Posts Categorized: Startups


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Wooz.in Connects the Offline and Online World, Both Locally and Abroad

In this day and age when a lot of people are connected online through popular social networks like F...

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  • May 17, 2013
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The Story of App Annie: Building A Company For The Mobile App Economy

App Annie is a mobile app store data provider with its headquarters in Beijing, China but it is oper...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Malaysian Mobile Game Dev Nexx Snags $250k from Crystal Horse Investments

Nexx Studio is a Kuala Lumpur-based iOS game developer, with titles like Pig Shot, Glow Puzzle (whic...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Singapore’s Too Small? More E-Commerce Businesses Look Abroad

We recently ran a guest post on the blogshop phenomenon in Singapore, and as Lucas highlighted in th...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Location Technology Company W-Locate Raises US$470,000 from TNF Ventures

Singapore-based company, W-Locate, has successfully raised S$589,000 (US$470,000) in its pre-series ...

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  • May 16, 2013
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CocCoc Releases Corom And Enters the Browser Wars in Vietnam

In the quest to take down Google in Vietnam, CocCoc is stepping up its game once more with the relea...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Jimmy Rim, The Youngest CEO Running a VC Firm in Korea

Born in Korea and graduated from KAIST, a well-known engineering college in Korea, JimmyRim is the C...

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  • May 16, 2013
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SingTel invests in startups

With Only Digital Business Growing, SingTel Sets Aside $1.6B For Startup Acquisitions

The newest earnings report from SingTel (SGX:T48) makes for painful reading. The giant Singapore-bas...

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  • May 15, 2013
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With Indonesian Consumer Confidence Sky High, RumahKu Records Exponential Growth

Indonesian consumers are brimming with confidence as high as the sky right now, the highest in the w...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Indiescapes: a Curated Marketplace for Authentic Local Travel Experiences

I recently read an article titled “Date A Boy Who Travels”, which reminds me of the female versi...

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  • May 17, 2013
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Aimed at Japan’s Most Stylish Shoppers, Muse & Co Raises $3.4 Million

Aimed at Japan’s Most Stylish Shoppers, Muse & Co Raises $3.4 Million

The fashion-loving Japanese startup Muse & Co has raised 350 million yen, about $3.4 million, in...

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  • May 17, 2013
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PicMix Crosses 10 Million Users, Will Launch Physical Gift Cards

Indonesian-made photo app PicMix revealed today that it passed the 10 million user mark last month, ...

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  • May 16, 2013
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Chat App Battleground in Indonesia Getting Hotter as Line’s New TV Stars Look to Overpower KakaoTalk’s

It’s a fierce battlefield for chat apps in Indonesia. Today, Japan-based Line is going to roll out...

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  • May 16, 2013
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How InMobi Grew From a Startup to a Giant Mobile Ad Network

Founder and CEO of mobile ad network giant, InMobi, Naveen Tewari, has come a long way. Naveen is an...

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  • May 16, 2013
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HaiVL: Vietnam’s Funniest Website Gets 2 Million Hits Per Day After Just 1 Year

Content in Vietnam is a wasteland. Most of the nation’s users are flocking to forums where most of...

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  • May 15, 2013
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ChatPerk gadget lets your iPhone emit smells

Attach and Sniff: Japan’s ChatPerf Lets Your iPhone Emit Smells (VIDEO)

Using a smartphone is a very sensual and immersive experience, but so far our sense of smell has bee...

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  • May 15, 2013
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