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.
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...
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...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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 ...
[](/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 ...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
