# HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund

> HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund is a VC fund backing Health Care and Artificial Intelligence. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kowloon City, Hong Kong
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://e-fund.hkust.edu.hk/

HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund is a VC fund in Kowloon City focused on Health Care and Artificial Intelligence. HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund invests in technology start-up companies. The HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund ("E-Fund"), with an initial fund size of HK$50M committed by HKUST, is established for the benefit of promising HKUST technology start-up companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 75% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Editact | Editact specializes in the development of novel gene treatments for Alzheimer's disease. It focuses on unmet clinical requirements in familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD) and is developing "one-to-many" gene editing therapeutics. |  | Seed | Jul 21, 2025 |  |
| Dayta AI | Dayta is a software company which develops retail analytics SaaS solutions for brick-and-mortar retailers through cloud computing, machine learning and big data. Our product, Cyclops, is a cloud-based AI solution powered by Machine Learning, that can leverage on any RTSP-connected camera to acquire, evaluate and interpret real-time data. | $5M | Series A | Jul 11, 2023 |  |
| PanopticAI | PanopticAI is a health system that uses artificial intelligence and signal processing to comprehend the human body and improve health. |  | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Ephod Technology | Ephod Intelligence is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform designed to assist fundamental research analysts in validating their investment ideas and keeping a close watch on the equity market. By incorporating analysts' unique investment strategies, Ephod employs sophisticated, non-linear quantitative models to identify and recommend themost effective stock screening factors. This approach allows for the generation of personalized trading signals based on the proposed factors. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba-entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BetaBox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betabox-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Darwin Venture Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-venture-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gobi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gobi-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Māori Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m%C4%81ori-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund invest in?

HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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