HKSTP Unveils Top 74 Global Startups Confirmed for EPiC 2024 Grand Finale

HONG KONG SAR – 19 March 2024 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has revealed the highest 74 startups from over 600 contestants for its eighth and largest ever world Elevator Pitch Competition 2024 (EPiC 2024) Grand Finale, happening in Hong Kong on 26 April 2024. The semi-finalists had been chosen from the first-ever four-city sequence of worldwide semi-finals held within the revolutionary hubs of Hong Kong, (*74*) Valley, Stuttgart and Singapore.

This 12 months, 80% of semi-finalists are abroad opponents from 16 economies, making this contest probably the most worldwide iteration of EPiC to this point. EPiC’s world development stands testomony to Hong Kong’s standing as a number one worldwide I&T hub that pulls top-tier startups from all over the world.

EPiC 2024 is a HKSTP’s annual flagship startup occasion and one among Hong Kong’s mega occasions, changing into one of the crucial extremely anticipated occasions for the I&T neighborhood. This 12 months’s Grand Finale will happen on 26 April 2024, on the sky100 venue atop Hong Kong’s tallest constructing, International Commerce Centre. The taking part startups will compete throughout the three competitors tracks of FinTech, PropTech and MobilityTech.

Startups can have precisely 60 seconds to amaze the judges with their disruptive innovation, in a real elevator pitch expertise for all members. All candidates will goal US$45 million funding to be organized[1], have the chance to compete for as much as US$5 million in funding from HKSTP Corporate Venture Fund (“CVF”), in addition to US$240,000 in money prizes, plus partnership alternatives. By taking part in EPiC, startups can leverage Hong Kong’s largest innovation ecosystem at HKSTP as a springboard to large market alternatives in Mainland China, throughout Asia and past.

[1] Target to rearrange USD45 Million funding: Investors (together with funds managed by HKSTP CVF, Beyond Ventures, BitRock Capital, Gaw Capital, HKX, InnoAngel, Jafco Asia, Mindworks Capital and Radiant Tech Ventures) will think about investing in candidates (topic to phrases and circumstances to be agreed between the events)