Hong Kong, 7 August 2013 – emarsys a global market leader of all-in-one email, mobile and social marketing automation applications has joined forces with StartupsHK Hong Kong’s biggest networking community of tech start-ups and entrepreneurs. The new year-long partnership was established with the aim to bolster Hong Kong’s young and dynamic tech community. As well as providing financial support to StartupsHK, emarsys will share expert knowledge in the form of white papers and presentations and participate in events and forums.
Casey Lau founder of StartupsHK which was established in 2009 and has a community of 5,000 members said: “StartupsHK’s goal is to take Hong Kong’s start-up ecosystem to the world stage and the sponsorship from emarsys could not come at a better time. Building an ecosystem is all about engagement and emarsys’ solutions as well as expertise will benefit us greatly. We are very excited about this partnership and we look forward to working closely with emarsys.”
Ohad Hecht, Regional Managing Director of emarsys commented on the new partnership: “As part of our corporate social responsibility activities emarsys is committed to working with the community in each of the countries it operates in. We are a strong advocate of entrepreneurs and tech start-ups and look to grow with these individuals and small businesses as they become more and more successful by delivering business expertise and tangible support along the way.
“Hong Kong is an incredibly vibrant region with thousands of start-ups and entrepreneurs developing new products and projects and StartupsHK has proven results of providing informative and engaging events and social media activity within this incredibly dynamic community. So they are the perfect partner for emarsys. We are looking forward to working closely with StartupsHK in the coming year,” added Hecht.
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About emarsys
emarsys is one of the largest providers of email, mobile and social marketing automation solutions in the world sending over 50 billion emails each year on behalf of over 1000 clients such as eBay, Volvo, Garmin, A.S. Watson, Zurich and Time Out.
emarsys’ industry leading solution is designed to meet the complex needs of customers, providing all they need for driving multi-channel online marketing success and increasing ROI – through the most comprehensive email, mobile, and social media marketing automation solutions, in combination with our unrivalled deliverability expertise.
emarsys’ worldwide network of regional offices ensure client success and satisfaction in their local markets, as well as supporting the growing multi-region requirements of their global client base.
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About StartupsHK
StartupsHK is the go-to platform for the startup ecosystem of Hong Kong. The goal of StartupsHK is to take Hong Kong’s startup ecosystem to the next level by being the platform that connects entrepreneurs, investors, government and private enterprises. Through the use of digital and traditional media as well as offline events, StartupsHK strives to drive awareness of the startup ecosystem both locally in Hong Kong and the rest of the world.