Nepal-based Grepsr Targets Businesses with its Web Crawling Service

At our Startup Arena Jakarta competition today, Nepal-based startup Grepsr pitched their data extraction and web crawling service. This concept is really great, as it enables any individual or business to automate data collection, regardless of their skill level.

Readers may recall that I wrote about Grepsr back in January, and the startup says that since then service has over 300 users, with over 8 million records delivered from 1000 sources. 300 users doesn’t sound like a lot, but the company’s revenue model includes a $129 per project fee, with other pricing plans available if you need recurring data collection or other big jobs. Grepsr says that it has been profitable since its first month of operation.

Judge Daniel Saito asked about how they planned to scale and acquire users. Amit said that the service is more viable to use enterprise customers, who need data from more sources. Once they start growing they can release some feeds for free, once that are in high demand. This can be an introduction, and once businesses need more they can come to Grepsr for a custom pricing. Getting exposure is one problem as the company is based in Nepal, so they noted that events like this (Startup Asia) is one step. Amit says many of these customers have already tried other services and are frustrated with them. And so they are talking to more potential enterprise customers.

This is a part of our coverage of Startup Asia Jakarta 2012, our startup event running on June 8 and 9. For the rest of our Startup Arena pitches, see here. You can follow along on Twitter at @startupasia, on our Facebook page, on Google Plus, or via RSS.