Taiwan's MOEA SME-and-Startup Administration runs a parallel program portfolio to the main industrial-counseling stack — narrower in dollar amounts (typically NT$300K–3M per case) but broader in eligibility, with explicit targeting of underserved founder profiles. The Flying Goose Program for women founders, Buying Power matching for social-impact organizations, and the Next-Gen Industry Startup Development program form the spine. For pre-revenue or early-traction Taiwan startups — including the foreign-founded ones — this is the right starting point.

The programs

  • SME Investment-Acceleration Implementation Plan Investment-Service Program — up to NT$100M · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. End-to-end fundraising and post-investment management support for SMEs raising capital — for firms with annual revenue under NT$100M or fewer than 200 regular employees.
  • MOEA Energy Administration — Industry Energy-Efficiency R&D Program — up to NT$50M · Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Funds high-quality R&D projects in the energy-tech space — innovative technology development, system integration, or demonstration validation that beats prevailing domestic and international benchmarks and pulls the wider industry forward.
  • Cross-Domain R&D Leadership Program for SME Upgrading and Transformation · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Supports cross-domain R&D consortia commercializing AI applications, autonomous-vehicle / unmanned-vehicle applications, and net-zero applications — with help on field validation, in-market services, and overseas expansion.
  • Home-Based Medical Technology Industry Optimization & Adoption Program · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Four sequential counseling stages from early diagnosis and planning, through product-design support and pilot-site validation, to business-model optimization.
  • Next-Generation Industry Startup Development Program · Administration for Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Counseling and resource-matching across artificial intelligence, healthcare, green technology, aerospace, electronics manufacturing, and automotive components.
  • Smart Electronic Chip Development Program · Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Two pillars: incubation counseling that grows talent in target chip-design domains via four service streams and eight resource categories, and applied-innovation counseling that helps chip firms commercialize new technologies and integrate them into supply chains.
  • SME & Startup Incubator-Institution Subsidy Program · Small & Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Subsidizes incubator institutions and large enterprises to host and partner with early-stage startups — opening up access to critical industry resources and market opportunities so startups can scale faster.
  • Social Innovation Cooperation Promotion Program · Small & Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Three service tracks: (1) official registration on the public Social Innovation Platform, (2) Social Innovation Experimentation Center support, and (3) Buying Power — matchmaking with corporate procurement budgets.
  • Startup Acceleration, Co-Creation and International Linkage Development Program · Administration for Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Supports startup growth through competitions, proof-of-concept pilots, programmed activities, and curated business matching — spanning startup catalysts, deep-tech challenges, international expansion, and ESG initiatives.
  • Taiwan Startup Service Development Program · Administration for Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups, Ministry of Economic Affairs. A three-pronged national startup support system: an online startup resource hub, the Taiwan Startup Hub physical co-working base, and a toll-free national startup advisory hotline.
  • Women's Entrepreneurship "Flying Goose" Program · Small & Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs. A three-stage development pipeline that takes founders from foundation-building through growth acceleration into elite recognition.

How to use this list

Click any program above to open its full profile — eligibility, services, application process, deadlines, contact information. To browse all 147 programs by industry chapter or to apply other filters, see the master directory. For chapter-by-chapter coverage, see the 14 chapter roundups.

Combined with Taiwan's National Development Fund and angel-investor matching programs (outside MOEA scope), these create a credible funding path from idea to Series A for companies operating in Taiwan. Foreign founders should pair this list with a discussion of entity structuring — most programs require an ROC-registered company, but several admit international founders as long as the operating entity is local.

Source: 115年度產業輔導資源手冊 (FY2026 Industry Counseling Resource Handbook), Ministry of Economic Affairs. Translated and indexed by Compass Global.