2021年5月4日星期二

CityU HK Tech 300 - Introduction

City HK Tech 300 was launched on 23rd Mar 2021 and the session of introduction was held on 4th May 2021.  In the beginning, Dr Laura Lo (Associate Vice-President (Chinese Mainland Affairs Office)) gave introductory speech and showed a video.


Then Dr. Tracy Cheng and Ms. Carmen Ng briefed the details of CityU HK Tech 300 that would invest HK$500M in next 3 years to launch 300 startups championed by CityU students.


The vision, eligibility and impact were also described.


Then the training schedule with different cohorts in 2021 and 2022 were introduced.


After that the HK Tech 300 seed fund application time and details were discussed.


Finally, they introduced collaboration with different incubators in Hong Kong including Science Park, HKAI Lab, Cyberport, ASTRI and different industry associations. Lastly, some alumni shared their experience and mentoring scheme was mentioned.


During Q&A Session, some of them were summarized below.

-          Seed fund proposal submission will start on 15 May 2021 and deadline is on 2 Jun 2021.

-          Seed fund could be applied individually and not necessary a company but angel fund is only for company limited.

-          Seed Fund Interview is 5 min to explain your company technology, nature, development/milestone with 10 min Q&A.

-          Interview using English

-          HK$100,000 seed fund is for one year with 3 milestone that $40,000 after the contract signed, $40,000 after the half year milestone achieved and $20,000 after the project completed.


At the end, Dr. Ron Chi-wai Kwok gave closing remark.


 Reference:

CityU HK TECH 300 - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/hktech300/

Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO) - http://www.cityu.edu.hk/kto/

20210423: City I&T Grand Challenge Online Briefing Session - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/04/city-i-grand-challenge-online-briefing.html

20210323: CityU HK Tech 300 – Launching Ceremony - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/03/cityu-hk-tech-300-launching-ceremony.html

20210309: CityU KTO – CityU Tech Ventures Info Talks - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/03/cityu-kto-cityu-tech-ventures-info-talks.html


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