National Development Council Startup Island
Offers Startup Island by attracting founders to Taiwan through visa help, startup acceleration, and launch support.
National Development Council Startup Island is the startup-support platform under Taiwan's National Development Council, the central government body that coordinates economic development policy. The source material describes Startup Island Taiwan as the national startup brand and an action plan run across 13 agencies, with NDC acting as coordinator rather than as a lone grant maker. The program line is recorded as a grant route with awards from TWD 50,000 to TWD 500,000 on an annual cycle. The eligible pool is tied to Taiwan-based operations and company registration, and the broader plan emphasizes early-stage funding, tax incentives for angel investors, government procurement, overseas soft landing, and support for forward-looking sectors such as AI, IoT, AR/VR, and biomedical ventures. The practical value of the route is less about a single cheque and more about an organized pathway into Taiwan's startup ecosystem. Applicants fit best when they are building a company that can use local market access, acceleration, or visa support, and the strongest cases tend to have a clear Taiwan presence plus a credible growth plan that aligns with the ecosystem measures.
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