886 Studios

886 Studios 886 Studios is a venture firm bridging Silicon Valley experience and Taiwan know-how.

"Sell painkillers, not vitamins." -- GabrielBig thank you to Gabriel B., Co-Founder & CTO of (YC S22) for being the fir...
02/02/2026

"Sell painkillers, not vitamins." -- Gabriel

Big thank you to Gabriel B., Co-Founder & CTO of (YC S22) for being the first speaker of our Founder Files session for

Gabriel is in Taipei for a few weeks, and we were lucky to get his time to share his story and lessons learned for founders - from leaving Yale, joining early startups, bootstrapping ideas, building (and killing) products, all the way to eventually starting a company with his college friend.

13/01/2026

"The risk is not in the technology side, the risk is that even if you have a great product, maybe there's no one to try it or no one to use it." That's why it's important to test what people want before you build it in order to figure out product-market fit.

Apply to ikigai Launchpad today to find your 🔍

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20 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY for the ikigai Launchpad Spring 2026 batch!Get $100K USD in funding and mentorship from the founde...
12/01/2026

20 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY for the ikigai Launchpad Spring 2026 batch!

Get $100K USD in funding and mentorship from the founders of Twitch & Guitar Hero.

Apply now!

We are bringing back *Ideas +1*, our co-founder matching event!If you’re either:1. looking to join an early stage startu...
07/01/2026

We are bringing back *Ideas +1*, our co-founder matching event!

If you’re either:

1. looking to join an early stage startup as a co-founder
2. a solo-founder looking for a co-founder to join you
..we’d love to have you! Sign up with the Luma in our linktree

Hey founders!We are going to be hosting a co-founder matching event in January. This will be a curated matching event de...
29/12/2025

Hey founders!

We are going to be hosting a co-founder matching event in January.

This will be a curated matching event designed specifically for solo founders who want and/or need a co-founder to scale and build alongside them.

If you’re on the search for a co-founder and interested in joining, comment “FOUNDER” and we’ll DM you the link!

The deadline for our Spring Batch is Jan 31, 2026. Applicants that are accepted early will get a head start with 1-1 men...
23/12/2025

The deadline for our Spring Batch is Jan 31, 2026. Applicants that are accepted early will get a head start with 1-1 mentorship from the co-founders of Twitch & Guitar Hero before the Program begins March 2026. Apply now! ⭐

2025.11.25 - Thanks for joining us for our Pitch & Connect night! It's been awhile since we've hosted a public community...
23/12/2025

2025.11.25 - Thanks for joining us for our Pitch & Connect night! It's been awhile since we've hosted a public community event (as we've been busy with the ikigai program), so it was great to finally meet some of you who we've chatted with through here, Discord, etc. Stay tuned for some more events in 2026!

17/11/2025

"The best founders I see are great storytellers. You have to tell a story to your customers - you're trying to sell a product. You need to tell a story to your investors - because you're trying to raise money. And you're telling a story to employees and people you hire - you have to convince them to 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 and your journey and that they want to come along."

One of the cultural differences Kai Huang has observed between Taiwan and Silicon Valley is in the way founders pitch their companies.

"People in Silicon Valley are willing to talk big story. Moonshots - where maybe some people here would say, 'Well, that's a crazy story. I can't tell that story.' But you need to learn how to tell these stories."

Apply to ikigai Launchpad to become a better storyteller 🎤
https://withikigai.com/

14/11/2025

One of the goals of our 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶 accelerator program and at is to help elevate the Taiwan startup ecosystem and to share and impart the knowledge that our mentors have learned to new budding founders. Let's make it happen 💪🇹🇼

We’re hosting an open pitch night for founders, builders, and anyone curious about the startup scene in Taipei.After wra...
11/11/2025

We’re hosting an open pitch night for founders, builders, and anyone curious about the startup scene in Taipei.

After wrapping up our S’25 batch & Demo Day, we wanted to host a more casual event to create an opportunity for people to share what they’re building, meet other founders (as well as some of the ikigai S’25 founders), and connect with other people in Taipei’s startup community.

Please register in Luma: https://luma.com/uzte5bkb
If you want to pitch/demo, you can sign up directly on the Luma page!

07/11/2025

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗶?
💵 1. We fund every company that we accept into our program to 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 founders to commit to building full-time.
🌎 2. Our mentors draw upon their past experiences in Silicon Valley to 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻 founders' mindset for global reach and success.

We invite early-stage founders to apply to our ikigai Launchpad program. DM us if you have any questions! 👋

🚨 Applications are now OPEN for Spring 2026 (Sp’26)! 🚨 We're building the Silicon Valley of Asia and looking for ambitio...
03/11/2025

🚨 Applications are now OPEN for Spring 2026 (Sp’26)! 🚨 We're building the Silicon Valley of Asia and looking for ambitious founders ready to build the next generational company.

想做出世界級的產品，除了技術與能力之外，創辦人的思維與視野是影響一切的核心。
思維來自你的文化，文化來自你的社群，社群來自你的生活，生活取決於你跟什麼樣的人討論問題。我們是一群將矽谷的創業文化，帶進你的社群和生活的連續創業家。

Led by Kevin Lin (co-founder of Twitch) and Kai Huang (Creator of Guitar Hero), ikigai Launchpad brings together $100K in funding, mentorship from founders who’ve done it before, and community to help early-stage founders move faster and go further.

在 Twitch 共同創辦人 Kevin Lin 和 Guitar Hero 共同創辦人 Kai Huang 的帶領下，每個創業團隊都能獲得 10 萬美金的創業投資，這將是你第一筆從美國獲得的投資，也是最直接的信任與支持。緊接著在 12 周的培訓之下，你會接觸更多來自矽谷的連續創業家，與更多志同道合的同梯夥伴一起犯錯、一起突破、一起加速成長。準備好跟著連續創業家的腳步，升級你的創業思維。

If you’re a founder ready to level-up your startup, or a builder with the drive to start something, ikigai is your launchpad.
Apply now to build with the best and experience a slice of Silicon Valley in Asia.

Application deadline: 1/31/2026
Link to Apply: https://tally.so/r/w5p4jQ

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