Author: Laura Jiang

Are you a startup, student or innovator passionate about innovating for the sustainable future? Join Hack.Asia with your innovative solutions that address the current sustainability challenges faced by leading businesses in Asia. Compete for great prizes and get the chance to turn ideas into reality.

Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA) follows up on the fruitful Asia Smart Apps Contests in the past to put forward the Asia Smart App Awards 2021, the 8th Edition, sponsored by Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Asia Smart App Awards provides a stage for top brilliant application experts in Asia to meet, share, team up and gain from one another in the field of smart application.

Y-LOT is an energetic Hong Kong registered charity that supports scientific research, promotes SciTech education and advocates policy to create the right ecosystem for entrepreneurial scientists. We set up Hong Kong SciTech Pioneers Award 2021 offering Cash Prize and more to Startups and Emerging Scientists. This is to recognise and celebrate the valuable contribution of young outstanding scientists and startups that are under the Y-LOT SciTech 4 Pillars: deep tech, Biotech, space science and environmental science.

Visa金融科技優速計劃為具遠見的初創企業提供機會，與全球領先的科技支付公司合作，快速將業務拓展至國際市場。

特區政府九月二十七日發布《香港營商環境報告：優勢獨特　機遇無限》。報告回顧及論述經歷過去兩年發生的事件後，香港最新的營商環境和優勢，並闡述在國家的新發展階段和格局香港獲得的發展機遇。

IDEATION計劃旨在幫助企業落實創新想法，成功創業。本計劃為期一年，重點培育有志於科技研發之企業家，提供全方位的創業支援。透過本計劃，您將深度學習並獲得創業必須的技能。香港科技園為您度身訂造商業模式，助您把握投資機會，並悉心改良科研方案，帶您走上成功之路。

Taking your business to the next level? Ready to take on the world’s fastest market with one of the best resourced programmes? HKSTP Acceleration Programme gives technology scale-ups wings to fly and fast-tracks their regional business expansion by tapping into HK’s largest ecosystem of industry experts, mentors, business partners.

When heritage meets innovation, exciting things happen. Chinachem Group and HKSTP are calling tech ventures to give 82-year-old Central Market a new life with technologies. Together, we can transform Central Market into a smart next-gen social hub for all. Applications are open until Friday, 20 Aug.

The EdVentures Global Business Acceleration Fellowship aims to facilitate the market entry of edtech ventures into Asia. This year, up to 20 ventures from around the world will be invited to do a virtual presentation on 3 November. They will be connected with market entry advisors, potential funders, localisation partners, and pilot opportunities in Asia.

PwC Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation are jointly launching cohort 2 of the Tech Raiser programme, which aims to build star companies, expand the investor community and attract quality technology companies to Hong Kong, with a view to fostering a robust Innovation & Technology (I&T) ecosystem for Hong Kong to stay competitive in the new economy. The 2nd cohort is now open for registration.