#SUMHK: How to Raise $8 Million for Your Start-Up on December 5

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We have Mikaal Abdulla the founder of 8 Securities coming in to talk to us about raising money and how we was able to secure $8 million in funding for his start-up.

Mikaal was a Senior VP at E-Trade where we was respsonsible for marketing and strategy across 15 countries. With an MBA from Columbia and London Business School he will join us and give us some insight into raising money for a financial start-up in Asia. So bring a smartphone full of questions.

As with all Startup Mondays:

  • Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
  • Venue: BootHK 
  • Admission: Free
  • BYOB or BYOP (pizza)
  • Twitter hashtag: #SUMHK
  • If it’s your first time at #SUMHK: you have to fight!

#SUMHK: Techcrunch Disrupt Beijing 2011 Sharing Session on November 28

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We have two of our group members – Salvador De La Barrera of Flipter and Leon Ho of Steply – coming out to show off photos and talk about their experience at this year’s Techcrunch Disrupt in Beijing and see what they learned, who they met and if you should join it next year.

As with all Startup Mondays:

  • Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
  • Venue: BootHK 
  • Admission: Free
  • BYOB or BYOP (pizza)
  • Twitter hashtag: #SUMHK
  • If it’s your first time at #SUMHK: you have to fight!

Photos from Startup Weekend Hong Kong

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This is the third time we’ve been involved in a startup weekend, and it’s definitely the biggest with over 60 people participating.

Here are some photos of the teams at work on the final day!