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@8Securities from HK and 7 other Chinese Start-ups to Put on Your Radar for 2012
- 27 Jan 2012
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via inc.com

"Launched in October of last year at TechCrunch Disrupt in Beijing, 8 Securities is the first online investing tool in Hong Kong. It combines social elements (like tracking your favorite traders) with a trading portal where you can select markets, trading tools, news, and research.
"Change does not come until the conventional way of doing things is disrupted for the better… and that is our mission," the company notes.""
While 8Securities is based and founded in HK, most American media cannot tell the difference between HK and China even if they had a cup of noodles poured on them in the MTR.
But I digress...
This is great for Mikaal Abdulla founder of 8Securities as well as bringing a spotlight onto the Hong Kong start-up scene.
Check out the other start-ups at the story linked above.
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Save the date: Pitch Night 2012 is on February 13
- 26 Jan 2012
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As we did last year, StartupsHK is teaming up with Social Media Week to bring you Pitch Night 2012 in February.

5 start-ups will pitch in front of 3 venture capital judges to compete for a cash prize and the audience will get to vote on their favorite via Twitter with pitches going out live via #SUMHK.

Details coming up but mark your calendar for that night in Central. More details about Social Media Week at www.socialmediaweek.org.
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Happy Chinese New Year Start-Ups
- 23 Jan 2012
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No Startup Monday #SUMHK on the 23rd and a practice session for Pitch Night on the 30th - before our Corey Kidd talk on Feb 6th and Pitch Night 2012 on Feb 13!

Take the time to rest up or get more work done and we'll see you in the Year of the Dragon!
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#SUMHK: Cory Kidd and the Startup Robots of Intuitive Automata on February 6
- 20 Jan 2012
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Sounds like a cool title for a sci-fi movie?
In fact this is reality and we have Dr. Cory "I am not a robot" Kidd coming in to share about his Hong Kong-based robotics start-up Intuituive Automata and how he built his start-up and working at MIT Media Lab, working in Artifical Intelligence and human robot interaction - this is the "do not miss" Startup Monday for February so make sure you book it in your calendar and make sure you come early as we will lock the door at 7:30 on the dot.

As with all Startup Mondays:
- Date: Monday, February 6, 2012
- Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
- Venue: BootHK
- Admission: Free
- RSVP: Post your Twitter handle and name below. Limited space so you must RSVP.
- BYOB or BYOP (pizza)
- Twitter hashtag: #SUMHK
- If it's your first time at #SUMHK: you have to fight!
Cory's bio below:

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#SUMHK Jan 16: The @BufferApp Story - How to raise money in the Valley and move your startup to Hong Kong
- 10 Jan 2012
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What happens when you have a successful start-up funded in Silicon Valley but then you can't stay in the US? You move to Hong Kong, of course!

Buffer is a great web service that allows you to time your tweets and Facebook updates to when your readers will most likely interact with them - a freemium service that has really taken hold of social media enthusiastics around the world.

Buffer co-founder Joel Gascoigne (on the left in photo above and on Twitter @joelgascoigne) will be at Startup Monday to talk about moving from the UK to the Valley, raising money in 60 days, getting traction quickly, marketing a new web service and of course how he ended up in Hong Kong.

As with all Startup Mondays:
- Date: Monday, January 16, 2012
- Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
- Venue: BootHK
- Admission: Free
- RSVP: Post your Twitter handle and name below. Limited space so you must RSVP.
- BYOB or BYOP (pizza)
- Twitter hashtag: #SUMHK
- If it's your first time at #SUMHK: you have to fight!
This event is now AT CAPACITY! No more sign-ups.
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#SUMHK Jan 9 - Justin Wohlstadter on Raising Venture Capital: Taking your Company to the Next Level and Keeping it There.
- 2 Jan 2012
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- Justin Wohlstadter SUMHK
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As a New York-based Venture Capitalist, Justin built the venture arm of Penny Black and launched BOLDstart Ventures, a seed fund focused on investing in New York's booming tech environment. Justin has led and facilitated over a hundred investments in a wide range of companies including Klout, Hashable, Rapportive and Enterproid. Late last year Justin joined the Enterproid team full-time to help run product, though he still stays active in the venture world.

Justin received his BA from Harvard University, and an MSc from the University of Oxford, writing his dissertation on how Internet technology will impact access to higher education.

Join us at BootHK (http://boot.hk) at 7:30pm for what should prove to be both an interesting presentation and active discussion.
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@8Securities from HK and 7 other Chinese Start-ups to Put on Your Radar for 2012

Save the date: Pitch Night 2012 is on February 13

Happy Chinese New Year Start-Ups

#SUMHK: Cory Kidd and the Startup Robots of Intuitive Automata on February 6

#SUMHK Jan 16: The @BufferApp Story - How to raise money in the Valley and move your startup to Hong Kong

#SUMHK Jan 9 - Justin Wohlstadter on Raising Venture Capital: Taking your Company to the Next Level and Keeping it There.

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