best news of decade to date- continuing the 2010s when asians chose not to gtake wall sgtreet sunprime bait

 - hong kong, in spite of western fake media's contrary coverage, has taken over as sdg youth coalition startup epicentre gravitating entrepreneurial revolution required for millennia to be first sustainable generation - exponentially integral as tow thirds of people ate asian and ever since economist first reports of asia rising in 1962(Economist 1962)

perhaps most amazingly the ideology that youth need energise any nations start up culture didnt arrive in hong kong to 2015 when a confluence of inspirational happenings were webbed
first ever startup summit keynoted by elon musk

hong kong realised that in spite of jack ma's best efforts g20 hangzhou 2015-6 western naysayers wouldnt ever make hangzhou the edutech epicentre of zooming every issing curriculum needed to get back on sdg orbit

two wonderful testimonies zoomed out of startuphk around the  world on 7/7/20

ms kerena belin on how whub became a unicorn by celebrating startup connected cities as well as 3 things unique to hong kong 7 million ;people as the greatest collaboration entrepreneurs of any 0.1% seeking to unite human race

how the guy Savio Kwan from GE who had stgeadied jack ma's company when around 2003 (see podcast) it only had 5 months cashflow to live has like jack retired from ecommerce alibaba with twin working assignments - help 300 startups on chinese mainland ; build hong kong alibaba entrepreneur fund

1-2-3 hi trust networking has never riangilarised like this
1 hk's 75 million smart makers neighborhood is now 30 minutes drive away - this is also Tencent hope resion- the T of the BAT triple ecosystem which some compare to US GAF respects hong kong as a win-win with its own triple-win odyssey

(Baidu-Alibaba-Tencent :: Google-Amazon-Facebook)

2 hong kong is already seen by whole of asean as regions most blessed connectors- you can come from almost anywhere in asean to pilot whether citizens get your startup passion- hk is probably the one place in world you can use best of google and best of chinese tech- dont forget too that when it comes to drones - one chinese startup owns 75% of personal-entrepreneurial customers and its foundation of drones for good is part of how asia can now trace viruses be they agricultural or human

3 in hong kong sustainability startup empower focused sdg-moon racers who are not designing a financial vehicle to exit from but a life times odyssey- when dad surveyed silicon valley in 1982 venture capitalists believed in conscious moon races not exits- we will not rank a west coast place as top 10 in entrepreneurial revolution until clearer explanations emerge as to why west coast usa dropped baton on big data virus and big data of edutech valuing youth ,livelihoods

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more on whub, and angelhub -  the first investment crowdfunding platform to receive a license from a Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong
-  - and euro compass of cofounders K& K

angelhub connects with whub described liked this

Karen Contet Farzam: My co-founder Karena Belin and myself have been immersed in the startup ecosystem since 2014 with the launch of WHub.io, Hong Kong’s startup community platform and power connector comprising over 3,000 startups.

WHub’s tagline is #StartupPassion – as WHub’s mission and passion is to help startups innovate and scale, as well as to foster the growth of the entire ecosystem. WHub was set-up to connect startups to resources, know-how and the visibility needed to raise capital, create employment and build innovation. The startups that are featured on WHub not only showcase their products and services, but most importantly their most valuable asset: Their Mission, #Passion, and Team.

Initially, WHub went live with a jobs board to help startups recruit and gain visibility. The services very quickly expanded and now offer a full range of services that connect startups to the necessary resources and ecosystem stakeholders, on-line and/or via off-line events, as well as to global networks including corporates, investors, government organisations, universities and main stream media.

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AngelHub and WHub have closed an investment of ... - HKVCA

Sep 11, 2019 - ... Kharis Capital and Hong Kong FinTech unicorn TNG Fintech Group Inc ... says Karen Contet Farzam, Co-founder of AngelHub and WHub.

The Journey to HK Unicorn Status - WHub - Medium

medium.com › whub › the-journey-to-hk-unicorn-status-3a30dca3731b

Feb 7, 2019 - Life Lessons from local unicorns at Startup Impact Summit 2019 ... Moderated by Karen Contet Farzam, WHub Co-Founder & Chief Hustler, ...

Hong Kong's Startup Ecosystem: WHub Publishes 2019 ...

about.crunchbase.com › blog › hong-kongs-startup-ecosystem-whub-...

May 22, 2019 - WHub, a strategic partner of Crunchbase, recently launched their FinTech ... evolution of nine homegrown Unicorns, of which four are in the FinTech sector: ... moderated by WHub/AngelHub co-founder, Karen Contet Farzam.

Karen Contet - Founder & CEO - Responsible Officer - AngelHub

hk.linkedin.com › karencontetfarzam

Karen Contet. Founder CEO AngelHub.io - Founder Chief Hustler WHub.io - Founding Board Member FinTech Association HK | Speaker. AngelHubHEC ...

