NDC (National Development Council Taiwan)

Supports Taiwan's national development by coordinating policy priorities and guiding resource allocation across sectors.

The National Development Council (NDC) is Taiwan's policy coordinator and steward of the National Development Fund. It sits above the capital-deployment vehicles and uses that position to steer both startup support and strategic investment.

Its visible routes include the Startup Island grant, the NDF Business Angel Investment Program, the Industrial Innovation and Transformation Fund, and Taiwania Capital. The grant side is small and ecosystem-facing, with Startup Island capped at NT$500,000, while the fund vehicles use equity and co-investment, including the NT$2 billion angel program for startups registered in Taiwan or overseas startups with main operations in Taiwan. The angel route targets companies under three years old with paid-in capital or fundraising up to NT$80 million unless the review committee grants a waiver.

That makes NDC most relevant to founders who can absorb investment capital or need ecosystem support rather than a standard research grant. Its sectors tilt toward AI infrastructure, biotech, hardware, medtech, manufacturing, semiconductors, energy, agriculture, defense, and materials, so the fit is strongest when the company has a clear commercialization path.