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Emily Goh · · 5 min read

20 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 or tell us about your startup on this form. Any juicy tech news tips go here. Enjoy this week’s list!

1. eKincare | India

eKincare is a health monitor which can store all your medical information in one place, monitor it, and give timely alerts. It is free for users with no limits on the data stored. The startup recently raised seed funding from Hyderabad-based Bitchemy Ventures and Adroitent.


2. Boxful | Hong Kong

Boxful hopes to introduce a new model for warehouse despository that gives city residents a little more space. Upon request through Boxful’s web or mobile apps, the company delivers weather-proof, stackable boxes to customers looking to pack up their stuff. Boxful team members then drive the boxes to a warehouse facility. The startup received US$1.5 million in funding for the venture from undisclosed angel investors.


3. VMFive | Taiwan

Etablished in May 2014, VMFive is looking to ease the world’s app store woes. It’s flagship product, AdPlay, lets people demo an app before downloading it to their phones.


4. Horsepower | Philippines

Horsepower provides affordable health insurance packages for the self-employed and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Aside from health insurance, it also offers other services such as online payments to government social security and pension funds, human resources and financing tools (accounting and time-tracking systems), and even advice on legal and tax issues.


5. Sensbeat| Hong Kong

Launched in 2014, Sensbeat is an app designed to help people share their moods, with the help of music. Users can upload photos and pair them with any song that’s licensed in iTunes. Friends can then flip through posts that peers in their network have shared. The company secured an additional US$500,000 in funding from HeungKong Group, bringing its total funding to date to US$1 million.


6. Tapcibo | India

Bangalore-based startup TapCibo is promising to deliver fresh, tasty, and affordable ‘cibo’ – which means ‘food’ in Italian – in three taps on your Android mobile screen. The startup has their own chefs and reliable partners who prepare fresh and healthy food every day.


7. Qork | Israel










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Emily Goh

I love creating great experiences for people. Also dabbles in florals and lettering, a fair bit of gaming, and enjoys lots of traveling. Happy to connect for collaborations for Tech In Asia events!