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.
Applications for Swire Properties’ New B2B Accelerator Program ‘Blueprint’ is Now Open for January 2015 Start
Having just launched their official website for ‘Blueprint,’ the 20,000 square foot and two-floored co-working, accelerator and event space will be based in Cornwall House in TaiKoo Place. Since Swire...
The Flipter Story: Born in Hong Kong, Grown at Cyberport, Sold to Silicon Valley
Flipter, one of Hong Kong’s startup pioneers (and voted one of HK’s Hottest Startups by HK Business), has been acquired by Silicon Valley’s 1World for an undisclosed sum. The deal was announced last w...
The Flipter Story: Born in Hong Kong, Grown at Cyberport, Sold to Silicon Valley
Flipter, one of Hong Kong’s startup pioneers (and voted one of HK’s Hottest Startups by HK Business), has been acquired by Silicon Valley’s 1World for an undisclosed sum. The deal was announced last w...
Ask the UXpert: Hiring Your First User Experience (UX) Practitoner
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/uxunicorn.png) Our Uxpert Patti Hunt has 15+ years of experience in roles spanning various disciplines of human-centered design including UX, service and stra...
Hong Kong Startup ‘Mailtime’ Officially Launches During TechCrunch Disrupt’s ‘Startup Battlefield’
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MailTime2.jpg) You know what’s exciting? Seeing people you work with leave and go start a startup! What’s even more exciting, when that person is then on the ...
Hong Kong Startup ‘Mailtime’ Officially Launches During TechCrunch Disrupt’s ‘Startup Battlefield’
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MailTime2.jpg) You know what’s exciting? Seeing people you work with leave and go start a startup! What’s even more exciting, when that person is then on the ...
Hong Kong’s ‘Nova Founders Capital’ Raises US$50 Million to Back FinTech Startups in Asia
Great news for Hong Kong FinTech! Nova Founders Capital, a global Internet investment firm headquartered in Hong Kong, has raised US $50 million from Pacific Century Group (founded by Li Ka-shing’s so...
Hong Kong Social Travel App Spottly Raises US$850,000 Seed Round to Fund Expansion Plans
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/unnamed.png) Location-based social travel app Spottly has just raised a US $850,000 seed round to back their video-focused product and to expand into new mark...
Cyberport Launches Smart-Space 3F: A 27,000 Square Foot Co-Working Space with Room for 134 Startups
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Smart.jpg) For digital and tech startups looking for a home, Cyberport has just opened the doors to its new co-working space. The 27,000 square feet Smart-Spa...
Cyberport Launches Smart-Space 3F: A 27,000 Square Foot Co-Working Space with Room for 134 Startups
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Smart.jpg) For digital and tech startups looking for a home, Cyberport has just opened the doors to its new co-working space. The 27,000 square feet Smart-Spa...
Get HK$100,000 in Funding for Your Startup: Applications for the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund Now Open
If you’re a young upstart with a great idea but not many resources, the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund might be the place to start. The CCMF is a seed fund for creative and innovative tech startups sti...
Uber and AirBNB Share their Thoughts on the ‘Sharing Economy’ on 22 September in Hong Kong
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/collaborative-consumption.jpg) Airbnb, an apartment-sharing platform, and Uber, a peer-to-peer payment ride service, are both startups-turned-global companies...
5 Questions with Jerome Tam, Co-Founder of Rush Hour Media
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rushhourfounders2.jpg) Rush Hour Media co-founders Jerome Tam (pictured right in above image) and Jake Sharp met at the University of Leeds, where they were s...
How Will Apple’s New Watch and iPhone 6 Change Hong Kong Startups?
Apple launched their new iDevices today in Cupertino – specifically 2 new bigger iPhones and an Apple Watch the phones due in Hong Kong next week and the Watch in early 2015. Both of these new devices...
How Will Apple’s New Watch and iPhone 6 Change Hong Kong Startups?
Apple launched their new iDevices today in Cupertino – specifically 2 new bigger iPhones and an Apple Watch the phones due in Hong Kong next week and the Watch in early 2015. Both of these new devices...
New Google x CUHK Study Says Hong Kong’s Startup Scene Has Grown 300% Since 2009
A joint study done by Google and CUHK’s Center for Entrepreneurship shows that Hong Kong’s startup scene has grown almost 300% since 2009. The study surveyed over 600 young entrepreneurs, interviewed ...
New Google x CUHK Study Says Hong Kong’s Startup Scene Has Grown 300% Since 2009
A joint study done by Google and CUHK’s Center for Entrepreneurship shows that Hong Kong’s startup scene has grown almost 300% since 2009. The study surveyed over 600 young entrepreneurs, interviewed ...
Neighbourhood Social Network MyFlat.HK Launches New Pilot Programs to Jumpstart Two Hong Kong Communities
Despite being one of the most densely populated places in the world, with 6,650 people crammed into one square kilometer, most Hong Kongers can attest to not knowing their neighbors. MyFlat.HK, Hong K...
Hong Kong’s Fundraising Frenzy: ‘Cyberport Pitch Day’ and ‘CoCoon Pitch Finals’
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Andrew-Pang-and-EventXtra.jpg) Last Thursday was a pitch-filled day for Hong Kong as startups battled it out at ‘Cyberport Pitch Day for Tech Startups’ and ‘C...
Mobile Startup Snaptee Has Raised US $750,000 to Boost US and Japan Expansion Plans
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/snapteepic.jpg) Custom t-shirt design app Snaptee has raised US $750,000 from a group of Hong Kong and Southeast Asian investors. New to this round include Ho...