The entrepreneur track has two cohorts and will equip at least 120 technology companies with the knowhow through a series of structured training provided by professionals including academia, bankers, venture capitalists, accountants and lawyers from Hong Kong and overseas. Ten selected companies from each cohort will enter the second stage, which focuses on supporting companies for business expansion and fund-raising over a seven-month period.
After the entrepreneur track, the participants will
Leverage knowledge and resources in various fields covering business model, legal and financial matters, and pitching skills for developing strong business acumen;
Receive one-on-one professional support on business consultation;
Participate in exhibitions, pitching events and roadshows in Hong Kong and Overseas;
Be connected with potential business partners/investors through investment and business matching; and
Turn their innovative ideas into marketable products/services and enlarge market footprints.
Target Participants
Technology companies registered in Hong Kong
STAGE 1 - Comprehensive Training that covers four modules of lectures and workshops
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After this module, the participants will
• Understand how to develop disruptive innovations;
• Build an innovative business model and develop an elevator pitch;
• Understand challenges associated with platform innovations;
• Be able to conduct meaningful customer segmentations and develop strategic positions;
• Be able to evaluate and choose between multiple opportunities; and
• Develop go-to-market strategies
TOPICS:
• Business model innovation
• Disruptive innovations
• Developing the elevator pitch
• Platform innovations
• Customer segmentation and strategic positioning
• Opportunities evaluation
• Go-to-market strategies
LANGUAGE:
English
INSTRUCTOR:
Boh Wai Fong is Professor of Information Technology and Operations Management at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is also Head of the Division of Information Technology and Operations Management and Director of the Information Management Research Center. She received her PhD from the Tepper School of Business at the Carnegie Mellon University. Her conducts research in the areas of knowledge and innovation management and social media. She has published more than 60 articles in top management journals and conferences. She has also won multiple awards, including awards for best papers in journals, conferences, and as a best IS professor in Asia. Professor Boh is a seasoned and versatile instructor who teaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She has spoken in multiple industry conferences, and specializes in research and conducting training for entrepreneurs, managers and employees in areas related to innovation and entrepreneurship. Professor Boh is also sought after by private organizations as well as government agencies to conduct training programs.
Jason T. Kuo has extensive experience in corporate securities and general corporate matters. He has worked on a broad range of securities transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs), debt offering, tender offers, private placements, and pre-IPO venture capital investments involving issuers from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, and Australia. Mr. Kuo also advises on U.S. corporate and regulatory matters, such as OFAC, CFIUS, and FCPA.
Mr. Kuo has been recognized as a leading attorney in the Equity Capital Markets category by IFLR 1000. Raised in Asia and the United States, he is a native speaker of both Mandarin and English, and has a working knowledge of Japanese.
Jeff Lee is an associate in the corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the Hong Kong office. His practice covers a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including cross border acquisitions and investments, corporate finance, general banking and real estate work. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Jeff practiced with another international law firm. He has acted for leading banks and financial institutions on a variety of bilateral and syndicated, secured and unsecured lending transactions involving private companies, public listed companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs). He has also represented and advised local and international clients on acquisition, disposal, financing and leasing of commercial and residential properties in Hong Kong. Jeff is admitted to practice in Hong Kong. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
Anny Cheng is an associate in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Her practice focuses on capital markets transactions. She has experience in equity and debt security offerings, including advising issuers and underwriters on listings on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She is also experienced in corporate restructuring and reorganization, corporate governance, regulatory, and compliance issues. She has worked at several international law firms and a global derivatives trading firm. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Hakka.
Jacob Chun specialises in Hong Kong corporate finance, Hong Kong IPOs, pre-IPO investments and restructurings, post-IPO regulatory and compliance matters, and secondary equity fundraisings. Jacob also works on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, and restructurings.
