InnoVEX: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
“The exhibition focusing on tech startups with diverse networking events and matchmaking platforms aims to accelerate the growth of innovation of the industry.”
Verified ·32 official sources·Organised by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taipei Computer Association (TCA)
- Next edition
- Jun 1–4, 2027 · InnoVEX 2027 source
- Where
- Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2, 4th floor (2026), Taipei, Taiwan source
- Format
- in-person · 4 days (2026); 4 days scheduled for 2027
- InnoVEX Pitch Contest (2026 completed edition)
- Grand Prize total value USD 40,000 (2026), including USD 10,000 cash (2026), a KPMG Energize Program seat and consulting, a shell-scheme booth at InnoVEX 2027, promotion and one-to-one VC-judge matchmaking. The Future Star and special awards offered their published programme, prize and partner resources (2026); total contest prize value was reported as nearly USD 180,000 (2026). source
- Cadence
- Annual in June, held alongside COMPUTEX; 2026 ran June 2–5 and the next edition is scheduled for June 1–4, 2027.
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Next edition
| Dates | Jun 1–4, 2027 source |
|---|---|
| Edition | InnoVEX 2027 |
| Venue | Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 (Area:S), Taipei, Taiwan source |
| Theme | AI & Computing; Robotics & Mobility; Next-Gen Tech |
| Timezone | Asia/Taipei |
Deadlines that matter to founders
- May 5, 2026 — InnoVEX Pitch Contest (2026 completed edition) application (passed) · apply
Ticket tiers as published
| Tier | Price | Includes | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business professionals and investors source | No visitor-badge price stated (2026). Pre-registration is described for business professionals and investors; a free TAITRA membership is required to register. | Business-professional and investor visitor pre-registration route (2026). | 2026 |
| General-public adult ticket source | NT$200 per person (2026). | General-public adult ticket (2026). | 2026 |
| Concession ticket source | NT$100 per person (2026). | Concession ticket for seniors over 65, people with disabilities and one accompanying person; available only at the exhibition (2026). | 2026 |
How founders get in
InnoVEX describes a startup exhibition built around showcases, forums, demos, pitches and networking that connects startups with business partners. The 2026 edition concluded in Taipei; the 2027 edition is announced for Taipei on 2027-06-01 to 2027-06-04. No organiser notice of cancellation, postponement, city move or renaming appears in the cited edition information.
- For InnoVEX 2027, check that the company is a technology startup established on or after 2019-01-01. Exhibitor registration opened on 2026-09-22; no closing date is stated on the registration page.
- Sign in to or create a My InnoVEX account, read the exhibition regulations and submit an online exhibitor application. The organiser reviews applications; applying alone does not guarantee a place.
- For a pavilion application, the pavilion organiser applies and invites each startup to complete its own InnoVEX registration and exhibitor information.
- After approval, pay the invoiced exhibitor fee by its stated deadline. Registration is complete only after approval and receipt of the required payment.
| Includes | Exhibitor presence and listing; individually registered startup exhibitors are eligible for free Pitch Contest and exhibitor matchmaking registration (2027). The organiser’s registration announcement links the 2027 application kit. |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | For an individual startup, the 2027 registration page specifies a technology startup established on or after 2019-01-01. Pavilion startups must also complete their own registration to be listed and qualify for the stated free contest and matchmaking registration. |
| Scholarships / free passes | No founder scholarship or free attendance pass is identified. Registered startup exhibitors may register free for the Pitch Contest and exhibitor matchmaking activities (2027); InnoVEX 2026 exhibitors were exempt from the Pitch Contest registration fee. |
| Investor pass | Use the COMPUTEX visitor pre-registration route described in the 2026 visitor information; it instructs registrants to first create a free TAITRA member account. A separate investor-pass application is not described. source |
| Investor eligibility | The 2026 visitor information addresses business professionals and investors. It does not describe a distinct investor-only pass or separate investor eligibility test. |
| Press | The official media-service page says it is under maintenance; it provides no media accreditation process or requirements. |
| Application required | No, tickets are purchased |
InnoVEX Pitch Contest (2026 completed edition)
