Time to Build: Applications Now Open To Founder Institute Hong Kong 2023

Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2023: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.

Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.

If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Hong Kong's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Hong Kong 2023 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several in-person free startup events in Hong Kong over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:

Hong Kong Events:

Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your Startup to Hong Kong Investors & Advisors: 7:00pm, May 06, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/396626

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Go From Raw Idea to Polished Pitch using AI: 12:30am, Apr 21, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/395818
Turn Your Expertise Into an Audience on LinkedIn: 12:00am, Apr 28, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/392469
How to Overcome the Fear of Starting Your Own Company: 12:00am, Apr 29, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/394922
How to Get Your First 10 Customers Without a Marketing Team or Budget: 12:30am, May 05, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/394584
How Anyone Can Become a Solo Founder with AI: 12:00am, May 06, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/396613
Stop Guessing: How to Use AI to Validate Your Startup Idea in Days : 12:00am, May 13, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/396775
How to Choose the Right Startup Idea Before You Build: 8:00pm, May 18, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/390362
How to Tell Stories That Win Clients and Investors with Lubna Forzley: 12:00am, May 20, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/396443
Inside the Founder Institute: Real Stories From Alumni: 12:00am, Jun 03, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/390529
Startup Advisors 101: How to Find Advisors and Maximize their Impact: 8:30am, Jun 09, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/388392
Fundraising Reality Check: Startup Funding Q&A for Founders: 12:00am, Jun 10, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/396279
Turn Startup Hesitation Into Action: A Founder Mindset Framework: 8:00am, Jun 16, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/395048
Stop Guessing, Start Raising: An Investor Q&A : 8:00am, Jul 07, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/392794
Stop Overthinking and Build a Great Startup Idea: 12:00am, Jul 21, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/390660
From Idea to Action: The Startup Mindset : 8:30pm, Aug 10, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/395132
Meet FI Alumni Founders: High-Growth Startups Panel : 12:00am, Aug 11, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/391212
Build a Startup Idea Investors Won’t Ignore: 8:00am, Aug 19, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/391232
What Makes Investors Say Yes: Startup Funding AMA: 12:00am, Sep 02, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/393572
Break the Idea Loop and Decide What to Build: 8:00am, Sep 22, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/391511
From Idea to Traction: Lessons From Global FI Alumni: 8:30am, Oct 06, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/390936
From Dreamer to Doer: Build the Founder Mindset: 12:00am, Oct 14, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/393500
From Founder to Funded: Interactive Q&A with Top Startup Investor: 1:00am, Nov 04, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/393589
From “Maybe” to Momentum: Building a Great Startup Idea: 9:00am, Nov 18, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/391377
From First Idea to First Funding: Global Alumni Stories: 1:00am, Dec 02, 2026 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/391072

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Make better, faster business decisions in 2023 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.

