Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. As usual, for startup tips and story suggestions, feel free to email us or tell us about your startup here. Any juicy news tips go here. Enjoy this week’s list!
1. Joguru | India
Launched in beta just this month, Joguru helps users plan a personalized itinerary planner in just five minutes, and is also built as a social network for travelers where they can share holiday pictures or places they want to visit in the future.
2.Picky | Singapore
Incorporated in 2012, Picky is another food app that aims to make personalized recommendations based on a user’s individual taste and preferences. The more you use it, the better the recommendations get. In addition to all those Instagram photos, the iOS app also features a “snap and share” function with eight different filters. The app is also backed by “six-figure funding from private investors”.
3. Convo | Pakistan
Pakistan’s Convo is an online business collaboration tool that’s already used by over 6,000 companies around the world. The startup has revealed a recent series A round of funding worth $5 million, with the money coming from US-based Morgenthaler Ventures.
4. Strikingly | California and Singapore
Strikingly is an online website-builder service that is focused specifically on mobile-friendly, single-page sites. It targets students, small businesses, and freelancers. The California-based startup, which just expanded to Singapore last week, has raised $1.5 million from Y Combinator, China’s Innovation Works, and more.
5. W-Locate | Singapore
Singapore startup W-Locate, which makes location-based service (LBS) tools for businesses, has revealed this week that it has wrapped up a series A funding round.
6. Noonswoon | Thailand
Thailand’s dating app Noonswoon, the winner of a recent AIS startup contest, has raised a round from various investors, chief among them Golden Gate Ventures. This marks the Singapore-based VC’s first investment in a Thai company.
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