Events & Announcements
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Team Preferrd at Hong Kong Fintech Week 2025 x StartMeUp Festival
Through Global Fast Track, we’ll gain access to over 120 investors and corporate partners, tailored 1:1 business matchmaking, expert mentorship, and the chance to pitch live on some of the biggest stages at the Hong Kong FintechHK Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025.
Mark Francis, our CEO, joined fellow innovators at What You Building? as a speaker to share how preferrd.io is reshaping recruitment in Hong Kong through the power of referrals.
Preferrd’s CEO Mark Francis appeared on Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)’s ‘The Close’ podcast with host Carolyn Wright to unpack the future of recruitment, AI’s growing role, and what’s next for hiring in Hong Kong.
Preferrd joined Aspire x Second Talent Founders Circle in Hong Kong where founders can come together, recharge, and build together.
Start Smart, Scale Smarter, in partnership with Aspire and OSOME, gathered Hong Kong’s founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators for an evening full of real conversations, practical insights, and meaningful connections.
Preferrd is in the running for the 2025 Future of Capitalism Competition! Finalists will be revealed in December, leading up to a high-profile investor pitch in London scheduled for 2026. This is a golden opportunity to showcase how our AI-driven referral recruitment platform is transforming talent acquisition and network monetization.
Global Youth Powerhouse Summit 2025 put together by Trinity Medical and Trinity Medical Imaging Centre, at The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong Kong Ballroom
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Mark Francis (CEO & Founder, 2nd from left) at the Curious x Steven Bartlett: The Business and Life Speaking Tour with Steven Bartlett (middle). *Click for Video*
Mark Francis (Founder & CEO, left) at the Retail Asia Conference, Technology Fireside Chat (September 2025) with Napoleon Biggs.
From Left to Right: Preferrd members Mark Francis (CEO), Denis Tsoi (CTO), Aakash Jain (Product Owner), & Parth T.A. (Product Engineer) at the offices of Bytedance.
Aakash Jain (Product Owner, Left) & Jonathan Hollands (COO, Right) at the HKSTP Ideation Program launch event, welcoming Preferrd into the HKSTP ecosystem.
Parth T.A. (Product Engineer, Left) & Aakash Jain (Product Owner, Right) at BytePlus AI Day 2025.
Preferrd members Mark Francis (CEO & Founder, Center Left), Jonathan Hollands (COO, Center Left), and Denis Tsoi (CTO, Bottom Right) at a virtual Open Campus mentor clinic session.
Preferrd graduated from the Open Campus Incubator programme co-managed by NewCampus and Animoca Brands! It’s been an incredible whirlwind these last 3 months, that pushed our team to innovate, sharpen our product, and perfect our messaging.
Angelflow x 8 Circle x OSOME Pitch & Pour Networking Night was proof of why Hong Kong’s startup community remains one of the most resilient and forward-looking in Asia.
Our CTO Denis Tsoi shared real stories and strategies on “Context Engineering” at HKWD—demonstrating how understanding the why and how behind data is just as important as the data itself.
Our CEO and Co-founder, Mark Francis, has been featured as Entrepreneur of the Week on the BetterReadPaul newsletter