Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP)

The Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) supported by Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF)  is a life-changing experience to unleash participants’ full potential and gain insights into the global market! This digital technology-focused entrepreneurship programme with boot camp, mentorship and competition aims at nurturing young digital tech talents for Hong Kong since 2015. The nominated students have unique chance to participate in Overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp and receive mentorship from local and international industry elites. The winning teams will receive HK$100,000 grant from CCMF.

For the upcoming cohort, CUPP is themed in AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Data Science.

• A series of digital tech pre-camp nurturing sessions in Hong Kong
• An Entrepreneurship Boot Camp at prestigious overseas university
• Mentorship and insight from industry experts, both locally and globally
• Pitch innovative digital tech business idea to investors
• Win HK$100,000 grant by Cyberport Creative Micro Fund

• Project must be rooted in digital tech
• Applicants must be nominated by CUPP Co-organising Universities
• Applicants must be between 18 to 30 years old (inclusive) upon the nomination deadline
• Applicants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students from CUPP Co-organising Universities, either currently enrolled university students or graduates
• Applicants must have good command of English
• Team members could be a mixture of students from the CUPP Co-organising Universities
• Each team could have up to 5 members. Suggested team structure: ​
  • 1 Team Leader (i.e. principal applicant) with Hong Kong ID Card
  • Up to 2 Core Team Members with technical/UIUX knowledge, who will be joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  • Up to 2 Supporting Team Members, who will NOT be joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  • Maximum 3 members per team can join the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

Details please refer to Guides and Notes for Applicants

Winning teams will receive HK$100,000 grant to Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF)

About vetting criteria, vetting team compositions, and Grant Disbursement and Others.

CUPP is a programme on nomination based. Interested applicants should contact CUPP Co-organising Universities for nomination.

City University of Hong Kong

HK Tech 300

E  hktech300.info@cityu.edu.hk 

Hong Kong Baptist University

Career Centre, Office of Student Affairs

E  becky_poon@hkbu.edu.hk

Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration

E  szhang@hkmu.edu.hk

Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Department of Applied Data Science

E  ads@hksyu.edu

Lingnan University

Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative

E  lei@ln.edu.hk

Saint Francis University

Innovative Incubation Centre

E  mh2ip@sfu.edu.hk

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

ORKTS PI Centre

E picentre@cuhk.edu.hk

The Education University of Hong Kong

Knowledge Transfer Sub-office

E kt@eduhk.hk

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Department of Economics and Finance

E Joanneip@hsu.edu.hk

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office

E inno.hub@polyu.edu.hk

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

HKUST Entrepreneurship Center

E ecenter@ust.hk

Enquiry Email: training@cyberport.hk

1. What is Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP)?

The Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) is a life-changing experience to unleash participants’ full potential and gain insights into the global market! This digital tech-focused entrepreneurship programme offers students who are nominated by CUPP Co-organising Universities a unique chance to participate in Overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp and receive mentorship from industry elites.

2. What will I learn from CUPP?

A series of digital tech pre-camp nurturing sessions and industry mentorship in developing digital tech knowledge and prepare for the Overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp co-host with prestigious overseas university. The Boot Camp will take place in summer and focus on entrepreneurship for young talents with lectures, case studies, group work, guest speaker and mentoring. The programme activities will enhance your knowledge in digital tech and entrepreneurial skills, guide you towards your pitch presentation.

3. When do we pitch the ideas?

After the Overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, the CUPP teams will pitch the project ideas to judging panel at the Demo Day. The winning teams result will be announced at the Graduation Ceremony. Eligible CUPP students will receive a jointly issued certificate of completion by Cyberport and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Partner.

4. Who is eligible for CUPP?

• Project must be rooted in digital tech.
• Applicants must be nominated by CUPP Co-organising Universities.
• Applicants must be between 18 to 30 years old (inclusive) upon the nomination deadline.
• Applicants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students from CUPP Co-organising Universities, either currently enrolled university students or graduates.
• Applicants must have a good command of English.
• Team members could be a mixture of students from the CUPP Co-organising Universities.
• Each team could have up to 5 members. Suggested team structure:
  • 1 Team Leader (i.e. principal applicant) with Hong Kong ID Card
  • Up to 2 Core Team Members with technical/UIUX knowledge, who will be joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  • Up to 2 Supporting Team Members, who will NOT be joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  • Maximum 3 members per team can join the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

5. How to join CUPP?

CUPP is a nomination-based programme. Interested applicants should contact CUPP Co-organising University representatives for nomination. Applications should provide their academic performance, award received, entrepreneurial experience and proposed digital tech project to the university representatives for consideration.

Cyberport will contact the nominated teams for written test and interview. Emails will be sent to teams that are successfully admitted to CUPP.

Please refer to CUPP official webpage for the contacts of Co-organising Universities.

For general enquiry, please contact training@cyberport.hk.

6. What if I don’t have a team? Or looking for more team members?

Cyberport and CUPP Co-organising Universities will arrange networking session for like-minded students to form teams, join existing teams or search for additional members.

Please contact training@cyberport.hk for more details.

7. Do I have to pay to join CUPP?

Students successfully admitted to CUPP are required to pay a non-refundable HK$1,000 admission fee. The admission fee covers CUPP administrative costs and all the fee collected would be used in the training programmes.

Refundable HK$6,000 deposit will be collected from individuals joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp or refundable HK$3,000 from individuals NOT joining the overseas Entrepreneurship Boot Camp. The deposit is refundable upon full attendance and performance in CUPP, as assessed by Cyberport.

8. What is the prize?

Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) HK$100,000 will be disbursed to the CUPP winning teams in 3 stages:

Stage 1: HK$10,000 shall be paid to the CCMF Grant Recipient upon the signing of the CCMF Agreement.

Stage 2: HK$45,000 shall be disbursed upon successful completion and approval of the Interim Report by Cyberport.

Stage 3: HK$45,000 shall be disbursed upon the prototype is completed and the final report is approved by Cyberport.