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Will Your Startup Represent Hong Kong at TechCrunch Beijing this August?

July 4, 2014 by Iris Leung

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After kicking tail and taking names at two Singapore-hosted tech conferences this year, our startups have yet another opportunity to make us proud.

At the upcoming TechCrunch Beijing 2014 themed ‘The Red Hardware’, Cyberport is offering a one-day booth (valued at RMB $5,000) to their subscribers for free. Besides showcasing their products, startups will also have a chance to enter into ‘Startup Competition.’ More details on that here.

In terms of eligibility for ‘Startup Competition,’ they’re looking for companies specializing in the technology, media and telecommunications field (TMT) that are in talks to raise a Series A round and are launching for the first time to the public and the press. Preference will be given to innovative, new model ideas (not copied into China), and while hardware products are favored, software is certainly welcome.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: techcrunch, TechCrunch Beijing 2014

Another Co-Work Space Hits Hong Kong: The Workground Opens its Second Location in Causeway Bay

July 3, 2014 by Iris Leung

Another co-working space has just come up on our radar.

The Workground, the newest space to hit Causeway Bay (23/F Island Beverley, 1 Great George Street), has actually already been running a first location in Central (8A Winning Centre, 46 – 48 Wyndham Street). After a launch party on June 27th, the new space is expanding their network for their community of startups, SMEs and freelancers.

According to a release, the new space offers 13 private offices, 2 meeting rooms and a bevy of hot desks and members of the Workground Causeway Bay will also have full access to the Central location. Despite being on Hong Kong Island, this co-work space offers fairly competitive pricing – with full-time membership starting from HK $3,000.

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Meet Kyle Lam: Hong Kong’s New Business Angel Who is an Expert on the Hardware Manufacturing Space

July 2, 2014 by Iris Leung

Introducing Kyle Lam of Big Bloom Investment – a business angel with a hardware background.

While managing operations for the family business, an electronics factory in China, Kyle was inspired by Hong Kong startup Castegram (now Casetify) and their innovative product – which turned his attention to Hong Kong’s growing startup scene.

Having grown up alongside his father’s entrepreneurial spirit, Kyle attended a startup forum and caught the CEO of Israeli startup OurCrowd’s keynote. “He said that he thought entrepreneurs are heroes because they have the courage to give up their original job to start something from scratch,” Kyle said. “I’ve seen my dad do it once and I really admire that.”

Equipped his mission to “Invest in Heroes,” he started his first investment company Big Bloom in 2013 and has since added Sensbeat, Snaptee and Ezeecube to his Hong Kong portfolio.

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