Chi Wei Lin

Chief Executive Officer @ Portaly.cc

About

Startup founder, product builder and growth enthusiast. Founder/CEO of Portaly.cc. Founded education brand Shepherd Kit in 2012, crowdfunded over 1M USD; invited to collaborate with The British Museum. Shepherd Kit was sold to CommonWealth Magazine in 2021. Ten years later, I founded a software company called Portaly. It is an AI enhanced Social Commerce Solution to create outstanding social network conversions. Portaly can turn any website into a social media landing page with a click, integrating with 20+ platforms. In June 2023, Portaly has won "Product of the day" on Product Hunt. Currently Portaly is one of the dominant social commerce in the East Asian creator community.

Country

Taiwan

City

Taipei

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Growth Strategies, Software as a Service (SaaS), Startups, Artificial Intelligence (AI), SaaS Development, Branding, Game Design, Board Games, Growth Hacking, Product Management, Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, Toy Industry, Product Development, New Business Development

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

Portaly.cc

2022-4 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

Portaly.cc is a web-based SaaS service to help creators and influencers grow and monetize. We offer a full set of web-building and marketing tools for users to operate their business. Our mission is to empower creators with hands on toolkits to drive traffic into profit. - Seleceted as Taiwan's top 30 Startups of 2023 - Product of the Day on Product Hunt - Revenue growth: 380% in 2023 and 5x since 2024

CEO

Shepherd Kit, Inc.

2012-12 - 2021-8 · 8 yrs 9 mos

Taiwan

Shepherd Kit, Inc. (綿羊犬) was one of the top educational companies in Taiwan, specialized in producing kits for learning kits for preschool to elementary levels. From 2014-2021, Shepherd Kit crowdfunded over 1M USD from Kickstarter and other platforms, also winning numerous design and education awards worldwide. In 2021, Shepherd Kit was acquired by Commonwealth Magazines (天下集團）. Shepherd Kit is also the first education design brand in Taiwan to be invited by The British Museum and Essen Spiel (world's largest board game convention).