| Prize | Grand Prize total value USD 40,000 (2026), including USD 10,000 cash (2026), a KPMG Energize Program seat and consulting, a shell-scheme booth at InnoVEX 2027, promotion and one-to-one VC-judge matchmaking. The Future Star and special awards offered their published programme, prize and partner resources (2026); total contest prize value was reported as nearly USD 180,000 (2026). source |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | For 2026, participating startups had to be founded after 2018-01-01, or be academic/research teams planning to establish a company. Exhibitors were exempt from the contest registration fee; non-exhibitors had to pay. The preliminary selection was online; finalists had to pitch in person in Taiwan. |
| Application deadline | May 5, 2026 source |
Winners
- RLWRLD (2026) — Grand Prize, co-sponsored by KPMG (total value USD $40,000), and KONST Cloud Award (sponsored value over USD $10,000). The Grand Prize includes USD $10,000 cash, KPMG Energize Program participation, an InnoVEX 2027 booth, promotion, VC-judge matchmaking, a trophy and certificate. source
- Quantum NIL Corporation (2026) — Future Star Award, exclusively sponsored by KPMG; includes a KPMG Energize Program workshop spot, promotion, VC matchmaking, a trophy and certificate. source
- Amelio Biomedical Co., Ltd. (2026) — PwC Taiwan Award: Scale Programme mentoring, business-opportunity and investor-matchmaking opportunities, and at least 10 consulting hours; sponsored resources valued at over USD $10,000. source
- Avalanche Computing Taiwan Inc (2026) — Startup Terrace Award: a six-month mentoring plan, a co-working seat for one year, business matchmaking, and promotional resources; sponsored resources valued at over USD $10,000. source
- AWL - Electricity (2026) — NVIDIA Award: NVIDIA Inception mentoring and matchmaking resources, including a one-on-one meeting opportunity with NVentures; estimated prize value over USD $10,000. source
- Diden Robotics (2026) — Okinawa Innovation Award, sponsored by the ResorTech EXPO in Okinawa Executive Committee; total value JPY 2,943,000, including cash, travel subsidy, and exhibition opportunities. source
- Leafy Lab Inc. (2026) — Applied Ventures ITIC Award (co-sponsored; includes USD $3,000 cash and a package valued at USD $10,000) and Taiwania Capital Innovation Award (USD $10,000 cash)., Ariel Yeh source
- Quobly (2026) — Tesoro VC Global Innovation Award: 10 hours of strategic mentoring, fundraising-pitch consulting, U.S.-market guidance, and introductions to Tesoro's investor and corporate-partner network. source
- Vellex Computing (2026) — Plug and Play Taiwan Award: USD $5,000 cash and USD $5,000 in accelerator-program resources, including mentoring, corporate and investor matchmaking, consulting, and promotion., Jason Poon source
Judges
- Peter Hsieh, Chief Innovation Officer at Alpha Ring International source
- Walter Liu, Investment Principal at Applied Ventures source
- Wilson Khoo, Director, Head of co-pace APAC excluding Mainland China at AUMOVIO SE co-pace GmbH source
- Meng Han Lee, Investment Director at BE Health source
- Alois Eder, Founder & CTO at Ignite Next source
- Olivier Rousseaux, Director Venture Development at imec vzw source
- García Pablos Gudén, Portfolio Manager at Investindustrial/CriteriaCaixa source
- Karen Yu, President at ITIC source
- Jora Huang, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) at Konsttech Ltd. source
- Celia Hsu, Partner at KPMG in Taiwan source
- Tony Yu, Partner at MESH Ventures source
- Ting-An Wang, Executive Secretary at National Development Fund, Executive Yuan source
- Benjamin Chan, Head of Inception Startup Program, Asia Pacific at NVIDIA source
- Jeremy Lai, Venture Associate at Plug and Play Taiwan source
- Andrew Liu, Managing Director at PwC Taiwan source
- Hirofumi KAIDA, Evangelist at ResorTech EXPO in Okinawa Executive Committee source
- Ita Lu, Managing Partner of Tech / CEE Fund at Taiwania Capital Management Corporation source
- Andy Lombard, Founder | Managing Partner at Tesoro Venture Capital source
- Daniel Wu, Vice President of Technology and Operations at The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific source
- Mike Lee, Assistant Vice President at WK Innovation source
Meeting investors there
For the 2026 online system, buyers registered an account, browsed the exhibitor list, selected a startup, time and meeting location, and sent an invitation; exhibitors used My InnoVEX to manage invitations. Meetings could be held at an exhibitor booth or in the InnoVEX Business Lounge. Pitch Contest finalists were also invited to a curated VC matchmaking session. source
| Matchmaking | COMPUTEX Online Matchmaking System (web platform); no separate official matchmaking app is identified. source |
|---|---|
| Formats | Online one-to-one meeting requests with exhibitors through the COMPUTEX Online Matchmaking System (2026). · Global Demo Day & Business Matchmaking (2026). · Top 15 Meet Up: one-to-one VC matchmaking for Pitch Contest finalists (2026). |
| Meetings arranged | 40+ one-on-one investor business-matching meetings booked for Global Demo Day (2026; booked sub-event count, not a final event-wide total) source |
| Demo day | Yes |
Investor firms the organiser lists (2026 completed edition (outcomes and program); next announced edition: 2027, scheduled June 1–4, 2027. The official post-event notice says 2026 concluded successfully.)
