S1E25: Inspired by Beloved Granny, The Laureate of Cartier Women's Initiative, Turning Supplements into Candy-like Form

S1E25: Inspired by Beloved Granny, The Laureate of Cartier Women's Initiative, Turning Supplements into Candy-like Form

Author: Meet Global @Business Next Media April 21, 2023 Duration: 25:04

Have you or your family members ever experienced difficulties swallowing pills and capsules? ‘’My granny was the inspiration behind Boncha Bio. I was raised by my grandparents, we were very close and seeing her struggle to take her supplements for recovery after her stroke was heartbreaking’’ Corina Huang, founder of Boncha Bio, started the chat with a ​​poignant story behind her entrepreneurship. She further shares that another reason to drive her each and every day is her three-year-old daughter. “Can you wait for me till I get old, then we can go to see Buddha together?” her daughter asked one day. She realised working in the healthcare industry could not only help people, but also help herself stay with her daughter into old age.

Inspired by granny and driven by daughter, Corina built Boncha Bio, a startup that turns pills into gummies, to ease the pain of consumers, lighten the load on caregivers, and make dysphagia a history. It partners with nutritional brands and pharmaceutical companies to design and manufacture candyceuticals that are both delicious and deliver high doses and industry-best bioavailability. In 2021, Corina was awarded an international female entrepreneur award, Cartier Women's Initiative Laureate, standing out from over 800 candidates in East Asia. Now, Boncha Bio plans to continuously approach enterprise clients in Europe and America in the coming years. 

In this episode of Startup Island Taiwan Podcast, you will find out:
☛ Corina was the founder of a customised candy manufacturer that printed images and words on sweets
☛ Is it possible to turn pills into candy dosage form without any compromise on nutrient efficacy?
☛ The research process: thousands of failures with no end in sight
☛ How Boncha Bio compare with peers
☛ Despite being a B2B company, even individual consumers become the brand’s big fans

Host: Asianometry, Deep tech channel with 472k followers, still growing 
Guest: Corina Huang, Founder of BonchaBio

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