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Emily Goh · · 5 min read

44 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. Aasaanjobs | India

Mumbai-based Aasaanjobs is an online marketplace which helps job-seekers, especially the multitude of migrants flowing into cities, find entry-level and blue collar jobs. It lets candidates create profiles and uses match-making algorithms to connect them with potential recruiters.


2. Buddy | India

Buddy is a microlending startup that provides students with small loans to use on ecommerce site. Those who sign up with Buddy can take out small loans that are paid off in installments in periods of three to eighteen months. Interest rates are decided based on each student’s financial background.


3. Helper Choice | Hong Kong

Helper Choice is an online job portal for domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Middle Eastern countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In addition to help offset the unethical and scrupulous activities of certain domestic worker employment agencies, the website gives helpers the prerogative to choose their employers – instead of vice versa.


4. 42Gears Mobility Solutions | India

Bangalore-based 42Gears Mobility Solutions provides enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions to more than 5,000 companies across 90 countries in industries like healthcare, telecom, education, aviation, and food and beverages. If a company plans to equip its field force with mobile devices or allow the use of tablets as kiosks in retail stores or in taxis, it would not want the devices to be misused. And that’s exactly where the mobile device lockdown and remote management products from 42Gears can help.


5. Transparent Hands | Pakistan

Transparent Hands is a crowdfunding platform which looks to address the crippling problem of a lack of access to quality healthcare and wants to bring transparency to charitable donations in Pakistan. Potential donors can view medical histories, specific costs, and nature of ailments. After the funds for the surgery have been raised, the patient is admitted to a partner hospital, following which post-surgery documents are also available to ensure that the money has been used responsibly.


6. Wavecell | Singapore

Communications API startup Wavecell offers a whole host of APIs which give apps the ability to communicate with users through SMSes, push notifications, video calls, and voice calls. Enterprises can pick which of these channels they want to use.


7. Gamezop | India (Startup Profile)











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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!