IC Taiwan Grand Challenge Award Ceremony & Unveil

June 2, 2026 15:00-17:30 click to share

InnoVEX Center Stage

Since its launch in 2024, the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge, organized by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), has completed four batches of global startup recruitment and selected nearly 20 promising domestic and international startups.

Through Taiwan’s strong semiconductor ecosystem, the competition aims to support the development of innovative IC applications worldwide and attract global startups, thereby accelerating industrial innovation and transformation within the Taiwanese industry.
The 4th Batch winners were recently announced, featuring 11 outstanding startups from the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Taiwan. Their innovations span AI chips, smart manufacturing, sustainability, smart mobility, and related fields.
The event gathers the winning teams of ICTGC Batch 4 to celebrate their achievements and showcase their innovative technologies and potential industry applications. Industry experts and investors are invited to connect with startups, creating opportunities for exposure and collaboration.

*The event is conducted in English.

Agenda

14:30 - 15:00 Registration
Registration
15:00 - 15:10 Remark
Opening Remark
15:10 - 15:20 Group Photo
ICTGC Award Ceremony & Group Photo
15:20 - 15:30 Pitch
Moving the Edge from Imaging to Vision
Charbel Rizk Founder & CTO, Oculi
15:30 - 15:40 Pitch
TL-RAM: High capacity next generation cache memory
Taiki Sato CEO, TopoLogic Inc.
15:40 - 15:50 Pitch
AI moves in weeks. Chips take years. Leafy closes the gap.
Ariel Yeh Cofounder and CEO, Leafy Lab Inc.
15:50 - 16:00 Pitch
LATCHES™: The Battery Hidden in Plain Sight
Shantonio Birch Founder & CEO, ThermoVerse Inc.
16:00 - 16:10 Pitch
Scaling compute sustainably with next frontier chip cooling
Marc Ottolini CEO, Infiniflux Ltd.
16:10 - 16:20 Pitch
One Platform for Tape-Out ERC: OneCheck + Amigo AI for trusted mixed-signal verification
Allen Chen Director of Applications Engineering & Business Development, APAC, Aniah
16:20 - 16:30 Pitch
Powering next-generation Defense and Semiconductor Equipment through advanced hardware design and proprietary FPGA IP
LIU KENG WEI Project Manager, RockCore Technology Co., Ltd.
16:30 - 16:40 Pitch
Semiconductor post-silicon validation EDA
Moshe Noy CEO, Caesarea Labs
16:40 - 16:50 Pitch
AI Infrastructure powered by Photonics
Dr. Samarth Vadia CEO and Co-Founder, Linque
16:50 - 17:00 Pitch
Vessel, Autonomy, Computing: Building the Full Stack of Maritime Autonomy with Taiwan
Phil Ho Co-founder & CEO, STR8 Industries
17:00 - 17:10 Pitch
Vellex Computing: Ultra-Low-Power AI Training
Jason Poon Co-Founder, Vellex Computing
17:10 - 17:30 Networking
Networking

Speakers

Ariel Yeh's photo

Ariel Yeh

Leafy Lab Inc.

Jason Poon's photo

Jason Poon

Vellex Computing

LIU KENG WEI's photo

LIU KENG WEI

RockCore Technology Co., Ltd.

Marc Ottolini's photo

Marc Ottolini

Infiniflux Ltd.

Moshe Noy's photo

Moshe Noy

Caesarea Labs

Phil Ho's photo

Phil Ho

STR8 Industries

Shantonio Birch's photo

Shantonio Birch

ThermoVerse Inc.

Taiki Sato's photo

Taiki Sato

TopoLogic Inc.