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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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Rakuten Sets Up $10 Million Startup Strategic Fund in Southeast Asia
Following Rakuten’s new Asia headquarters in Singapore, the Japanese e-commerce giant has laun...
PassKit Raises $1.2 Million, Helps Clients Manage Mobile Wallet Passes on iOS and Android
Founded in June 2012, Hong Kong-based PassKit, a startup that enables customers to create mobile wal...
LotsofButtons.com Sells Lots of Buttons Online
Vertical e-commerce is a trend in Asia. So far we have lingerie, bags, beer, baby products, beauty p...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Happy Ending: Vietnamese Startup Uses Sex to Sell Flowers
Sometimes you click around and you stumble upon some really funny websites that you have to share. W...
Lei Jun Explains Xiaomi’s ‘Selling-Through-Scarcity’ Sales Tactic
Xiaomi’s inexpensive but powerful Android smartphones have been a big hit with Chinese users o...
Metaps Taps $11 Million in Series B Funding for its Android Monetization Platform
Android monetization platform Metaps has just announced series B funding worth US$11 million. The Ja...
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