Kyle Chen
陳凱爾
Editor in ChiefChief Community Builder / Business Next Media
Discovering Opportunities, Fostering Connections
Joined Business Next Media in 2011, and since 2014, has been responsible for Meet (Startup Community), building a platform that brings together the funding, resources, and international connections essential for Taiwan’s startups through organizing offline events and managing online media. Passionate about the opportunities and new business possibilities that emerging technologies can create across industries. Since 2014, has also co-organized the Meet Taipei Startup Festival, Taiwan’s first large-scale entrepreneurial event brand that embraces diversity, cross-industry collaboration, and international connections. Currently serves as the project lead for overseas initiatives of Taiwan’s national startup brand, Startup Island TAIWAN, facilitating the operation and resource connections of startup hubs in Tokyo and Silicon Valley.
In 2024, joined Business Next’s emerging vertical community and media platform WEB3+, leveraging extensive experience in the startup ecosystem to drive new business applications from Web2 to Web3.
2011年加入巨思文化(數位時代),2014年起開始負責創業小聚新創社群,透過線下活動籌辦以及線上媒體經營,打造一個聚合台灣新創所需資金、資源與國際鏈結的機會平台,樂見新科技在跨領域可能創造的機會與新商業。2014年起協助籌辦Meet Taipei創新創業嘉年華,為台灣第一個多元化、跨領域、並且跨國交流的大型創業活動品牌,至今已是亞洲最大創新創業嘉年華,每年吸引超過50000人次到訪,邀請超過460家(包括100組以上國際新創)公司參展。2024年起擔任國發會推動「台灣新創海外新創基地」專案負責人,分別於2024年9月及2025年1月順利完成東京基地與矽谷基地的籌設與開幕,並直接負責矽谷基地的營運。
此外,2024年起加入《數位時代》新興垂直社群與媒體「WEB3+」,藉由在創業社群的經驗,共同推動從WEB2到WEB3新商業應用。

