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Deadline :
14 Jul 2025 12:00
Enquiry Email :
ictstartup@hkwtia.org
Organised by :
Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
The Hong Kong ICT (HKICT) Awards aims at recognising and promoting outstanding information and communications technology (ICT) inventions and applications, thereby encouraging innovation and excellence among Hong Kong’s ICT talents and enterprises in their constant pursuit of creative and better solutions to meet business and social needs. There are eight categories under the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025. There will be one Grand Award in each category, and an “Award of the Year” will be selected from the eight Grand Awards by the Grand Judging Panel.
Hong Kong ICT Awards 2025: ICT Startup Award aims at discovering and recognising the outstanding local ICT startup companies which focus on software, hardware and social innovation areas and, reward their distinguished development based on their growth, innovation, creativity, functionality, market potential and performance.
Entrants may select one of the following three streams
(1) HARDWARE AND DEVICES
To recognise the ICT startup companies with products / services in the category of Internet of Things, wearable devices and various kind of smart devices, medical equipment, robotics and innovation that leverage hardware as a delivery platform.
(2) SOFTWARE AND APPS
To recognise the ICT startup companies with products / services in the category of mobile apps,software and related services, basic research, gaming,etc.
(3) SOCIAL IMPACT
To recognise the ICT startup companies that innovate, launch, create social impact related service, program, platform, etc
[1] “Residents in Hong Kong”, in the context of HKICT Awards, include both permanent and non-permanent residents. If an entry is submitted by more than one person, at least half of the members of the group must be Hong Kong resident. For the case of Student Innovation category, certification of Hong Kong resident status can be performed through certifying student status collectively by concerned educational institution.
[2] Examples are applications and products already in the market, application systems deployed internally in a company, and mobile solutions available at App Stores. For startup companies competing for ICT Startup Award, prototypes appear only on kickstarter or similar platforms are NOT considered as available in the market.
The remarkable achievements of the Awards winners (Gold/Silver/Bronze) will be recognised by customers, organisations, the ICT industry practitioners and across the community.
Winners will be entitled —
to receive trophies (Gold/Silver/Bronze) of the Hong Kong ICT Awards;
to display the official logo of the Hong Kong ICT Awards in their promotional materials;
to participate in various promotional campaigns to publicise their achievements;
to be supported for entering into other international awards and competitions;
to 3 months free access to Lion Rock 72 (co-working space in InnoCentre) or co-working space in Hong Kong Science Park Incubation Centre for SMEs [1] ;
to participate in investment matching activities of the Hong Kong Business Angel Network (HKBAN);
to 3 months free access to Flexi Space in Cyberport Smart-Space for SMEs[2] ;
to receive Green Channel Interview (conditional[3] ) offer of “HK Tech 300 Seed Fund” by City University of Hong Kong (CityU). The awardee will receive up to HKD100,000 in funding and other support from the programme (https://www.cityu.edu.hk/hktech300/about-hk-tech-300/hk-tech-300-seed-fund) (For Student Innovation category, only Stream IV “Postgraduate or above” winners are eligible) after passing through the interview; and
to free participation in some large-scale local ICT events (e.g. InnoEX) for marketing exposure.
Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/250982283899375
Enquiry: ictstartup@hkwtia.org
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