Hong Kong was reported 13.8millions mobile subscriptions by 2010, which means around 2 subscriptions for each local citizen. There are 5millions smart phones in Hong Kong, which also implies ~70% of local populations has a smart mobile device to access the internet. So clearly, mobile market is every HK based startup should consider seriously.
AcceleratorHK, is funded and supported by Telerik (the maker of KendoUI and Icenium, tools that make cross platform mobile development easier), and is organized by Stephen Forte and Paul Orlando, two successful entrepreneurs and educators with a passion for startups and disruptive technology. AcceleratorHK invests US$15,000 in each company for 5%-8% equity, and it also provides co-work space and mentorship program to the startups invested.
The interesting point about AcceleratorHK is that it focus on mobile with the emphasises that the startups’ apps must be hybrid development meaning a native, downloadable app, that runs all or some of its user interface in an embedded browser component, i.e. HTML5. Talking about reason, Stephen Forte mentioned on his blog, Gartner predicts that by 2015, 80% of all mobile applications developed will be hybrid or mobile-Web-oriented.
AcceleratorHK’s first semester ((Nov 5, 2012 – Feb 8, 2013)) has opened for applications. As Paul told us, 5 startups are expected to participate the program.
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