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. CoinJar | Australia
CoinJar is an Australian startup that serves as a Bitcoin wallet, and also operates a payment gateway that enables merchants to accept payments in bitcoin. The startup recently secured a seed round led by Australian venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures.
2. 8villages | Singapore
Singapore-based 8villages helps connect farmers and agribusinesses together through its platform, allowing a more transparent flow of information within the agriculture value chain. The company has completed its convertible note pre-Series A round from IMJ Fenox.
3. Blued | China
Launched in August 2012, Blued is a gay chat and hook-up app for Chinese guys. Earlier this year, the startup got funding (in millions) to help it grow. It has since acquired two million users, and is working on an app dedicated to China’s lesbians called Pinkd.
4. MoneyTree | Japan
MoneyTree is a personal finance iPhone app from Japan, which was launched in April this year. The startup has secured their new seed funding round which is worth a sizable $1.6 million.
5. Eventifier | Bangalore
Eventifier is a Bangalore-based event content aggregation web platform with a a social media content aggregator tool that automatically archives fragmented audience-generated content about an event using hashtags from around the web. The startup announced this week that it has secured funding from Accel Partners and KAE Capital.
6. Crowdworks | Japan
Japan’s Crowdworks gathers app and website developers, writers, and graphic designers throughout Japan to work on jobs for hundreds of companies. It has closed a funding round from CyberAgent, DG Incubation, and Denstu Digital Fund 1 to expand and diversify its crowdsourcing platform.
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