Hong Kong ICT Award 2017 – Best ICT Startup Award

Hong Kong ICT Award 2017 – Best ICT
Startup Award

Recognize outstanding local ICT startup

Facilitate technology startups to expand
in Hong Kong

(Hong Kong – 28th March
2017) – Organized by Hong Kong Business Angel Network (HKBAN) and steered by
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OCGIO), Hong Kong ICT Award
2017 – Best ICT Startup Award presentation ceremony was held today at Hong Kong Science
Park. The Award aims to recognize and discover outstanding local ICT startup
companies with focus on software, hardware and social innovation areas.

Promote local startups enterprise for
bringing new opportunities to Hong Kong

To explore Hong Kong young entrepreneurs
in the field of ICT, Best ICT Startup Award is to recognize the outstanding
services of IT startups, particularly in software and applications, hardware
and devices and social impact streams. Meanwhile, having an ideal platform for
Hong Kong young entrepreneurs, HKBAN assists the excellent ICT startups to
obtain investment funding from Venture Capital Funds and Angel Investors in
Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Best ICT Startup Award serves as an
investment-matching platform where angel investors and young entrepreneurs can
explore possible collaboration.

Discovering more unique products to
power-up startups

“Tech startups are powerhouses of
innovation. It not only brings revolutionary changes across all industries, but
also facilitates our economic growth. The panel of judges were impressed by the
creative solutions. These startups truly reveal the ‘can-do’ spirit of Hong
Kong. It drives the growth and advancement of our city. The high quality of the
nominations illustrates the strong entrepreneurial spirit in this city, and the
vibrant development of our tech-startup ecosystem,” stated Dr. Samson Tam,
Chairman of Hong Kong Business Angel Network. “I am confident that the
innovative technologies and projects by these startups will contribute greatly
to the smart city development in Hong Kong, and improve the quality of lives of
our residents.” Dr. Tam added.

               

Best ICT Startup Award features Gold,
Silver, Bronze and Certificate of Merit in three main streams:

Ÿ   Software & Apps Stream

Ÿ   Hardware & Devices Stream

Ÿ   Social Impact Stream

The Grand Award and Software & Apps
gold award was presented to Everyware Ltd., innovating the retail industry with
cloud system. To easily monitor the business operation anytime and anywhere,
Everyware Ltd. creates a new POS system for catering industry and SME retail
enterprise, such as Caterlord® POS, Linq POS for Retailers, We Mobility and
20%. Their services are running on REAL CLOUD service making sure the
availability and ability of the unlimited cloud computing. Moreover, Universal
Data Sync. enables real-time operation monitoring with their POS products.
Merchants can immediately instruct their staff and match with their actual
operation.

The Social Impact gold award went to
Acesobee Ltd. Their
service includes installation and setup of CMS On-ramp, server hosting, data
migration, installing communication module to connect to the her Sharing System
and building add-on functionalities to interface with CMS On-ramp. Related
product, “acesome®” is a mobile Personal care Plan (PCP) and Point of Care
(POC) system. In order to facilitate the management of doctor-patient
relationship, “acesome®” consolidates the care plan, treatment instructions
including medication, diet, exercise, consultation, etc. to allow both
care-giver (doctor, nurse, physio and dietitian) and care-taker (patient and
individual) to monitor, inform and share the caring status and advise suitable
plans.

About Hong Kong Business Angel Network

The Hong Kong Business Angel Network
(HKBAN) is jointly established by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
Corporation, the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University in 2010 as a non-profit organization. Since its founding, the Hong
Kong Business Angel Network has dedicated to assist young ventures in obtaining
investment funding between seed and venture capital funding stages by holding
Investment Matching Gatherings (IMG). With steady growth, we have consolidated
a group of unified and robust members, all dedicated to the development of a
vibrant investment ecosystem.

Our objectives are:

Ÿ   developing angel investing in Hong Kong
into a professional and structured activity

Ÿ   enhancing the development of young
ventures, particularly those in the technology sector, for Hong Kong and other
parts of Asia

Ÿ   linking angel investors and young
ventures in an investment-matching platform

For
more information about Hong Kong Business Angel Network, please visit: http://hkban.org/?language=zh-hant.

Best
ICT Startup Award Winner List