1. CUHK Pre-Incubation Centre (Pi Centre)
A Joint Project of
Center for Entrepreneurship (CfE)
Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC)
Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Service (ORKTS)
The Role of CUHK Business School in the HKSTP Incubation Program — A Discussion Panel
Date: April 24, 2017

2. Introduction
Pi Centre
The Pre-Incubation Centre (Pi Centre) aims to promote, encourage, train and enable Entrepreneurship campus- wide.
Pi Centre Video:

3. Pi Centre Timeline 17 Current Team Dropout Team 19 Graduated Team =
2017
May
Aug
Nov
2015
Feb
2016
Pi Centre 1st intake
2014
14 FEB
Pi Centre Grand Opening
14 May
2nd intake
14 OCT
4th intake
15 OCT
5th intake
16 FEB
3RD intake
15 FEB
6th intake
16 OCT
7th intake
17 FEB
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Total
Applications 22 21 18 30 28 16
153
Accepted 7 5 6 8 47
Route B 4 2
Dropout 1 17
Graduated 3 19
19 Graduated Team = TSSSU Team: 8 + HKSTP: 1 + Cyberport:1 + Other Co-working Space: 5 + Give up: 2 + Status Unknown: 2 17
Current Team
Dropout Team 19
Graduated Team =
TSSSU Team: 8
HKSTP: 1 Cyberport:1
Other Co-working Space: 5 Give up: 2 Status Unknown: 2
Updated: April 2017

4. Startup Teams

5. Pre- Incubation Centre (Pi Centre) Successful Teams
R-Guardian
Anti-loss device to secure and monitor personal properties
Co-operating with different companies to use IoT (internet of thing) to transform traditional products to smart products
Incubatee at Science Park and got HK$645,000 funding
MedVision
Develops innovative techniques to improve the accuracy of disease diagnoses to the state-of-the-art performance
Aims to alleviate the sufferings of the patients, reduce the workload on doctors, advance the diagnosis accuracy, and improve the healthcare quality
Admitted to Lenovo Accelerator Program and invested HK$1m
Strong interested from VCs (under negotiation)
DecaSense
Provides professional sports analysis tool like the Messi’s performance data with low-cost wearables
Provides a good low cost solution for the young footballers who prefer the more immersive and useable data for entertainment
TSSSU Team
Received ¥ 7.5m Investment