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A decade of footprints.
Carefully recorded.

Since 2011, Maktar has logged every invention, every award, every crowdfunding result. Not press copy — engineering record.

Recent

The past year.

2025

Continued expansion in Japan, deeper channel partnerships, ongoing build-out of the digital-asset protection platform.

2024

Qubii series cumulative shipments past one million units globally.

Awards

Recognized in Japan,
Taiwan, and Europe.

YEAR AWARD PRODUCT
2022
Good Design Award (グッドデザイン賞)
Qubii Pro / Duo
2021
Good Design Award (グッドデザイン賞)
Qubii
2021
Computex Best Choice Award · Jury’s Special
Qubii Pro
2020
VGP / DGP (Japanese AV awards)
Qubii Pro
2018
Computex Best Choice Award
Piconizer
2015
Taiwan Excellence Award
Piconizer
iF Design Award
Qubii Series
Red Dot Design Award
Qubii Series
Crowdfunding

Six entries.
None of them are just numbers.

From 2015 to today, Maktar has used crowdfunding to validate the market at every stage. Every campaign exceeded its goal — by a lot.

2015
Piconizer · Taiwan
flyingV
NT$60,000,000+
100K+ units sold · campaign ended early due to Lightning connector shortage
Qubii · Indiegogo
Indiegogo
US$350,000+
Qubii · Makuake (JP)
Makuake
¥50,000,000+
Qubii Pro · Makuake
Makuake
¥80,000,000+
Qubii Duo · Kickstarter
Kickstarter
US$200,000+
Qubii Air · TBD
In development
TBA
Coming soon
Milestones

Fourteen years.
An unbroken line.

2022

Qubii cumulative shipments past 1M units

From May 2018 launch to 2022 milestone. 68% revenue from Japan.

2021

Japan revenue share reaches 68%

Up from 22% in 2018. 251% growth in three years (2020→2021).

2019

Qubii Pro launch

Supports both SD card and microSD card backup. Good Design Award, VGP / DGP multi-award winner.

2018

Qubii global launch

Plugs between charger and cable. Phone connects, app opens, backup starts.

2015

Piconizer launch · Taiwan crowdfunding past NT$60M

iPhone’s first three-button portable storage. Computex Best Choice, Taiwan Excellence Award.

2014

Apple MFi certification · Maktar Inc. founded

Plan C (customized Alcor card reader IC) wins among three Lightning plans. Founded April 2014.

2013

Three Lightning plans

Facing Apple’s 100 mA / 10 mA power constraints with no off-the-shelf solution, Mactaris pushed three plans simultaneously: ATMEL, Phison, ALCOR.

2011

First iOS external storage

Mactaris Chen and Chesen Electronics Corp. (CEC) collaborated on the first iOS external storage solution. Later partnership with Genesys Logic brought file system into app + embedded HTTP server for direct 1080p video streaming.

Press

We don’t write press releases.
We record what actually happened.

Product launches
New products, version updates, crowdfunding results. Engineering record style — no marketing language.
Award recognition
Japan Good Design, Computex Best Choice, Taiwan Excellence, VGP/DGP, etc.
Channel partnerships
Carrier, brand, retail channel integrations and licensing announcements.
Technology depth
MFi IC evolution, software architecture, patent disclosure. For engineering and media readers.
Company updates
Office expansion, team composition, platform strategy.
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