Xsago Appoints Ex-CTO of mixi as Technical Advisor

Local mobile technology provider, Xsago has recently appointed Batara Eto, co-founder and ex-CTO of the largest Japanese social network mixi, as Technical Advisor. Xsago has also raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Batara.

The undisclosed amount is the second round of funding for Xsago, following its first round with MDA and Thymos Capital (Disclosure: I’m a Partner there and have invested in Xsago). One of Xsago’s flagship products is Foyage, a mobile application to find interesting and useful places nearby. Foyage is available in the iTunes App Store and Android Market.

Apart from the usual location-based data like restaurants, petrol kiosks and ATMs, Foyage also caters to couples with babies. If you’re a parent with unanticipated emergency nursing needs, Foyage allows you to find the nearest nursing room available to change your child’s diapers.

It’s exciting having someone like Batara on the team of Xsago, shows that Singapore-based startups are getting visibility overseas.

About Batara Eto

Batara Eto, was born in 1979 in Indonesia. He graduated from Engineering Department of Takushoku University in Tokyo, Japan. He is the co-founder of mixi, the largest Social Networking Service in Japan. He proposed mixi in December 2003, and he was in charge for the development of the site. He served as Chief Technology Officer in mixi until 2007. He is a well known for advocating the use of the open source LAMP stack, Perl, MySQL and the Apache web server, especially in Japan.

In February 2008, he set up his new company called Etolabo Corporation. His new company is developing a couple of web applications that have not been released.

About Xsago Pte Ltd

Xsago is an emerging mobile company that brings the latest mobile technology into your daily life. Working with technology and content partners, Xsago builds applications for both consumers and enterprises. Xsago mostly develops applications for mobile internet platform like the Apple iPhone and Google Android. Xsago’s mobile products have been used by consumers in Singapore and Indonesia.

Contact: Founder, Willson Cuaca. willson@xsago.com.