Li Ka-Shing Adds Synthetic Eggs to His Portfolio, Investing US $23M into this Silicon Valley Startup

February 27, 2014 by Iris Leung

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Not content with just having a piece of high-tech startups like Facebook, Priceline and Bitstrips – Li Ka-Shing is now getting in to the high-tech world of egg startups!

Pictured with Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetick, LKS gives the synthetic eggs that he just bought for US$23,000,000 a scramble tryout. If anyone should know about the demand for eggs, it’s the man who owns Park N Shop!

While Hampton Creek has been doing well in the US, holding deals with six Fortune 500 retailers and food manufacturers and even secured $5.5M of funding less than four months ago, Hampton Creek has an eye on Asia’s resources and customers.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hampton Creek, Horizons Ventures, Li Ka-Shing

Calling all Startups: Join the Hong Kong Pavilion at Startup Asia 2014 Singapore

February 26, 2014 by Iris Leung

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StartupsHK founders Casey and Gene will be heading to Singapore on May 7-8 for TechInAsia’s bi-annual Startup Asia 2014  – and they’d like to bring some Hong Kong startups with them!

We’ll have 10 booth spaces open in our Hong Kong pavilion, and it’ll be a great opportunity to meet other startups,  investors, users and tech bloggers.  If you want to join our founders in this whirlwind two days, please email us at [email protected] to secure your spot!

Haven’t heard of Startup Asia? it’s a large-scale conference showcasing early stage and product-ready tech startups, and attendees will get to learn from dynamic keynotes and coffee chats in an action-packed agenda. During the two day conference, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to rub shoulders with industry professionals, fellow founders, investors, corporate and government representatives from all around the region.

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Filed Under: Events Tagged With: singapore, startup asia, TechInAsia

Artificial Intelligence-Powered iPhone Calendar App ‘Tempo’ Launches in Hong Kong

February 26, 2014 by Iris Leung

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Tempo AI, makers of an artificial intelligence-powered productivity iPhone app, has expanded to Hong Kong. Since Li Ka-Shing’s Horizons Ventures was one of their early investors (they took part in Tempo AI’s seed and series A round), Hong Kong and it’s English-speaking population along with it’s business-focused mentality seemed like the perfect choice.

The Menlo Park-based company has been collaborating with prestigious R&D outfit SRI International (the lab behind Siri) to inject years of AI research and semantic tech into Tempo Smart Calendar – which is focused on improving the daily workflow for business professionals. A few cool features include auto-dialing into conference calls and checking flight statuses – without having to even launch the app.

We interviewed Raj Singh, CEO of Tempo AI, and he told StartupsHK about Smart Calendar and how it’s different from other intelligent personal assistants such as the widely-used Google Now.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apps, Horizon Ventures, Li Ka-Shing, Tempo
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