Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs
Value-Add Intellectual Property Wings Program (VAIP)
智慧財產價值展翼計畫(VAIP)
Industry chapter04 · Innovative Research & Development
Eligibility
Companies registered under Taiwan's Company Act or Business Registration Act.
What’s offered
Operates a cross-industry IP and technology matchmaking platform that activates dormant intangible assets and promotes Taiwan industry's global integration. Offers free third-party IP-valuation services for participating firms.
Key terms
- Service fee
- Free participation; the third-party-valuation fee for intangible-asset financing is paid by the applicant firm.
- Innotech Expo
- Taiwan Innotech Expo, 17–19 September 2026, Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1.
Program structure
Technology promotion and matchmaking
- Use the TWTM platform to facilitate technology promotion and matchmaking — help industries import advanced tech, accelerate technology trading, and stimulate innovation co-investment.
- Includes technology promotion services, technology matchmaking conferences, and a technical / intellectual-property matchmaking platform.
- Taiwan Technology Marketplace operated by TWTM.
Technology exhibition
- Innotech Expo provides creative-conference and IP-display venues; helps industry firms find their next investment opportunities or technology-pairing matches.
- Provides exhibition booths (with on-site judging), technology demos / display zones, and a multi-faceted technology exhibition area.
- Taiwan Innotech Expo.
Financing integration
- Intangible-asset (patent / technology) financing — helps firms convert R&D and patents into financing relationships with banks.
- Operated via Taiwan Tech-Exchange (專利／技術) Information Network.
Technology-service institution capability registry
- Registry of capable IP service organizations: IP filing, R&D, intangible-asset valuation, IP registration applications, etc., with rated profiles published for industry to discover.
Application window
Per official announcement.
Who to contact
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
工業技術研究院
English-language application support: not confirmed. Plan to bring a Mandarin-fluent collaborator to the first conversation.