A four-month workshop to prepare 20 Taiwan startups for the 2026 SelectUSA Investment Summit got underway Jan. 8 in Taipei City.
According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the training sessions are being organized by the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration to help the selected firms bring their best to SelectUSA’s Tech Program. The investment summit is hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce May 3-6 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The startups cover a wide range of sectors including health care, defense, energy, information and communications technology and software development, and open technology, the MOEA said. Their products focus on artificial intelligence and medical data applications, data analysis, digital healthcare, high performance materials and precision medicine, among others.
The agency said the program will bring participating businesses up to speed on global entrepreneurship trends and market developments. The training also offers legal consultation and taxation information in addition to inviting experienced business mentors to offer participants advice on proposal writing and presentation skills.
The firms attending the training will also add the innovation clusters in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles to their pre- or post-SelectUSA itineraries to engage with their counterparts and local investment institutions, the MOEA said.
According to the ministry, Taiwanese startups have been performing well at SelectUSA for years, with one winning second prize as two others took third places in 2025. (SFC-E)
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