[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mobilepayments.png) Mobile payments are on the rise with $235 billion transactions processed in 2013, up 44% from the previous year’s $163 billion (Gartner). ...
[Updated September 1] While finding quality engineers in Hong Kong is a common complaint, the war for talent in established ecosystems like Silicon Valley is just as present. In fact, some tech compan...
It’s your moment in the limelight. You’re facing a panel of angel investors and you have just 10 minutes to convince them that your startup is worth backing. If you succeed, you’ll be given HK $500,00...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jackiegetviable.jpg) Crowdfunding for equity platform Bigcolors has just acquired Melbourne-based startup GetViable for an undisclosed amount. With offices in...
GoGoVan, a mobile startup that matches delivery vehicles up with the people that need them, has raised US $6.5 million in Series A funding. The homegrown startup was able to secure the deal in just 4 ...
We told you about Jumpstart magazine – Hong Kong’s first entrepreneur magazine with a first issue devoted to tech startups and a second issue on foodpreneurs, now the South China Morning Post is stepp...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/kevinhale.jpg) Hong Kong startups seeking their next round of funding should consider Singapore’s upcoming ‘Techventure 2014.’ The three-day conference, organ...
The next ‘NEST Pitch Day’ is coming up on Saturday, 6 September! The investment incubator, who has invested in local mobile startups such as personalized t-shirt designer Snaptee in the past, runs the...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sensbeat4.jpg) Ben Chan, Leo Wong and Conrad Lo (pictured above) are the co-founders of Sensbeat, a newly launched Hong Kong mobile startup that wants to be T...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/shopline500strong.png) The hits keep on rolling in this week for Hong Kong startups! Our own Shopline has been accepted into 500 Startups’ Batch 10. The globa...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HK-8.jpg) Hong Kong’s ACE HEARING is the winner of the ‘Community Impact’ Award at this year’s ‘Talent Unleashed Awards,’ held at the W Hotel last week. For t...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/8securitiesfounders.jpg) Hey look at this great news today for Hong Kong Startups – our good friends Mathias Helleu and Mikaal Abdulla (left and right in phot...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/jamn.png) MiQ, the Hong Kong startup behind novel music app Jamn, raises US $300,000 in seed funding. The investors who collaborated on this deal include Adam...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cedric1.jpg) We’re very happy to start running these personal profiles from Hong Kong entrepreneurs to share their stories with the local community. We’ve kno...
Silicon Valley is unarguably the Mecca of the tech world, but many entrepreneurs are now recognizing the untapped potential in Southeast Asia and setting up their startup headquarters there. In its fi...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ezeecube4.jpg) EzeeCube, a stackable media hub that syncs, stores and manages your content, has been fully funded on Indiegogo! 31 days into their campaign, E...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SG.jpg) Here in Hong Kong, we find our startup scene being constantly compared with our Southeast Asian neighbor Singapore. As this ‘Startup Nations Asia’ rep...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/startmeup.jpg) Applications for this year’s StartmeupHK Venture Programme are due on July 31st! For those unfamiliar with the programme, StartmeupHK is an Inv...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ambi.jpg) Homegrown hardware startup Ambi Climate has launched a crowdfunding campaign this morning for its smart air conditioning device. Taking to the Singa...
[](/startupshk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Silicon-Valley.jpg) The Bay Area’s startup scene is like a well-oiled machine that startups in the east often look up to. While Hong Kong-based startups have ...
