Two Innovative Taiwan Startups won prestigious 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award

Hong Kong, September, 2013 – Red Herring announced today the winners for Red Herring’s Top 100 Asia award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most-promising private technology ventures from the Asian business region. For link with all the winners will be up here shortly, http://www.redherring.com/events/red-herring-asia/

Two Innovative Taiwan Startups
LinkWin Technology CO.,LTD, http://www.link-win.com
Silergy Corp. , http://www.silergy.com

Red Herring has been selecting the most exciting and promising start ups and “scale ups” since 1995. From a large pool of hundreds of candidates based across Asia, finalists are still evaluated individually. Twenty major criterions underlie the scoring and process. They include among others, the candidate company’s addressable market size, its IP and patents, its financing, the proof of concept, trailing revenues, or management’s expertise. Each company goes through an individual interview after filling out a thorough submission, complemented by a due diligence. The finalists’ list often includes the best performing and prominent companies of that year.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an valuable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

2013 will be remembered as a special vintage. “The finalists’ list confirms the excellent choices made by entrepreneurs and VCs and the start ups’ s solid roots in Corporate Asia, embracing their innovations. By all metrics, its emphasizes the Asian entrepreneurial excellence,” said Alex Vieux.

Finalists for the 2013 edition of the Red Herring 100 Asia award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the fields of security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and other sectors completed their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists were asked to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Asia Forum in Hong Kong, Sept. 3-5, 2013. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony the evening of Sept. 3, at the event.