AcceleratorHK, the first privately-run startup accelerator in Hong Kong, is in standby mode at the moment. It’s in limbo as its parent company, Telerik, moves on to its next accelerator project across the Pacific in Silicon Valley.
However, if co-founder Stephen Forte has anything to do with it, AcceleratorHK will continue on to welcome its third cohort of startup founders from Hong Kong and around the world. When I first met up with Forte last week, he had just arrived in Silicon Valley to jumpstart Telerik’s new Mach5 mobile startup accelerator, but the “Pearl of the Orient” was still fresh on his mind.
Forte discussed several alternatives that he foresaw for AcceleratorHK’s future, yet he was most enthusiastic about his efforts to entice well-known international investors, such as 500 Startups, to take over the reins in managing the accelerator. More...
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