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

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

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Fubon Life Insurance, the insurance unit of Taiwanese financial conglomerate Fubon Financial Holdings, is investing up to 1.2 billion Taiwanese 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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