A four-member student team comprising team leader ZHANG Zerui (COM, CityU), MO Yayuan (COM, CityU), ZHU Yuejia (EF, CityU), and WANG Zhixuan (CS, CityU) developed an innovative app for knowledge sharing and won multiple innovative funds recently. The team developed the initiative App R Square for the knowledge-sharing and semi-acquaintance network building, with innovative combination in group chat and sharing forum. The team aims at creating the third space for university students to exchange resource while making friends in the same direction. With the seed fund of HKD100,000, the R Square App now is launched on apple store. Its functions are tailored-made based on sincere needs from university students under a large database. The HK TECH commission will review the team’s performance throughout the whole seed fund process. The team now has won multiple additional funds to support its further development, including the HKSTP Incubation (HKD1,400,000). “We would try our best to make the business go further,” said ZHANG Zerui, leader of the team.

The funded App grows from an assignment in the classroom of COM2501 Internet Communication (Instructor: Dr. WANG Xiaohui, Vincent) to award winner among fierce competition. “It is good to see how students with different background work cooperatively to put their innovative idea into action,” said Dr. WANG Xiaohui, Vincent, the supervisor of the team.