10th September 2021, Kathmandu. – OPPO has announced the winners for the just passed OPPOHack 2021 event, which featured five insightful workshops from Stephen Smith (Associate Professor at University of Waterloo), Marco Donadeo (Director at Red Thread Ventures), Vivian Chan (Global Head of Digital Sales at NextTech AR Solutions), Hongyu Sun (Senior Director at OPPO Seattle Research Center), and Yi Xu (Associate Director at OPPO US Research Center).
Since starting in June, the event has been well received among the entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts around the globe, receiving projects from China, Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Singapore, Brazil, the United Kingdom, India, and other 20+ countries and regions. More than 500 individuals and teams signed up with 60+ qualified projects entering the preliminary round. Top 11 projects were selected into the final, which was live streamed in the internet.
Contestants are divided into the Seeding group and the Growing group according to their company status. A total of six startup teams from two competing groups were awarded.
Let’s check them out:
First place
Second place
Third place
First place
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Third place
OPPOHack is OPPO’s initial attempt to bridge the innovative tech entrepreneurs with the network and resources they would desire, helping them to build up relationships with international angel groups and research institutes.
“I create, therefore I am.” As the slogan goes, the OPPOHack 2021 aims to promote the cutting-edge technologies and innovations by investing in the promising startups, creating an open platform for both the tech entrepreneurs and the investors, as well as enriching OPPO’s global technology ecosystem.
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OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since launching its first smartphone – Smiley Face – in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology, Today, OPPO provides customers with a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find and Reno Series, ColorOS operating system, as well as internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO operates in more than 40 countries and regions, with 6 research institutes and 5 R&D centers worldwide, and an international design center in London, OPPO’s more than 40,000 employees are dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world.
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