Missing: unicorn ‎| Must include: unicorn

some points of clarification from whub whitepaper on Fintech HK

 FinTech accelerates change and disruption due to technological innovation such as Blockchain, AI / Machine Learning, Big Data Analysis and Cloud Computing. With an average FinTech adoption rate that has doubled in the past 3 years from 16% to 33%, FinTech has achieved initial mass adoption in most countries. Hong Kong is one of the top IPO hubs in the world, with a stock market capitalisation at around 11.5 times its GDP.

Whub/Angelhub became the 9th homegrown Unicorn alongside "Currently SenseTime, WeLab, Lalamove, Tink Labs, BitMEX, GoGoVan, Klook, TNG Wallet and AirWallex are the 8 homegrown stars in Hong Kong confirmed as unicorns"

lives matter

celebrate interdependence week 4 3 2 1 0 series jy 4-11 -at the  same time as we celebrate entrepreneurial revolution's top 10 for 2020  we really want to  twin cities and thanks thiose who  are still peacfully  emerging from conflicts that history made and herstory's lives matter must replace now if our species is to continue nature's dance - mapamekers can expect what follows as thinking aloud  aboyt what we need gto unlearn next

hong kong top - WHUB collaboration sdg startups and frank debates on big data public need to balance -sophie ai education- yidan and the 21st centuries top 50 education laureate are- ali baba diaspora entrepreneur fund- 6 day zoom of hong kong entrepreneurs
dhaka out of top 10 while legacy of fazle aded - world largest nog partnership remapped - women lives matter memory of fazleabed.com his alumni go marching on BUX- brac uni -c1
vienna - boys choir-links cities of music/artists- ban ki-moon r climate adaptability- former austria president global youth civics curriculum- soros ceu-bard-osun -at salzburg wise zoom co-sponsor
brooklyn public library- asrd microcollege- black lives matter- medgar evers and cuny- brooklyn radio..law school at  .; ny tough-loving-cuomo - french and other dial language colleges- i have researched 2o historically black university's regions mapping most of america's areas of inequality- only new york has the infrastructure to sort pout the triple whammy of covid, lives matter, public service needs a bid data engineering makeover
barcelona- eu's number 1 knowledge city and number 2 to rome in cross-cultural reconciliatio- franciscans can ui9te across all tech romance languages while an argentinan pope links in waves of consciousness
singapore probably should be in our top 10 - in truth 66% o0f humans who are asian owe so much to the  island triad of singapore. hk, taiwan in the 0G to 3.5 G decades 70s until subprime, as do these islands owe to post-war japan and s korea as the first bridge to continent- right now hiong kong needs singapore to play the wisest of cooperation needs as of course does asean and south asia-
glasgow 27th decade of morals, machines and humans - started up glasgow u watt & smith- still confronting adam smith's double triangularsation challenge- can glasgow moralise oxofrd and london; can the united nations  of english  speaking world bridge islands and the atlantic oceans two norther continents
beijing - the idea that human ai sustainability can be achieved without empowering china's under 30s became the worst of all  washington consensus under hatemaker trump- haidian  is theonly universityregion in gthe world where professo0rs get the greatset 21st c innovation chalenge- half of what youth needs to value knowing most chnages every 5 yeras as does the data -  siloised hoerachiocal professors are last  network in world to expecty sdg leapfroing from - global scholars networksneed to linkin haaifiannowmeore thanever
hangzhou shouldbeintop 10 but when i asked one of alibaba's wise sniors- how jack's3rdlife of teaching 5.0going - he said jack was expecting to livehiosunrole outofa plabenot acitytil coronacame-he's beenfereeing  knowhowof wuhanforntline servants as the core ofall core curricula needed
NZ- digital lives of 16-25 matter - CRIMSON; 6-15  THELEARNINGWEB.NET
tokyo- the island nation www.economiistjapan.com that has kept on giving since 1945   - anyone  who knows the genre of entrepreneurial revolution mustbe aware that in mapping post colonial relations (win-wintrade) between east andwest - tokyo became the epicentre in 1964 and so it sad that the plansofsoviety5.0.newolym;pics,aosaka  big data track, thenewempiree era have all been sidelined until thevoirusisgone-weadviseanyoneinterestedininternationalnew tolookatnhk  forts- somehow it manages to tellwofrldwidenews  throughclommunity vpices in ways  no other briadcaster knownto us
seoul
outofbeltway
dublin/cork special zones
boston-schwarzman-mit-berners lee
geneva unctad with jack ma and ai education sophie twin sister hk,itu, who & red crescent
taiwan - virus free networkers
nordica
durban-mumbai - gandhi, montessori... mandela -history's wonderfjul experiments so far not integrated by modern tech nor peaceful gulfs

on 7/7 hk pitches to world

Normally whub and angelhub and stastuphk  organise hong kong's most exciting pitching week - this year it zooms instead of taking place at the city's exhibition center

here's a preview kindly presented bu ahub

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Featuring the most exciting startups exhibiting at #SIS20

Tinky Bike | Smart Farm Assistance | mymizu | SilveryNanos "HAPITO" | InfyU LABS | EYELIKE Platform (LabSD, Inc.) | Life Origin | Safewheel | Shuttle Bangladesh | ShareRO | Clear Plate | Digital Saathi | Flare of MASHAL | Share a book (Erised Works) | Shop.141 | Pur.Di.Ya | Moner Bondhu | Peace Maker Studio | AntiMatLab

Looking forward to Tech For Good Startup Showcase - IoT/Physical at the Startup Impact Summit hosted by Invest Hong Kong and WHub with my fellow Cynthia Cheung at the Youth Co:Lab, an initiative co-led by the UNDP and Citi. Tune in to listen to these brilliant pitches this Wednesday at 3pm HKT!

