The GBA Accelerator is a robotics and AI startup accelerator designed to help companies scale across the Greater Bay Area. Startups that participate are all equipped to pilot their solutions in specific case studies developed in the New World ecosystem.
In 2019, China unveiled the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. This signified the Central Government’s intention to implement an ambitious plan of creating a region that comprise of 11 key financial and manufacturing cities in southern China to foster high technology and innovation, rivaling even Silicon Valley.
New World Development has long been a staple of the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area. Since its founding in 1970, New World Development Company Limited has been a leader in Hong Kong's bustling commercial and residential developer market and has become one of the largest private property developers in mainland China since its entrance into the market in 1991. The Group’s continued commitment to the GBA can be shown by the contracted sales of 343,000 square meters of residential and non-residential properties in FY2021 alone.
Undergo an intensive accelerator program to solve business problems.
Partner with New World Group to pilot and commercialize a solution within our properties.
Gain exposure across the GBA, an emerging innovation hub with GDP 1.4 trillion USD.
Receive invaluable networking and mentorship opportunities.
Work across our Twin Hubs of Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
As one of Microsoft’s core commitments to empower startups through our technologies, we are thrilled to partner with New World Development as a premier technology sponsor of the first cohort of the GBA Accelerator program. In line with this, the key focus for us is to foster the flow of technology talent and resources by leveraging our extensive research and innovation capabilities and transforming the Area into a global I&T hub.
Moving forward, we aim to successfully onboard more startups in the GBA,
covering sectors such as Robotics, AI and Metaverse, into the Microsoft Partner Network and co-build solutions
on Azure.
With Azure.
Microsoft will strengthen its cross-cloud capabilities to pave the way for dark-to-cloud
transformation journeys such as
workplace revamp, and Digital Twins envisioning.
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | HKSAR |
| Industry | Digital Twins |
| Website | https://chaintechdev.com/ |
| Brief Introduction | Solving AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) pain points through innovative digital twin technology |
| Problem Statement | Digital Twins solution for property management |
| Testimonial Quote | Chain’s Digital Twin Solution provides comprehensive and perceptive insights for the entire
property development life cycle. With such an innovative solution, it is able to boost work
efficiency and enhance overall construction safety. The immersive CAVE solutions enables remote
monitoring and inspection for fabrication works as well as a realistic visualization for quality
assurance before a building’s construction, which is especially important during this pandemic.
Wisdom Chan, Co-Founder and CTO at Chain Technology |
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
| Industry | Augmented Construction |
| Website | https://www.alignrobotics.ai/ |
| Brief Introduction | Robotic automation of surveying construction set outs and building layouts |
| Problem Statement | Converting digital designs to on-the-ground construction plans |
| Sponsored BU | Hip Seng Group |
| Testimonial Quote | Overall the GBA accelerator was a good program for providing resources to understand market
entry into Mainland China. The program provided connections to manufacturing, Chinese
translation, weekly meetings and support.
Stephen Bornstein, Director of Technical Development of Align Robotics |
| Year Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Industry | Robotics Logistics and Automation |
| Website | https://www.geekplus.com/ |
| Brief Introduction | Solving worldwide logistical problems with warehousing robots |
| Problem Statement | Develops smart warehouse robotics solution for 11 SKIES logistics |
| Sponsored BU | 11SKIES |
| Testimonial Quote | We are grateful to work with the New World Group as part of the program. This is a great
opportunity to collaborate with a like-minded partner and uncover the potential needs of AMRs
(Autonomous Mobile Robots) in different fields across the Retail and Supply Chain. Moving
forward, we will continue to further develop our technologies and explore more new applications
to build a sustainable future through innovation.
James Leung, Business Development Director – Overseas Business |
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Headquarters | China |
| Industry | Robotics |
| Website | http://www.dafang.ai/ |
| Brief Introduction | Develop and manufacture wide variety of wall construction and painting robots |
| Problem Statement | Develops automated wall painting robotic solution for large scale construction |
| Testimonial Quote | We are honored to be a member of the GBA accelerator program by Eureka Nova. Since September
2021, we have participated in this program. We are fully inspired by the team of Eureka Nova for
their sincerity and their action to dealing with real problems.
Through continuous communication with the project team, we realize that in the next 3-10 years,
Dafang Robotics will have great business opportunities in the development and construction of
the northern new area of Hong Kong and the whole GBA.
