Industry Ecosystem & Policy

Taiwan's MedTech and digital-health ecosystem in 2024-2026: ICT cross-over plus strong policy backing, linking accelerators, capital, government programs, academia, corporate players, industry bodies and regional clusters.

31 result(s)

BE Health Ventures (BE Capital)

Taiwan's largest MedTech/HealthTech accelerator and "hospital VC", focused on medical devices and digital health, using clinical proof-of-concept (PoC) and proof-of-business (PoB) to help startups commercialize.

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Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA)

National-level international startup hub set up by the NSTC (formerly MOST) in 2018 at Nangang, connecting startups, accelerators, VCs and corporates; healthcare is a key vertical.

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National Biotechnology Research Park (NBRP)

Academia Sinica-led national biomedical research ecosystem - the first to co-locate industry, government, academia and research - with an incubation center for biotech and smart-healthcare startups.

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Deepening Healthy Taiwan Plan

MOHW's flagship healthcare policy (2025-2029), NT$48.9bn, with four pillars covering working conditions, talent, smart-tech healthcare and sustainable healthcare.

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Precision Health Strategic Industry (5+2)

The biomedical axis of the 5+2 innovation program, evolving from the Biomedical Industry Innovation Program into the Precision Health Strategic Industry plan, integrating precision prevention, diagnosis, treatment and health big data.

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Bio Taiwan Committee (BTC)

The Executive Yuan's top annual strategy meeting for the biotech industry, gathering 200+ domestic and international members to set biomedical policy direction.

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Taiwania Capital

National-level investment company backed by the National Development Fund (founded 2017), focused on tech and biotech within the 5+2 priority industries.

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National Development Fund (NDF)

The Executive Yuan's national fund-of-funds, supporting biomed and digital-health startups via direct and matching investment, and capitalizing national investment vehicles (Taiwania).

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Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB)

Non-profit institute (est. 1984) building shared infrastructure, developing key technologies, training talent and incubating startups for the biomedical industry.

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ITRI Biomedical Technology and Device Research Labs

ITRI's core biomedical research arm, driving cross-domain collaboration and startup spin-offs across cell therapy, medical devices and CDMO.

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Foxconn (incl. H.Spectrum, Fugen Biotech)

ICT giant moving into smart healthcare on three fronts - AI nursing robots, smart-hospital digital twins and medical-imaging AI - while nurturing startups via the H.Spectrum accelerator and the Yonglin Foundation.

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Quanta Computer (QOCA)

Enters smart precision medicine via the QOCA AI medical cloud, linking medical centers to home care, supported by the Quanta Healthcare Technology Foundation.

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Wistron Medical Technology (Wistron Medcare)

Wistron's medical arm, focused on rehab/assistive exoskeletons, AI hemodialysis monitoring and non-invasive glucose measurement devices.

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Acer Medical

Acer's AI medical-software company specializing in AI-assisted screening SaMD for ophthalmology, bone density and kidney disease, expanding into preventive medicine and Southeast Asia.

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Advantech (WISE-Health)

Industrial-PC leader entering smart hospitals, medical IoT and nursing information systems through its WISE-Health/iHealthcare solutions.

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ASUS (AICS, Healthcare)

Enters clinical NLP, AI medical records and imaging/ultrasound devices via AICS (AI research center) and its healthcare business.

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H2U Corporation

Digital-health platform company backed by Foxconn founder Terry Gou, building a full-scenario health ecosystem and services platform.

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Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI)

Taiwan's most influential industry-promotion body, driving biomedical policy, quality certification (SNQ) and international linkage, and organizing the Taiwan Healthcare+ Expo.

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Taiwan Healthcare+ Expo

IBMI's flagship "healthcare x technology" expo, the largest in Asia-Pacific, mobilizing hospitals, ICT, biomed and startups annually.

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H.Spectrum+ Accelerator

Biomedical international accelerator backed by Hon Chun Precision and the Yonglin Foundation, focused on preventive medicine, precision diagnostics and AIoT healthcare.

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StarFab Accelerator

Self-described as Taiwan's largest corporate accelerator (est. 2016), with smart-health among six themes; co-launched the TAI1 AI accelerator with NVIDIA Inception in 2025.

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Linkou Startup Terrace (IPark)

NDC-backed startup cluster offering co-working space, international accelerators and hardware-software integration resources, including smart-health/health-tech teams.

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Garage+ (Epoch Foundation)

International accelerator under the Epoch Foundation, known for early-stage deep-tech and health/biomed startups, annually selecting global teams to connect with Taiwanese corporates and hospitals.

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Hospital Innovation & Incubation Centers

Major medical centers run innovation/incubation centers offering clinical sites, IRB and data resources, co-hosting PoC programs and Demo Days with accelerators.

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University BME & Biomedical EE/Informatics Institutes

NTU, NYCU, NTHU, NCKU, NCHU and others run biomedical engineering, biomedical EE/informatics and medical-informatics institutes - the source of talent and technology.

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Hsinchu Biomedical Science Park

Biomedical cluster (Zhubei) under the Hsinchu Science Park Administration, ~38.1 ha, with 2024 biomedical revenue exceeding NT$209bn - a record.

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Tainan Shalun Smart Green Energy Science City

Southern Taiwan's first medical innovation park, combining a pediatric medical center with AI and big data, positioned as the region's precision-medicine strategy hub.

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Nangang Biomedical & Healthcare Cluster

Northern biomed/digital-health hub centered on Nangang Software Park, the Nangang Exhibition Center, NBRP and Academia Sinica.

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Kaohsiung Biomedical & Smart-Health Cluster

Southern Taiwan's second biomedical cluster, advanced via the "Greater South" smart-health expo and a "Health Silicon Valley" vision, linking the STSP Kaohsiung park and local medical centers.

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MOEA R&D Grants (SBIR / CITD / SIIR)

MOEA's R&D grant series, widely used by MedTech and digital-health startups for early-stage tech development and service innovation.

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Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA)

Established 2022; oversees digital infrastructure, data governance and digital-industry development, indirectly underpinning cybersecurity, cloud and data interoperability for digital health.

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