Design Incubation Programme

Legal Status: Must be a registered company in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance. Company Age: The company must be a startup (typically established within the last 3 years). Ownership: At least one of the major shareholders/principals must be a Hong Kong Permanent Resident. Sector: Must operate within a design-related field (e.g., Fashion, Branding, Jewellery, Interior, Product, Media, or Communication design). Creative Control: The applicant must demonstrate that the core design work is performed by the company.

1. The applicant must have his/her application-company as a start-up Hong Kong-registered company (i.e. incorporated in Hong Kong for not more than three years as at the date of application), and still in its early stage of development in which financial and professional support is much needed. 2. For local application, the applicant must be a Hong Kong permanent resident. For overseas applications, the applicant must have an overseas registered company that has registered for not more than three years as at the date of application. The applicant must set up a Hong Kong registered company immediately to qualify for programme commencement after the application approval is granted. 3. The applicant is expected to require less than 350 square foot net of office space at the time of admission in general. 4. A shareholder or partner of the applicant must not be a shareholder or partner of a current Incubatee or graduated company in the DIP or Fashion Incubation Programme (FIP), or other incubation programmes funded by the Government. 5.The applicant-company must have as at the date of application at least two full-time staff (the applicant included) based in Hong Kong, and i. at least one of them must be the major shareholder and must be a designer in a recognised design discipline; ii. the aggregate shareholding percentage or interest of the full-time designer(s) must be in majority; and iii. all staff must be able to work in Hong Kong legally.