🎉Our recent 5 day trip to 🇭🇰 Hong Kong was a blast! We brought 8 startup teams (@unH3o, Hahow 好學校 ReCactus, Screea 團團賺, STO MAP, Addweup, PiStage: Next-Gen Pipeline for Previs & Animation, CLEF Technology) to join us for our awesome #TaiwanRocks Pavilion at RISE. It was so much fun to meet a ton of SEA startup ecosystem players. 🙏Thanks to everyone who stopped by our Pavilion!
On our first day, we stopped by the APAC Startup Ecosystem Forum held by La French Tech, SendGrid, and Startup Grind HK to learn more about how startups can thrive in different local ecosystems. Our very own General Manager, Holly Harrington, had the pleasure of speaking on one of the panels sharing the importance of not only building a collaborative ecosystem but also bridging 🌁 the different local ecosystems. We are also grateful to have visited Tink Labs Ltd., where we learned more about their founding story and 🌍 global expansion strategy.
Next, we showcased our bright yellow 🤟 #TaiwanRocks Pavilion for 3 days at the RISEconference. Many people stopped by to learn more about our startups and how much #TaiwanRocks and to say hi to Todd our infamous cat 😻 mascot. By the way, did we mention ReCactus represented Taiwan and won 1st place 🏆 for the Runway to RISE pitch competition?! Woot!
To end the 3 day conference, we held our own #TaiwanRocksHK Demo Day (special thanks to our partners Global Sources and Garage Academy to make this possible). Our 8 startups had the opportunity to pitch on stage and share with the world how they're disrupting different industries! In case you missed it, here’s the live stream: https://www.facebook.com/startupstadium.tw/videos/1645419662222312/
Last, to wrap up our entire trip, we visited Casetify HQ and Buyandship 國際網購轉運（香港） . At Casetify, founder Wes and VP of BD Harvey gave the inside scoop 🍨 on secret marketing and growth hacks. At BuyandShip, co-founders Wilson and Sheldon gave us a tour of their warehouse and how they’re making the customer buying/shipping experience easier. Thanks for hosting us!
🎬 And that’s a wrap! Stay tuned for a special highlight video :D
