A decade of footprints.
Carefully recorded.
Since 2011, Maktar has logged every invention, every award, every crowdfunding result. Not press copy — engineering record.
The past year.
Continued expansion in Japan, deeper channel partnerships, ongoing build-out of the digital-asset protection platform.
Qubii series cumulative shipments past one million units globally.
Recognized in Japan,
Taiwan, and Europe.
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.
Fourteen years.
An unbroken line.
Qubii cumulative shipments past 1M units
From May 2018 launch to 2022 milestone. 68% revenue from Japan.
Japan revenue share reaches 68%
Up from 22% in 2018. 251% growth in three years (2020→2021).
Qubii Pro launch
Supports both SD card and microSD card backup. Good Design Award, VGP / DGP multi-award winner.
Qubii global launch
Plugs between charger and cable. Phone connects, app opens, backup starts.
Piconizer launch · Taiwan crowdfunding past NT$60M
iPhone’s first three-button portable storage. Computex Best Choice, Taiwan Excellence Award.
Apple MFi certification · Maktar Inc. founded
Plan C (customized Alcor card reader IC) wins among three Lightning plans. Founded April 2014.
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.
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.
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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