Get Ready for CoCoon Pitch Night in August with Cash Prizes!

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CoCoon is having another Pitch Night in August – and this time not only do you get to pitch to investors and angels but there are some cash prizes to go along with it.

CoCoon is one of Hong Kong’s leading co-workspaces and their first last Pitch Night was very well attended with some interesting new Hong Kong startups. They are having qualifying rounds on May 23, June 20 and July 25 for English and Cantonese pitches – so if you want in email [email protected] with a 5-slide business plan and we’ll see you all there.

General Assembly Hosts 3rd ‘Intro to the Hong Kong Startup Community’ on May 15

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General Assembly is assmembling an Intro to the Hong Kong Startup Community talk with our own Casey Lau on May 15th at The Hive. This will be the third time he has done this talk to an ever growing audience so if you are new in Hong Kong or looking to get into the tech startup world from any angle – as a startup, investor, media etc – you can register for this event here.

5 Questions with Raphael Cohen, Co-Founder of Hotel Quickly

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Raphael is the co-founder of Hotel Quickly.

Raphael worked for Rocket Internet as Managing Director of foodpanda Vietnam and DropGifts Singapore, before joining HotelQuickly as Chief Sales Officer. As serial entrepreneur, he previously founded the online graphic design outsourcing company Corporate Edesign, as well as CGHK Export, a China-focused trading company. Raphael was born and raised in Paris, but lived in Toronto, Shanghai, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City and Hong Kong, which is also the reason why he speaks 6 languages and travels so much.

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