Taiwan's Fubon Life commits $39.5m to latest AppWorks fund

Fund expected to invest in 50 to 60 deals, if it reaches target size of $360m

20230117 Fubon Financial and AppWorks

Fubon Financial says its insurance unit is taking up to 20% of the final fund size of AppWorks Fund IV, which will invest in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. (Source photos by screenshot from Fubon Financial and AppWorks websites) 

MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR., DealStreetAsia

CEBU, Philippines -- Fubon Life Insurance, the insurance unit of Taiwanese financial conglomerate Fubon Financial, is investing up to 1.2 billion New Taiwan dollars (about $39.5 million) in the fourth flagship fund of Taiwan-based venture capital firm AppWorks.

Fubon Financial told the Taiwan Stock Exchange that its insurance unit is taking no more than 20% of the final fund size of AppWorks Fund IV, which will invest in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

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