08/02/2026
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08/02/2026
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HONG KONG, Feb 8: Hong Kong’s Cyberport is deepening its role as the city’s flagship digital technology and AI accelerator, backing more than 400 fintech firms and a growing pipeline of green, AI, and Web3 solutions as it seeks to position Hong Kong as a leading regional fintech and green finance centre.
Expanding fintech and digital ecosystem
Wholly owned by the HKSAR Government and recognised by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology as a “State-level Scientific and Technological Enterprise Incubator”, Cyberport now hosts over 2,300 community companies, including more than 400 fintech start‑ups, 500‑plus AI, big data, and robotics firms, and over 300 blockchain and Web3 players. Total funds raised by Cyberport start‑ups have exceeded HK$46.2 billion (about US$5.92 billion), with 17 portfolio companies listed on exchanges including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nasdaq, and Frankfurt, and eight unicorns emerging from the community. Around one‑third of founders of onsite companies come from mainland China, and the community covers 27 overseas markets, underlining Cyberport’s role as a regional launchpad for cross‑border innovation.
Within fintech, Cyberport’s portfolio spans WealthTech, digital assets and digital currencies, payments and remittances, InsurTech, RegTech, Green FinTech, enterprise solutions and cybersecurity, alongside licensed virtual banks, virtual insurers and virtual asset trading platforms such as ZA Bank, WeLab Bank, ZA Insure and OneDegree. Notable success stories highlighted in the deck include AutoML Capital’s MPF robo‑advisory pilots with Manulife and Syfe, Riverchain’s construction finance fund, and the rise of crypto exchange HashKey to unicorn status.
Regulatory sandboxes and public‑sector pilots
Cyberport is working closely with regulators and government bureaux to accelerate the adoption of cutting‑edge technologies through sandboxes and proof‑of‑concept (PoC) schemes. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s GenAI Sandbox, supported by Cyberport’s supercomputing centre, has tested 15 generative AI use cases in phase one and 27 use cases in phase two, involving a total of 30 banks and multiple technology partners, with participating institutions receiving ongoing regulatory feedback. A first round of applications closed in November 2024, with a second round due to close in August 2025, underscoring regulators’ push to embed AI in core financial operations under supervised conditions.
On the financing side, the FinTech PoC Subsidy Scheme, which ran two batches in 2021 and 2022, attracted nearly 150 applications, providing grants of HK$100,000 to HK$150,000 per project and seeing about 70 per cent of supported trials commercialised. A dedicated Green FinTech PoC Subsidy Scheme has approved 60 out of more than 100 qualified applications, each eligible for up to HK$150,000, with a project launch ceremony set for the Asian Financial Forum 2025. Separately, an FSS 3.1 pilot launched in 2024 has supported 10 projects with up to HK$500,000 in fully subsidised funding, while the Insurance Authority has rolled out an “AI Cohort Programme” with seven insurers as core participants and implementation guidelines due next year.
Building a green fintech hub
The presentation underscores Cyberport’s role in Hong Kong’s green and sustainable finance agenda, including its collaboration with the Green and Sustainable Finance Cross‑Agency Steering Group and InvestHK on Hong Kong’s Green FinTech Map. A prototype of the map went live in March 2024, with the full 2025 Green FinTech Map released on 30 June 2025, mapping providers across carbon markets, ESG data and analytics, disclosure and reporting tools, and green digital finance platforms.
Cyberport and the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau co‑hosted the “Green and Sustainable Fintech PoC Funding Support Scheme Showcase Seminar” during HK Green Week in September 2025 to connect technology firms with banks and investors and promote commercial uptake of green fintech solutions. Cyberport community members also took home awards at the Green and Sustainable Banking Conference and Green FinTech Competition organised by the HKMA, and Cyberport moderated a panel at the HKMA’s 2025 Green FinTech Symposium focused on turning PoC outcomes into scalable commercial products.
