Finalists in business start-up competition

Finalists in business start-up competition

Twelve innovative businesses have been chosen as finalists in Invest Hong Kong’s 2013 StartmeupHK Venture Programme competition, designed to highlight Hong Kong’s potential for start-up businesses. The competition attracted 384 entries from 39 countries.

The finalists come from the US, India, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Israel and have business ideas ranging from opthamology solutions to the recycling of oil-based waste into clean fuel (see box).
All entries were judged on the scale of the challenge or opportunity they addressed, the venture’s viability and sustainability, and the potential economic benefit to Hong Kong.
The 12 finalists will be invited to Hong Kong to

take part in StartmeupHK Week from 2 to 7 December, at which the three Grand Award Winners will be announced.



Finalists in the 2013 StartmeupHK competition.

• D’Arcy Polychrome Ltd (New Zealand)

– polychromatic dry granulated pigment

• Forus Health Pvt Ltd (India) – mass-screening opthamology solution

• Global Spatial Technology Solutions (Canada)

– air and maritime traffic data management

• Hanson Robotics (US) – humanoid robot manufacturing

• IT Central Station (Israel) – social media platform for enterprise technology

• J Plus Corporation Ltd (Hong Kong) – sports coaching application

• Phoenix Depot International Inc (Canada)

– recycling of oil-based waste for clean fuel

• Pinnacle Engines (US) – energy-efficient engines

• Sanguine Biosciences, Inc (US) – biomedical data research

• VajraSoft Inc (US) – intellectual property management solution

• Wifinity Ltd (India) – IoT (Internet of Things) semiconductor

• Zimfly, Inc (US) – mobile Building Information

Modelling system

Full details at www.startmeup.hk.