The Tech in Asia team wrote about 200 articles about China-based startups during the course of 2014, so we thought it’d be fun to look into which of those were your favorites. The end result is a nice mix of profiles, reviews, and funding news.
Let’s start back in January 2014:
1. China’s version of Coin
Coin, the much-hyped digital credit card that turned out to be a bit of a disappointment, got a Chinese clone at the start of the year.
The Beijing-based OneCard team put its project onto a local crowdfunding site and ultimately raised over US$50,000. However, the startup has failed to stick to its promise to ship to consumers in November and the startup’s official Weibo page has been silent for months. We’re not yet sure if this gadget will turn out to be vaporware.
2. Budget air purifiers for China’s smoggy cities
The cheap but frankly ugly do-it-yourself air purifier kit from Smart Air is designed – if “design” is the right word – to bring down the price of clean air in the face of China’s severe pollution problems.
3. 12 tech entrepreneurs under 30 making awesome stuff in China
Inspired by a Forbes list of young entrepreneurs in China, we decided to pick out the most exciting-sounding and promising tech and web startups run by under-30 entrepreneurs in the country.
4. Why a female founder started a company to help women find jobs, and why she quit
Lu joined up with two other co-founders to build Weipin, an online marketplace for homeowners in China to find and hire live-in ayi – a colloquial term for maids. She was most interested in the social enterprise aspect of the business and the chance to help underprivileged Chinese women find good work.
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