This page provides a comprehensive explanation of the key eligibility criteria for your application to the Cyberport Incubation Programme (CIP). Please review each section carefully and ensure your project meets the necessary requirements before proceeding with your application.

1. Rooted in Technology: Showcasing Significant Innovation or Improvement

Summary: For your project to be eligible for CIP, it must be rooted in technology. This could involve introducing new technology, enhancing existing technologies, or applying technology in novel ways to solve real-world problems.

Context: Your project should either:

• Introduce a new technology,
• Significantly enhance existing technologies, or
• Apply technology in novel ways to solve existing challenges.

This criterion emphasizes the importance of innovation and the potential to disrupt existing markets or industries with technology.

Action: Ensure your project introduces technological innovation, or enhances and applies technology in a creative manner. If this is not yet clear, consider how technology plays a central role in your project and its unique value proposition.

Reference: Cyberport Guidelines

2. Company Incorporation Requirement: Must Be Incorporated in Hong Kong

Summary: A fundamental requirement for CIP is that the company applying must be legally incorporated in Hong Kong. This ensures that the project contributes to the local technology ecosystem.

Context: The company must either:

• Be already incorporated in Hong Kong,
• Or must be incorporated before joining the program.