Our mentors include

Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Aleena Zacharia: Program Coordinator, Brinc
Alex Samson: Head of Tech, Finagra
Alison Massey: Digital Marketing Consultant , GLG
Altaf Rehmani: Generative AI Ambassador & APAC Lead, Altaf Rehmani
Amit Chatterjee: Founder & Group Chairman, Shadow Factory
Andre Lin: Associate Director , Speedpixel Ventures
André Flórido: Partner, Altaz Capital
Andrea Livotto: Partner, TenX2
Andrea Springmann: Co-Founder/ Director, Don't Throw Me Limited
Andrew Chen: Managing Partner , Arion Ventures
Andrew Stotz: Founder & CEO, A. Stotz Investment Research
Andrew Keh: Founder, Aisle8
Andrii Moroz: Partner, Network VC
Andy Ann: CEO, NDN GROUP
Angela Tang: HR & Training Partner, Hewlett Rand
Anna Fedorova: CEO, Unicorn Events
Arnaud Touati: Lawyers in new technologies, HASHTAG AVOCATS
Arnold Cheung: Founder, Profind
Arthur Lai: Spokesman, JOULE
Ashok Jaiswal: Founder / CMO, Lecker Labs Ltd
Austin Keung: Chief Financierge, Financierge
Avishek Majumder, Xccelerate
Belinda Pham: VC Investor & Scout | Web3 & Blockchain, Brinc
Ben Chien: Managing Director, Greater China , AnyMind Group
Ben Stein: Co-founder & CEO, Staple
Ben Berenson: Managing Partner, Asia SGE, Hong Kong
Bijoy Sen: COO, Talentier
Bill Laboon: Director of Education and Governance Initiatives, Web3 Foundation
Bowie Lau: Director, MaGE Group
Brian Chen: Founder, Board Click
Brian Tsui: Partner , Catallyze
Bruno Škvorc: Web3 Idealist, Caimeo
Burtujin Dashnyam
Caroline York: Director of Marketing, Gusto Collective
Carolyn Li: Deputy Secretary, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
Catherine Doherty
Catherine Sofia Somi: Founder, Co-Founder, DZF333.XYZ, SEEDEFY
Cesar Jung Harada: Founder , Makerbay Limited and Foundation
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christian Ng: Manager, Swire Properties
Christina Tang: Director, Blue Sky Energy Technology
Christine Yu: Co-Founder, Sophia
Claudio Trucco: Strategy & innovation manager, AECOM
Clay Sen: Head of SEO/Ecomm/Content+ , Client Lead Partnership, Mindshare
Crystal Pang: Co-founder, Pickupp
Daniel Cruickshanks: CTO, Profind
Daniel Csontos: Founding Partner, Pontis Ventures
Danny Yeung: Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor, Astronaut, uBuyiBuy (acquired by Groupon)
David Brabbins: Associate Partner , Prophet
David Rosa: CEO, Neat
David Liu: Executive Vice President & Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Clarivate
Derek Kwik: Managing Partner, BraveSoldier Venture Capital
Derrick Cramer: Global Head of Marketing, Hawk:AI
Desmond Augustus: Data Analyst, Freelance
Dhrupad Das: Partner, Panda Law
Dominic Kwok, EasyA
Doug Glen: Principal, Hong Kong Tech Incubator
Dr Francois Fong: Founder & CEO, Neo-Health Group
Dr. Ken Ip: Associate Director, Innovative Incubation Centre, Saint Francis University
DrWarren Linger: CEO, exmersive.ai
Edmund Chan
Elaine Ng: Founder and Designer, The Fabrick Lab
Elton Xu: First Vice President, East West Bank
Enric Danieletto: Partner, Pairstech Capital Management LLP
Erdinç Ekinci: Managing Director, Founder Institute Japan/Korea/Taiwan
Eric Yeung, Flowpamine
Eric Yang: Managing Partner, Fundamental Labs
Eric Woo: Investment Analyst, Alibaba
Esme Pau: Senior Director, China Tonghai Securities
Eureka Kwan: Founder, Shines
Frank Lee: Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk
Frank Yam: CEO & Founder, Focus Strategic Group Inc.
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Co-Founder, Vitamin CS Coaching
Gaetan Gosset, Independent Investor & Analyst