Expert panelists:
- Jo Chan, AngelHub
- Diane de Beaudrap, WHub
- Sylvia KONG, Gobi Partners China
- Nesh S., Accelerating Asia

#SIS20 #StartmeupHK #smuhkfest20 #investhk #TechForGood #pitching

 

• Traditional education is ripe for disruption by technology. The market for education technology is projected to grow 11 per cent annually, to $341 billion by 2025 (HolonIQ). Similar growth at 10 per cent per annum is projected for the corporate learning market, driven by the digital revolution and the need to upskill the workforce. COVID-19 has become a catalyst for the transformation.

   

  No EdTech market in the world is as exciting as Asia’s, with hundreds of millions of students, a cultural emphasis on education, a growing middle class, government support, and an abundance of capital. In China alone EdTech is growing by 20% per year. The APAC region is also likely to witness the highest growth rates in corporate e-learning.

  Greater Bay Area (GBA) Opportunities

  The Fellowship is a Global Business Acceleration programme for education ventures. It also provides an opportunity for the Fellows to understand the market and business opportunities of the Greater Bay Area.

   

  The Chinese government has a strategic plan to build Asia’s Silicon Valley out of a cluster of 11 massive, hyper-connected, prosperous cities in South China. The city cluster, called the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is home to 3 of the world top 50 universities and tech behemoths like Tencent, Huawei, and DJI. Taken together, the GBA has 71 million people and a GDP of USD $1.7 trillion. It finances, manufactures and ships more products than any other similar places on earth.

   

  Our Fellowship offers an in-depth look at opportunities in the GBA, as a launch pad to the global market, a fundraising centre, a R&D test bed for Asia, and a global supply chain management center. The Fellowship will take the 12 finalists to visit three major cities in the GBA:

  

  

  Hong Kong is the most cosmopolitan Chinese city that speaks the global business language. It serves as the Greater Bay Area‘s leading hub for international finance, legal arbitration and professional services. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the number one IPO market in the world. As an international investment hub and a key gateway to deep pocketed investors in China, Hong Kong offers growth stage companies opportunity amid what many expect to be a challenging capital environment in the years to come. The city also has one of the world’s lowest tax rates and the world’s highest density of ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

   

  Over the recent years, Hong Kong has developed itself into an Asian startup hub, with over 3,000 startups operating in the region. It is second to none in terms of its convenience, efficiency, energy and excitement - an ideal place for entrepreneurs to pursue and realise their dreams and ambitions. Hong Kong people are known for their resourcefulness, diligence, can-do spirit and business ethics. They are also one of the most trend conscious and tech savvy. Notwithstanding a small domestic market, Hong Kong makes a perfect testing bed for new products and services in Asia. And despite its small economy, Hong Kong’s history as an international trading hub has resulted in a high concentration of businesses with global connections. It is an ideal place for ventures looking for partners to expand beyond their home markets.

  Shenzhen is the R&D and innovation hub of the GBA. Known as the Silicon Valley of China, it is the home of Chinese tech giants such as Tencent, Huawei and DJI with an abundance of startup accelerators and other support facilities. Its investment in research and development is one of the world’s highest, matched only by South Korea and Israel.

  

  

  Dongguan is fast becoming an advanced manufacturing centre of China, with electronic information manufacturing as the pillar industry. Today one in four smart phones are made in Dongguan. The Songshan Lake High-Tech Industrial Park is a global startup incubator focusing on robotics and smart hardware.

• Insights and Resources

  

  1. 10 charts that explain the Global Education Technology Market by HolonIQ

   

  2. $3B Global EdTech Venture Capital for Q1 2020 by HolonIQ

   

  3. COVID-19. Global Education Outlook by HolonIQ

   

  4. Education in 2030 by HolonIQ

   

  5. Tomorrow’s world of education: students learn online in Covid-19 lockdown, but what edtech advances can we expect? by South China Morning Post

   

  6. Case study - The Greater Bay Area: A Key Portal for Education Technology by Hong Kong Trade Development Council

   

  7. PIE CHAT with Rachel Chan, co-founder of Esperanza by The PIE NEWS

   

  8. Analysis of Chinese Education Policies by UK Department of International Trade

   

  9. Webinar Synopsis on ‘Edtech opportunities in the Greater Bay Area’ by Esperanza

   

  10. Education was a laggard in embracing technology - until the pandemic by Rachel Chan, Disruptive Asia