Draco Evolution and Lighthouse Canton Announce Strategic Partnership

AI Meets International Asset Management, Creating a New Era of Taiwan-Singapore FinTech‍

Draco Evolution, a Taiwan-based AI FinTech company that successfully expanded to New York, and Lighthouse Canton, a Singapore-based asset management group, today announced their strategic partnership. The two companies will combine AI FinTech capabilities with international asset management expertise to promote cross-market investment research, asset allocation professional exchange, and FinTech development between Taiwan and Singapore.‍

NYSE's Only Taiwan AI ETF Manager & Singapore Asset Management Giant: Technology and Scale Combined‍

Draco Evolution's DRAI ETF is listed on the NYSE, marking the first time a Taiwan team has entered the U.S. capital market. The fund has won the US FinTech Awards "Digital Assets Award," setting a historic milestone as the first Taiwan team to receive this recognition.‍

Lighthouse Canton, headquartered in Singapore, is one of Asia's fastest-growing independent investment institutions. Its business spans major financial markets across Asia and internationally, including Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. The company has long served global high-net-worth clients, family offices, and institutional investors, accumulating extensive experience in cross-market investment strategies, global asset allocation and wealth management services. Lighthouse Canton has also won multiple awards across Asia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates for its independent wealth and asset management businesses, including Euromoney's Private Banking Awards and Asia Private Banker's Awards For Distinction.‍

This partnership marks the first deep strategic alliance between Taiwan and Singapore's financial industries, combining complementary technology and scale. By integrating Lighthouse Canton's expertise in international asset allocation and wealth management with Draco's FinTech and quantitative research capabilities, the two companies will jointly promote investment research exchange, international market insights, and FinTech development.‍

This collaboration also aligns with the Financial Supervisory Commission's policy direction to establish Taiwan as an "Asian Asset Management Center." Both parties will continue to monitor Taiwan's policy developments and explore ways to deepen cooperation within the regulatory framework, promoting the exchange of international asset management expertise and market knowledge while strengthening Taiwan's integration with global wealth management practices.‍

Combining World-Class Wealth Management Expertise to Create More Value for Local Taiwanese Investors‍

Across Singapore and Europe's most established wealth markets, independent and integrated financial services firms have become a cornerstone of sophisticated wealth management, built around independence, specialisation, and client-first service delivery. Rather than operating within the constraints of a single bank or custodian, these platforms bring together investment research, multi-asset expertise, and multi-custodian institutional networks to give high-net-worth clients a more comprehensive and internationally minded approach to managing wealth.

‍Draco Evolution Managing Director Fu Guan-Long stated: "DRACO's R&D core is rooted in Taiwan, with commercial validation achieved on Wall Street. As a Taiwan-based FinTech representative, our initiative to bring in world-class partner Lighthouse Canton marks an important milestone in our international expansion. Together, we will integrate FinTech development, international asset allocation and wealth advisory expertise to bring more international perspective and professional exchange value to Taiwan's financial market."‍

Targeting North Asia Wealth Corridor and Taiwan's High-Net-Worth Investment Potential. Lighthouse Canton Selects Draco as Key Strategic Partner‍

Lighthouse Canton Founder Shilpi Chowdhary stated: "The North Asia market represents one of the most promising yet underexplored wealth corridors in the global asset management industry, with solid capital foundations, multi-generational family wealth, and growing demand for independent wealth management services. As Lighthouse Canton advances toward its 2027 goal of reaching USD 10 billion in assets under management (AUM), expanding into North Asia is a key strategic direction, and Taiwan is our important starting point."‍

The two companies will combine local market understanding with international investment expertise to establish complementary collaboration. Their cooperation will cover the exchange of asset allocation and wealth planning topics, integrate overall investment perspective sharing, and support high-net-worth clients and institutional investors' investment decision-making through professional research and international experience.‍

About Draco Evolution‍

Draco Evolution is a Taiwan-based FinTech company. Its DRAI ETF is listed on the NYSE, marking the first time a Taiwan team has entered the U.S. capital market. Draco is the only Taiwan AI ETF manager on the NYSE. DRAI ETF has won the US FinTech Awards "Digital Assets Award," setting a historic milestone as the first Taiwan team to receive this international recognition, demonstrating world-class AI quantitative investment capabilities.‍

About Lighthouse Canton‍

Lighthouse Canton is a global investment institution with offices in Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, India, and the United Kingdom. With over 220 professionals, the firm currently manages and advises on assets exceeding USD 5 billion. The firm serves accredited private clients (including ultra-high-net-worth individuals), family offices, founders and entrepreneurs, institutional investors, and corporate clients through three core business divisions: asset management, wealth management, and advisory and capital solutions. Lighthouse Canton holds relevant financial licences issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).