Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) 2025
https://cyberport.hk/en/cyberport-university-partnership-programme
Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) is a FinTech focused entrepreneurship programme with boot camp, mentorship and competition that aiming at nurturing young FinTech talents for Hong Kong since 2015. CUPP is a programme on nomination-based.
For the upcoming cohort, CUPP is themed in AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Web3.
CUPP 2025 offers
- Win HK$100,000 grant by Cyberport Creative Micro Fund
- A series of digital tech pre-camp nurturing sessions in Hong Kong
- Entrepreneurship Boot Camp at Draper University in Silicon Valley
- Mentorship and insight from industry experts
- Pitch your digital tech business idea to investors
Eligibility
- Project must be rooted in digital tech.
- Applicants must be nominated by CUPP Co-organising Universities (CityU, HKBU, HKMU, HKSYU, LU, SFU, CUHK, EduHK, HSUHK, PolyU, HKUST, HKU).
- Applicants must be between 18 and 30 years old (inclusive) upon the nomination deadline (i.e. 3 March 2025).
- Applicants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students nominated by the Co-organising Universities, either currently enrolled university students or recently graduated within 3 years prior to the nomination deadline (i.e. 3 March 2022 to 3 March 2025) from the Co-organising Universities.
- Applicants must have a good command of English.
- Team members could be a mixture of students or recent graduates from the CUPP 2025 Co-organising Universities.
- Each team could have up to 5 members. Suggested team structure:
1 team leader (i.e. principal applicant) with Hong Kong ID Card holder and main contact person of the team.
Up to 2 core team members with technical/UIUX knowledge, who will be joining Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Up to 2 supporting team members, who will NOT be joining Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Maximum 3 members per team can join the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp.
Timeline
Info Session and Networking Event at Saint Francis University
Date: 15 January 2025
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Room 930, Caritas Bianchi College of Careers (CBCC), 18 Chui Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories (MTR Exit B, Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station)
Language: English
Fee: Free of Charge
Register for info sharing: CUPP 2025 Info Session and Networking Event at Saint Francis University (Jan 2025)
How to Apply CUPP?
CUPP is a nomination-based program. Interested applicants should contact the CUPP 2025 Co-organizing Universities for nomination details. Nominated teams should provide their academic performance, awards received, entrepreneurial experience, and proposed project to the universities for consideration.
Apply for HKU nomination quota:
Submit your application by February 10.
Selection-based: Selected students will be notified by email from HKU TEC.
What to do next after HKU nominates your team:
A written test and interview will be arranged after the nomination deadline. The written test will be reviewed by Draper University, and teams will pitch their business ideas to the judging panel for the interview. Selected students will be notified by email from Cyberport.