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City University of Hong Kong (CityU) announced earlier the launch of “HK Tech 300”, a large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme, with an allocation of HK$500 million, which has attracted increasing attention. The third cohort seed fund received an overwhelming response in terms of applications. After careful selection by the panel members, 87 start-up teams were selected to receive HK$100,000 each in seed funding under HK Tech 300, which will help them to turn their creative ideas into reality and embark on their entrepreneurship journey.

On 18 October 2021, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and China Resources Enterprise Limited (CRE) signed the official agreement to co-establish an innovation and entrepreneurship platform.

Two HK Tech 300 start-up teams won the champion and the second runner-up in the Hong Kong Chapter of “Maker in China” SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest 2021. Both teams were supported by seed funding from HK Tech 300, a large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme launched by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in March, with an allocation of HK$500 million.

Following its earlier announcement of the launch of the flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme “HK Tech 300” with an allocation of HK$500 million, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) held today (29 July) the HK Tech 300 Seed Fund Presentation Ceremony, presenting seed funds with the total sum of HK$6.5 million.

Dr Lee Kai-fu, an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), a world-renowned AI expert, and Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, delivered a talk, titled “How AI will Transform the World”, in the latest CityU Distinguished Lecture Series on 16 July.