Pilot Innovation and Technology Accelerator Scheme (PITAS)
Funds experienced accelerator operators to establish Hong Kong bases. The 2026 call is closed, and ordinary startups are not the direct funding applicants.
This programme is not currently an open application route. The page is retained for policy research; check its status, closure date and replacement.
Official facts
Quick Facts
- Provider
- Innovation and Technology Commission
- Programme type
- Accelerator / Advisory / matching
- Target stage
- Early growth / Series A
- Maximum support
- Up to HK$30 million per selected accelerator operator
- Duration
- Up to 3 years
- Matching required
- 1 Government : 2 applicant
- Equity required
- No
- Hong Kong company required
- Yes
- Company age limit
- Not publicly specified
- Team requirement
- At least 3 full-time staff at the Hong Kong accelerator base
- Application status
- Closed to new applications
- Application model
- Not specified
Editorial analysis
Who is it for?
This fit analysis is based on published eligibility and programme positioning. It is not an admission guarantee.
Who is probably not a good fit?
Teams outside the published applicant, sector, stage or company conditions should not apply solely because of the headline support. Check the current guide and weigh administration, cash-flow and reporting costs.
Financial and operating support
- Maximum support
- Up to HK$30 million per selected accelerator operator
- Payment model
- Not publicly specified
- Stackability
- PITAS funds selected accelerator operators to build services for startups; an ordinary startup is not the direct funding applicant.
- Double funding and cash flow
- The operator must comply with the approved project budget, matching contribution, procurement, reporting and audit requirements.
Eligibility
Published requirements
- experienced technology accelerator operator
- Applicant, founder or organisation must have at least 5 years of technology-startup support experience
- At least 3 full-time staff at the Hong Kong accelerator base
Before investing in an application, verify applicant entity, company age, team, IP, budget, matching cash and eligible costs. Ask the programme directly about anything not published.
Editorial analysis
Application process
Unless an official guide says otherwise, this is an application-preparation framework, not an official assessment sequence or timing promise.
- 1
Read the latest programme page and guide
- 2
Confirm applicant, stage and sector eligibility
- 3
Prepare project, team, budget and supporting evidence
- 4
Apply through the official channel and answer assessment requests
- 5
After admission, follow the agreement for milestones, reporting and claims
Sources
Official Resource Library
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This page provides a plain-language interpretation of official materials. The official source remains authoritative.
Pilot Innovation and Technology Accelerator Scheme Application Guidelines
Supplementary official material. Check the source document, version and latest programme notice before applying.
- Original language
- English
- Version
- January 2026
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- Last verified
- 2026-08-25
Pilot Innovation and Technology Accelerator Scheme official programme source
The retained official page for checking programme history, intake closure and rules that may still govern existing awards.
- Original language
- English
- Version
- Application Guidelines, January 2026 first edition
- Published
- 2026-05-07
- Last verified
- 2026-08-25