Setting up companies and working visa should be pretty easy in HK. I have never heard anyone having issue regarding that.

There has always been funding but investors don't usually add as much values as ones here do. The main reason could be these investors made their fortune from other non tech business like stock or real estate real estate. They are usually great business minded people but they may have a hard time advising tech startups.

Funding with experienced investors is not as common. We are seeing a big jump in investments over the last 6 months from investors that have started coming in and are really able to take their pick of deals. I think we will see more of this happen and continue to grow.

One thing that is lacking are founders of successful companies that are investing in new ones, but it takes time to grow the ecosystem.