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Melissa Guzy of Arbor Ventures: Entrepreneur and Venture Investor Shares Startup Investment Insight

April 9, 2014 by Iris Leung

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Continuing on our profiles of active supporters of Hong Kong’s startup scene, we’d like to introduce you to Melissa Guzy – entrepreneur, venture investor and the founder and managing partner of Arbor Ventures.

Before moving to Hong Kong in 2007 to build the investment team for VantagePoint Capital Partners, Melissa was the CEO of a startup in Silicon Valley before holding the managing director post for 12 years at a large VC firm. As her experience spans both startup team leadership and investment, Melissa is a great example of an “outside” investment guru bringing her expertise into Hong Kong’s ecosystem.

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Startup Weekend is this Weekend at CoCoon; Meet Other Passionate Builders, Creators and Ideas People

April 8, 2014 by Iris Leung

Startup Weekend, aka your ultimate opportunity to meet your startup’s future team, is just around the corner! With only a handful of spots left for the Friday April 11th – 13th event hosted by CoCoon, Startup Weekend promises to be “no talk, all action.” Click to pick up tickets here.

For those unfamiliar with Startup Weekend, it’s an opportunity for developers, designers and business people to get their feet wet in the entrepreneurial realm. Not only can you put your head together with other passionate upstarts, but you’ll also have the chance to validate your ideas and execute them in teams – true startup style (only this happens in the warp speed span of 54 hours).

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Game Hardware Startup Phonejoy Wins First ‘Best Startup Award’ at Hong Kong ICT Awards 2014

April 7, 2014 by Iris Leung

This just in – Hong Kong gaming startup Phonejoy wins the very first “ICT Best Startup Award!”

Today’s Hong Kong ICT Awards is one clear indicator that our ecosystem is growing up. For the first time ever since the ceremony launch in 2006, the industry, academia and government backed event added the “Best ICT Startup Award” category to recognize exemplary startup companies in Hong Kong.

We spoke to Ping Wong, secretary-general of Internet Society Hong Kong (also the chairperson of the Organising Committee of the “Best ICT Startup Awards”), the leading organisers for the awards, on the topic. She said that although the startup community isn’t unanimous on the validity of an award concept, 76 startups have applied for the new category this year.

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