Bolstering Hong Kong’s start-up ecosystem

InvestHK has set up a dedicated team to further strengthen Hong Kong’s position as the region’s leading start-up hub. 

The team of two will reach out to both local and overseas start-ups and start-up communities to support InvestHK’s active promotion of Hong Kong’s role as the preferred hub for setting up new companies.

“The setting up of the new start-up team marks a milestone for InvestHK in its outreach to founders and the local and overseas start-up communities,” says Simon Galpin, InvestHK’s director-general of investment promotion. “I am hoping that the start-up team will further embed Hong Kong's position as a leading destination and hub for start-ups, and attract entrepreneurs and founders to set up their businesses in the city.”

The new team comprises two executives chosen for their extensive links and experience in the local and overseas start-up communities.

StartmeupHK’s investor relations officer, Jayne Chan, joins from the non-profit organisation TiE Hong Kong, where she was executive director, while investor support officer Duncan Tong has arrived from ANZ, where he covered cross-border transactions, mainly focusing on SMEs and start-ups.

InvestHK needs all the help it can get in carrying out its ambitious programmes, including the 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme, which has invited start-ups from around the world to compete for the grand prizes.