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Why HTC Invested In A Hong Kong Events Platform Startup In The Middle Of The Pandemic

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An employee wearing HTC Corp. Vive virtual reality headsets at the T.UM showroom in the SK Telecom … [+] Co. headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on June 11, 2021.

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When EventX, a fast-growing Hong Kong startup cofounded by a 30 Under 30 Asia alum, raised $10 million in Series B financing last year, the funding round was led by two investors. One was Gaocheng Capital, a venture capital and private equity firm based in Beijing. The other was HTC, the formerly high-flying smartphone maker.

The investment in EventX shows the Taiwanese tech company’s new focus: Virtual reality. It was “important to help us expand our universe of VR experiences,” says Joseph Lin, general manager of HTC’s Viveport virtual reality app store. “Because EventX focuses on 2D event management, it’s accessible to people who don’t have VR devices as well as those who do.”

EventX is an event management platform focusing on virtual events. Founded in 2013 by Angus Luk, who made the 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2020, and Sum Wong, the startup says it has served more than 5 million attendees across over 100 cities.

Last week, EventX announced it raised $8 million in funding led by GL Ventures, the early-stage investment arm of Beijing-based Hillhouse Capital (best known for its investments in Baidu, Didi and Tencent). Previous backers of EventX include VC firm 500 Startups, Taiwan-based accelerator AppWorks and Hong Kong government-backed Cyberport Incubation Programme.

“HTC and EventX are a good fit,” says Neil Mawston, an executive director with market research firm Strategy Analytics. “HTC sells VR devices in Asia, while EventX delivers VR software and services for business events in Asia. HTC and EventX have one eye on today’s virtual events, such as simple 2D webinars, and one eye on tomorrow’s 3D corporate metaverse, such as avatar meeting rooms.”

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HTC, founded in 1997 as a contract manufacturer of electronics by Cher Wang and Peter Chou, stood out a decade ago for making some of the world’s earliest Android smartphones—before being overtaken by the top Chinese and Korean brands as the technology became increasingly commoditized. Facing a range of business losses six years ago, HTC made a hard turn into virtual reality gear and is now one of the leading brands in the growing field.

The Taiwanese tech company already runs a virtual reality meeting service called Vive Sync, which lets conference participants work remotely but feel like they are in the same room. Participants can customize avatars, create private meeting rooms, and work face-to-face with off-site colleagues.

HTC’s Vive-branded virtual reality gear competes most ostensibly with Facebook’s Oculus equipment. Oculus also has a “solution” for virtual meetings, so HTC must compete, says Brady Wang, Taipei-based associate director with market research firm Counterpoint Research. HTC, adds Wang, “needs to create an ecosystem.”

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