FH Outstanding Alumni Award 2024

Congratulations to the following award recipient on receiving the Faculty’s Outstanding Alumni Award:
Outstanding Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement of PolyU Faculty of Humanities 2024
Mr Phil WOO Pak Fai
Co-founder, allcareAI
BA (Hons) in English for Business and Professional Communication (2008)
Department of English and Communication
Master of Design (Design Strategies) (2013)
School of Design

Mr Woo is a serial founder turned social entrepreneur, with diverse portfolio in digital, AI, and robotics throughout Asia. He is also a consultant and mentor for InnoHK teams at HKSTP to promote the development of I&T in Hong Kong.

Starting from 2010, he co-founded Pred to deliver digital solutions to renowned corporations and consultancies. Followed by the startup and venture boom in 2014, he
co-founded Catalyst Ventures and Opium Ventures, co-incubated award-winning influencer data platform Advwhere (now Cloudbreakr), which expanded across Southeast Asia and received investment from Alibaba etc. In 2018, he spun off Pren to develop unmanned robotic beverage bars for WeDrink Robotics, which became a subsidiary unmanned store of Coca-cola China. During the pandemic in 2021, he led the company to invent allcareAI, innovated the toilet seat-wrapping and bowl-sealing automation technology, which greatly saves carers’ daily procedures for taking care of the toileting needs of the seniors and people with disabilities. It is supported by PolyU and Cyberport as a featured GeronTech and SocTech startup.

The Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Faculty of Humanities aims to recognise the graduates of the Faculty for their contribution to the University and Faculty, and their diverse accomplishments in various areas, including professional achievement, scholarly achievement, and community service achievement.