A Singaporean battery recycling start-up has been topped general winner at this yr’s EPIC start-up funding competitors hosted by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp.
One hundred semi-finalists from 28 nations and areas gathered on the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Friday as they competed for the highest money prize of US$60,000 and invaluable publicity to dozens of the area’s high traders.
This yr’s EPIC – quick for Elevator Pitch International Competition – marked the ninth version of town’s high start-up pitching occasion and the primary time its closing was held on the 850-metre-long Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Victoria Harbour.
The competitors featured three tracks – fintech, digital healthtech and greentech – with the winners in every monitor taking dwelling US$20,000.
Singapore’s Belli, which builds air cargo software program for airways, gained in the fintech class.
Canada’s KA Imaging took the prize in digital healthtech, impressing judges with its declare to have created the world’s first spectral X-ray system able to separating totally different supplies. The agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Canossa Hospital in Hong Kong.