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/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...
[](/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...
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...
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...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
[](/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/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/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/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...
[](/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...
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...
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 ...
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...
[](/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...
[](/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/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...
[](/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...
[](/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...
