Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us or tell us about your startup on this form. Any juicy tech news tips go here. Enjoy this week’s list!
1. Picooc | China
Health-tracking gadget maker Picooc is best known for its smart body scales which not only shows your weight but also indicates important metrics like body fat, body mass index, body water, and muscle mass. It ties to an app for a fitness-tracking experience that complements wearable tech gadgets. The startup is revealed to have raised funding rom two of China’s leading web giants, Tencent and JD. Gobi Partners also contributed some cash.
2. Gigathlete | Japan
Founded in 2011, Japan’s biggest amateur baseball league Gigathlete’s G-League currently boasts 85 teams and more than 1,200 players. The company’s G-Score service offers real-time scoring that can be updated via feature and smart phones, while its G-Lockerroom platform provides real-time statistics, player interviews, and photographs. In addition, the startup also has G-Dugout, a player matchmaking service to connect them with substitute players, and G-ShopBoard, which connects players with sporting goods shops in the greater Tokyo area that offer equipment customization and repair services at discounted prices.
3. Viscovery | Taiwan
Taiwan-based visual search service Viscovery claims that they have the best recognition speed in the market right now. With their mobile app, images that are taken do not need to be uploaded to the main server to be recognized – the recognition occurs within the mobile app itself, which makes the entire process extremely quick.
The team was chosen as one of the top 10 startups at GMIC. They have received seed funding from Pinehurst Advisors, and are currently looking to raise a round of series A funding to accelerate growth both in Asia and beyond.
4. FindmyCarrots | India
India’s FindmyCarrots is a travel startup which uses data analytics with semantic search to offer best deals for transport and accommodation, and do the bookings. It mimics the aggregation model of a large travel portal like Expedia or MakeMyTrip but has other variables and layers of metadata for destination discovery and booking to one’s taste.
5. Style Tribute | Singapore
Singapore-based Style Tribute is a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) fashion marketplace that wants to focus on the top end of the secondhand market. It was one of ten startups who participated in the Startup Arena Singapore 2014 competition just last month. They recently raised a round of seed funding from Great Simians, Crystal Horse Investments, as well as three angel investors, one of which is Trevor Healy, CEO of Amobee and former VP/GM of Paypal.
6. The Coco | Japan
Graph, a new service created by Tokyo-based startup The Coco, hopes to provide users with easy access to credible statistical data by going straight to the source – governments and corporations. Type a search term and Graph instantly generates a graph (the user can choose between pie, bar, line, and dot graphs) with selectable timeframes and parameters. The startup is currently fundraising.
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