Hong Kong Island’s 100 Fastest Growing FinTech Startups

At Fintech Energy we track over 200,000 fintech startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 FinTech companies in Hong Kong Island. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

Track record
Executive leadership
Market share
Innovation
ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top FinTech Companies & Startups (Hong Kong Island)

Oriente

Founders	Geoffrey Prentice, Hubert Shio-Hsien Tai, Katrina Cokeng, Lawrence Chu
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Oriente is building a new digital financial services infastructure to unlock economic opportunity for emerging Asia’s underserved.

Coherent

Founders	Eric Forgy, Fred Ngan, John Brisco, Michael Chan
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Coherent is a Hong Kong based insurtech company that provides digital solutions for leading global insurers.

Avo

Founders	Unknown
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Avo’s mission is to create an easy and enjoyable digital insurance experience that merges seamlessly into your everyday life.

Statrys

Founders	Bertrand Théaud
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Statrys is a fintech company that offers a digital payments solution alternative for SMEs, startups and entrepreneurs.

8 Securities

Founders	Mathias Helleu, Mikaal Abdulla
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8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage.

Currenxie

Founders	Alison Capelvenere, Riccardo Capelvenere
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Currenxie is a fintech company that offers business accounts, bank and card payments, and currency exchange for the borderless economy.

Reap

Founders	Daren Guo, Kevin Kang
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Reap’s online payments platform enables small businesses to pay expenses and collect revenue – anyone, anywhere – entirely via credit card

Hashkey

Founders	Tony Chen
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Hashkey is a digital asset group that focuses on developing the blockchain and digital asset industry.

Quantifeed

Founders	Alex Ypsilanti, Ross Milward
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Quantifeed is a provider of digital wealth management solutions to financial institutions in Asia.

MioTech

Founders	Jianyu Tu, Tao Liu
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MioTech is an artificial intelligence platform that empowers financial institutions to draw actionable insights on their data.

Aspen Digital

Founders	Yang He
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An innovative technology-driven digital & crypto asset management platform co-founded in 2021 by Everest Ventures Group and TTB Partners.

TNG FinTech Group

Founders	Alex Kong, Takis Wong
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TNG Fintech Group is an investment holding company focused on impact investment in companies that provides financial and digital inclusion.

CoverGo

Founders	Tomas Holub
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CoverGo is the first fully configurable, no-code insurance platform to digitize all insurance processes and launch products at record speed

Ignatica

Founders	Adhish Pendharkar, Manuel San Miguel, Travis Callahan
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Technology Platform company for the Financial Services industry

Liquefy

Founders	Adrian Lai, Drey Ng, Oscar Yeung
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End-to-end tokenization technology solution to that provides a seamless experience for asset owners to create security tokens

AlgoDriven

Founders	Glenn Harwood, Jaron Crossland
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AlgoDriven helps dealers, finance and insurance companies, accurately identify and price used cars.

Finverse

Founders	Stephane Lesaffre
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Finverse enables consumers and businesses to access their financial data anywhere.

Know Your Customer

Founders	Claus Christensen, Cormac Doddy, Richard Barrett
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Know Your Customer is a digital solutions for stronger KYC & AML compliance and exceptional client onboarding.

FUSANG

Founders	Henry, Heng Li Chong
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Asia’s First Fully-Licensed Digital Stock Exchange

Diginex

Founders	Miles Pelham
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Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company.

EMQ

Founders	Max Liu
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EMQ is a financial settlement network.

Neat

Founders	David Rosa, Igor Wos
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Neat offers an alternative to a bank account for individuals, startups & SMEs. Open a Neat Account online in 10 minutes.

StockViva

Founders	Chi Ho Law, Samuel Wan
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StockViva is a fintech company that provide real time investment analysis and education from financial key opinion leaders and trading

Babel Finance

Founders	Del Wang, Flex Yang
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Babel Finance is a leading global cryptocurrency financial service provider dedicated to serving institutional and HNW investors.

Choco Up

Founders	Brian Tsang, Percy Hung
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Choco Up is a data-driven revenue-based financing and growth platform, offering non-dilutive growth capital to fast growing businesses.

Synchrony

Founders	Andrew Fraser
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Synchrony is an on-chain asset management protocol built on the Solana blockchain.

Hermitage Capital

Founders	Sean Xiang
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A fast-growing PE firm with US$1.2B AUM, focusing on enterprise technology and Internet sectors.

MoneyHero.com.hk

Founders	Alister Musgrave
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MoneyHero.com.hk is one-stop financial product comparison platform.

Wallyt

Founders	Tong Liu
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Wallyt is a leading digital banking solutions provider.

Hyphen Group

Founders	Alister Musgrave, David Hatcher, Gerald Eder, Kenneth Lou, Shaun Kraft, Tee Ming Chew
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Hyphen Group is a leading fintech company in Greater Southeast Asia.

OTSO FINTECH

Founders	KAI I TUAN
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OTSO Fintech is a fully integrated Forex and online trading brokerage solution provider for the global markets.

