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The StartmeupHK Festival has been rescheduled to 5-10 September 2022, stay tuned!
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DEFINE WHAT'S NEXT

As well as being one of the world’s most exciting cities, Hong Kong is one of Asia’s most vibrant tech hub. StartmeupHK can help advise and guide you to make the city your startup home. StartmeupHK is a division of InvestHK, a HK Government Department helping overseas companies set up in the city. Launched in 2013, StartmeupHK’s mission is to promote Hong Kong as a leading startup destination for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Our objectives are to

  • Attract and support startup ecosystem stakeholders to set up a presence here, and provide a one-stop service platform to enable them to grow in Hong Kong and beyond
  • Help build a vibrant startup ecosystem to foster a culture of entrepreneurship in the city
  • Promote Hong Kong internationally as a tech hub

Hong Kong – Asia’s most Dynamic Startup Ecosystem

As well as being one of the world’s most exciting cities, Hong Kong is one of Asia’s most vibrant tech hub. StartmeupHK can help advise and guide you to make the city your startup home. StartmeupHK is an initiative by Invest Hong Kong, a department of the HKSAR Government helping overseas companies set up in the city. Launched in 2013, StartmeupHK’s mission is to promote Hong Kong as a leading startup destination for entrepreneurship and innovation.

DEFINE WHAT'S NEXT

As well as being one of the world’s most exciting cities, Hong Kong is one of Asia’s most vibrant tech hub. StartmeupHK can help advise and guide you to make the city your startup home. StartmeupHK is a division of InvestHK, a HK Government Department helping overseas companies set up in the city. Launched in 2013, StartmeupHK’s mission is to promote Hong Kong as a leading startup destination for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Our objectives are to

  • Attract and support startup ecosystem stakeholders to set up a presence here, and provide a one-stop service platform to enable them to grow in Hong Kong and beyond
  • Help build a vibrant startup ecosystem to foster a culture of entrepreneurship in the city
  • Promote Hong Kong internationally as a tech hub

Navigate through Startmeup.hk to:

STAY CONNECTED

Startmeup.hk helps entrepreneurs to stay updated with the latest happenings in startup community in Hong Kong. Check out what’s going on in the startup scene in our Events Calendar and News section.

GAIN ACCESS

Our website is a one-stop portal to Hong Kong’s startup community. We provide startups access to events and resources that support their entrepreneurial journey, including details of potential investors, incubation and acceleration programmes, government funding schemes, co-working spaces and entrepreneur associations.

GET INSPIRED

Startmeup.hk is also a platform for local and overseas startups to share their success stories. These examples serve to illustrate how innovative startups in various sectors are making an impact to the innovation and technology landscape in Hong Kong.

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JCDecaux Transport has proudly announced the first launch of “JCDecaux Nurture” in Asia after its success in other regions! It helps startups to grow their business and make the most out of their out-of-home campaigns, to access JCDecaux’s medium by matching their investment without taking equity and offers mentoring from JCDecaux experts with invaluable planning insights and guidance to develop data-driven, impactful out-of-home advertising campaigns.  Ms. Connie Zehentmeier, Head of JCDecaux Nurture Hong Kong shared, “We are excited to have first launched this meaning programme in Asia and look forward to supporting the local start-ups ecosystem. Our first client of Nurture in Asia, iHerb has successfully drove sales and promo code redemption rates via MTR* advertising. It proves significant room for development here.” Please feel free to contact Connie Zehentmeier, via email at  connie.zehentmeier@jcdecaux.com for any potential collaboration.
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As the premier business platform for next-gen smart solutions, cutting-edge technologies and disruptive innovations, InnoEX is the go-to place for regional and cross-sector collaborations with a special focus on Asia.
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Incubation & Acceleration Programmes

Incubators and accelerators in Hong Kong are tailored to provide you with the ultimate support on your entrepreneurial path to success.
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Angels, Venture Capitalists & Corporate Venture Capital (CVC)

Access to funding is one of the most crucial factors for entrepreneurial success. Angel investors and venture capitalists can offer a wealth of collaboration, investment and mentorship opportunities.
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Government Funding Scheme & Support

The Hong Kong Government is committed to supporting startups and SMEs to help realize their vision and take their business to the next level.
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Shared Facilities

Hong Kong’s co-working and co-living spaces are growing in number, diversity and in the range of services they offer.
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Networks

Hong Kong’s support services for startups are growing rapidly, be they entrepreneurship clubs or academic networks, and startup workshops, seminars and events seem to be happening almost every day.
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Interviews

Watch in-depth interviews with key opinion leaders in the startup community.

Press Releases

Press releases about StartmeupHK

Publications

Discover various publications of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem by InvestHK

Videos

Discover videos on past editions of StartmeupHK Festival and more

Case Studies

Success stories of Hong Kong based startups from a wide variety of industries

Media Coverage

Read about media coverage on StartmeupHK

Interviews

Watch in-depth interviews with key opinion leaders in the startup community.

Press Releases

Press releases about StartmeupHK

Publications

Discover various publications of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem by InvestHK

Videos

Discover videos on past editions of StartmeupHK Festival and more

Case Studies

Success stories of Hong Kong based startups from a wide variety of industries

Media Coverage

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