Cover In this month’s Tatler community news, from left: Fred Ngan, co-founder of Bowtie; John Tsang, former financial secretary of Hong Kong and senior advisor at Bowtie; Michael Chan, co-founder and CEO of Bowtie (Photo: courtesy of Bowtie)
In this month’s Tatler community news, from left: Fred Ngan, co-founder of Bowtie; John Tsang, former financial secretary of Hong Kong and senior advisor at Bowtie; Michael Chan, co-founder and CEO of Bowtie (Photo: courtesy of Bowtie)
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This month’s edition focuses on the Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow community of Hong Kong: Bowtie, Hong Kong’s first virtual insurer, announced it has crossed US$100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR); ESG rewards platform Negawatt Zero2 debuted its new “Values Bank” initiative and hosted its third Principal’s Luncheon; and filmmaker Elizabeth Lo, known for her documentary Mistress Dispeller, was selected as a juror for this year’s Venice Film Festival; education technology start-up Preface hosted the citywide “Debate for Tomorrow” tournament for secondary school students.
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Negawatt Zero2 debuts “Values Bank” and hosts third edition of its Principal’s Luncheon
Attendees with Negawatt Zero2 and Hong Kong Education City representatives (Photo: courtesy of Negawatt Zero2)
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Led by Arthur Lam, a 2020 Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (Hong Kong) honouree, the ESG engagement and rewards platform Negawatt Zero2 co-hosted a luncheon with the New Territories School Heads Association, gathering over 100 Hong Kong school leaders to discuss climate literacy and values education.
The event marked the launch of Hong Kong’s first “Values Bank”, an initiative spearheaded by Negawatt Zero2 to reward students’ “character achievements” with mentorship lunches. Through the Zero2 app, which Lam says “actualises moral and positive education”, Negawatt Zero2 has also co-organised a programme with Cyberport, Our Hong Kong Foundation and Hong Kong Education City (EdCity) enabling students to complete tasks, such as recycling, in exchange for points that can be used for rewards at stores across Hong Kong.
Read more: How sustainability rewards app Zero2 is uniting Hong Kongers to go green
Bowtie hits US$100 million in annual recurring revenue
John Tsang, former financial secretary of Hong Kong (Photo: courtesy of Bowtie)
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Co-founded by Fred Ngan, a 2020 Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (Hong Kong) honouree, Hong Kong’s first authorised virtual insurer, Bowtie, has announced that it has surpassed US$100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), a benchmark often known as “Centaur” status in the field of start-ups and tech. Bowtie announced it reached this milestone within seven years of its founding, a notable development in Hong Kong’s insurance sector.
Celebrating the milestone at the Bowtie headquarters, the company also announced that its customer base has reached more than 150,000 policyholders—representing roughly one in 50 Hong Kong residents—with a total protection amount of US$20 billion. Bowtie's flagship Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme (VHIS) products now account for nearly 50,000 active policies, driving a 40 per cent year-on-year increase in VHIS-related ARR, according to the company.
Read more: Hong Kongers want preventative healthcare and this Insurtech company is ready
Elizabeth Lo to serve as Venice Film Festival juror
An honouree of this year’s Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (Hong Kong) list, filmmaker Elizabeth Lo has been selected as a juror of the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti competition— just two years after premiering her second feature documentary, Mistress Dispeller, at the event. Orizzonti, which means “Horizons” in Italian, is a section of the Venice Film Festival that includes a short film competition for rising filmmakers.
Now streaming on the Criterion channel, Lo’s Mistress Dispeller—which follows a professional hired to dissolve extramarital affairs in China—was shortlisted for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature, won two awards at the 2024 Venice Film Festival and received a Directors Guild of America nomination.
Preface hosts citywide debate tournament on AI for secondary school students
Above A livestream of Preface's debate final on July 18, 2026.
Led by Tommie Lo, a 2021 Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow (Hong Kong) honouree, education technology start-up Preface hosted the citywide “Debate for Tomorrow” tournament for secondary school students to discuss AI’s impact on society. Over the course of the competition, students responded to debate motions on the future of AI in education and its value as a tool—encouraging parents, teachers, and business leaders alike to also challenge assumptions about AI adoption.
As part of the tournament, Preface’s corporate mentors offered insights on AI in speaking sessions between debate rounds and judges offered live, on-the-spot feedback on students’ performances. The tournament is one of many initiatives that Preface is leading to enhance AI literacy and critical thinking in Hong Kong; it also hosts coding-themed summer camps for students as young as 4, which it bills as a means of “empowering the next generation to discover, design and lead with AI.”
Cat Wang is an editor at Tatler Asia based in Hong Kong, where she covers business, wealth, innovation, and impact. Previously, she was a Forbes Asia reporter and assistant editor of the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list, spotlighting startups and small companies on the rise across the Asia-Pacific. She began her career as a trainee reporter at the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s newspaper of record. Born in New York City, she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a B.A. in political science.
