HK Tech 300 Expo showcases a whole lot of CityUHK incubated start-up improvements and achievements – OXBIG NEWS NETWORK-OxBig News Network

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Hong Kong, May 23: City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) held the HK Tech 300 Expo, a large-scale innovation and entrepreneurship exhibition, from 23 to 24 May 2025 on the University campus. The two-day occasion introduced collectively about 300 start-ups incubated by CityUHK with greater than 60 roadshows, demonstrating how the University’s world-class analysis achievements and progressive concepts translate into sensible purposes that foster optimistic social adjustments.

Together with the Expo Opening Ceremony at present (23 May 2025), CityUHK held the Launch Ceremony of the HK Tech 300 International Start-up Competition (HK Tech 300 International Competition), additional increasing its innovation footprint onto the worldwide stage.

Presiding over the ceremony had been Professor Sun Dong, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry of the HKSAR Government, Mr Michael Ngai, Council Chairman of CityUHK, Mr Charles Chin Ying-on, Treasurer of CityUHK, and Professor Freddy Boey, President of CityUHK.

Also attending the ceremony had been Mr Chaturont Chaiyakam, Consul-General of Thailand within the HKSAR, Mrs Le Duc Hanh, Consul-General of Vietnam within the HKSAR, and representatives from the governments and companion organisations of 12 mainland cities.

Professor Sun praised CityUHK‘s efforts in supporting younger expertise and nurturing start-ups. “CityUHK and HK Tech 300 play a vital function in making a vibrant ecosystem that fosters cross-disciplinary, cross-sector and cross-industry collaboration. We should work collectively to assist our younger entrepreneurs, offering them with needed sources, mentorship and alternatives to boost their concepts into impactful options, additional bolstering the event of Hong Kong as a world I&T hub.”

In his welcome speech, Mr Ngai stated the Expo marks a big milestone within the University’s journey to advertise innovation and entrepreneurship. “CityUHK is devoted to fostering a various setting for younger expertise, leveraging the strong assist of the mainland, the University’s base in Hong Kong and world connectivity to equip our subsequent technology to turn out to be future leaders with a world imaginative and prescient,” he stated.

“Innovation is the beacon of future improvement,” stated Professor Boey in his vote of thanks. “The exceptional achievements of HK Tech 300 and the start-ups are carefully linked to the intensive assist from, and collaboration amongst, the Government, {industry}, the University and buyers. CityUHK will proceed to offer a world-class platform, empowering the expansion of our younger expertise and deep-tech start-ups.”

Since its launch in 2021, HK Tech 300, CityUHK’s flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme, has incubated over 900 start-ups, greater than 200 of which have obtained as much as HK$1M every in angel funding. Beyond monetary assist and patent sources, HK Tech 300 affords intensive help, together with enterprise matching and co-investment alternatives, leveraging the experience of over 250 mentors from various industries, alongside partnerships with greater than 100 private and non-private establishments.

The HK Tech 300 Expo showcases practically 300 start-ups incubated by CityUHK, providing a variety of progressive options within the fields of Biotech & Health, ICT & AI, Advanced tech & ESG, and Fintech. The expo additionally options exceptional groups recognised underneath the Government’s “Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme (RAISe+)”, in addition to enterprise proposals from the inaugural graduates of the MSc in Venture Creation programme on the CityUHK Academy of Innovation.

CityUHK expanded the attain of HK Tech 300 to incorporate the national region in 2022 and the Southeast Asian area in 2023. The introduction of the HK Tech 300 International Competition will foster additional cross-border collaboration to handle urgent world challenges.

The HK Tech 300 International Competition might be held in partnership with 11 universities and 5 native companions, together with enterprise chambers and incubators from 9 nations and cities: Brunei, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam and Hong Kong SAR, quite a few of universities’ Vice-Chancellors and representatives attended the competitors launch ceremony. The competitors goals to draw aspiring expertise and start-ups to Hong Kong and the mainland, leveraging town’s distinctive benefits and sources. It additionally empowers our native start-ups to achieve the worldwide stage and promote the University’s expertise switch, fostering nearer ties between the I&E ecosystem in Hong Kong and the remainder of the world.

In addition to strategic companions, co-investors and supporting organisations from abroad and Mainland China, the occasion attracted legislative councillors, group leaders and college principals to witness the achievements of the start-ups. More than 60 innovation start-ups and analysis groups are collaborating within the Expo roadshows, fostering fruitful exchanges of innovation and enterprise concepts.

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