Omni VenturesDG Daiwa VenturesFocustech VenturesOpenspace CapitalPlug and Play TaiwanSustainable Impact Capital SVBE HealthInvestindustrial/CriteriaCaixaMESH VenturesTesoro Venture CapitalWK InnovationApplied VenturesITICTaiwania Capital Management CorporationNational Development Fund, Executive Yuan
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Who speaks (2026 completed edition (outcomes and program); next announced edition: 2027, scheduled June 1–4, 2027. The official post-event notice says 2026 concluded successfully.)
- Karen Yu, President · ITIC
- Alan Lin, Manager · Taipei Computer Association
- Alex Mei, Cofounder & CEO · CADASU
- Alexandra Dublanche, Vice President in charge of Economic Development, Attractiveness and Innovation · Paris Region
- Allen Chen, Director of Applications Engineering & Business Development, APAC · Aniah
- Amanda Liu, CEO · StarFab
- Andrew Ouderkirk, Principal & Thought Leader · IO Innovation
- Ankit J. Patel, VP Developer Ecosystem · NVIDIA
- Ariel Yeh, Cofounder and CEO · Leafy Lab Inc.
- Brian Behlendorf, Chief Technology Officer · Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)
- Cerise PHIV, Co-President · La French Tech Taiwan
- Charbel Rizk, Founder & CTO · Oculi
- Christine Jing, Business Development Consultant · Caesarea Labs
- Daniel Ha · Talent Taiwan
- Dr. Samarth Vadia, CEO and Co-Founder · Linque
- Erdenebat Usukhbayar, Doctoral Student · Kyushu Institute of Technology
- Eric Eppe · Bull
- Eta Yu, Head of Enterprise & Ecosystem · Canva China
- Eva LEIHENER-STEFAN, Managing Director · L'Oréal Taiwan
- Felix Prettejohn, Associate Director · Carbon Trust
- Fernando Garcia, Executive Vice President of International Trade and Investment · Arizona Commerce Authority
- Fumihiko Ishiyama, CEO/CxO · Everidge Co., Ltd.
- GJ Lee, Director-General · Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
- Grace Yeh, Director of Process Quality Engineering · Micron Taiwan
- Hailey Song · Millennials Works
Notable past speakers
- Ben Lee, AI Solution Specialist · Google Cloud (2025)
- Tim Lin, Senior Manager, Manufacturing AI Algorithm and Software · NVIDIA (2025)
- Kenneth Chau, CEO & Founder · MUXIC (2025)
- James Chen, Global Sales Director · SOLOMON Technology Corporation (2025)
- CJ Hsieh, COO · Aspeed Technology (2025)
- Yaron Haviv, Co-founder and CTO · Iguazio at McKinsey & Company (2025)
- Shuichiro Takahashi, Representative Director COO · Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. (2025)
Sponsors and partners
Grand Prize co-sponsor; Future Star Award 1
KPMG
Applied Ventures ITIC Award co-sponsor 2
Applied VenturesIndustrial Technology Investment Corporation (ITIC)
KONST Cloud Award 1
KONST / Konsttech
NVIDIA Award 1
NVIDIA Inception Taiwan
Okinawa Innovation Award 1
ResorTech EXPO in Okinawa Executive Committee
Plug and Play Taiwan Award 1
Plug and Play Taiwan
PwC Taiwan Award 1
PwC Taiwan
Startup Terrace Award 1
Startup Terrace
Taiwania Capital Innovation Award 1
Taiwania Capital
Tesoro VC Global Innovation Award 1
Tesoro VC
Government partners: Industrial Development Administration (IDA), Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA), Department of Industrial Technology, Administration for Digital Industries, Ministry of Digital Affairs, National Science and Technology Council (IC Taiwan Grand Challenge), Taoyuan City Government, Keelung City Government, New Taipei City Government
Startups there
Nearly 500 startups from 23 countries and regions (2026) · official startup directory
Alumni the organiser highlights
- DeepRad.AI (2025) — Grand Prize winner (2025). source
- Taiwan Polymer Material Company (2024) — Grand Prize and Special Award winner (2024). source
- Blumind Inc. (2023) — Grand Prize winner (2023). source
- Swipecool (2022) — Grand Prize winner (2022). source
- Innohale Therapeutics Ltd. (2021) — Grand Prize winner (2021). source
- MedFluid Co., Ltd (2019) — Grand Prize and Special Award winner (2019). source
- BioInspira (2018) — Grand Prize winner (2018). source
- Amaryllo International Inc. (2017) — Grand Prize winner (2017). source
- MoBagel Inc. (2016) — Grand Prize winner (2016). source
Programme
| Tracks | AI & Computing (2027) · Robotics & Mobility (2027) · Next-Gen Tech (2027) source |
|---|---|
| Side events | The 2027 show profile lists an InnoVEX Night Party, Guided Tour and Tech’em High (Happy Hour), alongside the Forum, Global Demo Day, Startup Pitches & Demo, Top 15 Meet Up and Procurement Meeting. The 2026 programme also listed Global Demo Day & Business Matchmaking and a Top 15 Meet Up. |
