The risks of investment in high-technology and its unpopularity with private investors, meant that in the earlydays the government had to assign the Development Fund and the Bank of Communications to take care of strategic investment in that area. Thesedays the rise of venture capital firms has given a great boost to technology investment, and even privately held capital is vying for a piece of the action.
早期高科技投資因風險性大，民間投資意願不高，政府必須指定行政院開發基金和交通銀行，負起政策性投資的任務；至今創業投資公司興起，成為推動高科技投資的主角，甚至民間私人資金也積極尋求管道，競相投入。