New Taiwan-Japan Fund Daily Capital Launches at TIFFCOM

A new fund for film and television projects made by Taiwanese and Japanese teams has launched on the opening day of TIFFCOM, the industry market held alongside the Tokyo International Film Festival. The fund, Daily Capital, aims to raise NT$100 million, about $3.1 million, according to Variety.

Its founder, Chang Chen-yu, said the fund expects to begin operations by the end of the year. Fundraising has reached 70% of the target. Daily Capital plans to invest in at least five projects across film, television and animation over its first two years.

The fund also aims to recover its primary capital within three years. In plain terms, that means getting back the money it puts into each project before any profits are shared out. Investors who back a film or series often wait for that first repayment, so the timetable matters to them as much as the size of the pot.

On the Japanese side, Daily Capital has named K2 Pictures and Remow as co-development partners. Co-development means the companies work together on a project's early stages, such as the script and the plan for production, before filming starts. K2 Pictures was founded by producer Kii Muneyuki.

The fund's first announced investment is a series called Love Ends in Bloom. It is a 10-episode historical romance set in 1930s Chiayi and Alishan, two places in Taiwan. Juliana Hsu wrote it and Sun Jie-heng directs. Filming is slated to begin in February 2027, with a mid-2028 release targeted. The project was earlier presented at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, according to a 2025 Variety report.

Co-productions, where companies in two countries share the cost and the work, are often shaped at markets like TIFFCOM. Meetings there can lead to funding deals and partnerships that take years to reach a screen. Daily Capital's launch puts money and partners in place at that early stage. Its first project is still years from audiences, and the fund's targets are plans, not results yet.