The final pitch of the first HKU Entrepreneurship Seed Fund, DreamCatchers 100K will be held on April 2 (Sunday). 20 finalists led by HKU students and young alumni will pitch their business idea or prototypes on the day to compete up to ten $100,000 seed fund awards. Some of the teams include:
- Gistnote (an intelligent research and writing tool for students and researchers)
- Capheart (a brand new emergency rescue network channel for sudden cardiac arrest patients)
- Electrifying our bikes (Electrifying our bikes! provides an extraordinary online platform that redefines electric mountain biking experiences and promotes exchanges among enthusiasts with the provision of advanced mechanical hardware support)
- Peacify(a smart sock designed to keep track of a baby's vital signs, alerting parents if there are any abnormalities)
- BioCap (a portable and inexpensive chip that provides an easy and real-time diagnosis of influenza. The analyzed results are shown by capturing colour information on the chip)
Event details:
Date: April 2, 2017 (Sunday)
Time: 1 to 6:30pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theater, HKU
Language: English
Adjudicators
- Professor Guanhua Chen Co-founder, Hong Kong X Technology Startup Platform; Professor, Department of Chemistry, HKU
- Professor Andy Hor Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), HKU
- Dr SC Kim Director, Technology Transfer Office, HKU
- Herman Lam Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Ltd
- Ricky Lei Founding Partner, Hong Kong Beijing Co-Create Fund
- George Tee Chief Technology Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Programme Rundown:
1300 1st Session of Pitching
1450 Break and Networking
1520 2nd Session of Pitching
1700 Judges Deliberation & Networking & Live Voting (Decide People’s Choice Award)
1745 Results Announcement
1830 End
For more event and team details: https://goo.gl/Gq5mb9
Enquiry:
Technology Transfer Office Mr Taurus Yip (Tel: 3917 1743/ 9359 4229; Email: taurus.yip@hku.hk) OR Mr Laurence Tang (Tel: 3917 1714/ 6076 9413; Email: laurence.tang@hku.hk)
