Announcement from The Administration for Digital Industries, Ministry of Digital Affairs (ADI): The cooperative quadratic funding platforms of “Innovations Benefit Society – Call for 100 Proposals.”
一、To assist the selected teams with their proposals in phase two of the “Proof of Concept and Service” stage, ADI has cooperated with quadratic funding operators and applied the concept of “quadratic funding” to receive support from the people before services are implemented for sustainable operations.
二、The list of quadratic funding partners in this “Innovations Benefit Society – Call for 100 Proposals” project is as follows (sorted by name strokes).
(一)Backer-Founder (known as WaBay)
(二)Onto CO., LTD. (known as FlyingV)
(三)ZECZEC CO., LTD. (known as ZECZEC)
三、In the follow-up of this “Innovations Benefit Society – Call for 100 Proposals” project, the selected teams (50 proposals in principle) that have passed the second stage of “Proof of Concept and Service,” in which will be coached by the “Expert Guidance Group.” This group gathered experts from NGOs in Taiwan, including the Institute for Information Industry (III), Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), and Taipei Computer Association (TCA) to provide selected teams with technical solutions, demonstration fields, development mechanisms, and other supports. In addition, the “Expert Guidance Group” will also help them to conduct quadratic funding through the three quadratic funding operators mentioned above. It is expected that the listing of the quadratic funding zones and the execution of fundraising activities will be launched in mid-August 2012 (The actual launch date will be based on the ADI announcement date).