Six budding entrepreneurs from Israel, Hong Kong, the UK and the US were named champions of the 2014 StartmeupHK Venture Programme, the second global startup contest designed and staged by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK).

InvestHK is the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government established in July 2000 to attract foreign direct investment and support overseas and Mainland businesses to set up or expand in Hong Kong. It provides advice and customised services to help businesses. Since its establishment InvestHK has completed over 3300 investment projects worth around HK$88 billion of investment.

Last November, after the two final rounds of pitching in front of judges and attendees at the StartmeupHK Venture Forum 2014, Freightos (an Israelbased company incorporated in Hong Kong), Perseus Telecom and Scoutbots were named winners of the three Grand Awards.