A round of funding led by Taiwania Capital. The round also has participation from existing investors Crowdberry, EIC Fund, and Venture to Future Fund.
Photoneo Brightpick Group Raises Additional $19 Million to Complete $40 Million Series B
Photoneo Brightpick Group, the parent company of Photoneo, a leading provider of robotic vision sensors and intelligence software, and Brightpick, a leading provider of warehouse automation solutions for ecommerce and grocery order fulfillment, today announced it has raised an additional $19 million to complete a $40 million Series B. Taiwania Capital led this most recent round, which also included follow-on investments by prior Series B lead investors IPM Group and Alpha Intelligence Capital. Additional investors in this round include H&D Asset Management, Venture to Future Fund and Kolowrat Group. This round brings the company’s total capital raised since inception to $53 million.