HSITP SPIN Startup Programme
The first rung of the HSITP (Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park) three-tier ladder: SPIN@HSITP, a one-year structured seed programme with seed funding up to HK$150K (two instalments against 6-monthly milestones), plus an entrepreneurship academy, mentorship and shared office space. For early-stage teams or HK companies under 2 years old in life & health tech or AI/data science; strong performers can be nominated to IGNITE.
You have an innovative idea / early-stage team in life & health tech or AI/data science, are willing to move into the HSITP in the Loop, and want a first non-dilutive seed grant plus structured training and mentorship (founders holding ≥51% combined).
Your company is over 2 years old / past the seed stage → go straight to IGNITE; not in life & health / AI, or unwilling to move into the Loop → compare HKSTP Incubation / Cyberport CIP.
- Deadline / window
- One intake per year; the last round (2025 cycle) closed 2025-12-30; next round to be announced
- Duration
- 1 year
- Company age
- Hong Kong-registered private company under 2 years old; team applicants must register as an HK company within 2 weeks of acceptance; founders holding ≥51% combined
- For whom
- Innovative ideas / early-stage teams in life & health tech or AI & data science; must move into (or commit to moving into) the HSITP; may not join another incubation programme at the same time
- Online application (HSITP incubatee portal)
- Business plan (technology / team / commercialisation)
What you get
Seed funding up to HK$150K (two instalments against 6-monthly milestones) + an entrepreneurship academy (business planning, pitch training) + mentorship from incubators and industry partners + shared office space in the Loop park (subject to availability). Strong performers can be nominated to IGNITE@HSITP.
Where it sits in the ladder
SPIN is the first rung of the HSITP three-tier ladder (SPIN → IGNITE → GAS): the seed stage turns an idea into a viable business plan, after which you can be nominated up into incubation (IGNITE) and expansion acceleration (GAS). If you already have a company and want to commercialise R&D, look at IGNITE directly.
- 1
Check eligibility
Confirm you're in life & health / AI, an HK company under 2 years old (or a team willing to register within 2 weeks of acceptance), founders holding ≥51%, and willing to move into the Loop.
Pitfall: Founders below ≥51% are disqualified outright.
- 2
Prepare your business plan
Set out the technology, team and commercialisation path; prepare to pitch.
Pitfall: Applying to another incubation programme at the same time disqualifies you.
- 3
Submit online → panel interview
Via the HSITP incubatee portal: online application → screening → panel interview → offer acceptance → due diligence & signing.
Pitfall: Team applicants must register as an HK company within 2 weeks of acceptance.
- 4
Enter the programme → draw seed in two instalments
Disbursed against 6-monthly milestone assessments; use the academy, mentors and shared space at the same time.
- 01Early / idea stage in life & health or AI → apply for SPIN (up to HK$150K).
- 02Already incorporated and commercialising R&D → look at IGNITE directly (up to HK$6M).
- 03Enquiries ecosystem@hsitp.org / +852 3189 1590; apply via hsitp-crm-incubatee.powerappsportals.com.
Amounts, terms and eligibility come from the HSITP official SPIN sub-page (verified 2026-07-18). The 2025-12-30 deadline is the previous (2025) cycle's — kept so readers can keep watching, but the next round's deadline is subject to official announcement.