Awarded by: AngelHack
An HKUST-HKU team has notched up three awards at the Hackathon Global Demo Day held in San Francisco on 29 October.
The team – a startup called “Plain Exchange” had four members from HKUST and two from HKU. Their creative idea of developing peer to peer currency exchange platform was showcased in the highly regarded competition that is well known for nurturing young entrepreneurs. The team won the titles of the Best FinTech, Best Startup and Overall Global Demo Day Winner.
The team members from HKUST included three Global Business students – Johannes Jaeger, Rachel Cheng, and Sandra Sobanska – and Computer Science & Engineering student Long Hoang. Their team was one of 18 teams from around the world to participate at the event, which was organized by the world’s largest hackathon organizer, AngelHack.
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