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.
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E5%BF%AB%E7%85%A7-2013-10-03-3.31.55-PM.png) Editor’s Note: From this week on, we are going to bring you a series feature reports on all th...
It makes sense to be covered in the South China Morning Post and HK Business but when lifestyle periodicals Time-Out and HK Magazine start covering the startup scene in Hong Kong, it sounds like we’ve...
In a few short weeks the largest Mobile App Hackathon, ever is coming to Hong Kong: AngelHack Fall 2013. Over 30 cities and 6,000 developers will join in to build stronger developer ecosystem around t...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/slide-1-638-1.jpg) This November the OpenStack Summit will bring together the brightest technical minds to discuss the future of cloud computing on 5-8th, in ...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/SocialInnovation2.jpg) Social Innovation Camp comes to Hong Kong 25-27th October! Hey, change makers around the city! Startup Hong Kong, Bonza Pie and Softlay...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pitch-day-image.png) Good day startups! How’s everything? Just a reminder to the entrepreneurs who are looking to make their mark in Hong Kong and are interes...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bigstock-Kitchen-Background-32954036.jpg) If you’re new to the food business in Hong Kong, you probably find the sky-high costs of setting up a commercially l...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bigstock-Funding-Concept-38367892.jpg) This month has witnessed a lot of exciting things in the Hong Kong startup community, today we are thrilled to share an...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mobilliance-edmfinal-fixed.jpg) We’re happy to open up registration now for Startup Saturday: Mobilliance 2013. We’re bringing back our wildly popular Startup...
Good news for HK Startups! Next month from 9-11th Oct, Cyberport is bringing a group of VCs to Hong Kong. Part of the event is a Cyberport Speaker Series themed as the “Fundraising in Silicon Valley“....
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jpeg.jpeg) Summer is leaving us, in the coming fall we have new Pitch Events! CoCoon Pitch Night Series is holding its semi-finals for the new season on Septe...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen568x568-1.jpeg) Guess who’s featured in US App Store Life Style section main banner#1 as well as the main banners on App Store Home Page in other 13 cou...
I just came back from being totally Disrupted! As part of my work with SoftLayer Catalyst I just spent 5 days at the biggest startup event in the world – the TechCrunch Disrupt conference from Sept 7-...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2.jpg) Hi there, I am now writing this post in a spacious sunny room with good coffee and cute potted plants around. Outside the window I can oversee the heri...
If you can get 300+ Hongkongers to take an entire day off work to attend a sell-out conference on innovation then I would hardly say entrepreneurship in this town is dead. On the contrary, it’s alive,...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/%E8%9E%A2%E5%B9%95%E5%BF%AB%E7%85%A7-2013-09-09-3.29.22-PM.png) A common question that my clients ask me is: My customers use a few features on my website onl...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DSC5966.jpg) Concerned about the future of Hong Kong’s ecosystem, the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong (BPF) gathered thought leaders, inves...
Just in case you missed it before and want to get an instant snapshot of the Hong Kong Startup Community, StartupsHK co-founder and Community Development Manager for SoftLayer’s Catalyst program in As...
There are many intelligent and potentially huge startups in Hong Kong, but they have been restricted to grow and move up by the lack of funding currently available by angel investors locally. Two new ...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/TPeDM.jpg) An Innovation Conference Tipping Point held by Business Professional Federation (BPF) is just around the corner in the city. This conference is to ...
