Startup Arena Jakarta 2014
Indonesian startup iGrow wins Tech in Asia’s Startup Arena at Jakarta
iGrow won US$10,000 and got their startup’s legacy engraved on our Startup Asia Champion’s trophy, which they took home tonight.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 1 min read
Indonesian startup for domestic helpers looks to a growing middle class market
The site’s founder, Nas Zakaria, was inspired by the chore of actually finding a domestic helper and realizing how disorganized most agencies are.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read
With Playroll.me users can find events and name their own price
Playroll.me gives you the scoop on Hong Kong’s newest events and lets users name their price for tickets.
David Corbin · · 2 min read
Breathe easier with this tiny indoor air quality monitor
Around seven million deaths in 2012 resulted from air pollution exposure. The home is not a shelter from all this.
Steven Millward · · 3 min readArcterus can find your ‘cognitive individuality’ and supply notebooks for excelling in school
Japan’s Arcterus has combined old school research methods with digital technology to integrate online and offline learning.
David Corbin · · 2 min readLawCanvas wants to be the legal eagle for Singaporean startups
While this is relatively uncharted territory in Asia, the trail has long since been blazed in the US by online services like LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer.
Steven Millward · · 3 min readiGrow helps ordinary Indonesians become urban farmers, turn a profit from plants
Andreas Senjaya entered the stage at Startup Arena Jakarta 2014 to share his vision about Indonesia’s future of farming and entrepreneurship. Senjaya’s startup iGrow provides a system for the supervision
Leighton Cosseboom · · 2 min readShe quit her job, sold her house, and bootstrapped Triip to profitability
Travel startup Triip, which won Tech in Asia‘s first ever Startup Arena battle in Ho Chi Minh City, battles again at Startup Asia Jakarta.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min readPeople laughed when he started an e-ticketing startup in Pakistan. Now it’s the go-to place for movie, bus, and event tickets
Little did Faizan Aslam know when he decided to take his young bride to a movie that the experience would lead him to his startup, BookMe – an online ticket booking portal for movies, events, and bus services, the first of its kind in Pakistan.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 4 min readMeet our 9 superstars who made it to the Startup Asia Arena finale
The highlight of our Startup Asia conference is the Arena, which showcases interesting startups tackling unique problems in unique ways. Here are the 9 finalists.
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