TECH & INNOVATION

A Hong Kong start-up has developed NFT tokens that will give everyone a stake in the latest iteration of the internet.

14 March 2022

A new dawn of the internet is upon us. The blockchain-technology-based Web 3.0 incorporates concepts including decentralisation and token-based economics. A leading Web 3.0 firm is Hong Kong unicorn Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner that ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021. With more than 600 employees globally, Animoca’s vision is to create an open, community-driven metaverse, Group President Evan Auyang said.More

Topics: Computer & Peripherals, Hong Kong, Computer games, e-business

Medtech firms prescribe Hong Kong

Asia’s status as the world’s fastest-growing healthcare market, with Mainland China in the lead, makes the city a natural choice for firms eager to expand.

09 March 2022

The rapid growth of healthcare spending, combined with accommodating financial markets, has made Hong Kong the perfect springboard into Asia for new biotech businesses. Acknowledging this, experts at the recent “Maximising Business Opportunities through Hong Kong on Healthcare Technology and Investment Collaboration” webinar, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), set out to explain how European healthcare start‑ups and other companies can leverage the city’s strategic position, especially its close ties with Mainland China, to benefit from the rapid growth of healthcare spending in the region.More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, Mainland China, GBA, MedTech

Concrete-jungle farmers

A Hong Kong start-up offers urban flat dwellers a chance to grow their own vegetables using innovative hydroponic kits and seed capsules.

07 March 2022

Agriculture may not be the first thing to come to mind when considering industries in the very urban Hong Kong, but one start-up is turning to a smart device that lets users experience the joy of growing food in the comfort of their homes.More

Topics: Food & Beverages, Hong Kong, start-ups, Biotech

Reinventing design of business

Exhibition participation lets this designer show clients how to incorporate design into the business process.

07 March 2022

The word “design” often brings to mind luxury or decoration.More

Topics: Design Services, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Beefing up the biotech value chain

As it emerges as a world-leading biotech hub, Melbourne sees Hong Kong’s DesignInspire as an ideal networking opportunity.

03 March 2022

Melbourne grew explosively in the mid-19th century following the discovery of gold in Victoria, and the city later found its feet as a wool export hub. By the 21st century, Melbourne had developed into a resource and life-sciences hub, continuing to update its capabilities.More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Medical Supplies & Medicine, Hong Kong, Australasia, healthtech, Biotech

IT drives Industry 4.0

A Hong Kong technology enterprise has taken the opportunity to explore overseas markets amid the pandemic.

02 March 2022

In order to accelerate the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) to create an intelligent manufacturing industry, Hong Kong-based innovation and technology company Nexsen sees Industry 4.0 as an opportunity to actively expand into offshore markets.More

Topics: Electronics & Electrical Appliances, Hong Kong, ASEAN, start-up, ict

Diversity rules in marketing

A boutique fashion house has found success through social media and expansion into Japan, aided by the HKTDC’s T-box programme.

28 February 2022

As consumers became more cautious during the COVID-19 pandemic, a high-end fashion retailer moved forward by diversifying its offerings and expanding abroad with the help of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).More

Topics: Garments, Textiles & Accessories, Hong Kong, Japan, e-commerce, e-business

Self-driven scoops scour waters

A Hong Kong start-up is creating autonomous plastic gathering robot swarms which could clean up the world’s waterways.

25 February 2022

Plastic pollution in oceans, rivers, harbours and lakes has become a hot-button issue around the world, including in Hong Kong where most people live and work near waterways and see the problem every day.More

Topics: Environmental Protection, Hong Kong, e-business, start-ups

Innovation premium for insurers

An insurtech start-up has established a branch in the Qianhai economic cooperation zone to kick-start a nationwide expansion, tapping the huge market.

23 February 2022

Many insurance technology (insurtech) firms are putting a premium on the Mainland China market, where an increasingly affluent and tech-savvy population looks likely to fuel strong demand for online insurance products and services. Just ask OneDegree group, an insurtech headquartered in Hong Kong.More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Fintech, e-business

Exchanges get on express track

An Israeli-based start-up is bringing large-scale market advantages to any size of trading house, from the smallest to international power houses.

22 February 2022

Stocks, bonds and futures in everything from financial instruments, coffee to gold and hydrocarbons used to be traded in open-outcry exchanges – an apt name considering the organised chaos in the pits. Scenes of traders clad in bright jackets yelling bids amid a blizzard of ticker tape and order slips made for good news footage, but the business model was ill-suited to the digital age.More

Topics: Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Middle East, financial services, start-up

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