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.
Hong Kong Crowdfunding Platform ‘LIKEfunding’ Converts Facebook ‘Likes’ to Cash For Charities and Creative Projects
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/likefunding.png) Whether used by your average netizen to spread local news or by foreign brands who want to engage with customers in China, social networks ar...
Neighborhood Social Network ‘MyFlat.HK’ Rebrands As ‘Around’ As They Plot Global Expansion Plans
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Around.png) When launching your startup, you have customer acquisition, product development and fundraising on the brain and so branding often falls by the wa...
Data & Analytics Aficionados Rejoice: the MeasureCamp Unconference is Coming to Hong Kong 17 January
Looks like startups had better make sure to relax over the Christmas holiday as it looks like we have a power-packed January for events. Our good friend Cedric Delzanne is bringing Measurecamp to Hong...
StartupBootCamp FinTech Pitch Day Comes to Hong Kong on 27 January
The Financial Technology or FinTech scene keeps getting hotter and hotter in the city that was built for it in Asia. So its no surprise that more events revolving around this industry are happening in...
Hong Kong Legal Startup Dragon Law Soft Launches Their Legal Services Platform to Help Startups
One of the most often questions we get at StartupsHK is: Can you introduce me to a startup friendly lawyer? As a first-time founder, you may not be too familiar on the legal aspects of your startup. I...
Ask the UXpert: How to Demonstrate the Value and Impact of Investing in User Experience?
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/patti-in-workshop.jpg) Our UXpert Patti Hunt who has 15+ years of experience in roles spanning various disciplines of human-centered design including UX, serv...
Meet Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Here’: A Team of Student Interaction Designers That Accidentally Built a Startup
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/umbrella4.jpg) After we learned about Sensbeat, the team of HKUST students that built a startup while juggling full-time studies (and still managed to graduat...
PolyU Announces Two New Funding Programs For Hong Kong Startups; Grants of Up to HK$1 Million
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/polyu.png) PolyU announced two new funding programs to support tech startups last week, on top of their existing ‘Micro Fund’ and ‘STEFG-PolyU China Entrepren...
StartupsHK Meetup on Tuesday With Gabriella Draney, the Co-Founder of Dallas-Based B2B Accelerator Tech Wildcatters
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Draney.jpg) Earlier this year, Cyberport led a delegation of Hong Kong startups to the US where they got to check out Silicon Valley’s culture and mingle with...
StartupsHK Meetup on Tuesday With Gabriella Draney, the Co-Founder of Dallas-Based B2B Accelerator Tech Wildcatters
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Draney.jpg) Earlier this year, Cyberport led a delegation of Hong Kong startups to the US where they got to check out Silicon Valley’s culture and mingle with...
Hong Kong’s Nest Investment Teams Up With AIA to Launch an Accelerator For Wearable Healthcare Startups
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/aia.png) This year has stirred Hong Kong into an accelerator-launching frenzy as many corporates seize the opportunity to enter the tech investment space. Bes...
Here They GoGo Again: Hong Kong’s GoGoVan Raises US$10 Million in Strategic Investment to Enter China
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gogovan.jpg) GoGoVan, Hong Kong’s homegrown success story, has raised an additional US $10 million from RenRen Inc. “The Facebook of China” took a 10% stake i...
The Future Past Will Be Televised: Video from Startups of Future Past Now Available
Happy Friday startup community! For those that missed our final big event of the year ‘Startups of Future Past’, which was a part of Hong Kong’s very epic Startmeup Week 2014, we’ve got you covered. A...
StartMeUpHK Week 2014: Taking the Hong Kong Startup Scene to New Heights
It’s an understatement to say that Startmeup Week 2014 was a doozy. With 48 events for entrepreneurs, hackers, investors, innovators, techies and the like funneled into 5 days, we all needed a little ...
Round-Up of Our Final Big Event of the Year ‘Startups of Future Past’ – Part of StartMeUp Week 2014
How was your Startmeup Week 2014? Hong Kong’s ecosystem collectively pulled out all stops to showcase technology and entrepreneurship last week, as our city hosted a dizzying total of 48 events in jus...
Bitcoin Explained: George Harrap, Founder of ‘Bitspark’ Shares his FAQs About the Complex Virtual Currency
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/bitcoin.jpg) This is a guest post from George Harrap, the founder and CEO of Bitcoin startup Bitspark. Bitcoin. You may have heard of it before in a number of...
Applications For New B2B Accelerator ‘blueprint’ Closes November 20th; Which 10 Startups Will Make The Cut?
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/blueprintteam.jpg) If you’re a B2B startup looking for a boost, don’t forget to send in an application to ‘blueprint’ before November 20th! The six-month prog...
StartupsHK Presents ‘Startups of Future Past’ – a Stroll Down Hong Kong Startup Memory Lane on 12 November
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/startupshk.jpg) Whether you were in Hong Kong when BootHK first arrived on the scene, or showed up and had over 20 to choose from – you’re still here to witne...
Hong Kong Startup Vet Michael Michelini Announces SocialAgent.me Acquisition
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/startupasiasingaporesocialagent.png) Social Agent, a SaaS lead generation platform, has been sold to software development startup Unchained Apps. As the web-b...
Hong Kong Startup Vet Michael Michelini Announces SocialAgent.me Acquisition
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/startupasiasingaporesocialagent.png) Social Agent, a SaaS lead generation platform, has been sold to software development startup Unchained Apps. As the web-b...