Friday 17 July 2020

HKSTP unveils Global Matching 2020, set from July 16-23

KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 -- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has launched the inaugural Global Matching 2020, set from July 16 to 23.

The business-and-investment matching programme has attracted more than 180 pre-registered world-class corporates and regional investors with an array of local and overseas technology ventures looking to grow their business.

“This event demonstrates our successful efforts to ramp up innovation and investment, as well as Hong Kong’s resilience, strengths, diversity and scale of tech venture opportunities in light of market challenges,” said HKSTP Chief Executive Officer, Albert Wong.

Under the theme of ‘One Stop to a World of Innovations’, the virtual programme is gathering 160 startups and technology ventures from 29 economies, including Mainland China, Singapore, the US and Brazil.

These companies will attend over 220 one-on-one matching meetings pre-scheduled by the corporates and the investors who are searching for innovation and opportunities, as well as solutions that will address problems in eight industry verticals.

The industry verticals are Consumer and Retail; Education; Logistics and Manufacturing; Travel and Hospitality; Finance and Insurance; Healthcare; Real Estate and Construction; and, Smart City and Government.

The highlight of the programme includes online plenary sharing on global innovations by industry leaders and investors on July 16 and a two-minute sales pitch by the technology ventures who introduce their innovative solutions addressing the industry challenges.

More details at www.hkstp.org.

-- BERNAMA

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