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.
Startup Spaces: The Newest Co-Working Spaces in Hong Kong
In the past 18 months, co-working spaces have been cropping up faster than we can count them, addressing the issue of high rents and lack of space in Hong Kong. This is great news for the local ecosys...
Hong Kong’s Verxigo Raises US $25,000 on Bigcolors, a Crowdfunding Platform That Helps Startups Secure Funding
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Verxigo2.png) Verxigo, a startup focused on globally connected co-working spaces, reached its goal of US $25,000 in exchange for a 5% stake on Bigcolors last ...
UX-Men: How To Get Overseas Users To Test Your Design Remotely
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Top-photo.jpg) Many people know that usability testing can help them refine their website/app design effectively. However, they have not incorporated usabilit...
UX-Men: How To Get Overseas Users To Test Your Design Remotely
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Top-photo.jpg) Many people know that usability testing can help them refine their website/app design effectively. However, they have not incorporated usabilit...
Programming Project CodeClub Comes to Primary Schools Across Hong Kong And Needs Your Help
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/codeclub-1.jpg) CodeClub, a project kicked off by volunteers who set up after-school clubs that teach young children how to programme computers. Aiming to ins...
Introducing Our Kickstarter Speakers for the Upcoming Startup Saturday Crowdfunding Hong Kong 2014
Did you know there are a lot of super-successful Kickstarter campaigns that originated from Hong Kong? Crowdfunding on Kickstarter is a speedy way to harness the power of the crowd. By rallying the we...
Learn How to Startup for Less than the Cost of an iPhone 5s at Retro Spot on 22 January
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/retrospotevents-001.jpg) Here’s a message for newly joined entrepreneurs in this city: “You can startup for less than the cost of an iPhone 5s!” Yes, this is ...
5 Questions With Alex So, Founder of FastlanePro
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AW-Photo.jpg) Alex So is a co-founder of FastLanePro Hk, a tech savvy professional accounting firm which serves the startup community. He is passionate in pro...
Open Data Hong Kong Co-founder Mart Van de Ven Explains What Open Data is and Why It Matters
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MartODHK.jpg) Meet Mart Van de Ven: programmer by trade, instructor at General Assembly and one half of the co-founding duo behind Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK)....
Hong Kong-based HotelQuickly Expands to Three Metropolitan Cities in The Phillipines
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hotelquickly.jpg) HotelQuickly, the hotel booking app that offers last-minute deals across Asia, has expanded to the Philippines. Those travelling through the...
Hong Kong-Based Recruit.Net Launches a New Job Search Tool With Deep Social Integration
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/maneck-green.jpg) As Google and Ipsos Media CT revealed in a joint study in August, Hong Kong tops the APAC charts in smartphone internet usage and we discove...
Startup Saturday: Crowdfunding Hong Kong 2014 is on 25 January at The Landmark
[](http://crowdfunding2014.eventbrite.com) Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, RocketHub, FringeBacker, Big Colors, Crowdrise, Quirky, AngelList – crowdfunding is definitely the future of getting your ideas off t...
Startup Saturday: Crowdfunding Hong Kong 2014 is on 25 January at The Landmark
[](http://crowdfunding2014.eventbrite.com) Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, RocketHub, FringeBacker, Big Colors, Crowdrise, Quirky, AngelList – crowdfunding is definitely the future of getting your ideas off t...
Help Hong Kong Startups with An Ecosystem Survey and Best Startup Nomination
Got a few minutes to support the Hong Kong ecosystem? Help InvestHK with your input for a report by Ernst & Young about Hong Kong’s ecosystem and vote for the Best Hong Kong startup at the ICT awards ...
Iris Capital’s Nicolas du Cray Talks About China’s Ecosystem and Gives Advice To Hong Kong Startups
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Nicolas.jpg) Having lived and worked in Beijing’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for 11 years, investor Nicolas du Cray is no stranger to the Chinese startup scene...
It’s All About the Bitcoins: Another Tech Startup Investment for Hong Kong’s Li Ka-Shing
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/bitcoinlinet.jpg) Li Ka-Shing, Asia’s wealthiest man, knows what the future looks like: virtual currency. Having backed a number of tech startups early in the...
15 Hong Kong Entrepreneurial & Technology Networking Groups You Should Know in 2014
As 2014 is just around the corner, and you’re planning your New Year’s Resolutions – we’re sure that every entrepreneur has “more networking” on their list of things to do more of in 2014 in Hong Kong...
15 Hong Kong Entrepreneurial & Technology Networking Groups You Should Know in 2014
As 2014 is just around the corner, and you’re planning your New Year’s Resolutions – we’re sure that every entrepreneur has “more networking” on their list of things to do more of in 2014 in Hong Kong...
5 Questions With Sopheap Lao, CEO of Mobexo
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screenshot-2013-12-13-14.19.25.png) Sopheap Lao is an international serial entrepreneur and a father of 4, who was born in a Chinese-Cambodian-Vietnamese fami...
5 Questions with Simon Siu, Founder of Flytaxi
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/media-20131212.jpg) Today we have Simon Siu, founder of Hong Kong taxi app Flytaxi who has years’ experience in leading mobile projects. Simon is a passionate...