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2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme Semi-finalists Announced

Be Inspired, Entrepreneurship, Events - Posted: September 15, 2014

InvestHK announces 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme Semi-finalists

InvestHK has announced the 40 semi-finalists from the 550 startups that applied for its 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme.

The semi-finalists represent a range of countries from Bulgaria and India to Kyrgyzstan and Australia. Hong Kong, as expected made up the majority of semi-finalists followed by a good showing from the UK with 6. 15 countries were represented overall.

The 40 startups are grouped into two categories: early to growth stage (30) and concept and prototype stage ventures (10). The 40 were chosen from a record 550 applicants!

Th next stage is for the startups to be interviewed by judges before 12 are chosen for the finals in Hong Kong.

Each semi-finalist was chosen by the assessors for the scale of the problem/opportunity being addressed, the effectiveness of the solution and its impact, their venture’s viability, sustainability and scalability, and the economic benefit to Hong Kong in terms of knowledge and skills, job creation, social and environmental value, etc.

The chosen finalists will fly to Hong Kong for StartmeupHK Week between 10-15 November. At the centrepeice of this year’s programme, the StartmeupHK Venture Forum on 11 November, three Grand Award Winners will be chosen by the judges and voting audience.

Three Special Awards will also be given for the best ventures in FinTech, Smart City and Data Analytics. The three Special Awards are sponsored by Accenture (FinTech Award), Schneider Electric (Smart City Award) and KPMG (Data Analytics Award) respectively.

InvestHK’s Director-General of Investment Promotion, Simon Galpin, said he was delighted by the quality of the successful entrants and their diverse geographic and sector origins.

“I am happy to see that the proposals are of such high quality and that they come from so many different countries and cities. I am particularly impressed with the creativity shown by many of these ventures. This is exactly the kind of business creativity we would like to further develop in Hong Kong, to help encourage our homegrown startup culture,” Mr Galpin said.

“I also hope that by staging the global competition in Hong Kong, we can help high net-worth individuals realise the multiple opportunities that start from our fast-growing ecosystem in Hong Kong,” he added.

With winners receiving over $500,000 n total, this competition can have a huge impact on the winning businesses. InvestHK have opened up a great opportunity for the 12 finalists.

Below are the 40 StartmeupHK Venture Programme Semifinalists:

Invest Hong Kong 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme Semifinalists

Name of Company Origin Business

Category*

BizSync Pty Ltd Australia Business Services / Digitisation of Paper Documents

1

Lexicum Bulgaria Education / ICT Platform for Foreign Language Learning

1

Jolla Ltd Finland ICT/ Mobile/Open Source Operating System

1

DIAFIR France Medical / Optical Tools for Diagnostics

1

ATH Medical France Medical / Traceability System for Surgical Devices

2

Fast Forward Imaging GmbH Germany Business Services / Imaging for Omni-channel Communications

1

Procurify Hong Kong Business Services / E-procurement Platform

1

MADE Creative Ltd Hong Kong Business Services / Marketing and Design for Brands

1

Yapku Ltd Hong Kong Creative / Managed Services for Content Producers and Owners

1

Tradeos Ltd Hong Kong ICT / Global Freight Pricing Platform

1

Keeprz Hong Kong Retailing / Customer Engagement and Loyalty for Small, Medium Chains

1

Scoutbots Ltd Hong Kong Technology / Open Source Sailing Robots for Ocean Science

1

GLM. Co Ltd Hong Kong Transport / Electric Sports Vehicles

1

uHoo Hong Kong ICT / Health / Air Quality Monitoring

2

Sniply Hong Kong ICT / Social Advertising Ecosystem

2

HashClash Global Ltd Hong Kong Creative / Social Media with Crowd Sharing Model

2

MadbuzzHK Hong Kong Creative/ English Entertainment Online Magazine for Youth

2

Novus Technology Ltd Hong Kong Technology / Wearable Communications Device for the Deaf and Mute

2

Banka BioLoo Pvt Ltd India Healthcare / Converting Human Waste to Re-usable Water

1

Contify India Technology / Business Competitive Intelligence

1

Perseus Telecom Ireland Technology / Home Design Tool

1

BrightInfo Israel ICT / Engagement Marketing for Business

1

n-Join Research Israel Industrial / Factory Production Facilities Optimisation

1

RevenueStream Israel E-commerce / Online Credit Card Fraud Detection System

1

Pics On Air Ltd Israel ICT / Group Photo and Video Sharing for Mobile Users

2

Brand Pit Japan Business Services / Visual Marketing & Advertising Research Tool

2

OPENCBS Kyrgyzstan Financial Services / Improving Quality in Low GDP Economies

1

ConnexionsAsia Pte Ltd (CXA) Singapore Business Services / Platform for Employee HR & Health Benefits

1

BeMyGuest Singapore Tourism / Content & Booking Management for Tours & Activities

1

Sqore Sweden Business Services / Skills Comparison Platform for Recruitment

1

The Intern Group UK Business Services / Intern Learning Opportunities in Asia

1

nu desine UK Consumer / Instrument for Creating Music

1

Objective Associates Limited UK E-commerce / Cloud-based Solution for Global Retailing

1

EasyFinance UK Financial Services / Personal Finance Management

1

Creedon Technologies HK Ltd UK ICT / Photo Storage in the Cloud

1

R5 UK Financial Services / Emerging Forex Trading and Data Services

2

IdeaScale US ICT/ Solution for Feedback and Ideas Collection

1

Seevider, Inc, US Technology / Smart Vision Sensor for SmartCity Apps

1

Vantage Sports US Technology / Sports Content

1

PatentBooks, Inc. (PBI) US ICT / Online Patent Evaluation and Transaction Engine

2

* Category 1: Early to growth stage ventures with revenue and/or significant users/customers

 Category 2: Startups at the concept and prototype stage with no revenue

Learn more about the StartmeupHK Venture Programme 2014 here: www.startmeup.hk.

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