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.
UX for Startups: Affordance In Product Design In Everyday Life
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ux-diagram.png) Last month I happened to meet two people who have different problems in using their iPhones. This is not the first time that people have asked...
The Loft is Kowloon’s Newest 8,000 Square Feet Co-Working Space in San Po Kong
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Screenshot-2013-12-13-11.30.52.png) Where there is need, there is a way. More and more co-working spaces are coming to rescue the ever-growing Hong Kong start...
Cyberport Announces HK$200 Million Investment to Foster IT Legends
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/117.jpg) Hong Kong’s very own creative digital community Cyberport announced this week its latest three-year strategic plan with further investment of HK$200 ...
Hong Kong’s Biggest Social Media Christmas Party “X’Mas Social 2013” on 18 December
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/xmassocial.jpg) What are you doing to celebrate Christmas this year? How about a big get-together bringing together 4 of the biggest tech groups in Hong Kong ...
Google and CUHK “Empowering Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) Program” Now Open for Applications
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/program.png) Last month, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited Hong Kong and announced that Google will be partnering with The Chinese University of ...
The Amazing UXHK 2014 Is Coming on 6-8 March at the Innocentre
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img-83.jpg) More and more people are coming to understand the significant value of good user experience whether they are making a product or just being a user...
Enterprise Tech Accelerator Venturetec Launches At The StartmeupHK Venture Forum
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/photo.png) On the StartmeupHK Venture Forum of this week, enterprise tech accelerator Venturetec launched with the aim of bringing together the corporate and ...
TEDxHong Kong Returns 14 December at the AsiaWorld Expo SkyCity Marriott Hotel
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/82434411029a83024c67.jpg) If you think you’ll have recovered from StartMeUp Week 2013 by next Monday then get ready for TEDxHONGKONG on 14 of December! The TE...
Startups From Hong Kong Shine at TechCrunch Shanghai
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/twhk.jpg) Together with 11 awesome Hong Kong startups, we went to the TechCrunch Shanghai 2013 earlier this month and we hit it out of the park. It was a huge...
Hong Kong-Based Wearable Tech Startup Digi-Care Building A Lightweight Healthcare Wristband With Long Battery Life
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ERI1.jpg) Healthcare tech has been getting a facelift as the wearables space teems with competition. Seasoned players and startup companies alike are all tink...
Hong Kong’s Original Entrepreneur Allan Zeman to Kick Off Best ICT Startup Award at Hard Rock Cafe
Let’s get this party started in Lan Kwai Fong with the guy who started Lan Kwai Fong! The StartMeUp Week Hong Kong 2013, the citywide celebration of HK startups ever assembled is just around the corne...
It’s Time to Empower Hong Kong Entrepreneurs: Join the Startup MBA Bootcamp Program From 2-7 December
Simon Squibb, CEO of NEST, an investment incubator based in Hong Kong tells us about a new bootcamp he is putting together for the Hong Kong community: Having been an angel investor for over 18 years,...
CoCoon Pitch Nights Have Raised HK$11,500,000 for Startups; Next Event on 28 November
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20130926191012.jpg) It is amazing that so far in 2013, CoCoon Pitch Night entrepreneurs have received over HK$11,500,000 in funding from investors they met at...
5 Questions with Scott Bowler, Founder of Calltracking.hk
We sat down with Scott Bowler a 9 year marketing veteran with a career spanning the UK, Africa and Asia to talk about his just recently launched startup that helps advertisers get the most bang for th...
The Success of the First H3 Has Everything to Do with the Huge Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem
The Joker once said “madness is a lot like gravity, all it takes is a little push,” and as we like to equate “madness” with “startups” – we decided to create H3. Last week we held our first H3 event –...
Hong Kong Needs More Mentors: Mentor Networking Event at Retro Spot On 19 Nov
What is your definition of a MENTOR? Did you find your mentor or are you still looking for him/her? Almost every successful founder has one or more influential mentors that backed them up behind the s...
Divide’s David Zhu Named Silicon Dragon’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2013’
You disrupt the enterprise, people take notice! Last night at the Silicon Dragon Awards reception at the KPMG offices in Causeway Bay, founder Rebecca Fannin gave out 2 awards under her Silicon Dragon...
Networking Afternoon Tea Event with Deloitte’s Fast Tech 500 Award Winners on 5 December
The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is presenting an exclusive networking afternoon tea event inviting Hong Kong Startups to meet the winners of Deloitte’s Fast Tech 500 award, which rates the 500 fastes...
5 Questions With Spottly, A Social Travel App That Helps You Share Your Favorite Places
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E6%88%AA%E5%9C%96-2013-10-28-00.35.28.png) Remember Spottly, one of the top 10 startups who showcased at our past Startup Saturday: Mobilli...
Hong Kong’s First Google Digicamp at ArtisTree
ArtisTree hosted Hong Kong’s first ever Google DigiCamp on Wednesday. If you’re having trouble visualizing this, think 20,000 square feet of sensory overload: larger than life 3D brand logos (YouTube,...