• EPiC 2024 Grand Finale on 26 April 2024 features US$45 million investment to be arranged, up to US$5 million in HKSTP venture funding, US$240,000 in cash prizes, plus partnership opportunities
• This year's finale features 80% of semi-finalists coming from 16 overseas markets
• All semi-finalists will have access to unrivalled benefits and opportunities provided by HKSTP's innovation ecosystem

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 18 March 2024 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has revealed the top 74 startups from over 600 contestants for its eighth and biggest ever global Elevator Pitch Competition 2024 (EPiC 2024) Grand Finale, taking place in Hong Kong on 26 April 2024. The semi-finalists were selected from the first-ever four-city series of global semi-finals held in the innovative hubs of Hong Kong, Silicon Valley, Stuttgart and Singapore.

This year, 80% of semi-finalists are overseas competitors from 16 economies, making this contest the most international iteration of EPiC to date. EPiC’s global growth stands testament to Hong Kong’s status as a leading international I&T hub that attracts top-tier startups from around the world.

EPiC 2024 is a HKSTP’s annual flagship startup event and one of Hong Kong’s mega events, becoming one of the most highly anticipated events for the I&T community. This year’s Grand Finale will take place on 26 April 2024, at the sky100 venue atop Hong Kong’s tallest building, International Commerce Centre. The participating startups will compete across the three competition tracks of FinTech, PropTech and MobilityTech.

Startups will have exactly 60 seconds to amaze the judges with their disruptive innovation, in a genuine elevator pitch experience for all participants. All applicants will target US$45 million investment to be arranged^[1], have the opportunity to compete for up to US$5 million in investment from HKSTP Corporate Venture Fund (“CVF”), as well as US$240,000 in cash prizes, plus partnership opportunities. By participating in EPiC, startups can leverage Hong Kong’s largest innovation ecosystem at HKSTP as a springboard to huge market opportunities in Mainland China, across Asia and beyond.

The full list of semi-finalists below:

MobilityTech
	Company Name (in alphabetical order)	Headquarter
1	ABAKA AI	Mainland China
2	ACCURE Battery Intelligence	United States
3	AUTOCRYPT	South Korea
4	Certivity	Germany
5	Coordle	United States
6	EVA	Germany
7	FlyX Technologies Inc.	United States
8	ivilion	Germany
9	KONVERY DATA TECH CO.LTD	Mainland China
10	Libpet Tech Limited	Hong Kong
11	Meep	Spain
12	MotoNerv Limited	Hong Kong
13	Mushroom Material	Singapore
14	Novac	Italy
15	Ohoskin	Italy
16	OpalAI Inc	United States
17	PIX Moving	Mainland China
18	SCRAMBLUX GMBH	Germany
19	Shanghai Qiongche Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd	Mainland China
20	Smart Audio Technologies	United Kingdom
21	Soter AI	United States
22	tozero GmbH	Germany
23	Vidi Labs Limited	Hong Kong
24	Waveye Inc	Germany
25	wheel.me	Norway
26	XYZ Robotics	Mainland China

PropTech
	Company Name (in alphabetical order)	Headquarter
1	Agora World	United States
2	Ailytics Limited	Hong Kong
3	Albacastor Technology Limited	Hong Kong
4	Allye Energy	United Kingdom
5	AZURE PRINTED HOMES	United States
6	Blue Wall Technology	Mainland China
7	Carnot Innovations Limited	Hong Kong
8	Civils.ai	Singapore
9	Collov Inc	United States
10	Green Independence	Italy
11	GreenCoat Pty Ltd	Australia
12	Hyele Limited	Hong Kong
13	inHovate Solutions	UAE
14	Kodifly Limited	Hong Kong
15	LifeSparrow Solutions Limited	Hong Kong
16	Pando Electric	United States
17	ProGreen Innovations	Kenya
18	Syzl	Canada
19	TANGObuilder	United States
20	Ultrack Technology Sdn. Bhd.	Malaysia
21	WaveScan Technologies Pte Ltd	Singapore
22	XKool Technology	Mainland China
23	Yueshi Robot	Mainland China
24	Zhuling Technology	Mainland China

FinTech
	Company Name (in alphabetical order)	Headquarter
1	Aurionpro Payment Solutions Ltd	Hong Kong
2	Bizbaz Pte. Ltd.	Singapore
3	Boopos	United States
4	Boost Capital	Singapore
5	Connect Earth	United Kingdom
6	D-Engraver Limited	Hong Kong
7	e-States	United States
8	exaBITS	United States
9	imBee	Hong Kong
10	iVE.ONE Limited	Hong Kong
11	Kaiku	United Kingdom
12	KORZO INC.	United States
13	KYP	United Kingdom
14	Meson	Singapore
15	MoneyMatch Sdn Bhd	Malaysia
16	Physis Investment	United States
17	Helios Life Enterprises	United States
18	RealKey	United States
19	Rey	Indonesia
20	Shenzhen Magic Engine Artificial Intelligence (ME) Co., Ltd.	Mainland China
21	Smile API	Singapore
22	TFS	Hong Kong
23	Transparently.AI	Singapore
24	UNCLE2 FINTECH LIMITED	Hong Kong

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^[1] Target to arrange USD45 Million investment: Investors (including funds managed by HKSTP CVF, Beyond Ventures, BitRock Capital, Gaw Capital, HKX, InnoAngel, Jafco Asia, Mindworks Capital and Radiant Tech Ventures) will consider investing in applicants (subject to terms and conditions to be agreed between the parties)

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About Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) was established in 2001 with a mission to position Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology (I&T) hub. HKSTP has created a thriving I&T ecosystem supporting over 10 unicorns with more than 13,000 research professionals and around 1,700 technology companies from 26 countries and regions focused on healthtech, AI and robotics, fintech and smart city technologies.

We offer comprehensive support to attract and nurture talent, accelerate and commercialise innovation for technology ventures on their I&T journey. Our growing innovation ecosystem is built around our key locations of Hong Kong Science Park in Shatin, InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong and three modern InnoParks in Tai Po, Tseung Kwan O and Yuen Long. The three InnoParks are realising a vision of new industrialisation for Hong Kong, where sectors including advanced manufacturing, micro-electronics and biotechnology are being reimagined.

Hong Kong Science Park Shenzhen Branch in Futian, Shenzhen, opened in September 2023 to support Hong Kong's future development and its growing demands of the I&T industry and to strengthen cross-border exchange, attract technology companies as well as talent from around the world, helping them go global. It has both dry and wet laboratories, co-working space, conference and exhibition spaces, and more. We will focus on attracting enterprises in seven key areas: Medtech, big data and AI, robotics, new materials, microelectronics, fintech and sustainability.

Through our infrastructure, services, expertise, and network of partnerships, HKSTP will help establish I&T as a pillar of growth for Hong Kong.

More information about HKSTP is available at www.hkstp.org.