PolyVentures | Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office

PolyVentures is the University's signature technology start-up ecosystem tailored for aspiring entrepreneurs among PolyU students, alumni, academics, and research staff. It aims to foster an entrepreneurial mindset, and to accelerate the translation of innovations and technologies from the University to the marketplace, thereby creating impact. Through the PolyVentures ecosystem, PolyU nurtures the start-up teams and accelerates them throughout their entrepreneurial journeys, and equips them for long-term success.

Education/ Ideation

Nurturing future leaders with entrepreneurial mindset, skills, knowledge and practice

Enriched Curriculum

Ideation

Incubation

Supporting students, alumni and faculty members to make their first step onto entrepreneurship journey

Investment for Acceleration

Grooming impactful start-up with PolyU's matching grants, investment and networks

Matching Grants and Investment

Network

Funding/ Investment Impactful Start-ups Community Contact Us

450+

Start-ups Nurtured

220+

Tech Start-ups

230+

Design & Social Start-ups

Academic-led Start-ups

Unicorns

(US$1Bn+ valuation) out of 18 unicorns with Hong Kong origin are supported by PolyU or PolyU-related: Hai Robotics, AfterShip, GoGoX and Ecoflow

Ponies

(US$10M+ valuation)

310+

International and Local Awards

1000+

Entrepreneurs Nurtured