Funding Opportunities

As the key incubator and digital technology flagship in Hong Kong, Cyberport attaches great importance to intellectual property in heightening innovation and boosting business promise for our start-ups and tech community. I believe HKBURDL will complement our efforts to develop Hong Kong into a regional IP and I&T hub through realisation and commercialisation of R&D initiatives.

We are grateful to HKBU R&D Limited (HKBURDL) for rendering assistance and offering supports to enhance the product development process of our invention into a practical commercial product for the benefit of our community.

Supported by the HKBU Knowledge Transfer Office, we established Mat-A-Cell Limited in  2017 as an HKBU spin-off company to develop bionanotechnical products to improve the  quality of human life. Throughout the years, HKBU R&D Licensing Limited’s one-stop  commercialization solutions helped us accomplish great achievements and awards on the global  stage.

The future of higher education and all industries depend on innovation,  strategically shaping the R&Ds in order to cultivate new applications, enhance creativity, encourage collaboration, and promote inclusion and diversity so that we can stay sustainable in a globally unpredictable environment.

Herbap Biotech Limited was founded in 2019 by two local Hongkongers who are passionate in scientific research, phytomedicinal studies and knowledge products. We are committed to produce and deliver scientific processes on phytocompounds and herbal products with young minds and advanced technologies.

Our Gihon Biotech Limited has developed a great partnership with HKBURDL. With their help, we were able to commercialize the IPR and start our company.  We want to express our gratitude on their continued support and cooperation in this regard.

HKBURDL creates several key initiatives for the benefit of the Hong Kong Community. Alfred persuades BU Faculty Members to register IP of the research achievement which is a proven success. We wish Alfred and team members achieve another level of height in the coming future.

As a long-term partner of HKBU KTO, I have always admired Alfred Tan and his team for their professionalism, positivity and ingenuity. They always put their partners first and seek to achieve the ideal solution that balances the interests of all stakeholders.

Having developed my own business, I understand how important it is to commercialization the intellectual property rights, so I completely agree with their vision and their work.

I have no doubts in their ability and hope that we can all give our support to let the projects developed by HKBU transfer to Commerical market successfully.

X Social Group, when first established in 2013, aims to provide cross-border digital solutions through data-driven digital solutions. In prompt response to the emergence of social commerce, X Social Group has set up a subsidiary business unit, MBeaute, specializing in driving sales in Greater China through live-streaming and content marketing strategies.

HKBURDL is a shining example of an effective university technology transfer and licensing organisation.  It has a team of professionals who understands the intricate workings of academic research and dealings of the commercial world.  Under its seasoned leadership, it has helped the university in contributing greatly to the collective intellectual properties of the community.  It is truly my pleasure and honour to have worked with this esteemed organisation.  I look forward to seeing HKBURDL to continue to grow and shine in the many years to come.

We are pleased to join the HKBU R&D Licensing Limited (HKBURDL)’s Strategic Partnership Programme, allowing Crimson Vision to partner on both academia and industry aspects to accelerate the translation of our near-infrared detection technologies into new products that can bring about a positive environmental and economic growth to the society.

After working with the incredibly talented KTO team for the past 3 years, there is one feeling that comes to mind . . . joy. I have never worked with a team who pulls out all of the stops to provide the kindest and nicest services I have ever experienced.

Mr. SIU Ming Hung, Mark, is the Chief Executive Officer and established ETG in 2007, responsible for the company's overall strategic planning and implementation of business development, operational objective, brand management. As the pioneer in the retail security industry, ETG introduced open merchandising solution to retail market of Hong Kong and have provided one stop smart retail and security solutions to over 1,000 retail shops in 2009. Through big data statistics analysis, ETG has provided 3D people counting solution to West Kowloon Cultural District for enhancing their operational efficiency and profitability. In addition, ETG has fought the epidemic together with Electrical and Mechanical Services Department by providing them innovative occupancy control solution to over 20 Marriage Registries and Smart Identity Card Replacement Centers so as to monitor live occupancy level and maintain safe social distance.

Having been cooperating with HKBURDL for years, we found the people behind the organization are professional, effective and helpful. We wish Alfred and his team could bring more HKBU research projects to a new height!