We are pleased to announce the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2019 was held on April 16 (Exhibition and Elevator Pitch) and June 3 (Business Plan Presentation).

This year a total of over 100 teams participated which most of the competing teams were composed of HKUST faculty, staff, students and alumni from the schools of Science, Engineering and Business. Judges on the panels of the four round assessments are from leading executives, professional investors and entrepreneurial academics.

After rigorous competition of the 12 shortlisted teams, following awards were given in the Award Dinner on June 4:

President Award

Team Name

Horizon Biochip

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

Horizon Biochip focuses on applying biochip technologies to different biotechnological applications. Its product CryoChip automates the process of preserving embryos/oocytes in IVF medical procedure

Gold Award

Team Name

DelTron Intelligence Technology Holdings Limited

Primary Area

Robotics & AI

Brief Description

DelTron is a team with extensive experiences over years in stabilization and camera technologies. We are now building multispectrum sensors to help farmers and companies improve productivity.

Silver Award

Team Name

Quommni Technologies L.L.C.

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

Quommni Technologies is developing a novel, disruptive method of influenza strain diagnosis. Our point-of-care assay will yield results in 30 minutes, benefiting patients and epidemiological studies.

GF Innovation Award

Team Name

Horizon Biochip

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

Horizon Biochip focuses on applying biochip technologies to different biotechnological applications. Its product CryoChip automates the process of preserving embryos/oocytes in IVF medical procedure

Elevator Pitch Award

Team Name

ProSlim

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

ProSlim’s mission is to promote healthy generations using our unique probiotics formula that helps people to slow down their food absorption rate in the gut, all so that we will FEAR FAT NO MORE.

Exhibition Award

Team Name

Refibre Intl.

Primary Area

Environment & Sustainability

Brief Description

Founded in 2019 in HKUST, Refibre Intl. alleviates the world’s clothing waste by creating an online clothes exchange platform, allowing users to trade in used clothes instead of buying new ones.

Student Team Award

Team Name

FLY healthtech

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

To enable psychologist and psychiatrist to better diagnose kids with ADHD, ASD and Developmental Delay at earlier age of golden treatment period in a more precise way with our AI tools.

Student Team Award

Team Name

Refibre Intl.

Primary Area

Environment & Sustainability

Brief Description

Founded in 2019 in HKUST, Refibre Intl. alleviates the world’s clothing waste by creating an online clothes exchange platform, allowing users to trade in used clothes instead of buying new ones.

Focus Area Awards - The Mills Fabrica Techstyle & Design Prize

Team Name

SuitUp!

Primary Area

Techstyle & Design

Brief Description

SuitUp! is a TechStyle startup project developing an AI personal styling solution for fashion retailers.

Focus Area Awards - Healthcare Prize

Team Name

Horizon Biochip

Primary Area

Healthcare

Brief Description

Horizon Biochip focuses on applying biochip technologies to different biotechnological applications. Its product CryoChip automates the process of preserving embryos/oocytes in IVF medical procedure

Focus Area Awards - Social Services & Enterprise Prize

Team Name

ClickerMaker

Primary Area

Social Services & Enterprise

Brief Description

We created an array of Lego-like standard parts, and organize workshops to train students or teenagers build customized input devices for people with dexterity limitation.

Focus Area Awards - Environment & Sustainability Prize

Team Name

Refibre Intl.

Primary Area

Environment & Sustainability

Brief Description

Founded in 2019 in HKUST, Refibre Intl. alleviates the world’s clothing waste by creating an online clothes exchange platform, allowing users to trade in used clothes instead of buying new ones.

Focus Area Awards - Robotics & AI Prize

Team Name

DelTron Intelligence Technology Holdings Limited

Primary Area

Robotics & AI

Brief Description

DelTron is a team with extensive experiences over years in stabilization and camera technologies. We are now building multispectrum sensors to help farmers and companies improve productivity.

Focus Area Awards - I.T & Smart Tech Prize

Team Name

Nahi Technology

Primary Area

I.T & Smart Tech

Brief Description

We build phone apps to help enrich our experiences in the world we are living in.

Focus Area Awards - Fintech Prize

Team Name

Dadada

Primary Area

Fintech

Brief Description

Our aim is to be a blockchain-based, decentralized data marketplace that provides individuals a way to securely sell information in a trusted environment.