FINDIT, Taiwan’s Startup Information Platform, is designed to meet the needs of startups and investors. By gathering information on startups and early-stage investment markets in Taiwan and abroad, it provides practical, targeted insights into early-stage funding, fundraising skills, and resources for startups.

Through continuous improvement, FINDIT aims to help startups, investors, and other members of the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem quickly understand Taiwan’s evolving startup landscape. The platform seeks to enhance market transparency, improve access to information, and reduce the entrepreneurial and investment risks arising from information gaps.

What Does FINDIT, Taiwan’s Startup Information Platform, Offer?

To help users understand the development of Taiwan’s startup investment ecosystem, the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs commissioned the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research to establish FINDIT.

The platform continually gathers information on startups and early-stage investment in Taiwan and abroad, offering three main types of resources:
Database: Provides information on startups, investment organizations, and investment deals. The Startup Ecosystem Overview offers an overview of Taiwan’s startup investment market, with filters such as industry sector and funding round.
Research Hub: Features research and insights from the FINDIT research team and invited experts, including Startup Ecosystem Reports, Major Cities Ecosystem Reports, Recent Deals, Featured Startups Reports, Startup & Investment Hub, and FINDIT Annual Reports.
Latest News: Brings together news from Taiwan on innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic and industry policies, helping readers stay informed about government resources and policy developments.

For more details on how to use these features, see:
FINDIT: Connecting Taiwan’s Startups with Investors and New Opportunities

2026 Annual Report: Four Key Trends in Taiwan’s Startup Investment Landscape

On September 30, 2026, the FINDIT research team published the 2026 Taiwan Startup Investment Trends Annual Report, covering 5,084 investment deals recorded between 2015 and 2025. The report highlights four major trends. For complete data and charts, see: 【2026 Taiwan Startup Investment Trends Annual Report – Overview 】From Expansion to Pragmatism: Taiwan’s Startup Investment at a Turning Point

1. Deal Count and Total Investment Declined, While Median Deal Size Reached a Record High

Taiwan recorded 555 startup investment deals in 2025, with a total investment value of US$2.774 billion. Both deal count and total investment value declined from the previous year. However, the median deal size rose to US$2.25 million, the highest level during the observation period. This indicates a more pragmatic approach to capital allocation, with investors placing greater emphasis on market validation and the viability of business models.

2. Investment in AI and Semiconductor Startups Continued to Rise

Despite the broader market slowdown, investment in AI and semiconductor startups continued to grow. In 2025, AI startups attracted US$569 million in investment, while semiconductor startups received US$442 million, both up significantly from 2024. For more detailed sector analysis, see FINDIT’s  AI sector and Semiconductor Sector.

3. The Share of Deals Involving C/CVC Investors Declined, While Those Involving VC and Overseas Investors Increased

C/CVC investors remain an important source of funding for Taiwan’s startups. However, the number of deals involving these investors fell to 379 in 2025, accounting for 68.3% of all deals. Meanwhile, the proportions of deals involving venture capital (VC) firms and overseas investors increased, suggesting a gradual diversification of funding sources. For further analysis of corporate investment activity, see FINDIT’s C/CVC sector

4. Investors Became More Pragmatic, Raising the Bar for Seed-Stage Fundraising

Investor preferences have gradually shifted away from seed-stage startups toward more mature companies. The share of seed-stage deals, including pre-seed, seed, and angel rounds, fell from 50.1% in 2020 to 34.8% in 2025, suggesting a more challenging fundraising environment for startups at these stages. Overall, investors are becoming more pragmatic, placing greater emphasis on technical capabilities, market validation, and sound business fundamentals.

Three Ways FINDIT’s Annual Report Helps Investors

The annual report provides investors with systematic data spanning multiple years to support research and investment planning in three key areas: identifying long-term trends, exploring specific sectors, and understanding the investor landscape.

1. Understand Long-Term Trends to Inform Investment Planning

The annual report covers Taiwan’s startup investment activity from 2015 to 2025, enabling investors to compare capital flows, funding stages, and deal sizes over time. For example, in 2025, early-stage investments, defined in the report as Series A and B, accounted for 66.4% of total investment value, while late-stage investments accounted for just 7.5%. These figures help investors identify where capital is concentrated and inform further research and investment planning

Seed-stage funding data also offer useful insights for angel investors. The median seed-stage deal size rose from US$710,000 in 2020 to US$1.01 million in 2025, while the share of seed-stage deals continued to decline. These trends can help investors assess early-stage opportunities and plan the timing and pace of their investments.