Jacob was qualified as a solicitor of Hong Kong in 2015. He was awarded The Law Society of Hong Kong Prize in Professional Conduct and Practice and the School of Law Postgraduate Scholarship when he studied Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and Juris Doctor respectively in City University of Hong Kong. He has previously worked as a solicitor and a trainee solicitors in well-established local firms in Hong Kong. He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Jacob has been involved in the Hong Kong IPO of various industries including money lending service, LED product manufacturing, smart film manufacturing, corporate finance advisory service, agricultural products manufacturing, aviation, port and logistics, and construction services.
INSTRUCTORS:
Dominic is the co-founder and partner of Dark Horse Investment (angel investment), and the Founder and CEO of Decisive Consulting Limited (business consulting), a member of the vetting and membership committee of Hong Kong Business Angels Network (HKBAN), Associate Professor of Practice, Business School, Associate Director, EMBA Programme, the project director of Centre For Entrepreneurship, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
Previously, Dominic has been involved in many hi-tech startups including Englishtown (English language e-learning provider), Cedar Audio UK (Digital Signal Processing equipment), SpikeCyberWorks (web-solution provider), Portable Innovation (PDA OEM design company) and oCen Communication (VoIP, communication portal). He was formally a consultant at McKinsey & Company where he advised clients on strategic, operational and organization issues. He was also the co-CEO of a-connect (Asia), a consulting staffing firm linking independent professional to global leading corporation. Dominic holds a B.A. in Electrical and Information Science, an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Digital Signal Processing, all from University of Cambridge, UK, where he was a Croucher Foundation Scholar.
Ada currently leads the Innovative Business and Ecosystem Partnership team of Commercial Banking HSBC, driving the bank’s proactive engagement with the innovation entrepreneurial ecosystem and support to startups and entrepreneurs in turning their business vision into reality. Prior to that, for more than 10 years she gained extensive experiences covering various commercial banking areas including commercial lending, international trade and cash management solutions. Ada holds a Bachelor Degree of Information Engineering and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Danny Po has more than 30 years of experience in China tax and business advisory services. He has been working closely with his teams in Hong Kong and the Mainland of China to provide a wide range of transaction related tax services for both in-bound and out-bound investment. He was the lead engagement M&A tax partner of Blackstone’s acquisition of SZITIC, COFCO’s acquisition of Noble Group, Beijing Capital’s acquisition of TPI’s waste management business in New Zealand and HNA’s acquisition of Hilton Group.
Danny is an active speaker on China inbound and outbound M&A tax topics for trade associations and professional bodies as well as media in the Mainland of China and Hong Kong.
Danny is a fellow member of the HKICPA, ACCA, ICAEW, HKTI and HKICS. Danny has a DBA degree granted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a MBA degree granted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Edwina is a partner in the Hong Kong office, specializing in business and intangible asset valuations and corporate reorganization for both public and privately held entities involving mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, financial statement reporting including purchase price allocation under HKFRS/IFRS and US GAAP, tax reorganization, and litigation support. Prior to her specialization in business valuations, Edwina focused on tax and estate planning for small medium enterprises for six years and provided services in personal, corporate and trust tax, and tax planning. Edwina has over 20 years of international experience covering North America, Hong Kong and China. Her industry experience includes private equity, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, oil & gas, healthcare, retail food, alternative power, retail pharmacy, manufacturing, and real estate. Edwina is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CA,CPA), a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (CBV) and an accredited member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). She is the chair of the board of directors of the International Institute of Business Valuers (iiBV) and serves on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)/International Valuation Standards Council (IVCS) Taskforce focused on improving valuation practices in the APEC region.
Philip has over 18 years of audit and advisory experience. Philip is the Chairman of Technology Fast 20 Hong Kong Program, which is one of Hong Kong’s most objective rankings for the technology, media and telecommunications industries, created to recognize the effort and dedication of the fastest-growing technology companies in Hong Kong.
He has rich experience in advising technology companies in strategy & operation, fund raising and capital market strategy. Personally, he is passionate in mentoring young entrepreneurs and share his advices with early stage companies.
His clienteles include a number of Hong Kong and China fintech, e-commerce and bio-technology companies.
