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Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced today (June 15) that the highly successful 2021 edition of StartmeupHK Salons came to a close on June 10, having attracted around 740 people to join the conversations. Supplementing the StartmeupHK Festival 2021 hosted by InvestHK, six virtual Salons were held worldwide in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and India, Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), with the aim of showcasing the business opportunities for start-ups and investors in Hong Kong, the GBA and beyond.

(Hong Kong, 7 June 2021) The highly successful 2021 edition of StartmeupHK Festival, Asia’s leading startup event, officially came to a close on 28 May, after a bustling week showcasing 806 speakers from around the world. Organised by Invest Hong Kong, the week-long Festival attracted almost 39,000 attendees from 103 countries and highlighted that despite the overwhelming disruption over the last year, startups will continue to do what they have done so well: pivot to meet new demands.

(Hong Kong, 23 April 2021) StartmeupHK Festival, Asia’s leading annual startup event, returns in a virtual format from 24-28 May. Organised by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) under its StartmeupHK initiative and guided by this year’s theme “Welcome to a Future Unlimited”, the Festival’s schedule is fully packed with exciting and insightful events, with 14 main events throughout the week that will unlock business opportunities for startups on an international level and discuss the latest ideas, trends and innovation with an audience from around the world.

InvestHK is reinforcing the global reach of its annual StartmeupHK Festival with the announcement of six virtual StartmeupHK Salons to be held in worldwide locations including North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East India, ASEAN and the Greater Bay Area for audiences in those areas who are interested in becoming part of the Hong Kong startup scene.

Hong Kong’s annual StartmeupHK Festival, the startup showpiece organised by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), ended July 10 after a record-breaking week that more than lived up to a common underlying theme apparent in each of the sector events and activities: innovation and problem solving as the driving force for startups.

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced today (October 21) the results of two government surveys which showed continued increases in the numbers of overseas and Mainland companies and start-ups in Hong Kong.