{"id":50208,"date":"2025-05-28T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/05\/28\/last-call-global-startups-to-get-on-board-epic-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T07:50:00","slug":"last-call-global-startups-to-get-on-board-epic-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/05\/28\/last-call-global-startups-to-get-on-board-epic-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Call! Global Startups to Get on Board EPIC 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>        HONG KONG SAR &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 28 May 2025 &#8211; The 9th Elevator Pitch International Competition (EPIC 2025), organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), has only 3 weeks left for global startups with their anchor in FinTech, and new tech tracks Digital Health and Green Tech, respond to the call to one of Asia&#8217;s largest innovation arenas. Participants will 60-second pitch their way to business matching and investment opportunities for a lift towards success.<\/p>\n<p><figure data-width=\"100%\" data-caption=\"Last Call! Global Startups to Get on Board EPIC 2025\" data-caption-display=\"block\" style=\"display: block;width: 100%;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: center\" align=\"center\">\n  <img data-src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/635819\/EPIC-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Last Call! Global Startups to Get on Board EPIC 2025\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><figcaption class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;display: block;margin: 0px;width: 100%\">\n<p>\n      <i>Last Call! Global Startups to Get on Board EPIC 2025<\/i>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Supported by 20 global financial and corporate partners collectively managing an AUM close to US$100B and operating across Asia, Europe and North America, EPIC 2025 offers an unprecedented US$100M targeted funding pool, US$240,000 cash prizes, and an extensive experience for mid- to late-stage startups to grow from regional names to international labels:\n<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Key Dates<\/u><\/b><br \/>\n<br \/><b> Application Period: <\/b>Now to 17 June 2025, 23:59 (GMT+8)<br \/>\n<br \/><b>Online Regional Pitch:<\/b> July 2025<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b>Finalist Announcement:<\/b> August 2025\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n    <b> EPIC Week in Hong Kong: <\/b>3 \u2013 7 November 2025\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<i> Mid- to late-stage startups under 10 years old, focused on Digital Health Tech, FinTech, or GreenTech, and registered as businesses with plans to expand R&amp;D or operations to Hong Kong and\/or the Greater Bay Area (GBA), are eligible to enter for EPIC. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>As the journey moves along, a series of highlights in the week-long EPIC Week will be made available to finalists speeding for the finish line, including Tech Spotlight for a showcase of their innovative solutions exclusive to potential investors and corporate decision-makers, in engaging instant and in-depth conversations; and the Greater Bay Area Exploration for a guided tour of a glimpse into the vast opportunities in the GBA and beyond\u2014where complimentary flight and accommodation sponsored (*<i>T&amp;C applies<\/i>) for contestants overseas.\n<\/p>\n<p>Albert Wong, CEO of HKSTP said: &#8220;Following the success of EPIC 2024 receiving applause from 47 economies, making it a more impactful event is where we&#8217;re going this year, as well as more inclusive, which is why we&#8217;re having new tech tracks, at a new location in Hong Kong, with new formats, yet one thing remains the same\u2014it is an opportunity you don&#8217;t want to miss.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/epic.hkstp.org\/apply-now\" rel=\"sponsored\">Global application<\/a> for EPIC 2025 is opened until 17 June 2025, 23:59 (GMT+8). For details, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/epic.hkstp.org\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">https:\/\/epic.hkstp.org\/<\/a> for more.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Hashtag: <\/b>#HKSTP #EPIC2025<\/p>\n<p>\n            <em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em>\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/385198\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/hong-kong-sar\/2025\/05\/28\/385198\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 28 May 2025 &#8211; The 9th Elevator Pitch International Competition (EPIC 2025), organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), has only 3 weeks left for global startups with their anchor in FinTech, and new tech tracks Digital Health and Green Tech, respond to the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}