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NDN2 is a Start-Up Venture Building Program dedicated to incubating promising start-ups in Hong Kong. We help promising start-ups reach their fullest potentials with our venture network ecosystem support.
About NDN2
Founded in 2021 by Andy Ann and Jack Lau, NDN2 is a venture building firm based in Hong Kong, that build startups from ground up ideas to late-stage exits, across the AI, Blockchain, Crypto, Data, Edtech, Fintech, Growth, Healthtech and IOT space. NDN2 is led by many whom are successful startup entrepreneurs with successful exits through IPO and M&A.
To ensure the highest possible success rate of a venture, we provide not just financial support, but also technical and marketing resources, which are driven from us and also from many of our trusted portfolio companies.
Why NDN2 Venture Building?
Venture builders, a new model for entrepreneurship and innovation, we are changing the way new companies and products are created.
Bulletproof the Founders
We help the founders to get their mindset right at the very beginning, and laying out the expectations along a bumpy journey.
Offering Solutions
If your ventures are not solving any problems in this world, by nature it will not scale. We help you identify big and small existing problems, and offer solutions to tackle them
Time it Properly
Timing determines the fate of your business - You would not want to launch a venture too late or too soon; and we help you time it properly.
Getting the Right Team
If you go fast, you go alone, but if you want to go BIG, you go with a team! We will support you on setting up the right founding team and brining in the right advisors.
Start with an End Goal
NDN2 is designed to start with an end goal, meaning we want you to see clarity in both your venture and your personal life and we will guide you towards a meaningful life journey.
Set Week
Bi-weekly Greet and Meet with fellow cohort members and other NDN2 investees
Assignment of one technical advisor and one business scope advisor
Speaker Series on Startups
- Past examples of early-stage challenges and outcome
- Discussion of expectations
- Definition of milestones and KPIs
- Introduction to Design Thinking and 7T Marketing Approach
Design Thinking Phase 1 (Emphasize and Define)
- Understanding stakeholders’ needs through survey and observations
- Using the 5 Why’s and PEST methodologies
- Use of software to assist in this phase
Ready Week
Bi-weekly Greet and Meet with fellow cohort members and other NDN2 investees Speaker Series on Fund Raising Options
Pitching practices
Design Thinking Phase 2 (Ideate and Prototype)
- Workshop on digital marketing
- Rapid prototyping of mobile apps, logo design to reach out to potential stakeholders
Go Week
Bi-weekly Greet and Meet with fellow cohort members and other NDN2 investees Speaker Series
- 7T Marketing Approach
Design Thinking Phase 3 (Test)
Final VC Pitch with invited judges
Venture Building Formula
NDN2 aims to educate entrepreneurs on scaling from 0 to 1. Bringing ideas to live and setting the foundation for sustainable growth.
NDN2 identifies all steps from ideation stage to commercialization, with strong focus on disruptive innovation and long term impact for our communities, industries and markets.
NDN2 builds ventures based on business and consumer data and insights. Our research seeks for the latest trends and innovation that enable us to identify market potentials.
Founding Team
Common Q&A
NDN2 is the first-ever venture building accelerator focused on high-growth tech ventures. We are here to drive meaningful impact for your startup and your life. We aim to have a life-time friendship together with you and help you to learn and grow together in our community.
We are only in taking maximum 5-8 startups this year. Successful applicants will have access to all our networks, and supports.
We will go through a step-by-step process so that you can navigate clearly on what’s missing in your venture.
It is our passion to support entrepreneurs that are hard-working, humble to learn and with the mindset to make an impact to this world. Our program is intense and we are not expecting you to just join zoom calls or listen to our guest speakers. We are expecting to join all your meetings that we can get our hands dirty and address all hurdles and tackle through all actionable items.
Life is fair, we all have 24 hours a day it really depends on how much time you want to commit in your success. Only thing we can promise you is that we won’t make you go over 24 hours a day, the rest we will let you decide.
It is our passion to support entrepreneurs that are hard-working, humble to learn and with the mindset to make an impact to this world. Our program is intense and we are not expecting you to just join zoom calls or listen to our guest speakers. We are expecting to join all your meetings that we can get our hands dirty and address all hurdles and tackle through all actionable items.
Life is fair, we all have 24 hours a day it really depends on how much time you want to commit in your success. Only thing we can promise you is that we won’t make you go over 24 hours a day, the rest we will let you decide.
Portfolio Companies and Pipeline Ventures
