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1. AsQme | Japan
AsQme is an AMA-style platform for Japanese music lovers seeks to deepen fan-artist engagement by breaking down the language barrier. The platform allows community members to post and vote on questions aimed at western musicians. The most popular questions are then translated into English and sent to the artist, who replies by video with Japanese subtitles.
2. Ayannah | Philippines
Ayannah is a migrant-focused remittance service based in the Philippines and California. Founded in 2008, the company deploys two main products for unbanked overseas workers: Sendah, a B2C gift remittance service that targets the 12 million Filipinos working overseas, and Sendah Direct, a B2B payment platform that distributes prepaid mobile phone credits, online game credits, and microinsurance products. Ayannah recently closed a pre-series Round A led by GREE.
3. IP Nexus Hong Kong
IP Nexus is a global online marketplace for intellectual property and IP-related services that focuses on the little guys. It seeks to make such information and services easily accessible and affordable for startups. A new range of community features launched recently offer a free Q&A forum, a marketplace for posting jobs, and a searchable directory of lawyers, IP experts, and others working with new ventures. In addition to intellectual property advice and services, startups can also get input on other aspects of implementing their venture – such as business incorporation, taxation, and investment.
4. Pinkoi | Taiwan
Pinkoi, an Etsy of Taiwan, is an ecommerce marketplace that helps designers sell their wares online. The company has launched a Japan-facing Android app this week – marking the company’s official foray into the land of the rising sun. It also recently received a series A round from Japan’s Infinity Venture Partners, a well-connected local VC firm
5. Shufti | Japan
Japan’s Shufti turns housewives into freelancers. It utilizes a crowdsourcing model for its various job listings. Projects include data entry, taking surveys, writing reviews, transcribing audio, and more. The service boasts more than 76,000 registered users. The company has just raised US$5.75 million from Minna no Wedding and Nissay Capital.
6. LittleLives | Singapore
LittleLIves is an education-focused platform with features like attendance taking, a dashboard for higher management, a portfolio to track the progress of kids, and a platform for third-party education apps. The company is now focusing on building tools to enhance the productivity of preschool administrators, and it wants to turn LittleLives into a social platform eventually. It raised US$100,000 from 8Capita last year, then received another six-figures from angel investor Lee Han Shih this year.
7. Grivvy | Indonesia
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