Gary To: Founder & General Manager, Koziness (acquired by Food Panda)
Gerard Escaler: Co-Founder, Lyrium Venture Partners Limited
Giang Trịnh: Managing Partner, VMCG Capital
Gilbert Ng: Founder, Mura Capital
Gregor Borosa: Co-Founder & Security Principal, Boson Protocol
Gregory Yuen: Associate Director, AsiaPay
Guy Facey: Partner, Facey & Associates LLP
Hadassah Okandeji: Programs & Operations
Harrison Goldsmith: Global Business Development Lead, Verabridge.io + Owlprotocol.xyz
Helen Kwok: Business Development Representative, Amazon Web Services
Henry Fung: Investment Analyst, Ion Pacific
Hoi Tak Leung: Counsel, Ashurst
Howard Kwong: Chief Digital Officer, Prudential Hong Kong
Ho Yin Cheung: Founder, Remo
Humphrey Wrey: Mr, QuickBus
Idris Gbaja Biamila: Global Head of Partnerships, Geniusto
Indhran Seghar
Ingo Rübe: Founder , KILT Protocol
Ivan Hui
Jacey Paik: Executive Vice Chairman, Association of Family Offices in Asia
Jack Cai: Secretary General-AIIA, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)
Jacky Fung: Senior Business Development Lead , Choco Up Venture Capital
Jaclyn Tsui: Managing Partner, Altitude Labs
James Kwan: Executive Chairman, Jumpstart
James Kwan: Managing Partner, Soapbox Capital
Janet Tse: Director and Principal Trainer, Life Habits Consulting Ltd.
J.D. Salbego: Co-founder, Etheros Labs
Jennifer Che: Managing Director, Eagle IP Limited
Jervis Chua: Designer, Build Republic Limited
Jina Zhu: Manager, Corporate Relations, SEIML Ventures
Jin Hui Wong: Partner, Ivest Capital
Joe Pan: Editor and Producer, Blockwind News
John D. Evans, CFA: Founder & General Manager, SEIML Ventures
Jon Pedersen: Co-Founder, Chairman & Director, Foundation for Shared Impact (FSI)
Jonah Lau: Head of Portfolio, Animoca Brands
Jonathan Nguyen: Founder & CEO, Unsensible
Jonathan Ma: Investment Director , isBIM Capital
Joseph Chow: Partner, Maurice WM Lee Solicitors
Josephine Chan: Senior Manager, New Ventures Development, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park
Jude O'kelly: General Partner, Mount Parker Ventures
Justice Conder: Co-Founder, Quadratic Accelerator
Justin Wong: Manager - New Ventures, PwC
Kapil Dhiman: Co-founder and CEO, Quranium
Kelvin Kwong: Founder, Managing Director, XGD Media
Ken Cheung: Co-Founder & President, Our Happy Company
Kevin Leung: CEO, Muku Labs
Kevin Brockland: Founder & Managing Partner, Indelible Ventures:
Kinson Cheung: Co-founder , DeltaDeFi
Koen Munneke: CEO, Intrinsik
Koen Vanderhoydonk: Founder & CEO, The Connector
Lai Kiu Chan: Founder, atTTempspace
Laurent Koehler: Co-Founder and CBO, HK-Dtech Limited
Laurent Koehler: Co-founder & Chief Business Development Officer, HK-Dtech Limited
Laurent Dorpe: Founder & CEO , Funds Sniper
Lavina Ramkissoon: Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute
Leo Ku: Managing Director, PlayNetwork
Leon Eisen: Venture Partner, Network.VC
Lewis Cerne: CEO, Spacebox
Loong Ling: Ventures, Standard Chartered Ventures
Luca Von Wyttenbach: Co-Founder, Polimec
Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
Maeva Slotine: Founder , Slotine
Mani Hagh Sefat: Chief Technology Officer, Energy Web Foundation
Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
Mark Munoz: Founder & Executive Director, Vectr Ventures
Mason Anh Bui: Investment Principal - VC, Kasikorn X Venture Capital (KXVC)
Matthew Southern: Founder and CEO, Southern Straps
Max Song: Investor, Data Scientist, Schwarzman Scholar, Pacific Century Group
Max Zheng: Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group
