The Hong Kong Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Hong Kong program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 10 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Hong Kong's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Hong Kong program:
- PT Landlord Digital Indonesia - a web app enabling Indonesian smallholder farmers to expand farmland through fractional land investment, promoting sustainable agriculture and tackling global food security.
- Xerbal Asia Limited - LISG - LISG offers a personalized, all-natural FDA-registered solution to help 800 million people quit smoking, using AI-driven behavioral data for an effective quitting experience.
- Shines - a Web platform that helps users discover and navigate earning opportunities with clear, step-by-step guides.
- Gene Zone - develops a DNA data sharing platform to help individuals to consensually release their own genomic data and gain reasonable distribution rewards from the renters through a controlled and decentralized blockchain system.
- Creators4Impact - redefining education for Web3.0 by turning learning into a tradable asset on a decentralized platform, bridging the future skills gap
- JOULE - a crypto wallet to help people earn an extra income with a Joule token and a referral program.
- Chimp Chain - provides businesses with targeted, privacy-compliant customer data to achieve measurable sales outcomes, addressing the need for precise and effective marketing.
- PRUM LEAP TECHNOLOGIES - transforms urban mobility by reducing pollution, congestion, and parking issues while offering solo commuters a private, convenient, and business-friendly solution without heavy infrastructure costs.
- FlourishAI -a SaaS platform that streamlines impact due diligence for investors, making the process easier and more efficient.
- Amalgam Bio - a mental health app keep you be mindfulness every single breath.
The Hong Kong program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Hong Kong Founder Institute Graduation Event on August 27.
Hong Kong Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Hong Kong Founder Institute: Hk Admin (., Flutterwave), John D. Evans, CFA (General Manager , SEIML Ventures), Laurent Koehler (Co-Founder, HK-Dtech Limited), Leo Ku (Managing Director, Asia Pacific at PlayNetwork), Warren Linger (CEO, exmersive.ai). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Hong Kong that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Hong Kong was supported by some of Hong Kong's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Hong Kong’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Hong Kong Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Hong Kong Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/hong-kong.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
