108 startups graduate from HKSTP's incubation programmes

The ceremony gathered 78 incubation and 30 pre-incubation STEP start-up graduates.

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) hosted its first virtual incubation graduation ceremony, with a total of 108 start-ups completing their incubation programmes and Science and Technology Entrepreneur Programme (STEP), according to an announcement.

The graduation ceremony gathered 78 graduates from HKSTP’s incubation programmes, Incu-Tech, Incu-App, and Incu-Bio, and 30 from the new pre-incubation STEP.

The 78 incubation graduates come from Hong Kong, China, India, Taiwan, UK and US and have applied or registered for 41 patents, the highest in the past three years. The graduates also received 56 international and local invention awards.

Meanwhile, this year’s six Incu-Bio graduates will continue their R&D at Hong Kong Science Park, joining the current 140+ biotech partner companies to bring innovations that enhance human wellbeing, and enable more accurate diagnosis and cures.

This year’s ceremony brings a total of over 700 start-ups and companies graduated from HKSTP’s Incubation Programmes.