2025/03 Biomedical Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at Taipei Tech 2025
To promote the innovative development and commercialization of biomedical materials technologies, the High-Value Biomedical Materials Research and Commercialization Center at National Taipei University of Technology held its first “Biomedical Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at Taipei Tech” from March 25 to 28, 2025.
Entrepreneurship experts, scholars, and startup teams from Taiwan and abroad were invited to Taipei Tech to participate in keynote lectures, expert panel discussions, and hands-on workshops, creating an interdisciplinary platform for exchange in biomedical innovation and entrepreneurship.
The bootcamp integrated biomedical materials research, technology commercialization, and practical innovation and entrepreneurship, beginning with the transformation of scientific research outcomes into products with market potential. Participating teams were guided to further explore key aspects of the entrepreneurial process, including market needs, business models, product positioning, and fundraising strategies.
During the event, a number of domestic and international speakers with experience in academic research, startups, investment, and industry were invited to share their insights. From left to right: Hsu-Wei Fang (Taipei Tech, Director of HBRCC (MT3+)), Yi-Jun Jen (Vice President, Lifetime Distinguished Professor), Gigi Wang (Professor, UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology), Helen Chen (CEO & Co-founder, Alixia Therapeutics, Silicon Valley), and Pinyi Chen (UC Berkeley Student TA).
For more event photos, please visit the Center’s Meta page：https://www.facebook.com/share/19VH4TM9me/
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Through experience sharing by speakers from different fields, participants were able not only to explore the value of biomedical innovation from the perspective of technology research and development, but also to gain a deeper understanding of how startup teams validate market needs, establish business models, develop product strategies, and transform research outcomes into innovative technologies and products with market competitiveness before entering the market.
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In addition to keynote lectures, the bootcamp also featured team discussions and hands-on workshops, allowing participants to apply what they had learned to their own entrepreneurial ideas.
Through exchanges with instructors, industry experts, and other teams, participants were able to continuously refine and improve their proposals.
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On the final day of the bootcamp, March 28, the Final Investor Pitches were held, during which each participating team delivered its final startup pitch and presented the outcomes developed and refined throughout the four-day training program.
The Final Investor Pitches invited Dr. IC Jan (Founder of Taiwan Global Angels), Veronica Chung (CEO & Co-founder, AIPHAS), and Steve (Hsu-Chien) Hsu (Arizona Trade & Investment) to serve as judges.
From left to right, the judges evaluated each team based on innovation, market potential, business model, and overall pitch quality, and selected the top three teams from among the participants.
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The award-winning teams and their members were as follows：
1、【 Gold Medal Award 】of Team Two：Po-Hsiu Cheng , Tzay-Shiuan Ueng , Yen-Chang Chen , Sung-Po Chen , Ke-Yu Tu
2、【 Sliver Medal Award 】of Team Seven：Zih-Yang Lin , Chien-Lin Lu , Gardenia Esam , Zoe Lu Chau , Yu-Wei Kung
3、【 Merit Award 】of Team Four：Kuan-Yu Chen , Hung-Yueh Lin , Yu-Chia Yang , Rinki Halder , Gopi Krishnan Singaravelan
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Through hands-on startup pitching and feedback from the judging panel, participants were able to simulate the real-world experience of presenting to investors.
At the same time, they had the opportunity to reassess their technological strengths, market needs, and business strategies from the perspectives of professional judges, thereby creating a more concrete connection between research outcomes and market applications.
The Biomedical Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at Taipei Tech not only provided researchers and startup teams in the biomedical field with entrepreneurial knowledge and practical training, but also further connected academic research, industrial applications, and international entrepreneurship resources through exchanges with international speakers, industry experts, and investors.
Moving forward, the Center will continue to promote the commercialization of biomedical technologies and international collaboration, supporting promising research outcomes in their transition from the laboratory to the market, while further strengthening the innovation capacity and global competitiveness of Taiwan’s biomedical industry.
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