# Hsin Hsiao

> Hsin Hsiao (蕭新晟), also known as 蕭A, is the co-founder and CEO of OenTech (應援科技), a Taipei-based fintech building a one-stop integrated payment cloud platform that combines third-party payment processing with supporter-relationship management. A physicist turned software engineer, he trained at UCLA and Stony Brook before working across New York startups, co-launched the crowdsourced 'National Treasure' archival project through Taiwan's g0v civic-tech community, and ran for Taipei City Council in 2018. Since founding OenTech, he has grown it to more than 3,000 organizations, secured a NT$100 million Series A in 2025, and pushed payment security and agentic-commerce standards in Taiwan.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at OenTech (應援科技)
- **Organizations:** OenTech (應援科技), National Treasure Project (國家寶藏), g0v, Third-Party Payment Association (Taiwan)
- **From:** Tainan City, Taiwan
- **Nationality:** Taiwanese (Republic of China)
- **Education:** B.S. Physics, Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), M.S. Physics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Theoretical Physics, PhD candidate (withdrew), Stony Brook University
- **Known for:** Co-founded OenTech and grew it to more than 3,000 organizations, with reported 340%+ year-over-year customer growth, Closed a NT$100 million Series A funding round in June 2025, Built a payment platform used by major Taiwanese political campaigns and NGOs

## Career timeline

- **2012-2020** — Worked in New York as senior engineer, CTO, and co-founder across several startups
- **2016** — Co-initiated the crowdsourced 'National Treasure' project through g0v, digitizing overseas Taiwan-related historical documents
- **2018** — Ran for Taipei City Councilor (Neihu-Nangang district) with the New Power Party; received 8,502 votes
- **2019** — Resigned from the New Power Party and its policy committee
- **2021** — Founded OenTech (應援科技) and became co-founder and CEO
- **2024** — OenTech named to the Taiwan Venture Capital Association's Top 100 Startups; launched Android NFC Tap to Pay
- **2025** — Closed NT$100 million Series A; appointed director and cybersecurity committee chair at the Third-Party Payment Association

## Achievements

- Co-founded OenTech and grew it to more than 3,000 organizations, with reported 340%+ year-over-year customer growth
- Closed a NT$100 million Series A funding round in June 2025
- Built a payment platform used by major Taiwanese political campaigns and NGOs
- Led OenTech to become, per company statements, the first Asia-Pacific partner to implement Visa Click to Pay
- Co-initiated the National Treasure archival project, crowdsourcing digitization of overseas Taiwan-related records
- Achieved PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, and ISO 27701 certifications for OenTech
- Named to the Taiwan Venture Capital Association's Top 100 Startups (2024)

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — OenTech closed a NT$100 million Series A funding round
- **2025** — Appointed director and Innovation & Cybersecurity Committee chair at Taiwan's Third-Party Payment Association; advancing MCP conversational-payment protocol and a Japan market proof-of-concept

## Links

- Website: https://oen.tw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hsin-hsiao-1a43551b/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hsiaoataipei
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hsiaoataipei/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hsiaoataipei/

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Last updated: 2026-07-17