We are HK Founders: Simon Loong of WeLab
Simon Loong is Founder and CEO of WeLab. Simon graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business in Master of Science in Management prior to that he also became a Certified Public Accountant. This y...
We Are HK Founders: Paul Tomes of Passkit
Paul Tomes, Co-Founder and CEO of PassKit, grew up in sunny Bournemouth, England. After graduating as an Engineer has been working in 5 countries. He has been living in Hong Kong for 11 years now. Bef...
We Are HK Founders: Norma Chu of DayDayCook
Norma Chu was born and raised in Hong Kong and now is founder and CEO of the Hong Kong-based startup DayDayCook. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from University of Washington. Before going into t...
We Are HK Founders: Eric Gnock Fah of Klook
Eric Gnock Fah is president & Co-Founder of Klook, the startup’s name stands up for “Keep looking”. The aim of the company is to make less tedious the part of travel planning and organizing an itinera...
We Are HK Founders: Catherine Tan of Notey
Catherine Tan, founder and CEO of Notey, was born and raised in Hong Kong. After university in the UK she worked in investment banking in London and Hong Kong. Catherine told us that despite her 70-ho...
We Are HK Founders: Tommaso Tamburnotti of Easyship
Tommaso Tamburnotti is one of the Easyship’s cofounders. Tech in Asia awarded Easyship as the best startup in Asia last year. Founded in 2014 in Hong Kong, Easyship was part of the first batch Swire p...
‘Cornerstone Connect’ Helps Startups with Integrated Back Office to Make Startup Life Easier
Our friends at Cornerstone are launching a suite of tools to help manage the back office of your startup called Cornerstone Connect. This will allow you more time to grow and build your startup and no...
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 ...
Ambi Climate Wins RISE: The Victory Interview
In what was an incredible finale at RISE – over all of the startups selected for PITCH; the main RISE pitching stage that included 33 startups from around the world – all 3 finalists were from Hong Ko...
StartupsHK Podcast: Norman Cheung of Boxful Talks About Raising Money in Hong Kong and the Future of Logistics Startups
This is what hopefully will be the first of many podcast interviews by myself with startup founders talking about things important to startups. I sat down with Norman Cheung, co-founder and CEO of Box...
5 Questions With Anita Chan, Co-Founder of ‘Sam the Local’
It’s super easy to book flights and places to stay online – but what do you do when you get there? Hong Kong startup Sam the Local wants to help you to find the best things to do when you get to your ...
5 Questions With Camilo Paredes, Co-Founder and CEO of Grouvly
UPDATE: Grouvly will have its invite-only launch party on April 22nd 7-9pm @ a secret location. ~~Here’s how to get an invite.~~ – FULL HOUSE Grouvly’s Co-founder & CEO Camilo Paredes is a young seria...
5 Questions with Tommaso Tamburnotti, Co-founder of Easyship
Tommaso Tamburnotti (pictured on the left, Reuben Philip Abraham centre, Augustin Ceyrac on the right) is a Co-Founder of Easyship, a platform that offers on-demand logistics solution to eCommerce sel...
Founder to Founder: Shopline Shares Startup Story with Asia Venture Club [AUDIO]
Introducing Dennis Grady, founder of Asia Venture Club – a new member to the StartupsHK community. Dennis publishes a podcast on startups and entrepreneurship and we are happy to have him as one of ou...
Great Founders, Futuristic Wearables and Government Intervention: ‘An Evening With Walt Mossberg’ Gives Hong Kong Startups Insight from a Tech Journalism Legend
On Friday, StartupsHK hosted the legendary Walt Mossberg — former principal technology columnist at the Wall Street Journal, creator of AllThingsD and the co-executive editor of Re/Code. Casey Lau, kn...
5 Questions with Hugh Bell of Coco Color Stylus – a Coloring Stylus for Kids
Hardware startups are popping up all over Hong Kong – and it’s easier when you have creative children around you all the time. We chat with Hugh Bell a former a software developer that moved to Hong K...
5 Questions With Ivan Ng, Co-Founder of Wine Subscription Startup: VinOnly
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/VinOnly-Wine-Box.jpg) As ‘Asia’s World City,’ Hong Kong has its share of international bragging rights which includes consuming the most wine in 2012. Still, ...
5 Questions With Martin Haigh, CEO of Ticketing Platform ‘Ticketflap’
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ticketflap.png) Created by Clockenflap founders Mike Hill and Pete Gordon, Ticketflap was the ticketing platform answer to their epic music and arts festival....
Meet Cornerstone HK: A Cloud-Based Accounting Firm For Startups
Cornerstone, an accounting and analytics company, advises startups in Hong Kong to keep their records straight. They’re the the Hong Kong gold partners and advisors for ‘Xero‘ cloud-based accounting s...
Startup Trademarks: The Importance of Brand Protection For Startups
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/startups.jpg) When starting up, much of a founder’s focus is dedicated to the product: Does it work properly? Would people pay money for it? Besides product d...