Green Tech Accelerator aims to bridge the carbon reduction knowledge gap for Taiwanese start-ups and SMEs through courses, mentorship and international market connections, fostering the co-creation of sustainable green business models between start-ups and enterprises while integrating them into the global ecosystem.
Formerly known as Green Accelerator, the national programme was rebranded in 2025 as Green Tech Accelerator. Spearheaded by Commercialisation and Industry Service Centre of Industrial Technology Research Institute, the Taiwanese initiative targets high-emission sectors such as electronics, energy and steel, developing economically impactful carbon reduction solutions. Through coaching and training workshops, cross-industry expert guidance and technological support, the accelerator helps start-ups achieve proof of business (PoB), validate and implement innovative solutions.
The accelerator team emphasises the importance of co-creation framework, requiring start-ups and enterprises to collaborate and align on net zero emission goals and carbon footprint assessment. By offering scenario simulations, sustainable supply chain analysis and cross-industry trends and policies, the programme enhances start-ups and their customers’ practical carbon reduction capabilities and sustainability expertise. Additionally, a systematic matchmaking mechanism fosters collaboration between start-ups and enterprises, enabling broader carbon reduction impacts and facilitating the adoption of green technology as well as access to green financing and impact investing breakthroughs.
Expanding to global markets: Dual gateways to Dubai and Singapore
For the first time, Green Tech Accelerator participated in 2024 GITEX Expand North Star in Dubai under the Taiwan Start-up Pavilion, tapping into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market while positioning itself as a springboard to Europe. Selected start-ups in the realm of water management, renewable energy, discarded textiles transformation, circular economy, eco-friendly materials and autonomous driving achieved global recognition, reaching the finals of the GITEX Supernova Challenge and showcasing Taiwan’s competitive edges in the green technology field. Simultaneously, leveraging consulting resources in Singapore connected start-ups with potential local partners, helping them expand into Southeast Asia. Such international market exploration not only broadens start-ups’ global perspectives but also helps them identify concrete market opportunities and collaborators for carbon reduction solutions through exhibitions and competitions.
Precision mentorship and business validation: Tackling industry carbon reduction challenges
Green Tech Accelerator requires start-ups to demonstrate proof of concept (PoC) and work with enterprises to advance toward proof of service (PoS). Over a six-month incubation period, the programme boosts start-ups into refining their business models, identifying corporate pain points and technological implementation paths and developing quantifiable carbon reduction blueprints. These improves their success rate in collaborating on ESG sustainability projects. From ‘soft landing’ to ‘solution export’, the accelerator provides industry linkage and collaboration pathways, enabling start-ups to expand their technology applications and offer specific carbon reduction solutions, analyse tangible benefits and simulate carbon management strategies for industries both domestically and internationally.
Driving co-creation for a sustainable future
In 2024, Green Tech Accelerator propelled 10 Taiwanese start-ups into forming strategic connections with publicly listed companies as well as market resources in MENA region and Southeast Asia markets. The programme enhanced participants’ knowledge and technological professionalism in carbon reduction and facilitated new market entry through international exposures.