Two Taiwanese start-ups won top prizes at the SelectUSA Tech competition in Maryland last week, while another local firm placed second in its category, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said on Saturday.
Fourteen start-ups from Taiwan competed in seven major categories against 100 finalists from around the world in the SelectUSA Tech, which is part of the SelectUSA Investment Summit held from June 26 to Wednesday last week, the ministry said in a statement.
Among the Taiwanese contenders, Astron MedTech Co (艾斯創生醫), established by Taiwan Accelerator Plus (TAcc+), won in the MedTech Software category, while Lydsec Digital Technology Co (來毅數位科技) took the
Taipei, July 2 (CNA) Two Taiwan start-ups won top prizes at the SelectUSA Tech competition in Maryland late last month, while a third one took second prize, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Saturday.
National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) is leading a delegation to the US to discuss exchanges on 5G development with tech giants including Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google.
The delegation departed on Saturday for the 11-day visit, with stops in San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, Kung said.
The 41-member NextGen Telecom Delegation is scheduled to visit Microsoft, Google and Amazon.com Inc to seek opportunities for 5G cooperation, Kung said.
The council has been pushing a massive eight-year infrastructure plan under the Special Act on the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program (前瞻基礎建設特別條例), which was passed by the legislature 2017 and proposes investing
BICOASTAL TOUR: Delegates are to visit US tech and telecom giants while attending high-profile forums on two coasts in efforts to bolster national infrastructure plans/ Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei, June 18 (CNA) Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫), head of the National Development Council (NDC), said Saturday he will lead a delegation to the U.S. to discuss exchanges on 5G development with tech giants such as Microsoft and Google.