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Event Highlight | The Vice Chancellor’s Cup of Student Entrepreneurship – VCCE Boot Camp (11-12 March 2023)

ORKTSThe Vice Chancellor’s Cup of Student Entrepreneurship 2023 Award Ceremony group photo. (Front row, from left to right) Ms. Jennifer SIU (Vice President, Philanthropy Advisory, Credit Suisse), Mr. Steve LAM (Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship, Cyberport), Mr. William CHAN (Head of Education Foundation and Community, Esquel-Y.L. Yang Education Foundation), Prof. Kevin AU (Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship), Dr. Frank NG (Associate Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship), Mr. LEUNG Kwok Yiu (Consultant, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services) (Photo: ORKTS) 

The Vice Chancellor’s Cup of Student Entrepreneurship (VCCE) Boot Camp 2023, co-organised by the Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS) and Center for Entrepreneurship (CfE), was successfully held on 11 - 12 March 2023. A total of 54 entries, involving over 150 students and alumni, were received for VCCE 2023, and 24 teams (62 participants) were shortlisted to participate in the two-day boot camp.

A panel of judges were cordially invited to select the winners: Mr. Edmund CHAN (Co-Founder and COO of Meat the Next) and Dr. Kerr XU (Co-Founder and CEO of LaSense) served as judges for the 1st Pitch session;  Mr. William CHAN (Head of Education Foundation and Community, Esquel-Y.L. Yang Education Foundation), Mr. Steve LAM (Senior Manager of Entrepreneurship, Cyberport) and Ms. Jennifer SIU (Vice President of Philanthropy Advisory, Credit Suisse) served as judges for the Final Pitch session.

Following a series of rigorous training and networking sessions, and two rounds of competitive pitching sessions, we are please to announce the award winning teams! 

 

 Team

 Team Member

Champion

Mind+

 Mr. Chang Hing Lam, Ms. Ka Ki Ng, Mr. Sai Mu Dalike Abaxi

1st Runner-up

Chinese Writing Wizard  

 Mr. Shek Kam Ming, Ms. Wing Kiu Leung, Mr. Log G Cheng

2nd Runner-up

Legal Expression

 Mr. Leung Hei Yin, Mr. Tai Ming Chan, Mr. Ka Pun Ng, Mr. Ka Chun Ng, Mr. Chun Sing Wong   

Best Presentation Award   

Depths

 Mr. Ho Tsz Hin, Mr. Ka Wai Tong, Mr. Kwok Hei Tang

Other finalist teams

AquaCos

DeFiner

Grand Your Breakfast

IoT Deployment Kit

Kongcept Tour

Smartcare

Sportspathy

TakeMe Home

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Representatives of the champion team, Mind+, received the prize. (Photo: ORKTS)

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Representative of the Chinese Writing Wizard team received the 1st Runner-up prize. (Photo: ORKTS)

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Representatives of the Legal Expression team received the 2nd Runner-up prize. (Photo: ORKTS)

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Representatives of the Depths team received the Best Presentation Award. (Photo: ORKTS)

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Teams participating in training workshop delivered by Mr. Freddy LAW (Founder, Cross Innovation), on the first day of the VCCE boot camp at UGA, Innoport. (Photo: ORKTS)

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Networking session at 2B, Innoport, on the second dayof the VCCE boot camp for teams to interact and learn from startup founders. (Photo: ORKTS)