Moreover, with the support of Eureka Nova team, we have made some specific achievements:
1）Participated in the Microsoft Partner Program and learned what technical support we can get from Microsoft. 2）It is planned to participate in the demonstration construction in Hong Kong in April 2022, which will be the first construction appearance of DaFang robot in Hong Kong. 3）It is an excellent platform for AI startups like DaFang Robotics to enter the world construction market with the support of science and innovation from Hong Kong. Andy Deng, CEO |
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, United States |
| Industry | Autonomous Service Robot |
| Website | http://www.iouluo.com/sy |
| Brief Introduction | Design and manufacture window cleaning robots for high rise buildings |
| Problem Statement | Develops autonomous cleaning robotics solutions for property management |
| Sponsored BU | New World Development |
| Testimonial Quote | R-Storm would like to thank the GBA Accelerator program for their suppor. First of all, the
accelerator project team held a technical seminar with us to discuss the technical feasibility
of the facade wall cleaning robot, and promised to provide us with support on market resources
we need after the product launch, and recommended relevant resources to us in the daily
operation of the company.
At present, the Great Bay Area is strongly supported by national policies. In the future, a large ecosystem will be formed. The consumption, talents, technical reserves, materials and so on we need can be self-sufficient inside the area.Our company has also landed in the Pearl River Delta and will work together to build and develop the future market of GBA. I will also recommend the GBA Accelerator program to other startups. They bring resources in many aspects, which can help the company in many ways, including company operation, growth and market development. Ezreal Hu, General Manager |
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA |
| Industry | Augmented Reality |
| Website | https://www.trace3d.app/ |
| Brief Introduction | Provides the simplest way to make AR tours and content in real world locations |
| Problem Statement | Create Augmented Reality recording for on-demand tours at K11 MUSEA |
| Sponsored BU | K11 MUSEA |
| Testimonial Quote | The GBA program has been the ideal accelerator. By connecting us with New World, our approach
and product have improved rapidly. This structure allows for engaging collaborations with
world-class facilities. The integrated nature of the mentorship and deployment creates a truly
special program that affords both rigorous iteration and the potential for incredible growth.
Greg Minh Tran, CEO of Trace |
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | China |
| Industry | Robotics |
| Website | http://roboticplus.ai/ |
| Brief Introduction | Provides an all-around smart, modular construction solution |
| Problem Statement | Intelligent modular robotics solutions for space-constrained construction sites |
| Sponsored BU | New World China |
| Testimonial Quote | The GBA Accelerator has helped us in many ways, including helping us quickly understand the
enterprises with similar backgrounds in GBA, expanding our influence and seeking more
cooperation opportunities. We believe that the future of GBA is very promising. On the one hand,
the construction volume of the Great Bay Area is among the best. We believe that we can help
owners and excellent designers work together to build complex facade wall projects through
intelligent building technology; On the other hand, based on the manufacturing genes of the area
and the strong support of the government for technology and innovation, we can empower the
manufacturing enterprises in GBA to improve their production efficiency through flexible and
intelligent solutions, and contribute to the manufacturing transformation and intellectual
innovation construction of the whole area.
I will recommend the GBA Accelerator to other start-up companies. With this platform, we understand the strategy and plan of New World Group in GBA, and have a better understanding of the overall atmosphere of the area. At the same time, we also took this opportunity to have more communication with the business units of New World Group. Wenyuan Gao, Director |
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Industry | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Avatars |
| Website | https://www.deepbrainai.io/zh-hans/ |
| Brief Introduction | Commercializes real-time video with real-life application of interactive AI Human solutions |
| Problem Statement | Realistic AI avatar used to answer simple customer enquiries in K11 Retail Properties |
| Sponsored BU | K11 MUSEA |
| Testimonial Quote | The GBA region has a huge market size and potential. However, it’s not easy to squeeze in the
market for its unique environment such as culture, language and business protocols. Thanks to
the GBA Accelerator Program run by Eureka Nova of New World Development, We was able to make a
soft landing to the market by running an actual project introduced by the program. We believe
GBA will become a platform that connects the world to Asia, and DeepBrain AI will have made a
stable foundation there as a participant of the program. We strongly recommend this program to
whoever wants to grow fast through making actual business cases in a market of great growth
potential like GBA.
Felix Jaeho Kim, Global Business Developer at DeepBrain AI |
| Year Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Kitchener, Canada |
| Industry | Autonomous Service Robot |
| Website | https://www.avidbots.com/ |
| Brief Introduction | Provides fully autonomous commercial robotic floor cleaner |
| Problem Statement | Develops autonomous cleaning robotics solutions for property management |
| Testimonial Quote | The Greater Bay Area is already a pretty active zone and we have no doubt that the future for
this very specific region will be bright and generate a lot of opportunities for growth. It is
also a zone often referred to as a modernization example, for these reasons Avidbots is
definitely willing to be part of the adventure, and therefore consider the GBA as part of its
roadmap.
Gregory Michaud, Account Executive |
Commercial test pilots landed
Introductions made to large China-based enterprise customers
Startups accelerated through customized program