Polly Lee is specialized in Technology, Media and Telecom Industry. She is the Media Leader of Southern China Region of Deloitte China. Polly has over 18 years of experience with Deloitte and other Big 4 CPA firms. She has actively involved in a number of Hong Kong and state-owned enterprises listings in different stock exchanges in the United States of America, Canada and Hong Kong, including a state-owned enterprise in telecommunication industry. She has extensive experience serving clients with multiple locations and monitoring regional coordination.
Polly is a Member of Professional Development Committee and Member of Registration and Practising Committee of the HKICPA. She is a member of Zonta Club of Hong Kong and a full member of Association of Women Accountants of Hong Kong to help to advance the status of women in Hong Kong through services and advocacy, and to raise the interest of woman accountants in the accountancy profession and in business. Polly is also a member and honorable treasurer of The Ink Society.
Cantonese & Mandarin
Managing Partner of HBCC and General Partner of Tenplus Ventures. IT veteran turned venture capital investor specializes in tech startup investment in China, Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. Expert in Internet related software/hardware technology, IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data and AI. Frequently interview by CCTV China Global Television Network (CGTN) on cutting edge technology and other media on tech investment. He is also a TED Speaker and a presenter at the World Economic Forum. Held position as the Partner of Cloudbrain Fund, China GM of VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) , VP of Groupon (China) and SVP of AsiaInfo Technologies (NASDAQ: ASIA). Graduated from UCLA and the University of Texas at Dallas.
Simon joined NLVC in 2011. Prior to NLVC, Simon worked at BNP Paribas, Lehman Brothers and Nomura. He advised Chinese companies and multinational corporations on their financing and M&A transactions during his investment banking career in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Simon holds a BA degree and an MA degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and an MBA from Duke University.
STAGE 2 - Business Development and Fundraising Services:
Selected participants will be provided with consultancy, investment and business matching opportunities through one-on-one consultation, networking and pitching events for a period of approximately 7 months.
Application Process
Step 1: Submit Teaser (Deadline: January 8, 2019)
After completion of four-module comprehensive trainings, Stage 1 participants must submit their teasers (Template can be downloaded here) for application to Stage 2 on or before January 8, 2019.
Please note that (1) the teaser to be submitted should not be more than 3 page (font size 11); and (2) Participants may add extra sessions to the teaser template to fit their business proposal.
Step 2: Announce Teaser Screening Result
Teasers received will be screened and round 20 startups will be shortlisted to present their projects to a judge panel during the Selection Day.
As selected startups will be invited to a Selection Day in short notice, please get your presentation materials such as PowerPoint and product demo ready.
Step 3: Selection Day
In the selection day, the participants will present their business projects with showcasing their presentation materials to our judge panel.
After announcing the result in the Selection Day, round 10 selected startups will be invited to join our 7-month business development and fundraising services.
1. R&D
2. Business Model
3. Financial Model
4. Management Team
5. Market Size
Objectives
The business angel track targets to enhance the capabilities and practical knowledge of angel investors and individuals who aspire to become angel investors through knowledge exchange activities including workshops and sharing session so as to energize the business angel ecosystem in Hong Kong.
