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ABOUT US

B4B Challenge is an annual contest organised by B4B Limited, a Hong Kong social enterprise that aims to promote the development of a healthy and sustainable ecosystem for Big Data and AI innovation and to match talents and enterprises

with an intensive accelerator program since 2016.

City from Below

OUR OBJECTIVES

GROOM

Young talents in Hong Kong to develop their career in Big Data and AI.

FACILITATE

Facilitate big data start-ups and students to connect their innovative solutions with strategic resources.

INVITE

Big Data and AI talents from Greater China and overseas to compete and exchange.

ENCOURAGE

Provide opportunities for big data start-ups and students to have greater exposures in the industry.

CONNECT

Big Data and AI stakeholders and establish long-term collaborations among them to build a healthy,

competitive and sustainable big data and AI ecosystem in Greater China.

ENHANCE

Public awareness on the value and impact of Big Data and AI and improve their adoption and buy-in of Big Data and AI innovations.

MEET THE TEAM

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PRINCIPAL ADVISOR, B4B CHALLENGE

DR. TOA CHARM 

Associate Professor, CUHK

Chairman, OpenCertHub

Principal Advisor of Elite Start-ups in Asia

Former Senior Management of Cyberport, IBM, Oracle, HSBC and Kingdee

Author of the book 數碼力大提升 

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HONORARY CHAIRMAN AND

PRINCIPAL MENTOR, B4B CHALLENGE

PROF. HERBERT CHIA

Member, Board of Directors, HKSTP

Venture Partner, Sequoia Capital China Fund

Former Vice President and Head of Data Committee of Alibaba Group

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FOUNDER & DIRECTOR, B4B CHALLENGE

MR. FRANCOIS LEE

CEO, Innobator (Hong Kong) Limited

CEO (Mainland), OpenCertHub Limited

CEO, Gadget Excelerator Lab Limited

PERSONAL DATA PRIVACY ADVISOR

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MR. STEPHEN KM LAU , JP

Former Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data for Hong Kong
Senior Adviser, PWC Consulting Hong Kong
Past President, Hong Kong Computer Society (HKCS)

 

ADVISOR

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MR. DANIEL YUEN

Prior Research Director, Gartner, a world-leading research and advisory company

COO, OpenCertHub

Over 30 years of experience in the IT industry

Unique insight into Big Data, AI & Data-Driven technologies

Postgraduate Certificate in Software Engineering from HKU

MBA from the University of South Australia

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MR. DICKSON LAM

Co-founder & CEO, Ascentas Capital Limited
Former Executive Director in Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited & Hyundai Securities (Asia) Ltd.
Former Managing Director in Tongyang Securities Hong Kong Ltd.

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MR. LEO CHIU

Hands-on practitioner

M.S. in Management Science and Technology, Stanford University

Chief Technology Partner, Click Ventures

Venture Advisor, Spike Ventures

MANAGEMENT TEAM

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PROJECT DIRECTOR, B4B CHALLENGE

MS. CANDI YEUNG

With over 15 years of experience in Marketing, Candi started her career in MNCs and Crown corporation such as Motorola, BC Hydro and Regus. She then entered the exciting entrepreneurship and innovation world by joining Innobator. 

 

Working together with the founders of Innobator, the company has liaised with more than 200 start-up projects in the first 18 months and set a record to raise angel funding for one of them in 44 days. Innobator is a creative space gathering like-minded entrepreneurs to realize their business ambition, and helps Hong Kong start-ups to explore business opportunities in Mainland China.  

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EVENT DIRECTOR, B4B CHALLENGE

MS. DOROTHY IP

Dorothy is a veteran in the startup ecosystem, as an executor and as an adviser. Having been a leading force within multiple startups, building brands and teams from scratch, right after higher education, Dorothy is well-versed with the hurdles and challenges of entrepreneurship. 

 

Equipped with her vast knowledge and experience, Dorothy then joined GELAB to accelerate newcomers within the world of entrepreneurship. With resounding success, GELAB assisted numerous startups in leaping forward or even finishing a product cycle with steps including but not limited to R&D, distribution and marketing.

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