[CUPP 2025] 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. 
  • Hit Up Silicon Valley for the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp!
  • Score HK$100,000 Funding from Cyberport!
Prize: Winning teams will receive HK$100,000 Grant of Cyberport Creative Micro Fund.

Programme Offers

  • 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.
  • EdUHK Students/Alumni must be nominated by EdUHK Knowledge Transfer Sub-office.
  • Applicants must be between 18 to 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 students or recently graduated within 3 years prior to the nomination deadline (i.e. 3 March 2022 to 3 March 2025).
  • 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. 1 team leader (i.e. principal applicant) with Hong Kong ID Card holder and main contact person of the team.
  2. Up to 2 core team members with technical/UIUX knowledge, who will be joining Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  3. Up to 2 supporting team members, who will NOT be joining Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
  4. Maximum 3 members per team can join the Entrepreneurship Boot Camp.

CUPP 2025 Info Deck
For more details, please visit the programme website.


How to Apply?

CUPP is a programme on nomination-based. Interested applicants should apply via EdUHK Knowledge Transfer Sub-office Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDuce).
Nomination Deadline: 17 Feb 2025, 23:59
Click Here for applying nomination