{"id":776,"date":"2021-01-19T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?p=776"},"modified":"2021-01-19T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T15:05:46","slug":"iese-hong-kong-cyberport-fintech-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/entrepreneurship\/2021\/01\/19\/iese-hong-kong-cyberport-fintech-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"IESE Selected by Hong Kong\u2019s Cyberport to Support Fintech Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Cyberport University Partnership Programme is aimed at cultivating new fintech talent for Hong Kong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IESE<\/strong> has been chosen by Cyberport<\/a>, a Hong Kong digital technology hub<\/strong>, to provide training to university students<\/strong> who are on the path toward becoming fintech entrepreneurs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Under the agreement, IESE delivered a nine-day online boot camp<\/strong> to the university students from Jan. 7-15, 2021. Apart from fintech knowledge<\/strong>, IESE professors covered areas such as a global mindset<\/strong>, general approaches to management<\/strong>, a people-centric vision<\/strong> and the social responsibility of companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The boot camp — normally delivered as an in-person study abroad module — forms part of the Cyberport University Partnership Programme<\/a> (CUPP)<\/strong>, which is in its sixth year. This year, a total of 73 students from seven local universities<\/strong> are taking part in the program \u2013 a 25% increase over the previous year and a record number of participants.<\/p>\n

The CUPP is aimed at cultivating new fintech talent for Hong Kong<\/strong>. Since its launch in 2015, it has provided fintech training for over 300 local university students, reinforcing their entrepreneurial knowledge and spirit.<\/p>\n

At the end of the process, students will pitch a fintech project and 10 winning proposals will receive grants of HK$ 100,000 each, <\/strong>for a total of HK$ 1 million in funding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Students refine proposals<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s CUPP, students are organized into 20 teams<\/strong>. Each team produces a preliminary fintech business proposal at the start of the program, which it refines based on the knowledge acquired from the boot camp and other training sessions.<\/p>\n

Over the past six months, Cyberport has arranged six pre-camp nurturing sessions to provide fundamental knowledge on fintech and blockchain. Hong Kong financial regulatory organizations such as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Insurance Authority<\/strong> offered sessions, as did industry experts such as R3<\/strong> and WeBank<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From IESE, Luca Venza<\/strong> of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center<\/a> <\/strong>coordinated the boot camp and provided training. Professors Thomas Klueter<\/strong><\/a> and Pietro Bonetti<\/strong><\/a> delivered classes during the nine-day program.<\/p>\n

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IESE has been chosen by Cyberport, a Hong Kong digital technology hub, to provide training to university students who are on the path toward becoming fintech entrepreneurs. Under the agreement, IESE delivered a nine-day online boot camp to the university students from Jan. 7-15, 2021. Apart from fintech knowledge, IESE professors covered areas such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,240],"tags":[89755,139,111786,64812],"coauthors":[111825],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entrepreneurship","category-innovation","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-finance","tag-fintech","tag-startups"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t