After the business angel track, the participants will
Gain an understanding of the venture investment environment in Hong Kong, China and overseas
Identify key considerations for early stage investment and master knowledge on making investment decisions; and
Have the opportunities to connect with quality deal flows and to practice with real cases
Angel investors
Individuals who aspire to become angel investors
Date: 29 March 2019 (Friday) and 11 April 2019 (Thursday)
Venue: Wheelock Gallery, 2/F, Queensway Plaza, 93 Queensway Road, Admiralty
Language: Putonghua and Cantonese
Enrollment Deadline: 15 March 2018
Fee: HK$500
張春暉
Plutus VC 合夥人
中國互聯網建設者之一，創辦了ChinaNet第一個互聯網站“深圳之窗”與第一個BBS“一網情深”。超過二十年創業與投資經驗，側重TMT領域。國內資深風險投資人，曾負責松禾資本TMT投資、創辦前海英諾天使基金、擔當鐳厲天使投委。深圳科技專家成員，參與多個重大項目（孔雀/海歸）評審。
2018年創立PLUTUS VC，側重FinTech與文化產業投資。
祝曉成
嚴震銘
香港天使投資脈絡 副主席慧科科創投資 創始及執行合夥人
嚴震銘博士現為慧科科創投資有限公司的創始及執行合夥人, 並註冊為證券及期貨條例下第9類（資產管理）受規管活動之負責人員。嚴博士擁有逾25年在香港上市及私人企業管理經驗，負責範疇包括投資管理、業務開拓發展、供應鏈管理、企業策略、財務及資訊科技等領域。九十年代後期，嚴博士開始參與對美國、以色列、中國及香港科技項目的投資。
成立慧科科創投資有限公司之前，嚴博士是慧科資本有限公司之聯合創辦人及董事總經理。他現為數家位於美國、香港和以色列等地區的科創企業擔任董事，香港天使投資脈絡副主席，同時亦是合和實業有限公司 (SEHK: 0054) 的獨立非執行董事，福田實業 (集團) 有限公司 (SEHK: 0420) 董事會副主席兼非執行董事。
李竹
英諾天使基⾦創始合夥⼈中國青年天使會會長清華校友TMT協會榮譽會長 1989畢業於清華大學計算機系。 1993年，2005年兩次創業，是連續創業的企業家。 2000年開始天使投資，累計參投項⽬200多個，多個項目上市 (如游族網絡、美團網、德生科技)或被併購。 2013年創辦英諾天使基金，發展成為自我進化、跨地域的創新型天使投資平台。獲評中關村天使領軍⼈物，連續多年被清科評為“中國天使年度投資人十強”。
付利軍
付利軍是英諾天使基金合夥人，早期從事芯片研發和產品工作，曾獲得過上海市科技進步一等獎。投資過的知名案例包括：格科微電子，晶豐明源，非碼科技，智蜂巢等。在加入英諾天使投資前，付利軍對於商業模式創新，企業成長，創業領導力等都有深刻的理解。
張克科
深圳市深港科技合作促進會會長、深圳市決策諮詢委員會委員，深圳產學研合作促進會常務副會長。 1982年畢業於武漢大學。曾任深圳市科技局副局長、深圳市高新辦副主任、深圳市科協專職副主席、深港產學研基地副主任，深港發展研究院執行院長。深圳市政協第四屆委員會委員、文史與學習委員會副主任。 張克科先後參與和主持了國家863集成電路設計專項服務平台建設、深港文化產業發展戰略研究、深港跨境落馬洲河套發展研究、深港智慧城市協同發展、深圳市及有關區的十一五、十二五、十三五等科技、信息化、產城發展規劃等課題。 2004年起主持數字深圳戰略研究、高新區信息化建設，特別承擔深圳十二五信息化規劃的研究和製定，社區信息化和織網工程的技術指導，2006年起參與廣東省信息化建設和珠江三角洲信息化一體化重大課題調研。對高新技術產業發展和協同創新、創新型城市建設、文化產業發展以及深圳與香港、與國際的合作等有較豐富的實踐經驗和多學科研究成果。在深港創新圈的框架下，2008年發起成立“深港科技社團聯盟”，連續多年參與組織深港青年創業大賽和深港澳台創新創業專題活動。近期主持了深圳優質產業空間發展、鹽田區美好城區指標體系、福田-落馬洲河套協同創新發展、東莞松山湖國家自主創新示範區發展戰略、中山東部組團產業規劃等重大研究。
譚偉豪
香港天使投資脈絡 主席
譚偉豪博士是一位科技創業者，具備30年企業管理經驗的資深企業家。他於大學畢業後不久便創業，推出以《快譯通》爲品牌的電子辭典，公司隨後於1993年在香港主板上市，主要業務是發展電子教育産品。
譚博士活躍於天使投資，亦致力創造培育初創企業的生態系統(Eco-system)。譚博士現爲權智有限公司主席、香港英諾天使基金合夥人、香港産學研合作促進會會長、香港天使投資脈絡主席、香港工業總會珠三角工業協會副主席，慧科資本有限公司及匯澤亞洲投資有限公司的顧問。