2. Explore Specific Sectors and Focus Your Research

In addition to sections on market trends and investor activity, the 2026 report includes 13 thematic analyses, covering areas such as C/CVC, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, healthcare, hardware, defense, and academic research. Each analysis summarizes investment activity and highlights representative companies in the relevant area. Investors can identify areas of interest, then use FINDIT’s Startup Database to find relevant companies and focus their research.

3. Understand the Investor Landscape and Identify Co-Investment Opportunities

The reports examined participation, deal values, and investment preferences among C/CVC investors, VC firms, the National Development Fund, and overseas investors, helping readers understand how different investor groups allocate capital. For example, the median deal size for investments involving overseas investors was US$5 million, higher than for deals involving other investor types. In 2025, the number of deals involving VC investment in AI and data analytics startups also rose from 8 to 18.

The reports also tracked how funded companies develop over time. Among startups that received C/CVC investment, approximately 92.3% remained in operation, compared with around 85% of Taiwanese startups overall. However, approximately 80.2% of C/CVC investors participated in only one funding round and made no follow-on investments. Investors can use these findings to identify potential co-investment partners, then explore the Investor Database and Investment Deal Database to review specific deals and investment histories.

Three Ways FINDIT’s Annual Report Helps Startup

The annual report helps startups understand investor preferences, identify suitable investors, and refine their market positioning by studying funded companies in the same sector. These insights can guide fundraising preparation and business development.

1. Understand Investor Preferences and Prepare for Fundraising

The annual report’s analysis of funding rounds and sectors helps startups understand investor priorities. In 2025, the average age of companies receiving funding rose from three to six years, while the bar for seed-stage fundraising also rose. The declining share of seed-stage deals suggests that investors are placing greater emphasis on viable business models, market validation, and operating performance.

Before seeking funding, startups should assess market demand, validate their technology, review customer traction and operating results, and define how they intend to use the funds. Pitch decks should clearly present the company’s progress and plans for its next stage of development, directly addressing investors’ key evaluation criteria. Seed-stage startups targeting angel investors should prepare for these higher expectations by validating their products and building early customer traction well before fundraising.

2. Identify the Right Investors

Different types of investors have different investment priorities. C/CVC investors focus primarily on healthcare and biotechnology, energy, hardware, and industrial manufacturing. VC firms also invest in healthcare, biotechnology, and hardware, while increasing their investment in AI and data analytics startups. The National Development Fund supports areas such as AI and smart robotics through seven thematic investment programs, each with an allocation of NT$10 billion.

Startups can compare investment patterns across investor types to build a shortlist of potential investors suited to their sector, stage of development, and funding needs. When considering C/CVC investors, startups can also examine their investment histories and follow-on funding records to assess whether they typically provide funding across multiple rounds or participate in a single round.

3. Study Funded Companies in Your Sector to Refine Your Positioning

The sector-specific sections of FINDIT’s annual report summarize funding activity and highlight representative companies, helping startups understand industry trends and the competitive landscape, and compare technologies, applications, and target markets.

For example, semiconductor startups that have received funding work across technologies such as silicon photonics, AI-powered electronic design automation (EDA), silicon carbide ingots, and gallium nitride. Startups in the same sector can draw on these examples to assess their technological strengths, identify market entry opportunities, and explore potential partnerships. These insights can help them refine their market positioning and develop a clearer fundraising narrative.

Make Better-Informed Decisions with FINDIT’s Annual Reports and Databases

Taiwan’s startup investment landscape continues to evolve as capital flows and investor preferences shift.

FINDIT brings together its Startup, Investment Organization, and Investment Deal databases and regularly publishes investment trend reports and research articles, helping investors, startups, and industry stakeholders stay informed about market developments.

For a deeper understanding of capital flows and investment trends in Taiwan’s startup ecosystem, read the  2026 Taiwan Startup Investment Trends Annual Report  and explore the FINDIT Database to find startups, investment organizations, and investment deals. Together, these resources offer practical insights to guide investment research and fundraising preparation.