INVESTMENT RESULTS AT A GLANCE SINCE 2015*
Total Investments
Attracting over US$2.5B co-investment
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BREAKDOWN
*The above figures are based on AEF's aggregated data as of March 31, 2022, including investment data of AEF GBA Fund.
7 NEW INVESTMENTS
RICE ROBOTICS
FORKAST
SLEEKFLOW
APOIDEA
BIG BANG ACADEMY
PREFACE
KICKS CREW
5 FOLLOW-ON INVESTMENTS
GOGOX
PRENETICS
HOMECOURT
GREAT BAY BIO
EFINIX
JUMPSTARTER 2022
GLOBAL PITCH COMPETITION
Up to US$4M Investment Commitment
Attracted 155,000+ Fans
& Supporters
in 54 Regions & Countries
Acquired 600 applications
Globally from 54 economies
Invited 162 Speakers,
Judges & Experts
Conducted 6-full days of
120 online 1:1 pitches
Attained 5,000+ attendees
Digital campaign attained
8.5M+ Reach Worldwide
JUMPSTARTER 2022 Contestants Geographical Distribution
JUMPSTARTER 2022 Contestants Top 6 Sectors
SUSTAINABILITY
HEALTHCARE
DEEP TECH
FINTECH
LOGISTICS
ART TECH
Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem returned some impressive results in the past year, despite the ongoing economic challenges of the global pandemic. In the year 2021-2022, 17 more startups have joined HKAI Lab program, making a total of 65 since 2018. Their businesses span across the categories including ArtTech & Metaverse, Biomedical Tech, ConTech and PropTech, Climate Risk, eCommerce & Smart Retail, EduTech, FinTech & RegTech, GreenTech, Media, Medical & Health Tech, Smart City & Living, Smart Manufacturing, Tourism, InsurTech, etc. HKAI Lab continued to build and develop the AI ecosystem in Hong Kong and kept organizing many workshops and webinars with different corporates, VC, universities and associations.
Months accelerator program
Start-ups
Participating Entrepreneurs
Meetings
Meetings Hours
TRANSFORMING HONG KONG THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Deloitte X Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund RESEARCH REPORT
REKINDLING HK’S ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
Key Findings:
YOUTH PROGRAM
NURTURING YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH A SERIES OF PROGRAMS
Go-digital
NEW RETAIL COMPETITION
ROBOMASTER
ROBOTICS COMPETITION
IdeaPOP!
STUDENT PITCH COMPETITION
ESTABLISHMENT OF
SEED FOUNDATION IN 2021
All figures are based on AEF's data over the 12-month period ended March 31, 2022 unless otherwise stated.