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SmartBike is making a device that allows users to track where their motorbikes are with a SIM card

SmartBike is making a device that allows users to track where their motorbikes are with a SIM card

SmartBike just pitched on stage today at Startup Asia’s Startup Arena. It’s a device that allows you to track and prevent theft of a motorbike.
Anh-Minh Do · · 2 min read
ShopBust Hires Mystery Shoppers to Spy on Your Business

ShopBust Hires Mystery Shoppers to Spy on Your Business

Singapore-based startup ShopBust offers an interesting way for shoppers to earn money by doing what they love the most, which is by shopping. How does the team do that? Founder
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read
Not Just Another Messaging App: Hoozin Offers Richer Experience in Group Chats

Not Just Another Messaging App: Hoozin Offers Richer Experience in Group Chats

There are a lot of mobile messaging apps on the market right now like Line, KakaoTalk, and WeChat, to name but a few. Nonetheless, more and more vertical chatting apps
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read
8Villages Offers Information Hub Through Mobile for Southeast Asian Farmers

8Villages Offers Information Hub Through Mobile for Southeast Asian Farmers

You might have heard a bit about 8Villages. Not only has the startup been interviewed by us, but also by the BBC, which is a rare feat for a small
Enricko Lukman · · 2 min read

Pombai Gives Thai Travelers a Bus Ticket to Ride

Next up at Startup Arena is Pombai, a Bangkok-based startup that provides transport companies with an online ticketing system. In Thailand, city-to-city bus tickets are mostly purchased at the station
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

PixBento: Facebook Albums Suck, We’re Going to Do Photo Sharing the Right Way

Quite a few startups are trying – or have tried and failed – to crack the first-world problem of how to share and transfer images between a group of friends.
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

DealPOS Wants Retailers to Ditch Cash Registers and Pick Up iPads

For retailers, cash registers are an expensive, space-hogging, eye-gougingly ugly experience. Indonesian startup DealPOS instead wants to push point-of-sales systems onto the web – and the interface onto any tablet
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

SocialHappen Brings Discounts and Rewards to Thai Shoppers

The shopping discounts app ShopKick has proved to be popular, and now Bangkok-based SocialHappen wants to bring the same model to Thai consumers. The SocialHappen app lets users find nearby
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Tell My Friends Wants Music Fans to Profit From Sharing Legal MP3s

Tell My Friends recently at SXSW. Singapore-based Tell My Friends is one of the more established young tech companies on our newest Startup Asia roster having been in beta for
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

SocialAgent Helps Make Sense of Business on Chinese Social Media

SocialAgent.me is an online lead generation tool to help businesses find leads in the Chinese market. Based between Shenzhen, China and Hong Kong with a mix of Americans, Chinese, Canadians,
Krish Raghav · · 2 min read