Invest Hong Kong today announced the 40 semi-finalists of its 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme.
They are grouped into two categories, the early to growth stage for 30 ventures and the concept and prototype stage for 10 ventures.
By place of origin, Hong Kong companies took up the largest portion with 12 ventures, followed by the UK (6), Israel (4) and the US (4).
In terms of business variety, the semi-finalists come from the retail, marketing, creative design, social media, smart mobile applications, healthcare and financial data analysis industries.
They will be further interviewed in the next round of judging in September to determine the 12 finalists who will take part in StartmeupHK Week from November 10 to 15 in Hong Kong. At the StartmeupHK Venture Forum on November 11, three Grand Award Winners will be chosen by the judges and voting audience.
Director-General of Investment Promotion Simon Galpin said he was delighted by the quality of the successful entrants and their diverse geographic and sector origins.
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