10 Hong Kong Startups
Hong Kong is rammed full of exciting, interesting startups at the moment. We’ve picked just 10 here—but there are many, many more. Additional reporting by Yannie Chan and Sarah Fung.
Spacious
David Beatty and Asif Ghafoor
Launch July 2013.
The Elevator Pitch “Spacious makes it much easier to find a property to buy or rent in Hong Kong.”
The Deal We’ve all had to do the flat-hunting thing, and it sucks. It’s tricky to find flats online, doing it in person is time-consuming, and either way it’s hard to compare prices and market information. Spacious overlays Hong Kong property listings onto a map, and cross-references them with previous data to indicate if the place you’re looking at is a good deal, or just owned by a greedy landlord. Add detailed neighborhood guides and you’ve got yourself an effective way of looking for your next place. Interested? Spacious is currently looking for more investors who can bring something special to the team.
The Dream “We want Spacious to significantly improve the experience of buying or renting a property. The general consensus across property searchers seems to be that the current players are not providing the great customer experience people expect. We passionately believe Spacious will change this.”
Spacious.hk.
HotelQuickly
Raphael Cohen, Tomas Laboutka, Christian Mischler, Michal Juhas, Mario Peng