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HKU to hold final pitch of first DreamCatchers 100K Entrepreneurship Seed Fund

29 Mar 2017

 

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: http://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)