Annual Report 2014/15

Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

Annual Report 2014/15

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Leaping on Global Ambition

借助全球脈絡，飛躍發展

Cyberport Partners: Leaping on global ambition

Central to the overall mission of fostering and nurturing Hong

Kong’s innovative technology leaders is Cyberport’s third giant

leap of leaping on global ambition. We work with start-ups and

established businesses to fulfill their goals of stepping up onto

the global stage. To do so it requires connections to the right

investors and industry players; fortunately, that is one area

where Cyberport shines.

How we are doing it

The essence of our third leap is to provide connections to the

Cyberport network across Mainland China, North America, Asia

and Europe. While helping to connect the dots between start-

ups and investors, we also formed partnerships with many

industry giants including Accenture, Lenovo, Microsoft,

NetDragon, etc. to pave ways for budding entrepreneurs to

leap onto the global stage.

To complement these connections, Cyberport piloted the

Cyberport Accelerator Support Programme in May 2014. In the

initial batch of applications, we worked with different

companies paving their way for their entrance into global

accelerator programmes. Participating companies received

funding as much as HK$300,000 for programme fees, travel

costs and accommodation. The list of world-class accelerator

programmes our incubatees and grantees got admitted is

impressive. They include 500 Startups Accelerator Programme

and the Plug & Play Startup Acceleration Program in the US,

Seedcamp in the UK, InnoSpace in Shanghai, etc. With these

funds and hands-on support, our young start-ups can tap into

world-class ecosystems with great connections, training and

advice.

Apart from those who travel elsewhere in the world, we also

have programmes for entrepreneurs who stay in town. In the

current year, we have worked closely with Accenture to launch

the brand-new Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific

which is a 12-week mentorship programme to test and refine

start-up’s FinTech solutions and bring together entrepreneurs,

financial institutions, angel investors and venture capital firms.

In addition to New York and London, Hong Kong is the first

Asian city to run the Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab. This is

a programme for early and growth-stage financial technology

innovators to accelerate product development. A group of eight

start-ups were admitted to the programme in September 2014

and were housed at Cyberport’s Smart-Space.

數碼港合作夥伴：借助全球脈絡，飛

躍發展

借助全球脈絡，飛躍發展，是數碼港的第三部

發展策略的扼要。數碼港以培育香港創意科技

領袖人才為己任，此發展策略實在不可或缺。

我們與初創企業和已有所成就的企業緊密合

作，助他們實現進軍國際之目標。要做到這一

點，就必須與合適的投資者和業內人士建立良

好的人脈網絡，這正是數碼港其中最擅長之處。

我們的策略

為協助企業借助全球脈絡飛躍發展，我們替數

碼港的成員開啟通往中國內地、北美洲、亞洲

和歐洲的網絡，這些網絡涵蓋初創企業、投資

者以至與我們已建立起合作關係的跨國企業，

包括埃森哲、聯想、微軟、網龍等，有助企業

躋身國際舞台。

數碼港在

2014

年

月首次推行「數碼港加速器

支援計劃」，讓初創企業可善加利用這些人脈網

絡。在首批甄選中，我們挑選並協助數家企業

參加多個全球創業加速器。每家被挑選的企業

均獲得高達

萬港元的資助，津貼其參加項目

的經費、交通和住宿費用。取錄這些年輕企業

的全球加速器全皆享負盛名，當中包括美國的

「

500 Startups Accelerator Programme

」和

「

Plug & Play Startup Acceleration Program

」、英

國的「

Seedcamp

」以及上海的「

InnoSpace

」等。

得到這類資金和支援，參加者可在完善的聯

繫、培訓和指導下涉足世界級的初創企業生態

圈。

除了扶持有機會往外發展的企業外，我們亦推

出了多個以駐本港的企業為對象的計劃。在回

顧年內，我們與埃森哲緊密合作，在數碼港社

區推出全新的「埃森哲亞太區金融技術創新實

驗室」。此項目為期

周，目的是要試行和改

良各種初創企業計劃，並匯集企業家、金融機

構、天使投資者和風險投資公司一同參與計

劃。除紐約和倫敦外，香港是亞洲首個舉辦「埃

森哲金融技術創新實驗室」的城市。此項計劃

的對象是初成立或處於成長階段的金融科技公

司。

2014

年

月，計劃接納了

家初創企業的

申請，讓它們進駐數碼港的

Smart-Space

共用

工作間。