Taiwan’s startup ecosystem is on the upward trajectory, gaining recognition and achieving good performances in the international arena. With this backdrop, the National Development Council (NDC) would like to create a unified identity system to represent the overall image of Taiwan's startup ecosystem. To find the foundations of Taiwan's innovation and entrepreneurship DNA, the NDC held meetings and workshops with startup communities, key opinion leaders, and other government agencies. After rounds of discussions, the NDC and the

and private sectors. According to the MIT President's Office, Epoch is one of the major contributors in research grants for projects conducted in MIT-Epoch collaboration. Since 2003, the Foundation initiated the educational program called “Epoch School” to incubate entrepreneurship and innovation more than 3,000 young talents, who later founded more than 60 successful start-up companies. In 2008, Garage+ incubator was established to integrate start-up resources in this growing community. From 2014 to 2022, more than