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. Ookbee | Thailand
Ookbee, an online ebook store from Thailand, which claims to be Southeast Asia’s number one ebookstore startup based on app downloads, has received a series B investment from Tokyo-based IT outsourcing firm Transcosmos.
2. Weipin | China
Weipin is an online marketplace for homeowners in China to find and hire live-in ayi – a colloquial term for maids. The startup works with local agencies that act as middlemen between maids and the homeowners who ultimately hire them. Each woman is set up with a sort of resume page that includes a one-minute introduction video.
3. Moglue | South Korea
Moglue provides users an easy way to create ebooks and interactive ebook apps using a simple, drag-and-drop interface. It has been revealed that Moglue’s tech and source codes have been acquired, for an undisclosed sum, by US-based Auryn and Korean platform Bookjam.
4. GiftLauncher | Philippines
On Philippines’s Giftlauncher, users can create a wishlist to be shared on Facebook so the user’s family and friends know what he or she wants as a present. Then, friends and family members can contribute through the wishlist link. The idea is simple and paves the way for people to actually receive the gift that they want to have, and not just a hit-or-miss thing from a store.
5. 5Rocks | South Korea
Founded in 2010, 5Rocks is a Korean mobile game analytics startup which lets game developers track game-playing behavior by specific segment in real-time. Users can also get actionable marketing insight through cohort analysis.
6. InstaB | Malaysia
First launched in March 2013, InstaB is a mix of Instagram and Path for chronicling your baby’s everyday activities. This week, the startup released a new feature called Baby Q&A which allows parents to attach a photo to the query. It can be seen by other users of the app. The idea is that one or more people will weigh in with some crowdsourced help.
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