The Startup Challenge, initiated by the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA), has officially entered its fourth year. The 2025 call for applications is now open, and startup teams from Taiwan and around the world are warmly invited to participate!

Organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (MOEA-SMEA), we invite startups with mature and systematic digital transformation services or tools to join us in helping SMEs adopt digital applications and achieve a new milestone in their transformation and upgrade journey!

This forum will be held as part of the pre-event series for COMPUTEX and InnoVEX. It will focus on global AI competition and Taiwan's local advantages, exploring the innovative strategies that combine semiconductors with AI. 

The "Taiwan's Startup Ecosystem and Investment Scene 2025" report highlights Taiwan's foundation for innovation and supportive startup ecosystem, provides an early-stage investment scene overview, and showcases some of Taiwan's most innovative startups.

Startup Terrace is once again leading the Taiwanese startup mission to Europe. Since the first trip to Central and Eastern Europe in 2022, Startup Terrace continues its commitment to cultivating the connection with the region's startup ecosystem.

12th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition！

The SoftLandingProgram is a market access sprint connecting overseas startups with Taiwan’s dynamic startup ecosystem. Powered by Startup Terrace, this program supports non-Taiwanese tech startups looking to engage with Taiwan’s manufacturing, R&D, and high-tech industries.

After setting up a new Startup Hub in Tokyo, Japan last year (2024), the National Development Council (NDC) further established its second overseas Startup Hub in Palo Alto, in the heart of Silicon Valley, on January 13 (Taipei time, Jan. 14).

The IC Taiwan Grand Challenge is a program organized by the Taiwanese government to attract global talents and investments in the fields of IC design innovations, chip-based innovative applications, and system integration.

At the inauguration ceremony on May 20, 2024, President Lai Ching-te announced the promotion of the development of "five trusted industry sectors" namely semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), military, security and surveillance, and next-generation communications...