Collected items covering Hong Kong’s startup news in the first month of 2020. January 2020’s startup news from Hong Kong covers a range of items, as reported online in the English-language media, spanning news in fintech and cryptocurrency, tech and startup events, accelerators and more.
Hong Kong’s startup news from other months and quarterly news collections can also be read online.
- Hong Kong: MioTech fintech startup continues growth, with AI-driven service to evaluate ESG investments for fund managers
- Hong Kong: StartMeUpHK Festival set for February 10-15
- Hong Kong: Betatron startup investment firm to boost funding to $500K per startup in next round of accelerator program
- Hong Kong: Betatron opens applications for accelerator cohort 6, closing March 18th
- Hong Kong: Grand Theft Auto V becomes latest tech front in Hong Kong protests, with avatars being customised as protesters and police
- Hong Kong: ZA Bank digital-only bank offers introductory rate of 6% or higher for deposits, beating offerings from HSBC and Standard Chartered
- Hong Kong: Two Prime aims to leverage token sale model to back investments in real-world assets, using ‘Continuous Token Offering’ approach
- Hong Kong: Applications for The STILE Initiative Cohort 2 close March 31st, open to all startups tho with a program specialty focus on proptech, fintech and ‘living tech’
- Hong Kong: Klook Travel Technology aims to beat travel-tech rivals with experience-oriented approach to online travel booking, combined simply with better tech
- Hong Kong: Google removes WhatsGap mapping app from app store, citing ‘sensitive’ nature of pro-demonstration retailer listings
- Startups backed by University of Hong Kong’s HKU DreamCatcher 100K seed fund take gold and silver awards at 2nd Asia Exhibition of Inventions
- Hong Kong: StartmeUp x Asia Society Hong Kong Center Pitch-a-thon set for February 12th, connecting international startups with strategic investors in Asia
- Hong Kong: WorkTech coworking space operator secures $15M
- Hong Kong: Business Angel Programme applications close February 2nd, a British Chamber of Commerce in HK initiative
- ICYMI: UN migration agency to use blockchain-based IRIS-SAFER in effort to stamp out illegal fees charged to migrant workers in Hong Kong
- China suspends planned cross-border listings partnership between Shanghai and London Stock Exchanges amid political tensions over Hong Kong protests
- IFTA FinTech Achievement Awards applications close January 20th, spanning 26 categories in financial innovation
- ICYMI: e27’s Echelon Roadshow runs from February 18th to April 2nd, visiting 11 cities across APAC