Deepening industry collaboration
Beyond funding and sandboxes, Cyberport is positioning itself as a convening platform for the finance and tech industries. Its “AI for Finance Solution Day” brought together over 40 banks and insurance firms and more than 10 AI technology companies for demos and matchmaking to accelerate AI deployment in financial services. A separate GenAI Sandbox Collaboratory event drew over 10 banks and seven AI innovation firms, alongside participants from the first sandbox batch, for one‑on‑one matching sessions
In insurance, Prudential and Cyberport have signed a strategic partnership to speed up AI development and talent building, while the Insurance Authority’s AI Cohort launch at Cyberport saw seven insurers commit to establishing centres of excellence and 14 technology providers showcase AI solutions. Cyberport is also a long‑term partner of Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia‑Pacific, which over the past decade in Hong Kong has received more than 1,500 applications from over 35 markets and helped participating start‑ups raise over US$1 billion. The deck highlights Cyberport’s active presence at flagship events such as Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025, Insurtech Insights 2025 and Money20/20, where it led delegations of community start‑ups to showcase their products.
Cyberport’s collaboration with Hang Seng Bank has been expanded through an Index Innovation Lab and an “Index Innovation Challenge” that explores how AI and natural language processing can improve data processing and index design, alongside initiatives to support SME digital transformation and green finance solutions.
Nurturing fintech talent in the GBA
Talent development is a central pillar of Cyberport’s strategy, particularly in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The GBA Fintech Two‑way Internship Scheme will offer more than 150 placements across Hong Kong and mainland GBA cities, covering digital banks, virtual insurers, RegTech, WealthTech, CreditTech and PayTech providers. Targeted at full‑time students in fintech‑related programmes at post‑secondary institutions, the scheme offers two‑ to six‑month internships and a monthly subsidy of HK$12,000 (or RMB10,500).
Complementing this, Cyberport is a key venue for the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Financial Cooperation Committee’s talent‑related sharing, and will host the 2025 closing ceremony of the GBA Fintech Summer Camp, which aims to equip students with practical experience and cross‑border exposure. The planned establishment in 2025 of the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Fintech Service Base at Cyberport is expected to further support enterprise internationalisation and cross‑border talent certification.
Fundraising milestones and global expansion
The deck also shines a spotlight on recent fundraising wins by Cyberport‑linked fintechs. Riverchain raised US$5 million in a Series A round in October 2025 to drive expansion in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, while communications compliance platform LeapXpert secured US$20 million in a Series B round in February 2025 to scale operations and advance product development. InsurTech player Bowtie closed up to US$70 million in Series C funding in July 2025, which the deck describes as the largest round for a digital health insurer in Asia using a direct‑to‑consumer model. Meanwhile, Diginex Solutions’ parent company Diginex (DSL) listed on Nasdaq in March 2025, raising US$9.2 million and later completing a secondary listing in Frankfurt and on Tradegate.
On internationalisation, Cyberport reports a string of overseas expansion stories involving its community and partners. French start‑up Libertify, winner of the 2023 Global Fast Track competition, has scaled into Hong Kong and Singapore with an AI‑driven platform that turns static financial documents into interactive video content, boosting client retention by 25 per cent. Mainland unicorn eSignGlobal chose Hong Kong as its international business headquarters in 2023, later becoming the first e‑signature SaaS provider to integrate with the government’s “iAM Smart” platform after its 2024 launch.
Cyberport‑based firm AIFT (formerly OneDegree) has expanded global digital asset insurance offerings into the Middle East and signed partnership agreements with Saudi insurer Walaa and insurtech Melon, while another community member, Evident Group, has inked an MoU with the UAE’s Zand Bank, touted as the country’s first fully licensed all‑digital bank. Separately, LianLian Global has partnered with remittance provider Lulu Money to extend its payment gateway into mainland China, following Cyberport‑led Middle East delegations in 2024 and 2025 and subsequent exchange activities
Taken together, the initiatives in the deck portray Cyberport as a central platform in Hong Kong’s bid to blend fintech, AI and green finance, leveraging public‑private collaboration, regional talent pipelines and outbound expansion to cement the city’s role as a premier fintech hub in Asia.
