2023 Pitch Judge

Jason Lu

Jason Lu

Director
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Jason joined Darwin Venture in January, 2020, in charge of investment in digital economy, data, software, and automotive related industry. The investment range from seed to series B stage. Since 2022, Jason serves as director of Darwin Angel Investment fund. Due to the endeavor in digital economy, Jason also serves as the Director of Taiwan Digital Media Association. From 2012 to 2019, Jason served as the manager of Garage+ incubator and liaison office of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Epoch Foundation. He was responsible of portfolio management, investor and corporate partnership. He had supported more than 350+ start-ups, including 150 international start-ups, in AI, BigData, IoT, Digital Health, and lifestyle fields. The average funding rate reach to 75%. Prior to Garage+, Jason used to work at YFY Group (Yuen Foong Yu) for new business development from 2005 to 2007. Jason also joined 3 start-ups in mobile and telecom industries between 2007 and 2010. He also served as advisor and mentor in several universities, companies, and government projects in recent years.

Darwin Ventures

Darwin Venture Management is a boutique investment firm dedicated to emerging growth companies in Taiwan and Silicon Valley. Darwin focuses on investments in high-tech and fast-growing companies with proven management team. We invest in early-stage companies across Taiwan, Japan, US, and SEA. We are interested in innovative industries, currently, most in Digital Economy, Healthcare, Automotive, telecom and Aerospace/Satelite related technologies.