National Tsing Hua University has joined forces with VC firm Top Taiwan Venture Capital to establish the NTHU Future Fund, with an initial target size of NT$1 billion.
The fund, structured as a limited partnership, will be managed by Top Taiwan Venture Capital and has a 15-year investment horizon.
The NTHU Future Fund will focus on the university’s own spinouts, but will also back student and alumni startups, as well as ventures engaged in a university-industry collaboration with the university or a tenant at its science park.
In addition to providing capital, the NTHU Future Fund will also collaborate with the NTHU University Science Park to integrate resources from universities, industry, alumni, other VC firms, government, and other players in the innovation ecosystem.
The aim is to create a comprehensive support platform that covers research, entrepreneurship, business growth, and international expansion, thereby shortening commercialisation timelines and helping more deep tech businesses succeed.
W. John Kao, president of NTHU, says: “Through the NTHU Future Fund, we hope to establish a professional, sustainable, and globally oriented support mechanism that will accelerate the commercialisation of breakthrough technologies, nurture globally competitive startups, and further enhance Taiwan’s international impact in science and technology.”
