Epoch Foundation, founded in 1991 with the mission of facilitating industrial development and economic prosperity, has been representing 20 Taiwan-based blue-chip companies closely allying with the world's top-notched academic institutions like MIT and UC Berkeley. Epoch has been serving as the liaison office to bridge and consolidate the resources between academic 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 400+ startups (including 200+ international startups) have been participating in Garage+. Garage+ focuses on early-stage start-ups in IoT, Smart Device, Healthcare, AR/VR, Big Data, AI, Robotics, and Green Tech industries. Epoch Foundation is known as the best platform for innovation and talent in Taiwan.
