
Fund focus: CityU promotes entrepreneur enablement

City University of Hong Kong plans to invest $64 million in creating 300 start-ups over the next three years, offering students and staff a more structured route to commercializing academic research
Hands Life Science, a Hong Kong biotech start-up, completed several pivots before establishing the scientific basis for what it hopes will become a portfolio of consumer healthcare brands. The company’s...
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