Posts Tagged: startups


nexx studio

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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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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Zoolook fashion app

Zoolook Brings Together Fashionistas, Fashion Bloggers, and Brands – All in One App

We’ve seen all kinds of social fashion startups crop up in Asia in the past couple of years. One o...

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  • May 14, 2013
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madeiracloud

China’s MadeiraCloud Gets $1.5 Million Funding, Opens US Office

We’ve been following the progress of Beijing-based MadeiraCloud pretty closely since last year, an...

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  • May 10, 2013
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Streetdirectory Founder Picked Himself Up and Rebuilt

Forced Out of His Own Company, Sued by a State-Owned Firm, Streetdirectory Founder Picked Himself Up and Rebuilt

During Startup Asia Singapore a month ago, I met Streetdirectory‘s founder, Firdhaus Akber and...

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  • May 7, 2013
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Crowdbaron, Real estate crowdfunding

Crowdbaron Brings Real Estate Crowdfunding to Asia

We’ve seen crowdfunding been put to use for zany gadgets and enacting positive social change, ...

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  • May 6, 2013
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china's silicon valley

‘China’s Silicon Valley’ Has More Startups Now Than Ever Before

Beijing’s Zhongguancun neighborhood, sometimes called China’s Silicon Valley, is home to...

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  • May 3, 2013
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beLAUNCH 2013 startup list

These Are the 20 Startups Doing Battle at Korea’s beLAUNCH 2013

South Korea’s biggest tech conference, beLAUNCH 2013, opened today in the Gangnam district of Seou...

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  • May 1, 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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500 Startups’s New Batch Includes Plenty of Asian Startups

500 Startups’s New Batch Includes Plenty of Asian Startups

Silicon Valley-based Accelerator 500 Startups has released the list of its Batch 6 startups, and it&...

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  • May 15, 2013
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CyberAgent Gets Into the Crowdfunding Business in Japan

CyberAgent Gets Into the Crowdfunding Business in Japan

Japan’s CyberAgent (TYO:4751) has burst onto Japan’s crowdfunding scene with the launch ...

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  • May 14, 2013
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ChainLabs incubator

New Shanghai Incubator Seeks Startups With Big Ideas For the Global Supply Chain

With plenty of support already existing for consumer-oriented startups in China – with things ...

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  • May 9, 2013
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Camera360

China-Made Camera360 App Snaps Its Way to 100 Million Global Users

One of the most popular Chinese-made apps around the world is Camera360, the photo filter app made b...

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  • May 7, 2013
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How Memebox Bootstrapped to Become a $1 Million Company

How Memebox Bootstrapped to Become a $1 Million Company (VIDEO)

We had our second ever Tech in Asia Meetup in Singapore. This one featured Hyungseok Dino Ha, CEO an...

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  • May 6, 2013
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appactive

Appacitive Looks to Take the Backend Blues Out of App Development

Building an app is more than just giving it a pretty face. Of course, your user interface has to be ...

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  • May 2, 2013
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hashiji

Hashiji is a Chinese E-Commerce Startup That Makes Me Want to Buy Something

New e-commerce startups in China are a dime a dozen, so when I come across one it must offer somethi...

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  • May 1, 2013
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