Cyberport: the Platform to Catalyze Digital Technology Investments

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In the past few years, Hong Kong sees an increasing number of traditional corporations, family enterprises, institutional investors and high net worth individuals shifting their investment portfolio strategy to include venture investment in local technology start-ups. According to Chibo Tang (managing director of Gobi Partners), investing in early-stage digital tech start-ups is becoming a rising trend in the funding market, where real estate and stocks are no longer the only popular investment options. Which technology verticals are attracting the most investor interests?

An emerging investment trend

The winners are those that can ride on the city’s unique strengths in the Asian region and turn them into their own advantage. According to Bill Reichert (co-founder and managing director, Garage Technology Ventures), financial technology in Hong Kong has emerged as the hottest trend leveraging Hong Kong’s position as a leading international financial services hub. Edith Yeung (head of Greater China, 500 Startups) foresees in the next three years, both Silicon Valley and Chinese entrepreneurs would compete to dominate artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, fintech and healthcare technologies. In particular, artificial intelligence, blockchain, healthcare and edtech are expected to have huge impact on Chinese society.

Technology innovation and disruption over the past decade have been continuously shaping the investment trend. Chairman and CEO of Ping An Global Voyager Fund, Jonathan Larsen sees great opportunity in fintech and healthcare technology. “Phenomena such as the ubiquity of mobile devices, cloud computing and increasingly usable artificial intelligence and machine learning tools have created a powerful set of conditions for innovation and growth in these two areas.”