VivaTech 2026 Hong Kong Tech Pavilion connects local start-ups with European opportunities

HONG KONG, Jun 24, 2026 – (ACN Newswire) – Viva Technology (VivaTech) 2026, the annual know-how and start-up extravaganza, efficiently concluded in Paris, France final week. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), collectively with strategic accomplice the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels (Brussels ETO), and supporting organisations together with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Cyberport, hosted the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion to showcase modern options from 24 local innovation and know-how (I&T) enterprises and establishments to world traders and trade gamers.

During the exhibition, a sequence of thematic seminars, start-up pitching periods and networking occasions have been held to facilitate trade exchanges and enterprise matching, serving to local start-ups seize opportunities within the European market and deepen their worldwide collaboration networks.

HKTDC’s Chris Lo, Regional Director, Europe, Central Asia & Israel, said: “VivaTech 2026’s Hong Kong Tech Pavilion has achieved wonderful outcomes as soon as once more this yr, facilitating a number of cross-border collaborations. We are happy to see that a few of these outcomes have regularly come to fruition from connections and exchanges initiated final yr. Through its participation in abroad promotional platforms, the HKTDC has been serving to local start-ups construct networks and improve their publicity in worldwide markets, creating collaboration opportunities for them and supporting their growth into world markets, thereby injecting sustained momentum into Hong Kong’s innovation and know-how growth.”

The taking part start-ups and establishments included Formwork IO, which specialises in growing carbon-negative development supplies and sustainable options, which was chosen as one of many high 30 finalists for VivaTech’s “Tech for Change” Award. Tech for Change recognises start-ups that leverage modern know-how to drive optimistic affect for the surroundings, society or well being, with an emphasis on the parallel pursuit of affect and business worth. The finalists have been chosen from exhibiting start-ups worldwide based mostly on their excessive development potential. Additionally, from quite a few startups and establishments worldwide, the organiser chosen two Hong Kong Tech Pavilion I&T corporations together with PointFit Technology, a developer of wearable well being monitoring and sensible sports activities options, and Robocore Technology Limited, which develops globally main open-platform service robotic options, to present reside demonstrations at VivaTech’s Discovery Stage to patrons and traders all over the world. These achievements totally display the modern capabilities and worldwide competitiveness of Hong Kong startups in well being know-how, synthetic intelligence, and different fields.

Forging cross-regional collaborations with fruitful outcomes

Several taking part corporations efficiently established connections with European traders, massive enterprises and trade companions, and commenced enterprise discussions, laying the groundwork for subsequent cooperation. Among them, Robocare Technology is in negotiations with JCDecaux, a France-based multinational outside promoting firm, for a cooperation settlement that can present 1,000 robots to JCDecaux for advertising campaigns. Robocore Technology first related with JCDecaux on the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech final yr. Its CEO, Lim Long-hei, mentioned: “Leveraging the business connections we have built through the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech over the past two years, we hope to further deepen our collaboration with European multinational corporations, achieve greater market share, and attain rapid business growth in Europe and beyond.”

Additionally, LeafIoT Technology Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lecco Campus of Politecnico di Milano to additional advance their cooperation and speed up the tempo of increasing into the European market. LeafIoT Technology specialises in growing sensible tree monitoring options. The two events will collaborate in expertise cultivation and technological innovation, collectively selling the applying and market growth of AI algorithms and distant sensing know-how in enhanced tree monitoring and well being evaluation. LeafIoT Technology’s modern options have efficiently attracted worldwide partnership curiosity. Its Managing Director, Chan Pak-kwan, mentioned: “We hope to extend Hong Kong’s industry-university-research model further into Europe, while promoting the R&D achievements of Hong Kong institutions, and deepening collaboration with European academic institutions, thereby achieving five- to ten-fold business growth.”

During VivaTech, the HKTDC hosted a sequence of seminars, start-up pitching periods, and networking occasions to facilitate in-depth exchanges between traders and start-ups. The Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic & Trade Affairs to the European Union, Shirley Yung, attended the thematic seminar and networking occasion titled “Building Resilient Tech Ecosystems: Powering the Next Wave of International Tech Leadership from Hong Kong” on 19 June. In Yung’s speech, she mentioned Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem brings collectively 4 highly effective benefits: top-tier analysis and expertise, deep swimming pools of world capital, unparalleled entry to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area innovation cluster, and robust connectivity to world markets, offering companies with a complete platform to innovate, scale up and increase into the Asian and world markets.

The subsequent dialogue session revolved across the strengths of Hong Kong’s innovation and know-how ecosystem, and find out how to leverage Hong Kong as a springboard to discover worldwide markets. Chief Executive Officer, Terry Wong from HKSTP shared that Hong Kong, with acquainted frameworks in rules, analysis and growth excellence, permits a standard floor for Europe corporations to discover the huge market opportunities within the East; whereas Chief Innovation Officer, Yonghai Du from HKPC identified that Hong Kong possesses vital benefits in analysis capabilities and attracting worldwide funding, together with technical help to make sure that enterprise merchandise meet worldwide testing requirements, thereby serving to companies efficiently go world and increase into worldwide markets.

The HKTDC is actively working with local enterprises to take part in main worldwide know-how exhibitions, helping start-ups to increase into abroad markets and improve opportunities to attach with worldwide traders and patrons. Following the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2026) in Las Vegas, USA in January this yr, the Mobile World Congress (MWC), and ‘4 Years From Now’ (4YFN) exhibition devoted to tech start-ups held in Barcelona, Spain in March, the HKTDC as soon as once more organised the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech, offering a platform for start-ups to showcase their modern achievements and join with worldwide funding.

The tenth VivaTech attracted contributors from over 165 nations and areas worldwide, with greater than 15,000 world start-ups and 200,000 guests, making it one of the crucial essential occasions within the world know-how ecosystem. Hong Kong Tech Pavilion at VivaTech is a flagship initiative beneath the “Economic and Trade Express” in Europe, Brussels ETO, HKTDC and InvestHK additionally collectively organised a sequence of different promotional and networking occasions to offer focused help to the taking part Hong Kong tech start-ups in exploring the local market, together with pitching periods, thematic seminars, and different networking actions.

List of 24 Start-ups and establishments on the Hong Kong Tech Pavilion:

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Websites: https://vivatech.com/exhibitors/hktdc-hong-kong-trade-development-council

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About HKTDC

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this yr. The HKTDC is a statutory physique established in 1966 to advertise, help and develop Hong Kong’s commerce. With over 50 offices globally, together with 13 within the Chinese Mainland, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way world funding and enterprise hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create enterprise opportunities for corporations, significantly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), within the mainland and worldwide markets. The HKTDC additionally offers up-to-date market insights and product data through research reports and digital news channels. For extra data, please go to: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. 

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