Represent For Hong Kong This Summer in Taipei at the Intel and Siemens Organized ‘APEC Challenge’

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2014 has been off to a strong start for Hong Kong, with Bindo and Craftyful taking the top prize at Singapore’s ‘Startup Arena’ and ‘Echelon Satellite.’

To encourage entrepreneurship and disruptive innovation in the Asia-Pacific, Intel and Siemens have teamed up to organize the ‘APEC Challenge’ (as a part of a two day forum) where 30 startup teams will compete for a spot in the top six, ‘Demo Day’ style. The winners will then go on to compete at the Intel Global Challenge and Global Siemens Venture Forum in Silicon Valley. Read more details on the forum here.

The APEC Challenge is extending an invite to Hong Kong startups to sign up for the competition, which will run from August 6th-7th in Taipei. Who will represent for Hong Kong this summer?

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Hong Kong Design Startup RUBIX Launches Kickstarter Project, Giving Your Smartphone Battery a 60% Boost

Augment We kicked off 2014 with a sold out Startup Saturday event on crowdfunding, and ever since, this year has been bustling with cool news from the community.

While crowdfunding for equity platform Bigcolors fully funded two startups ‘Oddup’ and ‘Verxigo,’ multi-faceted social network Fund2.Me has helped fund seven projects with US $170,000 since their launch in December 2013. In the Kickstarter realm, two Hong Kong projects received full support from backers in the month of March alone. All in all, it’s been a busy time for crowdfunding. See our story on all of these updates.

On our radar is yet another Hong Kong Kickstarter project called AUGMENT from independent design house RUBIX. This campaign particularly piqued our interest because it’s a smartphone battery solution that promises a boost of up to 60%. We had a chat with founder and industrial designer Will Matters to learn more about his startup.

Click here to view and support the AUGMENT campaign

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Cyberport Partners with Microsoft Ventures for New Accelerator Program with Seed Fund in Hong Kong

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Cyberport, Hong Kong’s ‘creative digital community’ has been drumming up a lot of support for startups in the past while, the latest being a partnership with Microsoft Ventures.

Besides teaming up with a tech giant to give startups an opportunity at global exposure, Cyberport has also announced a complimentary accelerator support programme and is now accepting applications for their seed fund.

We had a chat with Herman Lam, CEO of Cyberport to get his take on the partnership and how it will benefit Hong Kong’s ecosystem.

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