Posts Categorized: Startups


Fuubo app for Weibo

Fuubo: Finally a Weibo App for Android That Isn’t Fugly

As much as we enjoy using the lively (though oft-gagged) Chinese social network that is Sina Weibo, ...

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  • March 12, 2013
  • at 3:00 pm
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garuda riders the chosen one

Indonesian Digital Comic Game Wanara’s Second Episode is now Out on Android

Remember the Indonesian folklore-themed app that we looked at a while back? Called the Adventure of ...

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  • March 12, 2013
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After Success Overseas, Colorbox Is Bringing Games To Vietnam

Startups always seem to grow up around games. Steve Jobs used to work at Atari and Bill Gates used t...

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  • March 11, 2013
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Appota Gets Vietnamese Mobile Users Paying For Apps

In a developing informal economy like Vietnam, bootlegging and cracking is rampant. Patents and copy...

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  • March 11, 2013
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12 Startups in Asia That Caught Our Eye

Here’s our newest weekly list featuring a bunch of hot startups from all over Asia. For tips and s...

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  • March 10, 2013
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Founder of Fetch Plus: Many Women Carry the ‘Survivalist’ Mentality

In celebration of international women’s day and all things feminine, we have also decided to have ...

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  • March 8, 2013
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redmart

Redmart on East Ventures Funding: “We like investors that are entrepreneurs”

Late this afternoon, Singapore-based online supermarket Redmart confirmed that it has received an un...

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  • March 8, 2013
  • at 7:21 pm
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SocialCops

Trash-Filled Streets and Potholed Roads? Who Ya Gonna Call? SocialCops!

When faced with a problem or annoyance, it’s sometimes nice (if annoying for others) to vent a...

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  • March 8, 2013
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‘Despite All the Money, I’m Not Happy.’ Startup Lessons from Sohu CEO Charles Zhang

Sohu founder and CEO Charles Zhang is, by the standards of most tech entrepreneurs, doing very well....

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  • March 12, 2013
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Shi Kaiwen, Jing.fm

15 Web Entrepreneurs Under 30 Doing Awesome Stuff in China

Forbes just put up a list of 30 young disruptors in China working across all kinds of fields. But it...

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  • March 11, 2013
  • at 10:00 pm
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BeLAUNCH Now Open to Indian Startups, and Readers Can Get Discounts for the Seoul Event

It’s only about seven weeks until the globally-minded Korean startup conference beLAUNCH takes pla...

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  • March 11, 2013
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Singapore’s Semantics3 and Padlet to Pitch at YCombinator’s Demo Day

On March 26, two Singapore startups will mark their appearance at YCombinator’s Demo Day. That’s...

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  • March 11, 2013
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Airbnb’s Voyage Into Asia (Startup Asia Preview)

Airbnb is one of my favorite startups out of the Silicon Valley because I think it’s one of the le...

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  • March 9, 2013
  • at 12:00 pm
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middle finger salute

Happy Ending’s Shock Advertising Teaches you to Think Different

Yesterday, Minh wrote about Happy Ending, an e-commerce flower shop in Vietnam that has captured a l...

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  • March 8, 2013
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Car Sharing Startup iCarsClub Raises $482,000, Expands to China

iCarsClub, a peer-to-peer marketplace for renting cars, today announced that it has successfully rai...

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  • March 8, 2013
  • at 6:57 pm
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awful time in asia startups

There is No Glamour in an Asia Startup

Having spent the past 2 years building a company in Hong Kong, I can testify that it is f**king hard...

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  • March 8, 2013
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