StartupsHK Blog
Archived content from StartupsHK, the community that helped build Hong Kong's startup ecosystem. Explore the history, interviews, and stories from the early days of the GBA tech scene.
An Open Letter from the Founders of StartupsHK: Forward into the Greater Bay Area
It’s been ten years since a group of us went to listen to some talks by Silicon Valley people like Dave McClure at Cyberport and him telling us to start “your own ecosystem.” That story, which we’ve r...
You Are Cordially Invited to Celebrate 10 Years of StartupsHK on July 9 at The Hive with Special Guests!
In 2009, 6 entrepreneurs got together in a coffee shop in Causeway Bay to talk startups… In 2010, we produced Hong Kong’s first tech conference called Startup Saturdayat Cyberport… Later that year we ...
Startup Accelerator Betatron Increases Investment up to US$150K and Opens Applications for Cohort #5
Betatron recently announced that they’ll be investing up to US$150K into each startup for their next cohort which starts in September 2019. They’re aiming to invest in 8-12 startups with applications ...
SaaStock Lands in Hong Kong May 14-15 to Showcase Software-as-a-Service Startups
With SaaS eating the world its time to make sure you know what the market opportunities are and how, if you’re a SaaS startup, to up your game. SaaStock is a huge European conference that is kicking o...
How Startups, Investors and Community Can Get Involved with RISE 2019 This July 8-11 in Hong Kong
It’s coming again – RISE – the conference to end all tech conferences is coming back for its FIFTH year in Hong Kong and the excitement is already growing as we are ready to welcome 18,000+ attendees ...
Klook Completes US$425M Series D Funding with New Capital Raise led by Softbank Vision Fund
Klook announced it has raised US$225M in Series D+ funding. This increases the company’s total Series D funding round to US$425M. The SoftBank Vision Fund led the round with participation from existin...
Hong Kong’s 4 Fintech Unicorns: Download the Newest Whitepaper on Hong Kong’s FinTech Ecosystem Now!
WHub’s FinTech Whitepaper presents the key findings and facts as well as a comprehensive analysis of the contributing factors in the ecosystem that have solidified Hong Kong’s position as a leading gl...
Hong Kong’s 2019 Budget Allocates Big Budget to Startups
Thanks Paul Chan! For the first time since we started StartupsHK, the Hong Kong government is really coming up with the cash to support our ecosystem. Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivered...
Startup Launchpad Spring Event Focuses on Blockchain for Supply Chain and Startup Founder Education
Startup Launchpad is back and this time we sat down with Minesh Pore the Head of Startup Launchpad to give us the tour of this April’s event at Asia World Expo. Mishesh, tell us about yourself? Thanks...
Startups x UX Event: How do Successful Startups Leverage UX?
Remember a few years ago (5 actually now) when we kicked off The UX-Men – a UX-themed series of meetups? Well, we are finally back with a new event next week to get startups to look closer at UX and U...
Animoca Brands to acquire stake in leading AI accelerator Zeroth
Animoca Brands has entered into an Earn-In Agreement with Zeroth founder Tak Lo to acquire a 67% stake in Venture Classic Limited, the operational company for the artificial intelligence accelerator Z...
Betatron wraps up Cohort 3 featuring 10 startups
Earlier this month on Thursday 2nd August 2018, Betatron held its Demo Day for the ten startups in cohort 3. The event was held at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a total of 675 people registering f...
You Only Think You Know China: The 2018 China Internet Report Will Blow Your Mind
Exclusively launched at last week’s RISE conference in Hong Kong is the China Internet Report 2018. China has twice as many internet users as the total population of the United States — and it’s growi...
Hong Kong’s Betatron Launches Cohort 3 With Ten Startups
On Thursday 10th May, Betatron held a launch event to introduce the ten new startups in cohort 3. The event was held at naked Hub (Bonham Circus, 40-44 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong). Programme...
Apply Now for ‘Runway to RISE’ and Represent Hong Kong at RISE 2018
As you know, RISE – the leading technology innovation conference in Asia returns this July 9-12, 2018 at the HKCEC. This year early stage pre-seed startups can apply to Runway to RISE which visits 8 c...
Hong Kong Trade Development Council Incubator Opens Applications To Startups
Do you run a startup under five years old with less than US$10 million in funding? If so, you could be eligible for a new programme launched by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the sta...
8 Securities Receives $US 25 Million Investment under a Strategic Partnership with Nomura Asset Management
8 Securities Group announced it has agreed to receive a total of $US 25 million Series C investment from Nomura Asset Management. The investment demonstrates the promising growth and potential of robo...
Entrepreneur First expands to Hong Kong
When Silicon Valley’s Greylock Partners led Entrepreneur First‘s $12.4 million funding round in September, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman said he could see the company builder expanding to “20 or 30 or 40 ci...
Six Startups Join DBS Accelerator Hong Kong
The six startups are CUBE, cyberProductivity, DOV-E, Fractal Labs, Hyper Anna, and Privé Technologies. This brings the total number of DBS Accelerator participants to over 30 since the DBS Bank (Hong ...
AirBNB During CNY: 15,000 Guests will Stay in Hong Kong, Bringing in HKD12.5m in for Local Host Community
These are very interesting stats from AirBNB, so we thought we would share this AirBNB press release with Hong Kong startups: the tourism industry in Hong Kong is growing and besides a handful of trav...