‘Scaling Hong Kong to the Nordics’ Concludes its Delegation Visit to Finland, Sweden and Denmark, Meeting Local Companies and Investors to Explore Business Opportunities in Nordic Markets

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 24 May 2022 – “Scaling Hong Kong to the Nordics”, co-organised by Cyberport and the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (FinnCham Hong Kong) and sponsored by Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR), led a delegation of numerous Hong Kong-based digital leisure and sport growth firms to go to famend Finnish, Swedish and Danish sport firms final week, after organising a collection of seminars and matching actions. The delegates additionally participated in Sweden’s Nordic Game, an annual main occasion for the world sport business, in order to assist the Hong Kong sport business faucet into the Nordic markets.

The Hong Kong delegates arrange a sales space for Nordic Innovation House Hong Kong to showcase their video games and digital leisure options at Nordic Game and determine potential enterprise companions and buyers in the area.

The delegation visited Helsinki, Finland; Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark between 15 and 20 May. They visited well-known, large-scale Finnish sport builders Supercell and Rovio, and joined the excursions of Arcade 5, a Finnish co-working campus designed for digital leisure and sport growth start-ups, in addition to Game Habitat DevHub, Sweden’s co-working neighborhood for sport builders, exchanging views with representatives of the sport studios in the neighborhood. The delegation additionally visited the headquarters of Business Finland to study the native market and the enterprise alternatives there. In addition, the delegates showcased their video games and digital leisure options at the Nordic Game convention in order to meet potential enterprise companions and buyers in the area.

Explore Collaboration Opportunities Between Nordic and Hong Kong Companies

Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport, mentioned, “The digital entertainment & esports industry has been developing rapidly around the globe. As the key promoter of the sector in Hong Kong, Cyberport strives to support industry development and diversification. At Cyberport, there are over 150 relevant start-ups and companies with businesses including game development and publishing, platforms for broadcasting tournaments and related multimedia content, and respective content management. Many have an eye on overseas markets. The delegation’s visit allows Hong Kong industry players to learn about the Nordic region’s digital entertainment and gaming industry development experience. The company visits and business meetings we arranged would facilitate collaborations with Nordic counterparts and help Hong Kong digital entertainment companies further expand their businesses internationally.”

Victor Tsang, Head of CreateHK, thanked Cyberport and FinnCham Hong Kong for organising “Scaling Hong Kong to the Nordics” throughout the pandemic, and for efficiently main a delegation fashioned by Hong Kong digital leisure and sport start-ups and scale-ups to go to the Nordic area after a number of postponements, which might assist them discover the markets in that area.

Binh Johansson, Community Director of Nordic Innovation House, the supporting organisation which led the delegation, mentioned, “There are tremendous business opportunities between the Hong Kong and Nordic gaming markets. Nordic game enterprises can introduce Hong Kong companies’ games to Nordic markets, co-develop new games, and invest in promising game companies. Meanwhile, Hong Kong game publishers, with their international business acumen and extensive networks, can help Nordic companies explore Asian markets. Other important factors are also the creative cultural exploration, talent and idea exchanges that this trip bring. Nordic Game is just the right platform to offer these great opportunities for industry players in the two regions to communicate face-to-face, and to understand each other better.”

Jeremy Lam, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of PIXIO, considered one of the delegates, mentioned, “In visiting the offices of different local game companies, we learned about their corporate cultures and how they conduct their affairs, an inspiring experience. In addition, the Finnish and Swedish governments are very supportive of the game industry’s development. We expect the governments to formulate targeted policies to facilitate Hong Kong companies’ entry into Nordic markets. Looking forward, we will also take advantage of the support of the Nordic governments to invite local talent to Hong Kong and help our company further develop.”

“Scaling Hong Kong to the Nordics” is a one-year programme. To improve the alternative for profitable collaboration, the organisers held a collection of advance webinars prior to the delegation go to, offering the contributors with a deeper understanding of the ecosystem and the newest developments and wants of the digital leisure business in the Nordic international locations, which embrace Finland, Sweden and others. The programme additionally organized pre-delegation enterprise matching with Nordic firms and buyers for the contributors based mostly on their respective enterprise and growth wants.

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About Cyberport

Cyberport is an progressive digital neighborhood with over 800 on-site start-ups and know-how firms. It is managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government. With a imaginative and prescient to be the hub for digital know-how, thereby creating a brand new financial driver for Hong Kong, Cyberport is dedicated to nurturing a vibrant tech ecosystem by cultivating expertise, selling entrepreneurship amongst youth, supporting start-ups, fostering business growth by selling strategic collaboration with native and worldwide companions, and integrating new and conventional economies by accelerating digital transformation in public and personal sectors.

For extra info, please go to www.cyberport.hk

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About FinnCham Hong Kong

FinnCham Hong Kong connects Finnish firms, and firms with shut ties to Finland, by means of enterprise networking, data sharing and market visibility. As an unbiased non-profit organisation, considered one of the important focus areas of FinnCham Hong Kong is to implement its place as a dependable platform by means of which firms can higher discover alternatives in the South China market. FinnCham Hong Kong permits firms to achieve entry to related and up to date info and connections, and gives its members worth including help when organising their operations in Hong Kong and in the Mainland China.

About CreateHK

Create Hong Kong (CreateHK) is a devoted company arrange by the Hong Kong SAR Government in June 2009. It is below the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and dedicate to spearheading the growth of artistic industries in Hong Kong. Its strategic foci are nurturing expertise and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, and selling Hong Kong as Asia’s artistic capital and fostering a artistic environment in the neighborhood. CreateHK sponsors the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (FinnCham Hong Kong) to co-organise the “Scaling Hong Kong to the Nordics” with Cyberport to promote Hong Kong’s digital leisure business. Website: www.createhk.gov.hk

Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region gives funding help to the venture solely, and doesn’t in any other case participate in the venture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or suggestions expressed in these supplies/occasions (or by members of the venture workforce) are these of the venture organizers solely and don’t replicate the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateGood Initiative Secretariat or the CreateGood Initiative Vetting Committee.

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