Hong Kong Founder Institute Opens Applications for the Spring 2015 Semester

The Founder Institute, world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, is now accepting applications for the Hong Kong 2024 Semester. Since launching in Hong Kong in 2014, the Founder Institute has helped launch over a dozen companies in the region, and our efforts in Hong Kong have also been profiled by several high profile media channels, including Startups HK, among others.

If you could benefit from expert training and advice to launch a technology startup in Hong Kong, click here to apply today.

Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Apr 14, 2024) will have their application fees waived (typically $50) and are eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.

In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs "learn by doing" and launch a company through structured training courses and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, you are not required to quit you day job to participate, so you can begin testing and developing your startup ideas without putting your livelihood at risk.

In order to celebrate the launch, the Hong Kong Founder Institute will host a "Pre-Curriculum" of free startup events for the general public:

Hong Kong Events:

Navigating Hong Kong’s Healthtech Startup Ecosystem: A Guide to Local Resources: 7:00pm, Apr 30, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/343090
Pitch Your Ideas to Asian Investors & Experts, Online: 7:00pm, May 14, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/331352

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 8:00am, May 02, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/338040
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00am, Jun 06, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/340962
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 8:00am, Aug 20, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/341741
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00am, Aug 29, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/341845
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00am, Sep 10, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/344201
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00am, Oct 15, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/342442
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00am, Oct 24, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/344499
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 9:00am, Nov 19, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/344680
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 9:00am, Nov 26, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/345421
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 9:00am, Dec 24, 2024 (Asia/Hong_Kong): https://FI.co/e/342621

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The Hong Kong Chapter will begin on Jun 03, 2024, and will be led by local leaders Jeffrey Broer (Co-founder of Surround App), Leo Ku (Managing Director of Asia Pacific), and Martin Kessler (CMO of Ambi Labs).

In addition, some of Hong Kong's top entrepreneurs will help teach founders in the program, including:

Aaron Everhart: Country Manager, Draper Startup House
Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform
Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Alex Samson: Founder & CEO, dvhb
Alison Massey: Digital Marketing Consultant , GLG
Amit Chatterjee: Founder & Group Chairman, Shadow Factory
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
Andrii Moroz: Partner, Network VC
Andy Ann: CEO, NDN GROUP
Anna Fedorova: CEO, Unicorn Events
Arnold Cheung: Founder, Profind
Ashok Jaiswal: Founder / CMO, Lecker Labs Ltd
Austin Keung: Chief Financierge, Financierge
Belinda Pham: VC Investor & Scout | Web3 & Blockchain, Brinc
Ben Chien: Managing Director, Greater China , AnyMind Group
Ben Stein: Co-founder & CEO, Staple
Bowie Lau: Director, MaGE Group
Brian Chen: Founder, Board Click
Brian Tsui: Partner , Catallyze
Bruno Škvorc: Web3 Idealist, Caimeo
Burtujin Dashnyam
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 Szuc: Founder, Make Meaningful Work
Daniel Cruickshanks: CTO, Profind
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
Doug Glen: Principal, Hong Kong Tech Incubator
Dr Francois Fong: Founder & CEO, Neo-Health Group
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
Esme Pau: Senior Director, China Tonghai Securities
Frank Lee: Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk
Frank Yam: CEO & Founder, Focus Strategic Group Inc.
Gaetan Gosset, Independent Investor & Analyst
Gary To: Founder & General Manager, Koziness (acquired by Food Panda)
Giang Trịnh Minh: Trịnh Minh Giang's Biography, VMCG
Gregor Borosa: Co-Founder & Security Principal, Boson Protocol
Gregory Yuen: Associate Director, AsiaPay
Guy Facey: Partner, Facey & Associates LLP
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
Ingo Rübe: Founder , KILT Protocol
Ivan Hui
Jacey Paik: Executive Vice Chairman, Association of Family Offices in Asia
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: CEO & Co-founder, Moonstax & Hash3 Labs
Jeffrey Broer: Investor, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Kohpy Ventures
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
John D. Evans, CFA: Partner, Orytiv 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 - Corporate Ventures , isBIM Limited
Joseph Chow: Partner, Maurice WM Lee Solicitors
Jude O'kelly: General Partner, Mount Parker Ventures
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
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
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
Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
Maeva Slotine: Founder , Slotine
Mara Rada: CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)
Mark Munoz: Founder & Executive Director, Vectr Ventures
Mason Ahn Bui: Investment Manager, Venturra Capital
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
Michelangiolo Mazzeschi: Founder, choicy.co
Michelle Lam: Founder & Managing Director, The Spoilt Experiences Group
Mikaal Abdulla: Co Founder and CEO, SoFi
Mike Mastroyiannis: Ex CEO, COO, now Founder and Managing Partner , TenX2
Mike Grundy: Founder & CEO, Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Ltd
Oleksii Chepelyk: Co-founder & CEO, Startup.Inc
Oscar Venhuis: CEO, EQ Lab
Padraig Walsh: Partner, Tanner De Witt
Patrick Collins: Founder, Prospect Labs
Pauli Wong: Principal / Chinese Patent Attorney, Eagle IP Limited
Peter Chan: Global Growth Lead, Seafair
Peter Lau
Plei Mou, Agreso
Polly Chan: Co-Founder , Thrive Limited
Povilas Steikunas: Head of 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
Rex Ng: President
Robert Chiu, Angelflow
Roger Do: Co-Founder, QSearch
Rudi Leung: General Manager
Ryan Manuel: Founder & CEO, Bilby AI
Sam Gellman
Sam Dash: General Manager, Bimeda
Scarlett Chen, Verge HealthTech Fund
Sean Greenhalgh, Angelflow
Sebastien Borget: Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox
Simon Loong: Founder & CEO, WeLab
Steven Fung: Patent Attorney, Real & Complex IP Services
Sue Kim: Founding Partner, Libbler
Suresh Balaji: Chief Marketing Officer- Asia , HSBC | Web3 Marketing Association | HH Global
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
Victor Lin, Ph D: Partner, QiGoal
Vincent Vaucelle: Founder & Member, Ocean Vega
Vitaly Gnatenko: Chief Analytics Officer, Network VC
Warren Linger: CEO, exmersive.ai
Wilson Santoso: Co-Founder at Dabble, Director at Founder Institute Jakarta
Winnie Tan, CAD INsurance Management Company
Yemi Oluseun: Founder/ CEO - Fintech, SaaS Business Growth, Automation & Change Management, The Change Hive