| Awards | Most recent completed edition — 2026: the Pitch Contest offered a Grand Prize, a Future Star Award and special awards. The Grand Prize was valued at USD 40,000 (2026), including USD 10,000 cash (2026), a KPMG Energize Program seat and consulting, a shell-scheme booth at InnoVEX 2027, promotion and VC-judge matchmaking. The organiser announced nine special awards (2026). No 2027 contest awards are stated in the published 2027 information. |
| Volunteering | No volunteer programme or volunteer pass is identified in the organiser’s published 2027 show-profile event list. |
| Official app | Taiwan Trade Shows |
Past editions, as published
| Edition | Dates | Attendees | Investors | Startups | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 source | Jun 2–5, 2026 | 44,038 domestic and international professionals (2026) | Omni Ventures; DG Daiwa Ventures; Focustech Ventures; Openspace Capital; Plug and Play Taiwan; Sustainable Impact Capital SV (2026) | Nearly 500 startup teams (2026) | recap · report · video · photos |
| 2025 source | May 20–23, 2025 | 33,851 domestic and international professionals (2025) | — | Over 450 startup teams (2025) | recap · report · video · photos |
| 2024 source | Jun 4–7, 2024 | 32,580 visitors (2024) | — | 400 startups (2024) | recap · report · photos |
| 2022 source | May 24–27, 2022 | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2023 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2021 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2019 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2018 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2017 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
| 2016 source | — | — | — | — | recap · photos |
Who attends
| Geography | Startup teams from 23 countries and regions (2026) source |
|---|---|
| Roles | Founders, Investors, Corporates, Partners |
| Stages | Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Growth, Public |
Official links and socials
Travel & apps
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to InnoVEX Pitch Contest (2026 completed edition).
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 7, 2026:
- cloudcdn.taiwantradeshows.com.tw/2022/innovex/manual/application-kit-en.pdf
- innovex.computex.biz
- innovex.computex.biz/2026/files/InnoVEX_2026_PitchContestRegulations_EN.pdf
- innovex.computex.biz/SHOW/matchmaking.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/SHOW/registration-info.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/about.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/agenda.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/matchmaking.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/media.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/newsReleaseDetails.aspx?newsId=618
- innovex.computex.biz/show/newsReleaseDetails.aspx?newsId=722
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- innovex.computex.biz/show/newsReleaseDetails.aspx?newsId=811
- innovex.computex.biz/show/photo.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/pitch-winners.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/pitch2026list.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/speaker.aspx?ID=245&showyear=2025&type=cyber
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- innovex.computex.biz/show/speakers.aspx
- innovex.computex.biz/show/videoList.aspx
- innovex.com.tw/en/calendar/393850899515CF15/info.html
- innovex.com.tw/en/menu/59460D5AE0996E85D0636733C6861689/info.html
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InnoVEX: frequently asked
When is InnoVEX 2027?
InnoVEX 2027 runs Jun 1–4, 2027 at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2, 4th floor (2026), Taipei, according to the organiser's published dates.
What is InnoVEX Pitch Contest (2026 completed edition)?
InnoVEX's pitch competition. Prize as published: Grand Prize total value USD 40,000 (2026), including USD 10,000 cash (2026), a KPMG Energize Program seat and consulting, a shell-scheme booth at InnoVEX 2027, promotion and one-to-one VC-judge matchmaking. The Future Star and special awards offered their published programme, prize and partner resources (2026); total contest prize value was reported as nearly USD 180,000 (2026).. Eligibility: For 2026, participating startups had to be founded after 2018-01-01, or be academic/research teams planning to establish a company. Exhibitors were exempt from the contest registration fee; non-exhibitors had to pay. The preliminary selection was online; finalists had to pitch in person in Taiwan.
How big is InnoVEX?
44,038 domestic and international professionals attendees (2026), Nearly 500 startup teams from 23 countries and regions startups, from Startup teams from 23 countries and regions countries, per the organiser.