The annual StartmeupHK Festival is curated by InvestHK, along with partner event organisers to support, showcase and connect Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem to the world, and attract innovative companies to its shores. Its weeklong format covers industries and themes of interest to tech founders, featuring talks by renowned speakers, demos, workshops, job fairs, startup pitches, and investor and business matching among others. It is a powerful platform for startups, investors, industry leaders, academia and governments to exchange ideas, make connections and define the future.
StartmeupHK Festival 2020 Highlight Video
Last Year’s Festival in Numbers
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The first edition of SHAPERZ is a two-day virtual event bringing the latest technological innovations to SMEs, scale-ups and corporates. No matter which industry or team you are in, we have the digital solutions, connections and skills you will need for transforming your business.
24-25
May
A 1.5 day conference highlights the evolution of real estate and the urban landscape through identifying forward-thinking start-ups and hosting keynotes speeches and panel discussion to address foreseeable real-life challenges and global issues within the Property Technology (PropTech) sector.
24-25
May
24
May
24
May
25-26
May
Focusing on the topics of technology, industry, and investment in the Greater Bay Area, the GBA Innovation Summit will focus on how to build a technological innovation ecosystem in the GBA. Starting from Hong Kong, it will explore how to use technological innovation as the driving force to form a strong and resilient Greater Bay Area development path.
25
May
26
May
27-28
May
27
May
The Asia Healthcare Innovation Summit will bring together health startups, professionals, and investors to share their knowledge and experience on the latest developments within health technology.
27
May
27
May
Startup Salad Online Hackathon is a hackathon done with online co-innovate system. By using one week polishing of mentoring, brainstorming, team work , the projects will be facilitated.
28
May
The Mills Fabrica will organize a half-day conference with panel discussions about “Strengthening Hong Kong Innovation Ecosystems”. The discussion will focus on promoting Hong Kong as a sustainability hub, facilitating business collaboration particularly within the Greater Bay Area, and fostering Hong Kong talents development
28
May
28
May
community events
24 May 2021
As one of the opening acts of the Startmeup HK Festival 2021, we will showcase some of Austria’s most innovative Startups currently expanding into Asia. The virtual networking event will be hosted on Zoom. The innovators will pitch their products and services. Please join us virtually, get in contact with them, give feedback and suggest potential partners.
Global Matching 2021, the biannual business and investment matching event from 26 May to 2 June, is featured with a thought-provoking Summit shaped on the findings of academia and innovation leaders. It offers the fastest track for start-ups and technology ventures to meet with corporate buyers and investors for business growth, bringing change, connection, collaboration and the way forward!
24 May 2021
Corporate Innovation Summit 2021 >
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Virtual FinTech Forum 2021
Scaleup Impact Summit 2021
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STARTMEUPHK FESTIVAL 2020
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