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Willis Wee · · 3 min read

10 Asian Startups That Caught Our Eye This Week

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In the last seven days, we have covered a couple of startups on Tech in Asia, specifically from Indonesia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This week, we also saw the first batch of JFDI startups graduating from its 100-day accelerator program. Congrats!

For folks who are interested in investing or partnering with these startups, drop us an email — editors[at]techinasia[dot]com – anytime. No promises, but we’ll try our best to be the bridge.

And if you’re a tech startup based in Asia hoping to get featured, please send us your pitch here.


1. Female Daily | Indonesia


One of our few females entrepreneurs or female-centric startups which we have covered here. It has quite an interesting story behind it, worth a read.


2. ShopSpot | Thailand


ShopSpot, which was covered by my colleague Vanessa last week, has received seed funding from a group of angels and business entrepreneurs in Thailand, led by Kris Nalamlieng for an undisclosed sum. It also recently officially graduated from JFDI’s accelerator program on Friday.


3. Camera360 | China


The Chinese startup behind the popular photographic app Camera360 has secured nearly US$10 million in series A funding, led by Singapore-based Gobi Partners and US-based Matrix Partners.


4. Happybox | Singapore


Some of you guys might recall Gastro Couture, a startup which aimed to help restaurant owners fill up empty tables by providing discounts for folks who reserve spare tables online. The startup has ceased working on that model, as co-founder Lester Chia explained that the idea didn’t really have much traction. But that didn’t end the team’s journey as entrepreneurs as it pivoted to launch Happybox.


5. iamtrend | Thailand


Thai startup iamtrend.com wants to connect like-minded folks across cultures and language barriers, giving them a social site where some simple tags and searches enable people to explore the kinds of ideas, photos, and videos that are shared by people with similar interests to yourself.













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Willis Wee

Founder at Tech in Asia. Aspires to build a company and product that people love.