Hong Kong Crowdfunding Platform FringeBacker Connects Creative Projects With Financial Backers

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Crowdfunding platforms have been connecting entrepreneurs and backers for years now, revolutionizing the way we think about raising money and bringing products to market. We even held a sold-out conference covering the topic in Hong Kong two weeks ago.

As backers, we’ve never felt more personally invested in a product and its makers. Those startups that have built successful campaigns can all attest to the fact that crowdfunding platforms have helped changed their brand, products and relationship with their customers.

As a pioneer in Hong Kong’s crowdfunding space, Maryann Hwee is no stranger to novel ideas and new business models. With over two decades of experience in direct investment in IT businesses, Maryann has backed a lot of early stage ventures in power generation, infrastructure, telecom, mobile, green energy, life sciences and the internet.

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Startup Grind Opens Hong Kong Chapter; First Event with Founders of StartupsHK on 11 February

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Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, that is now opening a chapter in Hong Kong!

The first event will be on 11 February at the new academy/co-workspace Paperclip and will feature the founders of StartupsHK – Casey Lau, Gene Soo and Jon Buford – in what will be an insightful look back at the beginnings of the startup community in Hong Kong, how it evolved over the past 4 years from 6 people to 5,000, where it’s headed and how StartupsHK helps startups to connect with each other, media, investors and talent and generally insight in the Hong Kong startup scene.

Startup Grind’s Hong Kong chapter heads are Josh Steimle, Amity Wu and Atin Batra – and they will continue on every month with new speakers to be announced on their site and here. We are extremely honoured to be the first guests of this great startup speaker event and we hope to see you there next Tuesday.

9 Founders Share their Favorite Moments of 2013 and What They Look Forward to in the Year of the Horse

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As we enter the Year of the Horse, we hope you’ve been keeping busy being your creative, motivated and brilliant selves and are getting a head start on those New Year’s resolutions.

We’ve had quite the year here at StartupsHK, having launched our directory Startbase.HK, and we’re looking forward to sharing more inspiring, in depth and relevant news and stories from within our startup community.

To start the Lunar New Year off, we had a chat with some founders to reflect on the past year. The Year of the Snake seemed to be quite the pivotal year for most, whether in personal or startup life, and they wanted to share some of their favorite moments in 2013, and as a bonus: what they’re most looking forward to in the Year of the Horse.

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