Meet Our Team (2025-2028)
The programme selected 13 promising start-up teams addressing diverse societal needs. Some enhance care for the elderly, children, and health through technology; others innovate in education and skill-building. Several focus on connecting people, culture, and opportunities by blending creativity and aesthetics to reshape global connections.
AERAI
AERAI is an AI-driven drone service platform built for Gen Z travellers and content creators. By combining drone rental, AI-powered auto-editing, and an online platform, AERAI makes it easy for users to create short videos with professional-looking aerial shots in minutes — without needing to own a drone or master piloting skills.
Smart Aging Ensemble
Smart Aging Ensemble is building a music-centred community for retirees, combining AI and community networks into an online-to-offline social platform. Through AI-powered matching, engaging classes and rehearsals, and intergenerational events, the team aims to reduce loneliness, strengthen social connection, and support joyful, meaningful ageing, while also helping preserve cultural heritage through music.
Team TranceLab
TeamTrancelab is developing an AI-powered hypnosis and meditation platform that lets users personalise their experiencem including voice, content, and music, to create tailored wellbeing plans. By lowering the cost and access barriers often associated with traditional mental health support, the team aims to provide convenient, affordable digital tools that improve everyday mental wellbeing across Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.
Lifegator Technology Limited
Lifegator Technology Limited combines AI with nanostructured insurance data to create a trustworthy, conversational, and intuitive information experience. We enable the public to search for insurance products and understand insurance terms effortlessly, free from sales pressure.
敘跡
敘跡 is building a platform, positioned as the first of its kind in the Greater Bay Area, dedicated to amateur local guides. Through an hourly booking model, it connects seniors, youth, and cultural enthusiasts with travellers seeking authentic local experiences. By turning personal stories and neighbourhood knowledge into flexible income opportunities, the team aims to support community revitalisation, preserve cultural heritage, and strengthen cross-generational connection—balancing both commercial viability and social impact.
Job Ready
JobReady is an AI-driven, real-time job matching platform that connects low-skilled and part-time workers with fair, low-barrier employment opportunities, while helping them build verifiable skill profiles over time. On the employer side, JobReady supports SMEs in addressing labour shortages faster, improving recruitment efficiency, and contributing to a more inclusive and flexible labour market.
YOU LE YUAN (Hong Kong) Company Limited
YOU LE YUAN (Hong Kong) Company Limited integrate AI with Traditional Chinese Medicine wellness teas to bring together technological innovation and time-honoured wisdom. The team aims to enhance older adults’ quality of life through personalised wellness experiences, empowering seniors to embrace a healthier, more fulfilling “second chapter” while fostering a warmer, more connected community.
The Peel
The Peel is a supplier and consumer brand specialising in tangerine peel products. The team's mission is to bridge traditional wellness wisdom with the lifestyle of the younger generation, making healthy living feel simple, modern, and stylish, while building a brand that can grow in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.
Inspartan
Inspartan is building a personalised, fun, and sustainable online learning platform for Hong Kong primary students. Using technology to overcome the limits of traditional education, the platform provides instant feedback and adaptive learning at home, while giving parents clear insights into their child’s progress and development needs.
PrimeUnity Education
PrimeUnity Education is building "a network of excellence for every learner" through customised English training solutions. The team's growth strategy is phased and intentional. At this stage, they are strengthening their established B2B presence in Hong Kong, delivering tailored training programmes for corporates and schools that support workplace performance and student development.
Guardian
Guardian is building an AI-enabled ultrasonic welding solution to make industrial welding smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable. The team is currently focusing on wire-harness manufacturers, and is preparing to expand into the fast-growing new-energy supply chain, particularly electric vehicle and charging infrastructure producers. With a vision to scale globally, Guardian aims to help drive the next wave of smart manufacturing.
繪本共創
繪本共創 uses picture books as a starting point to support children's emotional development, honour children's perspectives, and nurture creativity and problem-solving skills. By combining shared reading with hands-on creative activities, the team helps families and communities see how the arts can strengthen innovative thinking. Their longer-term goal is to build a sustainable community ecosystem where picture books become a practical tool for learning, dialogue, and intergenerational connection.
PregJourney
PregJourney is a one-stop platform designed to support parents with professional guidance, emotional support, and practical resources across the full journey — from conception and pregnancy through to childcare. The team offers an expert-curated knowledge base, and connects users with essential services such as confinement care, counselling, and helpful tools, making parenting decisions easier and day-to-day planning more manageable.