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.
Mind Fund Studio Granted US Patent for New Mobile App
Mind Fund Studio, a Hong Kong based software development company, has been granted a US patent for novel swipe gestures. The patent covers multi-select gestures used in Mind Fund Studio’s new task man...
Report: The True State of Early Stage Funding in Hong Kong
You may have seen reports floating around on the interwebs on the current state of Hong Kong funding, from ill-advised infographics to strangely sourced global reports. So we decided to call up James ...
Report: The True State of Early Stage Funding in Hong Kong
You may have seen reports floating around on the interwebs on the current state of Hong Kong funding, from ill-advised infographics to strangely sourced global reports. So we decided to call up James ...
Hong Kong’s First Consumer IoT Summit Welcomes over 1,000 Guests from Around the World
Last week we welcomed Brinc’s LAUNCH Summit which was the first dedicated IoT conference in Hong Kong and it was a pretty huge event for Asia’s IoT scene as it welcome speakers and attendees from arou...
Hong Kong’s Advantages over Singapore in the Startup Game
Having lived both in Hong Kong and Singapore, perhaps this is one of the most often asked question: Which is better, Hong Kong or Singapore? You’ll find loads of blogs and banter, even charts and list...
Report: Hong Kong is 5th Fastest Growing Startup Ecosystem; Ranks 25th in the World
“Hong Kong is fully capable of successfully developing a strong startup ecosystem. Its number one priority is to help its entrepreneurs catch up to global knowhow.” To close out last week’s StartMeUp ...
The #1 Startup Ecosystem in the World
What is the best startup ecosystem? There’s no shortage of reports trying to answer that question. Take your pick for 2015. We crave these lists because our education system, culture and business worl...
StartMeUp Festival 2016 Takes Over Hong Kong Next Week
InvestHK has decided to pump up their activities for this year’s StartMeUp Festival 2016 by having some of the ecosystem pitch in for events next week. So here is a list of stuff you should be looking...
Brinc’s LAUNCH Summit is Hong Kong’s First Consumser IoT Conference; January 27-28
Next week is the StartmeupHK Festival orgaznied by InvestHK – one of the major events will be the Brinc LAUNCH Summit taking place 27th and 28th January 2016 at PMQ, Central, Hong Kong. The 2-day even...
Brinc’s LAUNCH Summit is Hong Kong’s First Consumser IoT Conference; January 27-28
Next week is the StartmeupHK Festival orgaznied by InvestHK – one of the major events will be the Brinc LAUNCH Summit taking place 27th and 28th January 2016 at PMQ, Central, Hong Kong. The 2-day even...
Looking Back to the Future on the Hong Kong Startup Scene
As a startup ecosystem champion and connector I get asked to do many interviews about startups in Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific (i’m in fact going to be talking about this at the East Meets West 2016 con...
3 Mobile Startups to Represent Hong Kong at MCAP 2016 in Honolulu
We’re very excited to have 3 fresh new mobile startups from Hong Kong at the Mobile Challenge Asia Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii next week. The Mobile Challenge Asia Pacific (MCAP) is a mobile startup c...
From Canada to Hong Kong: A Founder’s View of Hong Kong’s Startup Community
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1-qSlXGj8hGsaHIJEHP2xkZA.jpg) With an average of eight unicorns born each year (companies worth over $1B) throughout each of the past 10 years, it’s no surpri...
The 2nd Annual Postmortem Conference Showcases the Best Startup Failures, Pivots and Missed Opportunities
Failure is part of life, and we will always keep failing, but few things are worse than repeating the failures of others. Learn from their mistakes, take the path less walked, it might end up being th...
The Seed of an Idea to Seed Funding: The Startup Journey of Hiring Screen
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG6845.jpeg) We were happy to hear of HiringScreen.com’s round of funding and wanted to find out more – this is Hiring Screen CEO and Co-Founder Richard Hans...
The RISE Will Be Televised: Videos of John Collison, Matt Mullenweg and YOU from #RISEconf
There were lines to get into the centerstage to watch the talks from people like Tony Conrad, Liam Casey, Sonny Vu, Matt Mullenweg and more at RISE – if you were one of those too busy networking and m...
The Startups Have Risen: Hong Kong Startup Community Weighs in on #RISEconf
We went out and asked a bunch of people that helped make RISE such a huge success their thoughts on the whole event and we got back a bunch of tweets, Instagram photos and just an outpouring of emotio...
Applications for First Cohort in Environmental Accelerator SOW Asia on Now
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/100146216599387307387681041767909n.jpeg) Over the past decade, social entrepreneurship has been the talk of town. How can we do well and do good? Entrepreneur...
Goxip Wins BreakthroughHK at RISE: The Victory Interview
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG2898.jpeg) One of the exciting things about RISE was Paddy Cosgrave’s impetus to include as much of Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem into the actual event as ...
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the RISE Conference Became THE Startup Event in Asia on its Inaugural Outing
Photo by Teigi Lee. I first met Paddy Cosgrave a few months ago at a China Club dinner organised by Anson Bailey at KPMG and little did I know that was going to lead to the biggest startup conference ...