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Cathay Venture

Corporate venture profile

Parent Cathay Financial HoldingsHQ Taipei, TaiwanFounded 2003

Cathay Venture is the corporate venture arm of Cathay Financial Holdings, a financial services company. It was founded in 2003 and is based in Taipei, Taiwan. It invests from seed to late stage. Sectors it names: semiconductors and hardware, artificial intelligence, biotech and life sciences, healthcare and digital health.

Companies backedS1
400+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Late stage
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Data behind this graphic
ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Late stage
SectorsSemiconductors and hardware, Artificial intelligence, Biotech and life sciences, Healthcare and digital health, Fintech
GeographyNorth America, Europe, Asia
OfficesTaipei, Taiwan

Sources: S1 Cathay Venture (English site).

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Investment stage: Seed to Late stage

Sources: S1 Cathay Venture (English site).

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Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters
Taipei, Taiwan

Investment regionsS1

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyCathay Financial Holdings (TWSE: 2882)Single sourceS1
Parent industryBanking and financial servicesSingle sourceS1
Founded2003Single sourceS1
HeadquartersTaipei, TaiwanSingle sourceS1
StatusActiveSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS1
Companies backed400+Single sourceS1
StagesSeed, Series A, Series B, Late stageSingle sourceS1

About Cathay Financial Holdings

ItemDetailSource
Listed asTWSE: 2882S1
HeadquartersTaiwanS1

For founders

ItemWhat the firm saysSource
StagesSeed, Series A, Series B, Late stageS1

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountSource
2026-05-29Return HelperSeries AUSD 4MS4
2025-07-09SiPearlSeries ANot statedS2

History

  1. Cathay Venture founded in April 2003S1

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: SiPearl, Return Helper.S2

The firm also states 400+ companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Cathay Venture portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
COLOPL Next1Return Helper

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

  • Website www.cathayholdings.com/en/holdings/cathayventure

Sources

  1. S1Cathay Venture (English site)Firm
  2. S3Cathay Venture (Chinese site)Firm
  3. S2Forbes: Cathay Venture joins USD 152M round in SiPearlPress
  4. S4PR Newswire: Return Helper closes USD 4M Series APress

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