About Anchor Digital Technology

The value of technology
is giving every voice the chance to be understood.

We believe that leaving home to work in another country should never mean losing the ability to understand the system, speak up about problems, and protect yourself. And companies shouldn't have to wait until a problem turns into a conflict, a complaint, or an external risk before they see it for the first time.

Meet HomeSEA

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Social issues research
Business & finance
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Software engineering

Why we started

Everyone who comes to work in a foreign country brings hopes for a better life. But for many migrant workers, a contract they can't read, a pay slip that doesn't add up, or a moment when they don't know who to turn to can slowly turn a small, solvable problem into one that's hard to undo.

That's why we founded Anchor Digital Technology and began building HomeSEA. Through multilingual digital tools, we want to make complex information easy to understand, help problems that are hard to put into words get expressed clearly, and let companies and government spot needs earlier and offer help.

What HomeSEA wants to build isn't just another information platform. It's a connection that lets migrant workers, companies, and government truly understand one another.

Why we started

Migrant workers in Taiwan may face contracts, pay slips, and official information they can't read. When something goes wrong at work, in the dormitory, or in daily life, they often don't know whether to turn to the employer, the broker, the government, or a civil society organization.

Employers, meanwhile, have already set up complaint channels and training programs. But language gaps, scattered information, and vague descriptions can keep them from learning in time what migrant workers are actually struggling with.

The migrant workers crossing the hall of Taipei Main Station are someone's parents, someone's children. But when they get lost in a maze of language and paperwork, there is often no one beside them.
“My Chinese isn't good. I'm a little scared.”
— A migrant worker, three years in Taiwan
That fear means that when a contract is unfair or a dispute breaks out, they have no choice but to lean on a single channel. And when no one answers, some are pushed into the black hole of going missing.
873,347
Migrant workers in Taiwan (as of March 2026): roughly one in every 27 people in Taiwan is a migrant worker.
Source: Ministry of Labor statistics, end of March 2026(opens in a new window)
94,919
Missing migrant workers rose from 80,331 in 2022 to 94,919 in 2025, or 10.96% of all migrant workers.
Source: National Immigration Agency statistics on missing migrant workers, December 2025(opens in a new window)
Under current rules, a worker who is absent for three consecutive working days and cannot be reached must be reported by the employer. Once the employment permit is revoked, a worker without legal help can be pushed toward illegal work and a second round of exploitation.
Regulation: Ministry of Labor procedure for reporting and handling missing migrant workers(opens in a new window)
So that no migrant worker is forced to go missing inside the maze of the system, we built HomeSEA: a multilingual digital platform centered on understanding the system and guiding the next step.
Through the AI Document Assistant, multilingual explanations of the law, and real-time help guides, HomeSEA helps migrant workers quickly understand their situation at the critical moment and find a legal, workable next step.
For us, “SEA” carries two meanings. It stands for Southeast Asia, where our mothers came from. And it is the sea itself, the one that links Taiwan to Southeast Asia and carries countless migrant workers across.
“It makes me feel hopeful about life in Taiwan, because when I run into a problem, I can look it up in here.”
— A migrant worker, looking at the app prototype・Home is wherever the heart finds peace
“ In the same sea, we find home. ”
HomeSEA will be the navigator on these waters: information to end fear, a platform to protect rights.

Our mission

Lower the barriers and build clear, traceable processes.

Through multilingual digital tools, we lower the language, information, and institutional barriers migrant workers face, and help companies and government build communication and service processes that are clearer, more timely, and easier to track.

Our vision

Cross-border workers who feel secure in daily life and know where the next step is.

A digital environment where cross-border workers can live with peace of mind, understand their rights, and get the right help.

Our core values

Understanding

Information shouldn't just be delivered. It should be truly understood by the people who use it.

Prevention

Problems get spotted and handled earlier, before they get worse.

Connection

More effective ways for migrant workers, companies, government, and civil society organizations to communicate.

Trust

Every service is designed to be lawful, secure, and respectful of personal data.

About the team

Anchor Digital Technology was co-founded by members from National Chengchi University and Ming Chuan University, with backgrounds in business planning, social issues research, financial analysis, product design, and software engineering.

The team has long focused on migrant worker rights, cross-language information, and workforce management. Through interviews with migrant workers, companies, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders, we keep refining where HomeSEA is headed.

Ministry of Education U-start

The team received a Phase 1 grant from the U-start Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program.

Startup Star Finalist

Selected as one of the top six finalists in the Economic Daily News 10th Startup Competition.

We keep calibrating the product through discovery interviews and field pilots, so the technology responds to real situations instead of presuming answers on users' behalf.

Let's make every problem clear, together

Let's make cross-language communication clearer and more timely, together.

If you serve migrant workers on the front line, manage a multilingual team, or want to pilot a new service process with us, we'd love to hear about your experience.

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Bạn là người lao động?・Ikaw ba ay migrant worker?

Glad you're here.

HomeSEA is a multilingual navigator built for migrant workers in Taiwan, so everyone can understand their rights and find the next step in their own language.

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