PicoTube Wins Out of 11 Startups that Pitched at TechCrunch Japan 2011

TechCrunch Tokyo 2011 was held on November 29th.  Here are the eleven startups that pitched at the Startup Battle. The winner was Picotube, which won 10,000 Japanese yen as prize. There were other awards provided by the judges, and the winners were engraph, Crowsnest, and spoqa. So here we go.

WishScope

WishScope won an award at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in San Francisco.  People have different resources such as time, skill, and things, but often resources are not leveraged to their full potential. WishScope matches those in need with those who can provide for that need in close proximity.  Users must have a Facebook account and certain number of friends to join the site.

Qiita

Qiita is a platform for engineers to share their experience and knowledge about coding.  Many engineers are facing the same kind of problems everyday. Qiita wants to become a go-to resource for engineers. Soon after its release, Qiita has attracted 1,100 users and over 1,000 posts. English version of Qiita was released on the day of TechCrunch Japan event, aiming high to help engineers all over the world.

PicoTube

PicoTube is an alternative for Turntable.fm., now that Turntable.fm has blocked access from anywhere outside the United States. Users can create their own clubhouse and play  their favorite music using youtube video. They can choose their own avatar, and show their likes of the clubhouse by pressing the “awesome” button. Avatars grow as you receive more and more “awesome points.” PicoTube is at the invite-only beta phase at present.

Sumally

Sumally is an encyclopedia of all things. Users can Want or Have anything that they come across on the web using a bookmarklet for browsers.  Sumally already has 160,000 items, and more than 20,000 users globally. The added number of “want” and “have” clicks is over 700,000. New feature is the brand’s page which works like Facebook pages. Sumally just released its iPhone application.