StartMeUpHK Week 2014: Taking the Hong Kong Startup Scene to New Heights

November 20, 2014 by StartupsHK

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It’s an understatement to say that Startmeup Week 2014 was a doozy. With 48 events for entrepreneurs, hackers, investors, innovators, techies and the like funneled into 5 days, we all needed a little R&R by the end of the weekend (where people had to choose between Startup Weekend and Barcamp).

The events, which ranged from a co-work space soft launch to a symposium for Hong Kong’s sustainable future, were all in honor of the StartmeupHK Venture Programme that came to a close last week. The InvestHK-run competition has a two-pronged approach: give startups a chance to scale their business in global markets using Hong Kong as a base, and raise our city’s profile as an Asian hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. This year, the program pulled in 550 applications from 47 countries – up from 384 entries from 39 economies last year.

While Hanson Robotics represented for Hong Kong in 2013 as one of the ‘Grand Award’ winners, Freightos and Scoutbots (both from Hong Kong!) stepped up this year. The winning teams get support in the ways of professional services (accounting, legal, branding etc.), mentorship and free workspace – the latter of which is extremely valuable in a city with such soaring rents.

To sum up the experience, we scoured the Twittersphere and the Instagram realm to bring to you a multimedia snapshot of Startmeup Week 2014. If you posted something awesome, please email me at [email protected] and we’ll add into the post.

Monday, November 10th

Simon Squibb, CEO of Nest and Allen Yeung from HKSTP share how TPP programme can help #Startups.

A photo posted by paperclipHK (@papercliphk) on

Tuesday, November 11th

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StartmeupHK Venture Forum via StartupsHK Facebook Page

The most human robotics in the world #hansonrobotics #startmeuphk rockin the #Mo #MovemberHK

A video posted by Racepoint Global (@racepointglobal) on

StartMeUp 2014 Venture Forum is on now!

A photo posted by StartupsHK (@startupshk) on

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The Changing Face of Commerce, KPMG via StartupsHK Facebook Page

Wednesday, November 12th

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‘Startups of Future Past’ via StartupsHK’s Facebook Page

Simon Squibb of #Nest, introduces why it's profitable and rewarding to invest in startups #NestDemoDay #startmeupHK #kpmg

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Thursday, November 14th

Friday, November 15th

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TiE HK Investors Forum via StartupsHK Facebook Page

Saturday, November 16th

Friday – Sunday, November 15th – 17th


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