Giant startups like Uber, GrabTaxi, Go-Jek, Didi Kuaidi, and Xiaomi grabbed most of the headlines this year, but our readers are hungry to find fascinating new startup ideas. That’s why the most clicked startup stories on Tech in Asia in 2015 were about people pursuing ideas that deviated from the norm.
Here are the top 10 most-viewed in reverse order:
10th. Here’s why three of India’s unicorns are backing this one-year-old fintech startup
Razorpay co-founders Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar.
Fintech is hot and India’s ecommerce boom makes the need for online payments that actually work all the more urgent. With those two factors combined, a lot of people wanted to read about this new startup.
Read the full profile here.
9th. Online grocery store Honestbee raises $15M from Silicon Valley to deliver the goods
An Honestbee shopper in action.
A Singaporean startup called Honestbee burst into the big league this year with sizeable series A funding to help it compete against two other strong contenders.
Read the story here.
8th. The porn industry loves this virtual reality startup, but its CEO has bigger plans
A largely unknown startup has developed a way to turn subjects captured on two-dimensional video into virtual three-dimensional models.
Read the profile here.
7th. Google Translate doesn’t cut it, so a new service taps human translators over the phone
6th. Turn your selfies into bobblehead stickers that you can use in WhatsApp, WeChat, Line
5th. Check out this hands-free virtual reality blowjob machine
4th. Chinese app for stealing free wifi is hugely popular
3rd. She created Japan’s Xiaomi, launching 21 gadgets in 2 months
2nd. This startup is solving the worst thing about the end of your holiday – pesky foreign currency
1st. YouTube sensation and entrepreneur Michelle Phan bringing 2 of her businesses to Asia
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