Top 5 Fashion VC Funds &amp; Investors in Taiwan (June 2026)

We are the venture capital arm of the renowned R&D consortium – the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Since our creation in 1979, we have invested over US$400 million across virtually all stages, sectors, and timezones. Companies we have nurtured have gone on to define entire industries, and boast a combined market cap of wellover US$200 billion. Since its inception, ITIC has been instrumental in leading Taiwan's initial ventures into technology-based businesses, such as integrated circuits, automation, opto-electronic display, etc. ITIC is an original shareholder of some industry leaders such as UMC, Taiwan Mask Corp., Acer Display Technologies, Inc.(renamed as AU Optronics Corp.).

Investment focus

Industry: Health Care, Hardware, Software
Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Japan, Taiwan

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $1.9M–$14M; Series A $3.1M–$26M; Series B $7.3M–$269M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

Syncell — Advance your research with microscopy-guided tools for high-res protein discovery & mapping. See how our workflow enhances precision and discovery depth.
PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
Agility — Agility develops humanoid robots and automation platforms for warehouse, manufacturing, and logistics operations. It provides robotic deployment solutions and software platforms that support industrial automation and the handling of repetitive tasks. The company also offers software platforms to manage and support robotic operations in industrialenvironments.

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AVA Angels is an angel group which focus on connecting angel stage to venture stage of startups. AVA Angels has brought together many outstanding angel investors to find and evaluate together high-quality investment targets, to quickly establish the startup ecosystem and the startup investors network.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: Taiwan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

Total investments: 41
Round size: Seed $330k–$5M; Pre-Seed $350k–$2.5M; Series A $3.1M–$10M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Zeabur — A platform that help you deploy your service with one click, No matter what programming language you use, what framework you use.
PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
CreatorDB — CreatorDB helps brands run data-driven influencer marketing campaigns at global scale. Discover, analyze, and activate top creators worldwide.

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Darwin Venture Management is a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with offices in Hsinchu and the United States. Since our founding in 2009, we have managed eight funds, investing primarily in Series A/B, late-stage, and secondary funds. In 2022, we also launched an evergreen angel fund to enable more nimble bets onpromising early-stage teams, and especially those coming from Taiwan’s superb academic and research institutions. This exposure across stages and borders, coupled with the strong technical background of our team, is the source of Darwin’s differentiation. We recently launched our 8th fund Darjune.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Taiwan, United States, Japan

Investor stats

Total investments: 126
Round size: Seed $350k–$43M; Series A $3M–$76M
Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

Phamily — Full-service care transformation powered by 10+ years of experience, a dedicated clinical workforce, and our AI-enabled platform.
PopChill — PopChill generates an online marketplace for second-hand trade, enabling users to share their fashion styles and sell idle items.
Findy — Findy is a Japanese company once surprised the world by sending out products such as cars and home appliances one after another

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The national development fund is the management unit of the non-business cycle budget fund, which is tasked with grouping. It aims to accelerate the industrial innovation value-added, promote economic transformation and national development, and help china's industrial innovation value-added, research and development and self-owned brands. Thefinancing method or assisting the competent authorities of the central government to handle the relevant plans to complete the purposes specified in article 30 of the "industry innovation ordinance".

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: Taiwan, United States, China

Investor stats

Total investments: 45
Round size: Seed $400k–$7M; Series A $2M–$26M; Series B $10M–$30M
Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow

Portfolio highlights

Syncell — Advance your research with microscopy-guided tools for high-res protein discovery & mapping. See how our workflow enhances precision and discovery depth.
MedicalTek — MedicalTek (MDTK) is located in Taichung, Taiwan. We specialize in developing and manufacturing in MonoStereo 3D endoscopic imaging system that using in MIS surgery.
Numbers Protocol — Explore Numbers Protocol, a leader in blockchain-driven digital media authenticity aligned with C2PA standards. Join our robust platform to secure and verify digital content through advanced blockchain technology.

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