BtcEX

Founders	Lok Yin Ng
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BtcEX crypto exchange to be a crypto banking service provider.

Ybex

Founders	Andrew Lee, Hui Li
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YBEX is a financial technology company that helps travellers find and book the best foreign exchange rates.

CrowdWiz

Founders	Michael Golod, Slavena Savcheva
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CrowdWiz is a fully decentralized crowd wisdom powered investment platform.

Lion Rock FinTech

Founders	Unknown
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Lion Rock FinTech is a startup company that provides commercial financing services.

AGM Group Holdings

Founders	Unknown
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AGM Group is an integrated technology company.

Bitspark

Founders	George Harrap, Maxine Ryan
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Bitspark is a web and mobile platform that has built products and services that make it easier to buy, exchange and sell crypto with cash.

AMTD Digital

Founders	Calvin Choi
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AMTD Digital is the integrated digital solutions platform.

WeLab

Founders	Aananth Solaiyappan, Frances Kang, Kelly Wong, Simon Loong
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WeLab is a Hong Kong-based fintech company offering virtual banking and consumer financing solutions.

Fundergo

Founders	Kevin Ng
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Fundergo is an online Mortgage platform that helps borrowers to connect both bank and non-bank lenders.

Gatecoin

Founders	Aurelien Menant
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Gatecoin is a bitcoin and ethereum token exchange.

ExtractAlpha

Founders	Vinesh Jha
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ExtractAlpha delivers proven alternative data and tools to institutional investors.

Ping An Global Voyager

Founders	Ma Mingzhe
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Hong Kong-based investor in growth stage fintech and healthtech companies

Futu Holdings

Founders	Leaf Li
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Futu Holdings offers an online brokerage platform that enables individual investors to trade in listed stocks.

GSR

Founders	Cristian Gil, Rich Rosenblum
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GSR, founded in 2013, is a global leader in digital asset trading and market making.

iPYGG – Next Gen Personal Finance App

Founders	Allen PakChing Lau
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iPYGG is a next gen personal finance app that manages financial accounts in one app, specialised in spending, savings and investing

NUTS Finance

Founders	Daniel Tang, Terry Lam
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Blockchain, Decentralized Finance, Decentralized Application

Nest

Founders	Lawrence Morgan, Simon Squibb
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Nest operates corporate accelerator programmes, invests in startups and runs a global entrepreneurial community called Mettā.

OKEx

Founders	Star Xu
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OKEx is a digital asset exchange that provides advanced financial services to traders globally by using blockchain technology.

BnkToTheFuture

Founders	Simon Dixon
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BnkToTheFuture is an online platform that facilitates investments in FinTech, blockchain, and bitcoin companies.

AngelHub

Founders	Gram Milosevic, Karen Contet, Karena Belin
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AngelHub is the only SFC-regulated tech investment platform that enables investors to co-invest on a deal by deal basis

PANONY

Founders	Alyssa Tsai, Tongtong Bee
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Your Blockchain Insider & Advisor

SAIF Partners

Founders	Andrew Yan
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SAIF Partners is a venture and growth capital fund invested in helping Asia’s exceptional companies grow from concept to IPO.

PlasmaBank

Founders	Evgeny Fedorov, Ilia Maksimenka
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PlasmaBank – is a open API platform for p2p financial services, blockchain protocols and business smart contracts.

MOBEXO

Founders	Sopheap Lao
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Mobexo is Vietnamese tech company that provides mobile payment services.

Inzurer

Founders	Tim Berry
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Insurance advisory and sales with AI Chat Bot, automatic underwriting and pricing, and data analysis

YouTrip

Founders	Arthur Mak, Caecilia Chu
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YouTrip is a multi-currency mobile wallet that allows users to pay overseas with no transaction fees.

YAS Digital Limited

Founders	Andy Ann, Kelvin Cheung, William Lee
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Every Moment Matters | a Hong Kong-based next-generation InsurTech company to reshape the industry.

First Digital Trust

Founders	Gunnar Jaerv, Vincent Chok
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First Digital Trust is a technology-driven financial institution powering the digital asset industry.

BlackPine

Founders	Lawrence Chu
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BlackPine is a private investment firm whose mission is to advance humanity by partnering with visionaries in transformative fields.

CoinEx

Founders	Haipo Yang
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CoinEx is a global and professional digital coin exchange service provider.

SuperCharger

Founders	Janos Barberis, Renu Bhatia
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SuperCharger is the FinTech Accelerator in Asia, dedicated to both early-stage startups and scale-up FinTech companies aiming for growth.

Anymex

Founders	Anderson Woo
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Anymex is a social currency exchange platform that provides travelers an alternative way to get rid of the expensive commission fees.

Wall Street Factory

Founders	Unknown
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Wall Street Factory aims to create a platform that empowers startups.

AirU

Founders	Hsin Yuan Chen
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Our purpose is to create AI apps to lead quality lives and through our first product Ark Show, a navigator in stock investing.

