When the networking and fiber-optics industries collapsed in 2000, VC firms around the world entered a four-year period of consolidation. Taiwan's economy was battered again in 2003 following the outbreak of SARS, and investment dried up for a time.
2000 年後，由於全球網路、光纖產業熱潮消退，全球創投業渡過長達 4 年的調整期，台灣也受波及；2003 年 SARS 又重創台灣經濟，造成投資停滯。