November 3–7, 2025
Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025
Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025
Celebrating a decade of innovation, the StartmeupHK Festival has evolved from a single flagship event in 2016 to a global platform connecting visionaries, founders, and investors from every corner of the world. Over the past ten years, the Festival has championed technology across industries, fostered international collaboration, and showcased Hong Kong’s dynamic role as a launchpad for startups and breakthrough ideas.
This year marks an exciting new chapter: for the first time, StartmeupHK Festival joins forces with Hong Kong FinTech Week for a special 10th-anniversary edition. By merging these two milestone events, we’re uniting the worlds of entrepreneurship and fintech, bringing together founders, innovators, investors, and industry leaders to explore the latest in AI, blockchain, healthtech, greentech, and beyond. This collaboration promises even greater opportunities for cross-sector dialogue, business growth, and global connections—setting the stage for the next decade of impact and inspiration in Hong Kong’s thriving innovation ecosystem.
This year marks an exciting new chapter: for the first time, StartmeupHK Festival joins forces with Hong Kong FinTech Week for a special 10th-anniversary edition. By merging these two milestone events, we’re uniting the worlds of entrepreneurship and fintech, bringing together founders, innovators, investors, and industry leaders to explore the latest in AI, blockchain, healthtech, greentech, and beyond. This collaboration promises even greater opportunities for cross-sector dialogue, business growth, and global connections—setting the stage for the next decade of impact and inspiration in Hong Kong’s thriving innovation ecosystem.
Your Gateway to Connections,
Inspiration, and Growth
Hong Kong FinTech Week and StartmeupHK Festival converge this year to celebrate 10 years of impact and innovation, featuring the Main Conference and a week-long powerhouse event that brings together 800+ speakers, 700+ exhibitors, and 37,000+ global leaders from 100+ economies.
Featuring 11 curated forums, thematic exhibitions (fintech, Web3, AI, sustainability, greentech, healthtech, smart cities, and more), the Global Fast Track pitching competitions, and a week-long programme of networking and matchmaking events throughout Hong Kong, Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025 promises unparalleled opportunities for founders, investors, and industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and redefine what's possible.
Featuring 11 curated forums, thematic exhibitions (fintech, Web3, AI, sustainability, greentech, healthtech, smart cities, and more), the Global Fast Track pitching competitions, and a week-long programme of networking and matchmaking events throughout Hong Kong, Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025 promises unparalleled opportunities for founders, investors, and industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and redefine what's possible.
Level Up Your Startup at GFT 2025
Join the Global Fast Track (GFT) Programme to get tailored expert support, personalised 1:1 meetings with 120+ top investors and corporates, and exclusive pitching opportunities at the Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025.
GFT empowers startups to scale into Hong Kong, across Asia, and beyond—with 1,000+ startups having successfully joined the programme so far.
This year, the programme is expanding to accommodate 700 startups across seven key verticals: fintech, AI, greentech, blockchain & digital assets, insurtech & healthtech, innovation & technology, and Mainland China. Applications are now open—be part of this dynamic opportunity!
GFT empowers startups to scale into Hong Kong, across Asia, and beyond—with 1,000+ startups having successfully joined the programme so far.
This year, the programme is expanding to accommodate 700 startups across seven key verticals: fintech, AI, greentech, blockchain & digital assets, insurtech & healthtech, innovation & technology, and Mainland China. Applications are now open—be part of this dynamic opportunity!
2025 Government & Regulatory Speakers
(Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong)
The Honourable
John KC LEE
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Chief Executive
Hong Kong, China
The Honourable
Paul CHAN
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Financial Secretary
Hong Kong, China
The Honourable
Christopher Hui
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Hong Kong, China
The Honourable
Algernon Yau
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Hong Kong, China
Eddie Yue
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Chief Executive
Hong Kong, China
Julia Leung
Securities and Futures Commission
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, China
Clement Cheung
Insurance Authority
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, China
Joseph Chan
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Hong Kong, China
Lillian Cheong
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry
Hong Kong, China
Diane Wong
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Under Secretary for Environment and Ecology
Hong Kong, China
Alpha Lau
Invest Hong Kong
Director-General of Investment Promotion
Hong Kong, China
Arthur Yuen
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Deputy Chief Executive
Hong Kong, China
Nelson Chow
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Executive Director (Financial Infrastructure)
Hong Kong, China
Eric Yip
Securities and Futures Commission
Executive Director, Intermediaries
Hong Kong, China
Keyin Wen
Guangzhou Municipal Local Finance Administration Bureau
Deputy Director-General
Chinese Mainland
Enoch Fung
Hong Kong Academy of Finance
Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong, China
George Chou
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Chief Fintech Officer
Hong Kong, China
Georgina Lok
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Head (Market Development)
Hong Kong, China
Elizabeth Wong
Intermediaries, Securities and Futures
Commission
Director and Head of Fintech unit
Hong Kong, China
King Leung
Invest Hong Kong
Global Head of Financial Services, Fintech & Sustainability
Hong Kong, China
Yvonne Tsui
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Senior Fintech Director
Hong Kong, China
Michael Law
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Senior Fintech Director
Hong Kong, China
Terry Chan
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Fintech Director
Hong Kong, China
Jayne Chan
Invest Hong Kong
Head, Startups
Hong Kong, China
2025 Featured Speakers

Liqun Jin
Asian Infrastructure Investment
Bank
President and Chair of the Board of Directors
Chinese Mainland

Geoffrey Hinton
Professor Emeritus of the University of
Toronto
2024 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Canada

Georges Elhedery
HSBC
Group Chief Executive
United Kingdom

Bill Winters
Standard Chartered
Group Chief Executive
United Kingdom
Sun Yu
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
Hong Kong, China
Jenny Johnson
Franklin Templeton
Chief Executive Officer
United States
Eric Xiandong Jing
Ant Group
Chairman
Chinese Mainland
Forest Lin
Tencent
Corporate Vice President, Head of Tencent Financial Technology
Hong Kong,
China
Jean-Pierre Grimaud
Ofi Invest
CEO
France
Wensheng Cai
Angel Investor
Ex-Chairman of Meitu
Chinese Mainland
Biswa Misra
AIA Group
Group Chief Technology and Life Operations Officer
Hong Kong,
China
Anette Bronder
Prudential plc
Group Chief Technology & Operations Officer
Hong Kong,
China
Mary Huen
Standard Chartered Bank
CEO, Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia
Hong Kong,
China
Maggie Ng
HSBC
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong, Head of Retail Banking and Wealth, Hong
Kong
Hong Kong,
China
John Lindfors
DST Global
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Hong Kong,
China
Fred Hu
Primavera Capital Group
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Hong Kong,
China
Duane Kuang
Qiming Venture Partners
Founding Managing Partner
Hong Kong,
China
Tomasz Stańczak
Ethereum
Foundation
Co-Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation and Founder of Nethermind
United Kingdom
Lily Liu
Solana Foundation
President
Switzerland
Richard Teng
Binance
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
United Arab Emirates
J. Edward Conway
The Wolfsberg Group
Executive Secretary
Switzerland
Harry Man
MPC
Partner
Hong Kong, China
Mars/Zizhao Xue
MiniMax
Vice President
Chinese Mainland
Christine Moy
Apollo
Partner, Head of Digital Assets, Data, and AI
United States
2025 Main Conference Agenda
November 3-4, 2025 | Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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