Tether

Founders	Craig Sellars, Giancarlo Devasini, Philip Potter
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Tether Holdings operates a platform to store, send, and receive local currency person to person globally.

Pymlo

Founders	Kirill Melnikov, Ping-Hsien Lin
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Online Accounting Platform for Small Businesses

BitForex

Founders	Jason Luo
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BitForex is the world’s leading digital asset trading platform.

Serai

Founders	Unknown
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Serai Trade aims to help businesses grow by investing in ideas and technology-led solutions to facilitate international trade.

Hashshiny

Founders	Unknown
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The World’s Leading Cloud Mining Platform, HashShiny.io offer a cloud-based solution for mining crypto currency for all types of users.

Input Output

Founders	Charles Hoskinson, Jeremy Wood
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Input Output is a technology company committed to using peer-to-peer innovations to provide financial services.

AsiaPay

Founders	Joseph Chan
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AsiaPay is a digital payment solution and technology vendor.

Prive Technologies

Founders	Charles Wong, Julian Schillinger
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Prive Technologies is a leading innovator in the financial and wealth management industries.

trade.io

Founders	Jim Preissler
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trade.io’s mission is to democratize the financial markets through the world’s first ever blockchain-based trading platform.

MindWorks Capital

Founders	David Chang, Joe Chan
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MindWorks is a Pan-Asia venture capital firm established in 2013 with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Jakarta.

Coinsuper

Founders	Karen Chen
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Coinsuper is a cryptocurrency exchange providing professional digital asset trading and customized services.

Zetl

Founders	Mark Francis, Matthew Roberts, Shan Han
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Financing the next generation of businesses in Asia-Pacific

ANX International

Founders	Dave Chapman, Hugh Madden, Ken Lo
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ANX International is a rapidly growing fintech company.

OKLink

Founders	Jack C Liu, Mingxing Xu
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OKLink is settlement platform for running a remittance app or business in the new generation.

Velotrade

Founders	Emmanuel Pitsilis, Gianluca Pizzituti, Vittorio De Angelis
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Velotrade is Asia’s digital trade finance marketplace: Professional investors buy trade receivables to finance SMEs working capital

Next Money

Founders	Scott Bales
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Next Money is a global network of fintech innovators reinventing finance through design, innovation & entrepreneurship.

TideBit

Founders	Unknown
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Tidebit is an intelligent fiat bitcoin trading platform.

Futu Securities

Founders	Leaf Li
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Futu Securities is an online brokerage platform that enables Chinese individual investors to trade U.S. and Hong Kong-listed stocks.

Accrue

Founders	Benoit Brookens III, James Felton Keith
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Accrue is a financial analytics company that builds deep learning technology.

FinFabrik

Founders	Alex Medana, Florian Matthaeus Spiegl
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FinFabrik is a fin tech solutions builder that specializes in capital markets software.

Atom International Technology

Founders	Unknown
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ATOM Group is a global fintech company with the mission to contribute to the decentralized revolution

Particle Accelerator Limited

Founders	Mingles Tsoi
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Hong Kong-based tech startup investor and accelerator

gini

Founders	Calvin Lang, Raymond Wyand, Victor Lang
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gini helps finance teams grow their companies.

KeyChain Pay

Founders	Lawrence Lau
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Smart Rental Payment Platform. Our AI evaluates KYC, AML and credit. Smart Contracts secure the rents in advance.

Credit Hero

Founders	Jason Ho, Ronald Lam
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CREDIT HERO operates online lending platform via via A.I, machine learning, Bank API to provide a loan service to the borrowers.

Planto

Founders	Ankit Suri, Taha Sabih, Yousaf Masud
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Planto is an application that helps you reach your financial goals in life in a simple, intelligent and economical way.

Bright Success Capital

Founders	Hilton Tam
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Bright Success Capital is a family office fund based in Hong Kong that makes venture capital investments and provides strategic value

Binery

Founders	Calvin Lui, Haywood Shum
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Binery is a financial concierge that offers bookkeeping, tax and audit services to growing businesses around the world.

FreightAmigo

Founders	Ivy Tse
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1-Stop Supply Chain Finance eMarketPlace

MoneySwap

Founders	Unknown
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MoneySwap providing unionpay payment solutions and gateways to UK merchants, allowing both online.

Red Pulse

Founders	Jonathan Ha
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Red Pulse is a tokenized research ecosystem for China’s economy and capital markets using its own cryptocurrency, RPX.

PledgeBox

Founders	Unknown
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PledgeBox helps you manage Kickstarter pledges in one place, upsale for more money, make your backers happy, and you can deliver on time.

Fination

Founders	Unknown
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API Investment System

M Credit

Founders	Unknown
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A Crypto Finance Platform

Nomisma

Founders	Christopher Malloy, Dimitrios Kavvathas, Kimon Gkomozias, Lauren Cohen, Lucas Gaylord
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Nomisma is a design to blockchain-based toolkit that enables the application of financial engineering tools to the Cryptoasset universe.