{"id":152349,"date":"2026-06-02T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152349"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:05:11","slug":"hong-kong-commits-us383m-to-university-tech-spin-offs-in-bid-to-be-global-innovation-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152349","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong commits US$383m to university tech spin-offs in bid to be global innovation hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong is stepping up its efforts to transform into a global tech hub, backing university-led commercialisation with a funding blitz spearheaded by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).<br \/>\nSpeaking at HKUST\u2019s annual Unicorn Day event on Tuesday, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said the government had committed over HK$3 billion (US$382.8 million) to 73 projects under the RAISe+ (Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus) scheme.<br \/>\nLaunched in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3355728\/hong-kong-commits-us383m-university-tech-spin-offs-bid-be-global-innovation-hub?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostHong Kong is stepping up its efforts to transform into a global tech hub, backing university-led commercialisation with a funding blitz spearheaded by the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}