Michael Tang: Founder, FlourishAI
Michael Skrychevsky: CEO, Venture Vault
Michelangiolo Mazzeschi: Founder, simsearch.co
Michelle Lam: Founder & Managing Director, The Spoilt Experiences Group
Mike Mastroyiannis: Ex CEO, COO, now Founder and Managing Partner , TenX2
Mike Grundy: Founder & CEO, Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Ltd
Mimi Lee: Flexible Space Expert, Bela Offices
Mohammed Kashif: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles
Ndifon Ajone: CEO, Proxima Growth
Nicole Nguyen: Founder & CEO , APAC DAO
Oleksii Chepelyk: Co-founder & CEO, Startup.Inc
Olivia Lee: Co-Founder, LIVVIUM
Oscar Venhuis: CEO, EQ Lab
Padraig Walsh: Partner, Tanner De Witt
Patric Vogel: CEO & Co-Founder, SBC Suisse Blockchain AG
Patrick Collins: Founder, Prospect Labs
Pauli Wong: Principal / Chinese Patent Attorney, Eagle IP Limited
Peter Chan: Global Growth Lead, Seafair
Peter Lau
Peter Luk: Chief Operating Officer & Senior Advisor, Startups Community (Asia)
Phil Ingram, meed Business
Phil Kwok: Co-Founder, EasyA
Plei Mou, Agreso
Polly Chan: Co-Founder , Thrive Limited
Povilas Steikunas: Vice President, Global Partnerships , @ Ondato
Quinn Lai: CEO, Eoniq
Raj Sahu: Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc
Raymond Yip: Venture Partner , Mount Parker Ventures
Reisa Matsuda: Community Manager, Google Japan
Renee Paik
Rex Ng: President
Robert Chiu, Angelflow
Roger Do: CEO, Co-Founder, Watchdog Cyber Defense
Roger Dong: Senior Associate, Ashurst
Ross Edwards: Senior Director, Global Financial Institutions, Ripple Labs
Rudi Leung: General Manager
Ryan Dinh: Co-founder, Koni Studio & SubWallet
Sakib Rabbani: CEO, Talentier
Salma Dias Saraswati: CEO & Co-founder, Tenang AI
Sam Gellman
Sam Dash: General Manager, Bimeda
Sarah Gottwald: Managing Director, Blockchain Founders Group
Scarlett Chen, Verge HealthTech Fund
Sean Greenhalgh: CEO/Co-founder, Angelflow
Sebastien Borget: Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox
Shashank Aiisvari: Founder, Aiisvari
Sheikh Masud Iftekher: Controller, Ericsson Malaysia
Simon Loong: Founder & CEO, WeLab
Simona Irmova: Operations Manager, Founder Institute
Simona Irmova: Eastern Europe Program Manager & HQ Operations Associate, Founder Institute
Stephen Wu
Steven Fung: Patent Attorney, Real & Complex IP Services
Stewart Boutcher: Chief Technology Officer, Veracity Trust Network
Sue Kim: Founding Partner, Libbler
Suresh Balaji: Chief Marketing Officer- Asia , HSBC | Web3 Marketing Association | HH Global
Susanna Chen: HK Lead - Aspire for Startups, Aspire
Thiago Garcia: CEO & General Partner, 10X Venture Partners SPA
Thomas Pun: Founder, https://fairengine.com
TL Lee: Founder, EggLogics
Tommie Lo: CEO, Preface
Tommy Shek: Manager, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park
Tracy Ho: Founder and Director, Frame & Fame Personal Branding
Tristram Miners Jones: Head of Digital Assets, AngelHub
Vanessa Mouledous: Brand-built Growth Expert, Mentor, Advisor to startups, North
Victor Lin, Ph D: Partner, QiGoal
Vincent Vaucelle: Founder & Member, Ocean Vega
Vitaly Gnatenko: Chief Analytics Officer, Network VC
Warren exmersive.ai Linger: CEO, exmersive.ai, LTD
Wilson Santoso: Co-Founder at Dabble, Director at Founder Institute Jakarta
Winnie Tan, CAD INsurance Management Company
Winson Tay: Principal of UX, Google Maps
Winston Tse: Founder, Tokalent
Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 8,900 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over 2BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).