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November 3, 2020 37 mins
On this episode of RISE Offstage, Casey Lau sits down with Roland Yau of CoCoon Ignite Ventures and Ben Wong of Eureka Nova to talk about the recent challenges facing the Hong Kong startup ecosystem and how it will thrive as part of China's Greater Bay Area and amidst the enactment of the National Security Law.

RISE returns in March 2021.

Show Notes:

Roland Yau on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-yau-0228611/

Ben Wong on LInkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebenwong/

Eureka Nova
https://www.eurekanova.com/

New World Group
https://www.nwd.com.hk/

CoCoon Ignite Ventures
http://www.cocoonigniteventures.com/

CoCoon Hong Kong
https://www.hkcocoon.com/

NWD x Mizuho Bank Accelerator
https://www.eurekanova.com/mizuho-crowd-brain

Hong Kong protests news via South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/topics/hong-kong-protests

National Security Law via CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/25/asia/hong-kong-national-security-law-explainer-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, known as the BATs via CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/10/china-tech-outlook-2020-baidu-bidu-alibaba-baba-and-tencent.html

Greater Bay Area via South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/topics/greater-bay-area

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