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Regina Lin · · 3 min read

13 startups in Asia that caught our eye

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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. Enjoy this week’s list!


1. Khmerload | Cambodia (Startup Profile)

Khmerload is an online media company specializing in content verticals like sports, local celebrity news, fashion, and food tips. Its content formula hinges on shareability. The site currently has 17-18 million monthly page views.


2. DesignBold | Vietnam (Startup Profile)

Online graphic design platform DesignBold helps people create designs in five minutes, even without graphic design skills. Besides Vietnam, it has users from United States and Western Europe where have become the startup’s cornerstone international markets.


3. Weiyang | China (Startup Profile)

With an 80-hectare (800,000-square-meter) pig farm, Weiyang does pig-rearing business and focuses on technology and environmental sustainability. The company’s aim is to scale up to the point it can produce artisanal black pork.


4. Sandman Studios | China (Startup Profile)

VR/AR company Sandman Studios aims to solve a dearth of quality content in the country not only through its own animated short films, but by organizing regular VR film showings at Sandbox to inspire and entice Chinese artists, filmmakers, and game developers into the nascent industry. The company is also creating its own narrative VR pieces.


5. Cynack | Japan (Startup Profile)

Aiming to be a Slack alternative that’s set in VR, Cynack is a meeting and co-authoring space where teammates work on projects together. Also, users can easily share files from their local PC in that space.


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Regina Lin

From Taiwan and lives in Singapore now. Regina is the Startup Evangelist at Tech in Asia and enjoying connecting with startups. She also loves to eat, travel and meet new friends!